The Jersey City news., 1892-03-14
ALLAN IN THE VAN.
TomorroW's Democratic
Mayoralty Convention
Will Be a Glorious
Affair.
HARMONY,
PURITY,
ENTHUSIASM.
The Prohibition Nomination Put
Mr.. Scudder and His
Caucus in a Bad
Fix.
COL. WANSER VERY OBSTINATE

Allan L. McDermott will tomorrow be
nominated by the most enthusiastic con-
vention that has been held in this city
for years.
1t will be convention that will be
different from those which, for
the past half dozen years, have
nominated a candidate for Mayor.
Scarcely an office holder will be present
ss delegate and Mr.. McDermott will re-
ceive his nomination direct from the
peoples representatives and not from
salary receiving Office holders and poll.
ticians.
the Republicans that hungry Office hunt.
ers nominated Mr.. McDermott as their
candidate.
E. F. C. Young the leading banker OF
the State will preside over the Conven-
ton, and some leading Democrats like
himself or ex-Mayor Charles O'Neill, will
place ex-Judge McDermott's name be-
fore the Convention.
NO FREEHoLDER ELECTION.
The fact that the act extending the term
of Freeholders one year has become law
has rendered unnecessary any election for
Freeholders this spring and therefore no
election will be held to fill these offices.
The Prohibitionists have again come to
the front, to the great disgust of the
Republicans, who have been seek
lug their support in this election.
1t is quite evident that these
friends Of cold water are decidedly op-
posed to the experiment of having the Re
publicans again in power, and 1t Will be
by no act of theirs that Republican cand1-
dates will gain single vote. The Prohi-
bitionists have nominated Richard Grant
as their standard bearer, and they will
stick to him. This places the Rev.
John l.. Scudder and the other
line to the Republican party in a curl
Gus plight. They will not have the ex-
cuse they hoped for, to openly support
the Republican party. They will have to
support the Prohibitionist, to be consis-
tent.
Mr., Grant is not only Prohibitionist
aud a church man, he has not only re-
lgion but he has wealth. was told to-
day that when the ministers consult this
afternoon Mr.. Grant will be selected as
their candidate for Mayor. The Repub-
lican leaders will prevent this IL possible
They want the ministers with them.
THE FUNERAL
The Republican convention will be held
Thursday, and no one knows what will
be done by them. They have sent re-
peated committees to Colonel Wanser to
beg him to accept the nomination, but in
each instance the Colonel has insisted
that he would prefer to see some one
else face defeat. The Republican leaders
have promised the Colonel Doodle as
big as any candidate should want for cleo
tion expenses, but the Colonel remembers
these same gentlemen made just such
promises when he was before the people
the last time, and he knows that he
has been ever since paying off
the debts incurred, but forgotten by these
Republican leaders. Colonel Wanser has
had considerable experience i'll politics,
and he knows the exact value
of Republican promise to a cam
paign fund. He will not, so / am
told, accept under any consideration
the Republican nomination unless his ex-
penses are guaranteed by some bond
stronger than promises He is the only
candidate who has been mentioned that
harmoniZes both factions in the party
and that is one of the reasons why the
leaders are so anxious to have him for a
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