The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-08
co NGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS.
How They Stand Under the New
Appointment-Three Cam
didates in Hudson.

In the apportionment of the new Con-
gressional districts under which Con-
gressmen will be elected for the first
time this fall Hudson county is divided
among three districts The greater por-
tlon of the county is included in the
Seventh district. This comprises Jersey
City, Hoboken and the townships of Har-
rlson and kearny with population of
222, ,053. and is the largest district in point
of population in the State. The dis trict
IS staunch Democratic one and can be
relied upon to give the nominee of that
party large majority.
In the Senatorial election last year
Robert Hudspeth carried the cities and
township in the district by $685. In Jer-
sey City he received 11,9 II votes to 9, ,7S9
for Carr; in Hoboken 3.763 to l,315 for
Carr; in Harrison S72 to 261 for G arr, and
in Kearny 434 to $50 for Carr, M aking a
total of 16.98O to 1925.
Edward F. Mcdonald has been reuomi-
mated by the Democrats in this district
and the Republicans are having a hard
time to find some one TO run agains t him,
1t was said that ex-Judge Abel ], SIN ith
was slated for the empty honor, but Mr..
Smith has declared that he will not be
| the candidate.
SURE DEMOCRATIC DISTRICT.
All that part Of Hudson county north
| of Hoboken, including the townships of
| Gutenberg, North Bergen, Union, Wee
| hawken, West Aoboken and the town of
Union together with the counties of Ber-
| gen and Passaic make up the Fifth Dis
| trlct with population of 1S6,312 In the
| election last fall Bergen cast 3,062 votes
| for the Democratic ticket and 2,l54 for
| the Republican,; Pass iic S,739 for the
| Democratic ticket and 9,4l4 for the Re
| publican, while the Hudson townships
| gave the Democratic ticket 23lO votes
| and the Republican ,2S2 This makes
| the total IA, Ill for the Democratic ticket
and 1850 for the Republican. giving the
| Democrats good working majority of
1851.
| a STRONG CANDIDATE.
The Democrats have renominated Cor
| nelfus a. Cadmus. Mr.. Cadmus was born
| in SADDLE River township. Bergen county,
| in October, 1874. and is grain and pro.
| duce merchant. He moved to Paterson
when quite young man, and has grown
| up with that city, having ALWAYS been
| prominently identified with its progress.
ln 1888 he was induced to accept a nOmi-
nation to the Assembly from the Third
1 Passaic district, which had always a large
Republican majority. His great popular
| Ity enabled him to carry the district by a
good majority. He declined renomina-
| tion, aud expresseda Il desire to retire from
politics, put three years later
| he was induced tc become
| The Democratic candidate for
Sheriff of Passiic. Three years previous
the Republicans had elected their Sheriff
by over 1000 majority, aud Passaic was
looked upon IA a sure Republican county.
| But Mr.. Csdmus went into the contest
/ GnCh a no ha hT-
| a majority of 1885.
When he ran for Congress in 1890 he de-
! feated his Republican opponent by ma
| jority of 356 His antagonist, Mr.. BecK-
| with, was an exceptionally strong candi-
| date, aud at the previous Congressional
election the Republican candidate had
| been elected by 1,072 majority. 1t is safe
to say that Mr.. Cadmus will succeed him.
self in the next Congress. The RepuDli-
| cans have not Il; vet made any nomina-
tion in this district.
| Bayonne has been carried across the
| Newark Bay and taken with Union
county, the city of Orauge and the town.
| ships OF Clinton, Sou hSOrange. West
Orange and Milburn of Essex to make uI
the Eighth, the. smallest district in tbs
| State, its population being 125,793
At last falPs election Union county cast
| DIGS votes for the Democratic ticket and
| 4,59O for the Republican; Bayonne, !, ,946
for the Democratic and 909 for the Re-.
publican; Clinton, 155 Democratic and $50
| Republican; City of Orange, 1869 Demo.
cratic, 1,172 Repu blicau; South Orange.
351 Democratic. 344 Republican; West
| Orange, 2S4 Democratic. 167 Republican,
| Milburn. 1853 Democratic aud 1903 Repub.
| l1can. This makes total of 9,73l Demo
cratic and 1881 Republican. and gives the
| Democrats clear majority of 2,2lO.
Neither party has made any nomina lions
| in this district vet