The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-28
ASSEMBLY ASPIRAN9S.
Summary of the Situation
in All the Districts of
This County.
RISKY MEN GETTING OUT.
Personal Ambitions Will Be Made
Secondary to the Success of the
Whole Party.

The Democratic primaries will be held
tomorrow night and delegates will be
chosen to nominate candidates for Con-
bers of the Assembly. 1t looks at present
as if there would be little or no contest at
the primaries, except In two districts, and
that nothing would take place to disturb
the harmony in the party. The renomi-
nation of E. F. Mcdonald for Congress
man and OF Robert S. Hudspeth for State
Senator is foregone conclusion. 1t is a
certainty that these two men will again
he asked to represent their party In the
same capable manner that they have done
In the past
In the Assembly Districts, however,
there will be changes. There is pre-
vailing opinion that it would not be wise
to renominate in doubtful districts those
Assemblymen who voted for the so called
coal combination. Not that any one be-
l1eVes but THAT the Assemblymen voted
consclentiously in the matter, having
been advised TO do SO by leaders of the
party, but because the denomination of
these Assemblymen would bring into
the State campaign a fictitious issue and
an entirely unnecessary one.
Judge Werts was no longer a member
OF the Senate when the Goal Bill" SO
called, was introduced. He is therefore
IN no way involved. either actively or pas
slvely, in the controversies that have
grown up over that measure. If it is not
expressly made an issue therefore by the
local nominations the question will not
figure as factor in the campaign in any
way. shape or manner. 1t will be impos-
sible for the most illogical Republican to
drag 1t in, II there are no candidates in
the field who have had anything TO do
with it, Some of the Asse m mbymen who
have been seeking denomination begin
to see the advisability of keeping un-
necessary and injurious issues out Of the
campaign and they have withdrawn from
the contest.
In the First district, Assemblyman
MRgner wants to be returned this fall
but at the same time he does not desire to
do anything which will injure the party.
While he has not formally retired from
the field, his friends are urging him to do
SO publicly, and it is confidently hoped
that by tomorrow night he may take part
in the election of delegates who will sup
port DIR. Caspar Coombs for the nomina-
tion.
The Second district is so hopelessly Re-
publican that any Democrat may have
the party's nomination for the asking
j. Herbert Potts represented it in the
Assembly for the last three years, but he
has declined denomination to accept the
Republican nomination for Senator.
TUMILTY WILL WITHDRAW.
Assemblyman Tumilty. of the Third
district, who until very recently was very
active in seeking a denomination, 1t is
now thought will withdraw from the
contest. He, like other Assem- hlymen,
voted for the coal com bination, believing
it to be favored by majority of the party
leaders in the State. He believed he was
doing perfectly right when he voted, but
the public are not yet ready to consider
the case coolly, and he has been shown
that the coal issue in his district would
prove very strong one, and would prob
ably cost the ticket the loss of many
votes. Ii he should not be renomina ated,
DR.. John j. Nevfn will probably be the
choice of the district. He is young,
talented and capable, and is man
who as member of the Assembly could
do much effective work for the people
and his party. DR.. Nevin has said he
would accep5 the nomination il Mr.
Tumllty withdrew, but he will not enter
into any contest for it..
FOURTH DISTRICT
The Fourth district is in doubt, Col
lector P. Fl. O'Neill mas wanted to go
back to Trenton. He did not vote for
the coal bill and he believes he can be re-
elected as easily as he was elected last
fall. Some of his friends think the tact
of his holding another office will hurt
him. Hugh Kelly also wants the nomi-
nation. He Is an ex-member of the Board
Of Education and the present City Whar-
finger. He is q strong man in
the Fourth district. 1t was said
Yesterday that Collector O'Neill had
concluded to Withdraw from the contest
in favor of Mr.. Kelly. but could not find
the Collector to verify this report. I
spoke to several prominent Democrats
iony 1ir,rr hIIr DR. 4
not know what Mr.. O'Neill would do.
GARRISON IN THE FIFTH
George A. Heaney represented the
Fifth district in the last Assembly. He
voted for the coal combination and many
of his constituents were displeased. He
does not want to be returned and will
not be a candidate. Benjamin S. Garri-
son, Director of the Board of Education,
is a candidate for the nomination and is
a very strong man. His work In the
Board Of Education has given great
satisfaction to the people in
the Fifth District. When the
Democrats were in a majority in this
his desire to give the Republican mem
bers absolute non-partisan treatment and
by so doing made many warm friends
When John Reid was chosen President
of the Board after Mayor Wanser made it
Republican. Reid deliberately insulted
Mr.. Garrison by taking from him Schools
No. and which he had brought to
degree of perfection not excelled in the
city, and giving them to DR.. Shain new
Republican member who had no exper-
fence or knowledge of the schools. The
people in Mr.. Garrison's district resented
this treatment and they want to make
this an issue In the district and show that
they repudiate the action of John Reid by
electing Mr.. Garrison to the Assem- bly,.
Ex-Aldermann Hoos and Alderman Far
ley are also candidates. but Farley cannot
possibly hope to be nominated. His
record has often been shown up in ''THE
NEWS.
DENOMINATIONS.
Timothy J. Carroll will be returned by
the Democrats in the Sixth district. He
did not vote for the coalcombination bill
He was absent from the House when it
passed.
The nomination of Martin Lawless in
the Seventh district is assured. His
majority in his district was so large last
fall that no fear of his defeat is enter
tanned. The people of Harrison demand
his denomination, and the Jersey City end
of the district will make the concession.
CANDIDATES IN THE EIGHTH.
The contestin the Eighth district is the
hottest being waged in the county. There
are number of candidates. and each
claims that he will be nominated. The
district during the last two years was
represented by James Moylan, but he
has declined q third term. Perhaps the
leading candidate is Robert J. Mcmillan,
Trustee of the Free Public Library, and
for a numbRr 0f YEARS ona 0f fha aditnra