The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-07-15
WATSON IN The VAN
The Veteran Keeper Ahead
in the Police Popular
ity Contest.
COYNE 500 VOTES BEHIND
All the Other Leaders Well
Bunehed Together Any
Mans Race. Still.
NO TRANSFERS In ORDER.
Every Vote Cast for a Man Will
Be Counted for Him and
For no One Else.
NO TRANSFERS In ORDER.

'sAlec" Watson's honest and rugged
face wore knowing smile last night.
He had little to say, but smiled all the
time and filled his friends with wonder
meut thereat. This morning the mys-
terry was explained. With tremendous
bound of 503 votes, Alec leaps into the
lead In THE NEWS popularity contest for
the royal trip to the Chicago Fair
Coyne's vote was unusually small today,
amounting to only eleven votes. This
gives countenance to the rumor which
prevails that the friends or the leaders
are holding back ballots until the
end of the contest. This q a
grave error. and will probably do the
candidates more harm than good
Promptly at noon Monday week the poll
will be closed, and one minute after that
hour no ballots will be received no mat
ter it they mount up to the thousands.
By waiting until the last moment you
run great risk of dspriting your favor
1te candidate of the thousands OF votes
you wish him to have.
There are many citizens in this city
who have leng desired some opportunity
whereby they could express their ap-
precihtfon Of the services OF the To-
dfvidual members Of the force. The Jer-
ssy City police as a whole are an admir-
able. body OF officers, and have the
confidence ana respect of the citizens
generally. Still there are many police
In which they have patrolled
their posts. earned the graft
tude of the residents of Inose
particular districts, and they have been
thinking for some time how they could
give expression to the value they placed
upon the services OF these meu without
making their action too prominent. The
NEWS contest furnished these citizens
with just the opportunity they were
looking for and they have entered into
the race with much enthusiasm. Certain
well known firms In the city have taken
up the cause OF their favofite policeman
aud have made the most solemn VOWS
that their man shall win.
THE GRAHAMS FOR WATSON.
The Graham Association has taken
great Interest In Alec Watson. aud has
raised fund OF $50 with which to secure
ballots for the"Veteran Tnrnkeyn There
are rumors that the members of the
Grand Army posts throughout the city
are. going TO honor their fellow CO mraae
Gilbert Robinson, the clerk Of the Police
Board. Mr.. Robinson has not as yet ap.
peared n the cout est, but 1t Is predicted
Dy his friends that when he once starts
he will go through with grand rush.
One OF the contestants appear to be ex-
ceedingly popular with che reading pup
lie. 1t has been observed that some one
has clipped every coupon from the copies
OF 1 HE JERSEY CITY NEWS In the Free
Reading room.
IT CANNOT BE DONE.
Several Inquiries have beeu made at
this office as to whether oneS candidate
RI
cast for him to another candidate. This
cannot be allowed. Is is q matter over
which The NEWS has no control. The
ballots are not cast by the candidate him
self but by his friends, and the Candidate
can no more dispose of the votes cast
Tor MIN than he can of those
cast for another. Moreover, such course
would be contrary TO law as laid down by
the courts A newspaper in Ro chester
recently conducted q similar con tast and
at almost the end allowed the ballots cast
for several candidates to be transferred
to one who OF course won. The man
VINO received the next highest vote took
cided that the second man under the CIR
cumstances was entitled to the prize
another heavy vote was polled today.
but not so heavy as on the two previous
days. La fact 1t looks like the omiuous
luli preceding the avalanche of ballots
WdASA Wiz Sbtth0 4hE NEWS OuIC6
| next week. This need deter no
| one, however. from sending in
all The baIlots he can scrape together
even ii he has to bring them down In a
four horse furniture van. THE News
ofnce Is avalanche proof and will see that
every ballet cast Is counted and
credited to the policeman for
whom it is intended. With the ex-
| ception OF the exchange of places between
Coyne and Watson there is no cfang ge In
the positions Of the leaders Tier main
tains third place with 1899 votes
to his credit. and is closely pushed
by Egan with 255l. Hanbucy
comes next with 2,40S, while Nc
Govern still occupies sixth place with
2,l32 ballots opposite his name. Sergeant
Conlon of the Sixth precinct received a
substantial boom of 70, aud is getting up
| among the leaders. Bill Luyster was
remembered by his friends aud given a
large vote. There are only seven more
voting days including today.