The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-13
DUNN'S Big FIGHT.
John 7. Likely to Be Named
for Congress in the
Eighth.
HAS HE BAYoENES DELEGATEs9
state headers 10 BE Asked to Inter
cede for ~Maybaum-LiVely~
Primary Fight.

CONGRESSIONAL OlSJflCb Monuay
night to choose II Democratic candidate
1sr Congress. The aspirants for the honor
are Alexander Mayhaum of South Or
ange. James E.. MARITIME of Plainfeld, and
John T. Dunn of Elizabeth. Maybaum
claims nearly all the delegates from the
Essex wing of the district aud a goodly
number OF those from Union County and
Bayonpe. l-
The returns, however, show John It.
Dunn to be SO far in the lead that his
nomination is almost Il f~oregone conclu-
sion. Although he failed 10 secure
a delegate from Plainfisld, he rouiesi
his opponents in his own city, Eliza
beth. There is a movement in Essex
against Dunn, in The interest of MARITIME.
Mavbaum is not working in the interests
of anyone but himself. howe Yer. Several
leaders in Orange politics who pretend to
favor Mr.. Maybaum. are and have been
for some time laying wires to give Mr..
MARITIME the nomination.. II looks, how
ever, FROM accounts from Union County
and Bayonue, that Dunn cannot be
beaten.
The district takes in Orange. South
and West Orange, Clinton and MillDurn,
of Essex County; all of Union County
and Bayonne, IN Hudson County. There
will be 100 delegates in the convention.
III Inc lESt 0lStIICt u oOutu OIbuHS
the ticket bore the names of Harmon H.
Hart. Henry f. Haase and Patrick Kelly.
They were chosen. III the Third district
G.. G. Williamson was elected. aud in the
Second district John Van Ness won. Van
Ness is said to be for MARITIME.
THE ESSEX END OF IT.
In Orange the election resulted as fol-
lows: First ward. First district, James
Riley: Second ward. Thomas NJ. Dowd
aud John Daley: third ward, First dis
trict. John Owens, Robert Harrington;
Second district. Jacob G.. Becker
aud Alexander Glover; Fourth
ward, First district, John Keegan.
Michael Cody, A. Richter Fisher; Second
district. Michael Beitt and John CALI
gan; Fifth ward. Patrick Bradley and
William Haley. The vote shows that the
delegation is for Maybaum. with the ex-
cepIion of the Fourth ward, which is for
Dunn. West Orange delegates are said
to favor ME- ybaum. SUBMITS delegates
were instructed TO vote for Gustave Fol
lock. a resident of thai township.
THE FIGHT IN UNION.
A stubborn fight was made at the
Democratic primaries in Plainfield by
Dunn agaiust MARITIME. Plainfeld is Mar
tines home, and u strong Effort was made
by the Dunn faction TO defest him in his
own balliwick. Iu spite OF all opposition.
however, MARITIME won a tremendous VIC
tory. At every polling district his dele
gates were elected and at eyerv primary
the dele gates elected were instructed to
work and vote soiidly for MARITIME at the
Congressional Convention. The Con-
gressional Convention delegates elected
by the Piainfield Republicans are un-
pledged, but it is Understood that they
will favor the nomination of John G.
Rankin, Mayor of Elizabeth.
The primaries at Railway were more
largely attended than any in several
years past The contest was between the
friends of Dunn and those OF MARITIME.
The search for delegates had been a Wig
orous one on the part of both candidates.
Alexander Maybaum, of South Orange,
has also canvassed Railway for delegates.
but his chances there are considered
poor.
In the First aud Second wards Dunn
delegates were chosen aud the Third and
Fourth wards chose MARITIME men. Rah-
way will send four delegates pledged to
each candidate.
John T. Dunn and his friends swept
things before them in Elizabeth Monday
night, at the Congressional primaries.
Dunn's forces secured forIy-two out OF
feriy-three delegates. Dunn claims a
solid delegation of fifteen from Bayonne
City, four out OF the eight delegates from
Railway, two delegates in Union and five
ju Orange and one in Clark Township.
This would give him sixty-nine delegates
on the first ballot or eight more than suf-
ficienr to nominate him Theirs were
hot fights in the primaries in several of
the wards.
Dunn carried the Ninth ward by two
majority and Union Township by twt
votes. Mr.. Dunn, however, claims that
he will have se~venty-nine votes on the
first ballot, as several of the townships
he says, where the delegates were not in
structed, will cast their votes for him
a Z N puro I'M faola nonHdnuf nj hnfnu
the choice of the Convention. James <.
Martin carried Plainfeld, Westield
Crawford, Fanwood, Linden and half the
Railway delegation. Dunn is all smiles
now, and is KEPT busy receiving the con
gratulations of his friends. In sOm'
wards the party workers were agaius
him, but the people rallied to his support
THE TIGHT STILL ON.
Alexander Maybaum's work and out
lay OF money are nor going to have large
returns IL some of the men who profess
tc be friendly to his candidacy. car he!.
it. Mr. Maybaum captured many dele
gates in the Essex end of the dis trict
But those protesting friends OF his arr
irving TO divert bis strength to James E
MARITIME, the "farner-orator" of Plain
field.
These men want to keep the nomina
ton from John Il. Dunn, Of Elizabeth
Maybaum knows nothing of this plot
IlG Il oluCcl6 III lie cEdCdfOIo W EOb vi
nomination and not a cover for under
hand work for any other man. Martin
is as much his opponent as Dunn. TIL
WORK for Martine is going on withou
Maybanm's knowledge. 1t is being don
principally in the Oranges and done witt
a will. although beneath the surface
The men engaged in it hope to get no
only M~aybaum's delegates, but ais
those elected in Orange for Dunn an
turn them over TO MARITIME.
1t was gene ally believed that Dun
had gathered in alt the Bayeune dele
gates, fifteen in number. Now a doubt i
being cast upon his ability to hold al
Ihese votes. 1t is maintained by men no
friendly to him that several of them III
already avowedly against the Elizaoetl
candidate.
This activity against Dunn seems {
have been inspired from points outsid
the district. Marines frie in Plain
field have waxed exceedingly wroth owe
what they term the betrayal or their man
They say they are going to invoke tn
aid of Democratic State and Nations
leaders in his interest.
SHOWING UP.
One estimate of the returns fror
all the polling places in The district
made in Plainfeld, shows that job
4, Dunn has a total of seyenty-five dele