The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-23
REPUBLICANS MEET.
Decide to Hold Their Shirley
atty Convention on 0cto-
Der II in Hoboken.

Republican primaries to elect delegates
to the Shrievalty convention will take
place October Q. The convention will be
held October II. The place for holding it
will be Odd Fellows Hall, Hoboken, and
the hour half past seven O'Clock in the
evening. These conclusions were reached
last night by the County Committee at
the Federal Clubhouse. The date for
holding the primaries had previously been
fixed Tor October 5, but the Executive
Committee found that the enrolment
going on the different districts could not
be completed in time tor this date, and
therefore 1T recommended the later date,
which vas adopted. The basis of repre-
sentation by delegates has been fixed by
the County Committee for one delegate to
each 200 votes cast at the last election for
Governor. This will give a total of 40
delegates to the convention.
The County Committee left the time for
holding primaries for election of delegates
to the Assembly conventions to the Dis
trict Committees as has always been done.
In many districts these delegates will be
chosen at the same time the delegates to
the County Convention are elected.
DISTRICT LEADERS WARNED.
The district leaders were warned by the
County Committee last night that all
Assembly nominations mus be filed with
the County Clerk at least ten days before
the day OF election, or else the nomina-
lions would not be valid, and they were
urged to see that no mistake in this
important matter was made. To enable
the machinery. OF the County Committee
to work smoothly during the campaign,
the district leaders were entreated to meet
with the Executive Committee at each
conference that would be held.
ELECTION OFFICERS.
Chairman Woolley announced last
night that the County Board of Registra-
ton and Election would meet next Thurs
day for the purpose of appointing election
officers, and the members of the County
Committee and the district leaders were
urged TO submit the names of election
officers wanted not later than Wednesday.
In this connection was read q protest
from Kearny against the appointment of
the men in that end of the Seventh Dis
trict whose names had been submitted for
election officers. A motion prevailed to
lay the protest on the table and that ended
the objections. but dissatisfied a large
number of Republicans.
1t had been expected that a protest
against William Broas, Superintendent
Of Letter Carriers, acting as leader in the
Sixth District, would come before the
County Committee, but it did not, and ii
is now believed hat the trouble in that
district has been patched up.
GRAHAM KICKED.
Captain job Graham, who never
misses an opportunity to make himself
more disagreeable and obnoxious to the
better element of Republicans in the
| Fourth District, of which he is leader,
stuck his political knife into the back Of
Fire Commissioner Brennan again last
| night. 1t wa in this way: Thomas r.
| Finney, a Grahamite who nlled a position
on the Printing Committee of the County
Commii tie has moved out of his district
n therefore left a vacancy on the Print
| ing Committee of the County Committee.
A large number of Fourth District Re
publicans p~etitioned the County Com
| mittee to appoint Commissioner Brennan
| to ill the vacancy. The petition was nc
| sooner read than Graham moved that il
lay on the table. Not knowing Graham's
reasons for this the County Committee
adopted the motion. 1t was afterward
| said that Graham was afraid that il
Brennan was placed on the Printing
COMMITTEES a large quantity Of printing
matter that now goes to the printing Office
| of Graham Brothers would be sent else
where. Captain Graham always has his
| weather eve open for dollars and cents.
After considerable wrangling it was de
| cided that the enrolment in all district.
must be placed in the hands of the secre,
taries of the District Associations at leasi
/ Ouo Woth DCAOA0 eAS Ody AoA nOlu1uS lui
primaries
The County Committee transacted
considerable unimportant business ant
| adjourned.
MANY CANDIDATES.
A feature of the meeting last night wa:
the number of candidates for the nomina
ton for Sheriff that were present. There
were: Colonel John J. Toffey. Freeholdel
John r. Halliday, Captain John Graham
and Commissioner of Appeal f. w
Woolley. Colonel Toffey assured TIL
| JERSEY CITY NEWS that he was no
| seeking the nomination, while on thu
other hand Freebooter Halliday made NJ
secret of the fact that he wants to b.
| Sheriff, and said that he had received
assurances. that were very encouraging
from all parts of the county. Captain
John Graham simply tells his sympath
izers that Il am in the hands of ny
friends" and E w. Woolley says nothing
but keeps on saving wood. Simon II
| Smith, another prominent candidate
missed a trick, for he was absent and die
not have the chance his opponents awaited
themselves of to shake hands with the
leaders and committeeman, and to hobnot
aid ~buttonhole them.
The convention at Hoboken promises tC
be a lively affair. and it was said lasi
night that o Hoboken dark horse would
be the candidate.