The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-16

OVERRIDING Things.
Republicans of the Board
Eof Aldermen Re-precinct
the City.
POLITICIANS IIANDIW0RK
The Main Effort Seems to Have
Been TO Annoy Democratic
Leaders.

The Republicans are In majority in the
Board of Aldermen. Last night they
played an old Democratic trick, bat very
n,uch more SO. The republicans repre-
clncted the entire city. Where single
vote was to be gained is not psrceptible
and the idea seems to have
been to shear some OF the power
full Democratic committeeman OF their
precincts. Aleck Dussnberry explained
that the idea OF changing the precinct
lines was for the purpose of equalizing
the vote. This explanation was accepted
by the Democratic members Of the board
in good faith, but On Investigation Of the
changes made rather casts shadow Of
doubt over the truth of this statement.
SOMEBODY'S FINE HAND.
The resolutions were not drawn by the
Committee ON Resolutions OF the board,
hut the, work discloses the handwork OF
Postmaster Dickinson and his able
present enjoying the posttlou OF Clerk Of
the Board of Finance Iu all. the changes
create three new precincts. making
iseventy-eight preetncts instead OF seventy
fvs.
THE FIRST.
In the First Assembly District one new
precinct was added, making 13 instead of
l2. The reason for the change was that
In the First precinct There are but 80
votes, while In the Second there are 800
800, In the Second district no changes
were made, and this fact knocks In the
head the proposition Of equalizing the
vote.
In the sixth precinct OF the Second
district there are 600 votes, seventh GOO,
eighth 600, eleventh 700, fourteenth 800.
None of these were changed notwlth-
standing the fact that Aleck Dusenberrv
argued that the law allowed but 400
votes to precinct. In the Third district
new precinct was added. The "bath
house" was disfgured, bur to this no
particular objection Is made because l,600
votes are often registered thare. Tue
district has now ten precincts.
IN GRAHAMvILLE.
In the Fourth district some queer work
was done. The Third and Fourth
precincts were consolidated, thus throw
Ing Henry Paymton's and Henry Moran's
precincts into one. Jack Graham did
this and he also fixed things SO that the
booths which formerly occupied places
10 Essex street and other such streets
where crooked work was always done,
Will be brought up in better neighbor
hood. In fact, four booths OF the Fourth
district will be Oh Washington street.
, In the Fifth district the Democrats
Were given a4shaking UP That they will
not soon forget.
THEIR FINE WORK HERE
In the Sixth is where the Republicans
got In their deadly work. For instance
John P. Feeney's precinct has been so
cut up that h. now presides over
two blocks. Thrse,fourths of one
block is occupied by Swift's stores.
and two-thirds OF the other
by Lemheck & Betz's brewery. County
Clerk Mclaughlin is put out of his old
precinct, and Ia placeu in the same one
with Judge O'Donpell Assemblyman
Teddy Carroll's precinc. Is split up and
he Is put In "Roddy" Exan's precinct.
All the other districts ara given a SINH
lar pleasant shaking up.
In the Sixth district, two of the pre-.
cincts are so cut up that the Erie Rail
road runs between them.