The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-09-26
G. 0. ?. IN THE SIXTH.
Dwyer and Urquhar. Believe
in Fists for Testing
Strength.


through his able Lieutenant, Clerk Mar
tin Finck of the Board of Finance, is
determined to run things in the Sixth
Assembly district to suit himself. Col
lector of Personal Tax Arrearages, "Bil-
ly" Broas is also fighting Dickinson
battle. R. D. Urquhart, who narrowly
7 escaped taking Alderman Patrick Con-
nolly's scalp in the last election is out
for the Assembly nomination, and Mr.
Dickinson is behind him.
Daniel Dwyer is against the whole
crowd, and he is making things mighty
unpleasant for them.
At the enrolment held Monday even
ing in Sinking Fund Commissioner Mat
thews' office, there was not only a test
of political strength, but also a test OF
pugilistic ability between Dwyer and
a quartette of Urquhart's followers.
There was a free fight and from all ac-
counts Dwyer came out victor.
Dwyer has been gaining ground in the
district rapidly. He is popular. He has
built up an organization with a member
ship of 1856. Urquhart fears him and be-
lieved that he would carry off the hopl.
nation unless something desperate was
done to prevent men from enrolling. Re
publfcans are never wanting in tricks
and unfair play, even among themselves
and as a result, when dirty work was
tried at the enrolment there was a
dght.
"ALL URQUHART'S FAULT"
1T was all Urquhart's fault" declared
Mr.. Dwyer last night. 81 have an as
sociation with decent men in it. He has
m Of cixy !,
an idea in his head that because he
made a fair run for Alderman last spring
that people are dying to have him in
office. He had a man named Healy, who,
I think, is not naturalized yet, at the
polls, challenging every man whom he
thought was a friend of mine. To my
knowledge sixty members of my associ-
alton were shut out by him, through the
agency of Mr.. Broas, who decided
against me, Intentionally or otherwise.
[ wouldn't have cared about that, be-
ause l propose appealing to the County
Committee and getting a new enrolment,
and having it conducted by members of
the County Committee.
Il stood on the corner alone when two
men by the name of Wilson and Smith,
both Urquhart men, approached me and
accused me of not being a Republican.
I told them to get away or some one
would land in the street. They went
away after / had given Wilson a punch
IN the jaw that made him feel sick. l
then entered the enrolment room and
found Urquhart's man Friday, (ITealy)
beating one of my men named Sullivan.
stopped the fight and was going out
when Urquhart and four of his gang
attacked me. I singled out Urquhart
and punched. He didn't want any more
I offered to fight his whole gang, one at
time, in the Park. but like the ours
they are they sneaked away
QUIET MIR. DWYER.
why, if 1 had been mimi to have
caused trouble could have called ninety
Of my men who were at a meeting of the
club. They would have cleaned that
place of enrolment out so quick, Broas
and all, that no one would have known
what struck the place. / didn't want to
see any bloodshed. SO depended on my
self, and it's lucky thing for Urquhart
and his gang that / did.
TITS enough to make a man sick to
think of Urquhart trying to become an
Assembly candidate. He was not A nat
uialized citizen when he ran for Alder
nan. IIe acknowledged that before the
Grand Jury. He has taken out his pa
pers within a month or so.
'"rhat gang can't scare me for a cent.
won't stand by anc see voters disfran-
chised to suit them or any one else The
Dwyer Association viii be enrolled and
vote or I'll know the reason why Poll
tical trickery of that sort will not be toll
Grated by decent people any more"
Urquhart says that the trouble was
caused by Dwyer trying to enroll men
who are not Republicans, and who have
no right to vote at primaries.