The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-09-20
REFORMERS ALERT
Have Selected Their Ticket
for the Nomination Pri-
ma Y in October.
RECORD AsPlREs TO CONGRESS
Davis Kicks at the Abolition OF
the Old Conyentions-Diyided
Opinion.

Uplhl0n.
That portion of the Democracy of this
county known as the Reform element,
has announced its ticket at the coming
primaries when candidates will be voted
for direct.
The ticket Isl
For member of Congress-George L.
Record.
For County Clerk-Philip Hexamer,
Jr.
For Register of Deeds-John Garrick.
According to the terms of the Constitu-
ton of the County Democracy, the pc
titions of these three have been endorsed
by twenty voters, and the County Com
mitteemen from their respective districts
and forwarded to General w. C. Hep
penheimer, Secretary of the committee.
These names We're agreed upon at
private meeting of the Reform leaders
who at once communicated with the in
dividuals mentioned. They agreed to
stand.
So that the Reformers are the first in
the field, and each of them says they
will make strong fight throughout the
county Meetings will be held few
days prior to the time fixed for the
primaries.
All the candidates We're seen this morn
ing by a News" representative, and each
admitted the soft impeachment that he
is running for office.
Mr.. George L. Record was leaning
against the rails of the Second National
Bank this morning talking with Mr.. John
D. Bacot and DIR. Gordon. when the writ
er asked if he would run.
Yes sir, 1 am in the fight" replied
MIR. Record.
J'Y SUIS; JY RESTE
-. Ex-Judge Garrick was in his office in
the Weldon Building when the same
question was put to him
WELL" said the Judge, II am
in the fight now, and 1 will stay in it,
but the offer to me was most surprising.
few gentlemen called on me and asked
ne to stand. l had no aspirations that
way. and as you may readily believe
was altogether surprised. They told me
that a large number would support my
nomination, and with that assurance,
consented to become a candidate for
nomination"
Philip Hexamer. Jr., of Hoboken, the
third in the trio, could not be found this
morning but his father was seen at the
riding academy on Hudson street, and
said
''I may speak for my son when tell
you -fe-fss confident of making fine
run IN fact. he is confident of winning
with q handsome majority. He has never
been IN politics before, but was urged SO
persistently to go in this fall that he
accepted. Nov that ne is nominated, he
Will make hard fight
NO BAR'L.
Tic will run on an honest basis, and
VIII not buy votes. He has told me this,
and know it. If there is any man quail
fed for the position, none could be more
adapted than ne,
.MT. Hexarler. JT, is manager manager of tn, the
Der Of the German Club on Hudson and
Fifth streets and of the Quartette Club
on Washington street but IS connected
Hexamer took an active part in the
war Hverymen in Hoboken are Waglng
against unlicensed hack drivers. He has
devoted considerable time in inVestgat-
ing cases in which hack drivers operate
more than one coach under one license.
Messrs. Record and Garrick are both
well known raen ct the Hudson County
bar Ex-Judge Garrick was, some years
ago, District Court Judge in this city,
and is, in every respect, a strong eanai- ,,a-
not been much in politics, preferringg
1nodestIy to keep in the background. It
was Only at the solicita ton OF his friends
that he now steps to the front.
MIR. Record is an energetic and capable
man. with eny quantity Of deteEnn1stion; ea i 4;
sanguine as to the results.
NO KNIFING.
One thing the Reforncfs have agreed
upon which will add greatly to the re-
suits of the coming election, is that who
ever wins the nomination at the primary,
that person, be he short hair or cuckoo,
will receive the united vote of the Re-
formers, and they reason this way: 1t
is the first time the people have bad
voice In the selection of their candidates.
Every man has an equal chance to seek
noInination, before he had not Hence
If A and c are Democrats, striving
fairly for one office, and If A wins. and
defeat the unknown quantity at present
Of their Republican friends, the enemy.
that fe not eiIf oniy viii there her be "a union after
the primary fight, but the elections shall
be conducted honestly. Ballot box stuff
ing Illegal practices, in fact, are to be
vieorouslv ss guarded against and there
will be fair vote and an honest count
Mr.. otto Grouse. who was. mentioned t;
that the ticket is particularly strong.
Il shall support Mr.. Record, he said
land should like very much 70 see him
nominated. / think he could be elected
and know that he would make capa-
bic representative in Congress-.
Mr. Grouse said the existing County
urinary, but would endeavor to see that
iii candidates were treated fairly and
their interests properly protected: He
added that the primaries would be
honestly conducted, and any one at
tempting to vote Illegally or commit
fraud in any way would be arrested and
DIVIDED OPINIONS.
Just precisely what the prevailing
opinion is among the short hair folk
Concerning the above ticket is not very
easy to discover. because the leaders
are not doing any talking, and the small
er fry are divided as to the strength of
the Record ticket. Some think that the
Hoboken nomination is not strong
enough, while others don't agree as
to the head and tail of the ticket. They
are, at least, agreed on one matter, and
that is whoever is put UP for Congress
on the Democratic ticket. that man. as
they put it. must be better known and
can pull the party vote better than the
gentleman nominated by the Reform ele-
nent. A meeting of the short hairs will
be held in a few days, when they will
put up their man.
whoever that is. he will have to do
lively lot of hustling to knock out
The Reformers' candidates. who, it must
be 5orne in mind, are very much in
earnest.
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