The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-12

The Republican party had nominated
Mr.. Kean's bank account for Governor,
and expected to buy enough votes TO elect
II. Mr.. Kean was not in it. His wallet
was running, and the boys were enthusi-
asticaliy admfring the size of it. It is
liGnter now. put It's owner has a large
stock OF experience on hand, over which
he Can dwell in the long winter evenings.
Well, az his cash was dill there was 60 the
Republican candidate, | concluded that
the enthusiasm woutd not last to the bal
lot box, and it didn't. MIR. Kean bought
many goods that were were not delivered.
In fact, have heard that some wicked
Democrats took some of Mr.. Kean's hard
earned dollars and then forgot to vote for
him.
WOULDN'T STAY BOUGHT.
You see, it is easy euough for Johns
managers to buy voters. but the question
was, how can we make them stay
bought?' They have given up the con-
uhdrum. In fact Mr.. Kean has sighingI y
admitted those cattle who are designated
IN campaign p%arlance, as 'fioaters,' are
things of vexation aud disappointment,
and that many men are much given to
lying.
Part of the confidence displayed by
the Republicans ON the ~Governorship was
based on the result of the Mayoralty con-
test last spring. But that Was a local
fight. The so-called Democratic city
government was rotten to the core, and
the people concluded to change parties.
Then the campainged was in the hands
of the City Democratic Committee,
and Justice to hat conlmittee calls for the
statement that there is not a more incom-
petent political organization on the face
of the earth.
'Ontside of about a dozen members.
that Committee does not know any more
about the management of a political cam
pa1gn than a goat does about astronomy.
II the Intelligent members of tina Com
mittee would resign and form the nucleus
of a new organization they would render
their party a service. 1t would be very
difficult TO find u Democratic convert in
Hudson county whose conversion WAS
effected by the county Committee. The
campaign In Hudson was not left to the
County Committee. II it had been the
result would have been more pleasing to
Mr.. Kean.
"At any rate. the Republicans insisted
that the spring fight was yet on, and
posted the dead walls with appeals to
sustain Mayor Wanser. AS the city debt
has increased siuce he was elected Mayor
Il as he hasn't given utterance to an
idea that he goes beyond quarrelling over
the appointment of a jaui.ress of a public
building, the appeal didn't work.
THOSE ILLEGAL BALLOTS.
some CT our majority on local officers
In Hudson county, is due to the monu-
mental stupidity of issuing illegal ballots,
You see it was this way. The Repub-
licau County Com inittee ordered over
two hundred thousand Democratic bal
lots, and set a small army at work past
ing a blanket paster over all names ex-
cept those of tue Democratic Presidential
electors. This blanket paster included a
candidate for Coroner. There was not
any vacancy in hat Office, or nominee on
the Democratic ticket. This work of
FASTING was o at the Federal Club
House. opposite here, and | admit I lave
taken a grim satisfaction in watching
those clerks FASTING the Democratic
ticket. | wished them speed, for every
paster destroyed the ticket on which it
was placed, and / knew those tickets
| would not be voted.
"When l found That the Republican
Committee had sent all of its tickets
through the mail / published the opinion
Of Governor Bedle that the ticket was
invalid. Tha settled those tickets, and
as there could net be any new ballots
printed by the County Clerk, the FASTING
of Democratic baliets that was done had
to be done on tickets received at the polls. |
and this did not amount to much. Not
over q hundred of the $50, 900 tickets
pasted in, the Federal Club reached the
inside OF the ballot-box. This pleases
me, because that club has had a drum
corps numbering sleep for the past month.
N POINT LOST.
Outside of the two A~sseablymen lost
In Hudson we lost but cue point, Burns
OF Mercer was defeated ia q district repre-
sented last year by a Democrat. There is |
a Republican FROM the district represent
ed by Mr.. White. the young Democrat |
who died last winter. DUE this district is |
strongly Republican. A Republican
comes from Gloucester, but we have only
had a Democrat from there twice in
twelve years. We gain one in Hunterdon
and one in Essex. So l wasn't very much
out OF, the way in predicting twenty ma
jority in the House.
"Mr. Gardner, the Atlantic statesman.
has often worked himself into a fever
about the manner Of conducting elections
in Hudson county. Now it looks as if we
would find out something about the At
lantic county methods. kilograms from
there tell me that the defeat of Riddle.
the Democratic candidate for Senator. bv
40 votes, as ANNOUNCED, is the result OF
colonization and about every possible
breach of the Election laws. One tele- |
gram says that the votes in South Attain |
tic City were cast In a cigaI box. / nave
written for full particulars.
New Jersey was true to the faith. true
to her traditions. LII the Republican
State Committee is looking around for a
candidate for 1895. / suggest that tnev
capture one with at least a small stock of
brains on hand. SO that we can have a
really good fight. Howey, Grubb, Keani
There's a trio OF statesmen for your