The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-08
GRAHAM'S TRUE COL0RS.
Grubb and Scudder's Pet Detected
in Gross Party Treachery. =

The much boasted harmony in the Re-
publican ranks in this county failed to be
exhibited last night at the primaries, but
the unenviable reputation established
long years ago by the Kilkenny cats
was emulated with vigor that would
have shamed the quarrelsome felines. In
every precinct in the Second District
there was wrangle over Assembly dele
gates. Everybody seemed to want the
Assembly nomiDation. Max Salinger
had supplied each polling place with a
force of workers, and SO had Freeholder
Nelson and half dozen others includ-
ing that arch traitor q. Frank Suther-
land. Frank o. Cole also played his part
in the programme with the characteristic
energy of a Republican Kicker.
ROW IN THE FOURTH, TOO
That obnoxious thief catcher, General
Grubb's paid spy, Captain John Graham.
got the worst turning down last night he
ever received. 1t was all the result of at
tempted party treachery on his part.
Believing that Graham had enough
honesty in his composition to prevent
him from betrayiug his long time friend,
ex-Fire Commissioner John Brennan,
who had announced himself candidate
for the Assembly nomination in the
Fourth Assembly district, the printing
gates was intrusled to him. This trust
proved 10 be serious error on the part
OF Brennan's friends Graham has been
in an ill-conditioned frame of mind ever
since General GruDb was defeated for the
nomination for Governor, for he realized
that thereafter General Grubb's servants
would be employed in work that he could
not perform, and that in consequence
Graham wou1d have to seek another
master: While meditating over the situ-
alton Graham met James L. Murphy,
a nephew of Grants old Collector of
Port of New YORK, TON" Murphy. Mr.
Murphy is an honestman. He is labor
Republican and has some following in
Gammontown and around the sugar
house. Murphy desired to be nominated
for Assembly, and, presumably, not
Knowing That Graham was considered
a staunch friend and supporter of
John Brennan. he consulted Graham,
who, 1t is said, promised him the Domi-
nation. Why Graham should have de-
serted Brennan without q word of notice
is something that the County Committee
may inquire into in the future. Ninety
nine per cent. of the Republicans in the
Fourth district believe That John Bren-
nan is the only Republican who has u
fighting chance of winning against the
popular Democratic candidate, Hugh
Kelly.
Granam was supplied with this list of
Assembly delegates to have printed:-
William Ritchie, Jacob de Jong, Edward
Mccormick, Jack Decline, Jacob Greeu-
wich, Lee Williams, Charles Berger,
August Straud, Samuel Craig, G.. w.
Person and William H. Hooker, eleven
names in all. Seven of these delegates
We're placed on the ticket by the District
Committee and were pledged to
Brennan. The balance were a repre-
sentation from Grabam's Club. Graham
at once realized that he could not nomi-
nate Murphy with that ticket, aud he de-
liberately left off of the ticket the first
three names, and substituted for them
those of Thomas L. Jones, James MeGHr
and Thomas Finnie, mem bers of his CLUB,
aud men he can control Graham knew
that with this doctored ticket he could
nominate Murphy.
STARTLING DITC0vERY.
When the primary was opened on