The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-09-26
DEMOCRATS WIN.
The Board Of Aldermen Says
the Election Will Be on
the Old Lines.

| proaching election would be carried on
| under the new lines as prepared by the
Republican County Committee through
/ its agents in the Ward Line Commis-
sion, was set at rest last night, when the
/ Republican majority in the Board OF
Aldermen threw up the sponge. Wneh
that portion of the business of the board
/, dealing with elections was arrived at,
| the Committee on Elections submitted
| report 1t came in the form of resoiu-
ton, which provided that, lin eonse-
quence of the law providing for the re-
districting of the city into wards having
| been certioraried to the Supreme Court,
| it will be necessary to let the districts
| remain for the present in compliance
| with the general election law
| The report was accepted with delight
| by the Democratic minority.
| The same committee subsequently Of
fered for adoption resolution directing
City Clerk Scott to advertise in all the
official newspapers next Tuesday that the
boundaries of districts and precincts at
the coming election will be the same as
at the last general election. The reso-
luton was adopted with rush, by the
Democrats particularly.
lil LECTION PREPAhAI1ONO.
Preparations for the coming political
struggle were made by the Election Com
mittee being authorized to furnish the
ballot boxes and repair the polling
booths as soon as practicable. The Re
publicans are sorry that they have to
acknowledge themselves beaten at so
early a date but they propose getting
even by putting up the hardest fight of
their lives in November.
The board received a protest from
Henry Rohlfs against the transfer of
saloon license No. 3S3, by Mary Mack to
Cornelius Shine. Rohlfs represents the
Bavarian. Brewing Company and claims
to own the license. The matter will be
looked into by the Excise Committee.
Applications for 27 restaurant licenses.
21 trade licenses, 40 to peddle, 10 for junk
men, auctioneer, 2 porters and street
musicians were granted.
Alderman Dusenberry fathered an
amendment to an ordinance relating to
auctioneers. The amendment permits
local auctioneers to employ clerks, to sell
under their names, who are not residents
of the city.
TO MAKE A MARKET HERE.
ed to the board that the object of the
amendment was to cover a special line
of the auction business benefiting i'm
porters of fruit. He said that it was. the
intention of several ,Ns4s--Ye Importers
to make this city a market To do this
the services of expert sellers, familiar
with the value of fruit, had to be en-
gagged. Local auctioneers have acknowl-
edged, he declared, that they know very
little about fruit valuations, and as a
result were not opposed to the amend
ment.
Aldermen Day and McCoobery opposed
it, but it was adopted by strict party
vote.
A resolution was adopted directing the
Inspector of Scales Weights and Meas
ures to inspect all measures used by
street peddlers and to enforce the law
against those using fraudulent weights
or measures.
Alderman Mitchelrs dog pound ordi-
nance was referred to City Attorney
Weart for his opinion as to it's legality.
Dome by BIair's Advice.
City Clerk Scott when asked this morn
ing if he would publish the fact that the
approaching election will be conducted
under the old district lines said:-
"Yes. the action of the board in
issuing such an order is upon the advice
of Corporation Counsel Blair. If the Su-
preme Court should render a decision to-
day of even tomorrow in the Ward Line
case, there would have to be another
change made at once. If the decision
be in favor of the new ward lines the
election would have to be held under
them; but we cannot wait for deci-
sion. The law compels us to advertise
for at least six weeks prior to an cleo
ton. To do that We must begin adj
vertising next Tuesday. The action of
the board will in no way affect the suit
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