New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-07
NEWS FROM NEW-JERSEY.
rop CONCERTED REPUBLICAN ACTION.
.o.,v 10 MAZE AN EFFORT TO THROTTLE THE
HUDSON COUNTY GANG.

,c.,S TO MAKE AN EFFORT TO THROTTLE THE
HUDSON COUNTY GANG.
.,,. ,,+outlon Of the Republican General COMMIT
', rtnason County to hold convention Oh uooe"
- M otter part Of the present month 10 ueVi'e eolao
n,on IN make Republicans In all parts Oh W. o.s,,c.
pan sponsibe TO the General Committee lor uoiei'0
directly s unnecessary defeats To-day the Gen
u' y. i,tee can only exercise the necessary super
or Jersey City, for the city Ctmmttee Is oo'i
- =, members OF the General CommtVoo e"V"U -
no citv In all the rest Of the county 'ne r,.
,,,oos are not directly identified Win the "ou''y 80
,.,o n was because OF this unfortunate 0r.ui
.o tta, last spring, when bitter hsnt ""9 ani'io
nIaco in Hobohen between two Democratio I,. ~
f Mayor one Of them succeeded In ha'i'e 'si'V,i
NV majority Of the delegates In the Republican
Convention. ,..,r soros,pced the
1O,oc,tcs as renegades and declared that the ne
e,hucans could certainly elect candiueVe ior "'V
nn such bitter faction fight was hnhg p'aoc "a .lo
democratic party. 1t was Subsequently i'''"
a. deIegates who Endorsed the Democrauc Can"ua'o
,d boen elected by Democrats at Republican Pr"~''es
Cor the sole purpose Of preventing the honiD'No" "
n Republican who would have the coihueHoe y 49, W.
noople Almost the same unfortunate thing was uone
~ pronne and the result is that HobOken Snd Bayohne
have democratic Mayors and misrre, when II proper
orr.e had been pursued each city would no" Do so'
armed by Republican chief magistrate
It is to guard against q repetluoh Oh CNeoo "a a..
aud bunders that the convention VIII DC asNeu !"
rtovide measures that Will place the "eheiN ''on'
m,ttoe I'm control of the party machinery LII al gus
~ the county Republicans this ian hVpe " '"iy
several Of the Assembly Districts ana leei cer ','''
70 Tho Democrats renominate Augustus h Bruggeiuiii
o. ni,ootorotI of the Board of Freeholders they
o defeot him. lie was so unpopular when eiectel'
vo wears ago that his majority was so small that MS
or,onent James Roche contested the election IN inc
courts Since then Bruggemann has not aoueu " MS
no,uarltv and in addition to this has lost the s'p-
mort OF strong Democratic leaders. Inc Hosoli
county Ring has already declared that hoDerO D
Uudspeth Corporation Attorney, shall be nomiha'eo
for state SENATOR and that James H. oNeil euiro-
cotn shall he renominated There will be no con-
test nv the Democrats for the nominations to these
ofilres Republicans will not have any cHhulu""eS
un,ll after the Convention aforementioned Is heh'
The Democratic majority is great In the county
that II requires much self sacrifice on the part OK
Republican candidate properly to conduct an eeo"o'i
canipagn TO win. The strongest and best meh poS
slble Will be selected for the purpose OK maAns a
hard fight Republicans realize that this Is al " OH
voor but they Will fight hard for on the result In
rsrsnv civ this fall depends the continuance In once
of MAYOR cleveland and his horde IF oicehoders neSt
spring Cleveland has foolishly sought TO omid up d
persnal following, in opposition 10 " BOSS Do'ny
McIaughin and by so doing has lost the support Vi
this allpowerful Democratic boss lie has now
eoer succeeded in retaining :" Bob" Davis ana MS
cohorts.
If the city goes Republican this fall. as 1t od ast
fall by 500 majority, orestes Cleveland VIII have
been Mayer for the last tine He has lost so much
strength by his tricks that vain and ways that
are dark that under no circumstances can he DO re-
nominated in the spring, unless the city gives d
Democratic majority this fall The Ring looks 70
him and his tremendous patronage to carry inc
CITY He will be held responsible for it. 1t Is nm
necessary to say he is already doing his utmost
toward the end that VII retain him In his So,OOo
Office with It's enormous patronage. A rev Gays ago
he made bid for the labor vote. lie chose tho tihe
because il was a few days before Labor Day when
he knew labor demonstration would take place.
He sent letter to the City Hall Commissioners. VINO
owe their Office to him, saying that be did not think
any one Should be employed in the construction OF the
pr0posed new City Hall unless he could produce cer-
tifcate that he belonged to labor organization or
"unin.7 With this sop to the wording people. ne
threw an equally tempting one to the Rings heeIers
by saving thot the next Legislature would be asked
for another appropriation. The one made by tho
Legislature last winter R25OO00.
IL is generally believed by well posted men that ~
the completion of the City Hall Is made while III ,
present parry is in power 1t will cost the city close
n 81 .O0O, 600,