The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-03
CITY REPUBLICANS.
Meeting Of the committee
at the Federal Club
Last Night.
PREPARING FOR TIE SPRING ELECTION
Will Make a Strong Fight to
Keep Their Majority In the
Board of Aldermen.

The Republican City Committee met last
night at the Federal Club House. The large
attendance indicated that the G. o. P. in this
| city intended to continue the fight of last
undated vigor. While there is not so much
politically at stake this spring, yet every eff
fort to carry the city will be made. The
| most important candidates to, be voted for
will be a member ofthe Board of Alder
men from each district, six members going
out and six holding over. One of the rea-
| sons why the Republicans are anxious to re-
tain a majority in the Board of Aldermen
is the expectation that after the Senate
middle is ended, that laws will be passed
placing in the possession of the board many,
| if not all of the rights it had before the new
| charter and subsequent legislation trans
ferred these rights and powers to the Street
| and Water Commissioners
THE
| The outgoing member of the Board of
! Aldermen are:-First district. Kelly, demo-
crat; Second district, Connolly, democrat;
Third district, Farley, democrat; Fourth
district, Lahey, republican; Sixth district,
Kaiser, republican. This leaves four repub-
licans, including Alderman-at-Large Simp-
| son, and three democrats as ~holdovers. If
the Republicans can elect their candidates
in three districts, they will continue to have
a majority of one in the board, and hard
work will be done to insure this result.
The City Committee realizes perfectly well
that this can only be done by perfect or
ganization, and the meeting that was held
last night was for the purpose of putting the
machinery in motion. When the meeting
was called'to order, Secretary John j. Erwin
said that the principal business before it
was the appointment by the Chairman
of two members from each district to form a
campaign committee, and one member from
each district to form a committee on organi-
| cation. Also that it was necessary that all
| challenge books used in the last spring and
| fall election should be turned into the CON-
mittee as soon as possible. The secretary
\ said that next Friday he would submit a
list OF the missing challenge books. The
secretary further stated that the committee
should arrange for the primaries.
HI
The City Committee unanimously instruct
ed the chairman to appoint the Committees
ON Campaign and Organization, and then a
motion was made tnat the primaries be
called by the district associations. Ex-Judge
Seymour offered an amendment to the effect
that the City COMMITTEES name the date for
holding primaries. This, he claimed, would
| avoid trouble and discussions.
Assemblyman McEwan favored the
| amendment because he believed it would be
better to have the primaries all held on one
night. He said that March'9 and 10 had
been designated as the time for enrolment,
and suggested that the primaries be held
| March 20 and the conventions March 20.
| There was a considerable kick over this sug-
gestion by those who wanted the District As
sociations to name the date for holding
primaries, but after a long and wordy dis
cussion the matter was settled by the City
Committee designating March II for holding
sociations the right to call conventions when
they saw fit. The primaries will be open
from half-past seven until nine o'clock.
REGISTRY DAY.
Secretary Erwin announced that there
would be but one registry day, and that
would be the first Tuesday in April, and
that Election Day would be the second Tues
day in April.
The City Committee at this point took a
recess for the purpose of permitting the
members of district associations to organize
and to report the places where primaries
should be held. The First district was the
only association prepared to make this re-
port, and it named No. Al Gregory street as
the place for the primaries in that district.
The other district associations will make a
report to the Secretary before next Friday.
Chairman Woolley satisfied the committee
that it was imperative that the list of chal-
lengers at the polls should be filed with the
City Clerk at least five days before election
and the meeting adjourned.
JUSTICES AND C-oNSTABLES.
Other offices to be filled at the coming
election are justices of the peace and CON
stables. Justices will be elected to succeed
William E. Walsh, John c.. Carr, James
Tumilty, Michael DAILY, Joseph T. McCoob-
cry, William Allen. Andrew v. Kilkenny,
Charles A. Roe and John Fl. Peloubet.
Constables will be elected to succeed Peter
Fl. DAILY, John F. MCGOWAN, Michael H.
Pursell, Henry ]. Powell, Enoch Ryno and
Daniel i. HarDer.