The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-08
Light ENROLMENT.
Rain and Mud Keep Good Re-
publieans Indoors.

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Throughout the city the Republican
enrolment last night was unusually
light and the rain was the ~undoubted
cause. Few cared to court a dripping
simply to enroll for voting at the prim-
airy.
Down town the places Of enrolment
were only tenanted by those Who were
Obliged officially to preside, and the
same occurred in the upper sections or
the city. Even in the First Aldermanic
district. usually turned into a political
bear garden by Captain Jack Graham.s
forces and those of Commissioners Jack
Brennan. the utmost peace prevailed.
and but for a stray Republican lounging
about the doors of the booths. NO one
would imagine that any political mee,-
ing was in progress.
GREAT PRECAUTIONS IN HOBOKEN.
At the Republican enrolment in the
First district. First ward. Hoboken, last
night, about twenty names were enroll
ed. 1t was held in the tailor shop OF
Nathan Goldram, at No. 1853 First street,
and GolGram and James Campbell, his
colleague. refused to admit anyone in the
place unless they had vouchers to prove
that they were Republicans and lved in
the district. Lawyer Clement De r.
Leonard was outside with a large num-
Der of people, and Goldram would not
let them in. Mr.. Leonard told Mr.. Gold
ram in a short but animated speech that
# he (Mr. Leonard) and his friends could
give the "Sheeney countersign" it would
De all right, and they could get in.
Mr.. Goldram replied by telling Mr..
Leonard in an angry tone. 'I'll fix you.
my good friend" n leaving his store in
charge of Mr.. James Campbell, started
few minutes with an officer, and ordered
him to send the crowd away. The Off
Ger cleared a passage way for Mr.. Gold
TEMPEST IN A TEAPOT.
Mr.. !Goldram then threatened to re-
was about to address the crowd when
Mr.. Leonard interrupted him by say
ing syon,,a - oroor vourse,f. ubv aon,+
0 send us away?"
No trouble occurred, however, and the
crowd left shortly afterward.
Mr.. Leonard and his friends a dose of
their own medicine" as they prohibited
him and his friends from enrolling last
of a Mr.. 1ngersoll, who is not a member
VERY SMALL IN GREENyILLE:
feature. few Republicans manifested
enough interest in the enrolment to find
their way through the heavy fog and
wallow in the mud. As a result. the en-
rollment was the smallest in years, and
the clerks had little to do except to
smoke pipes or cigars, which were even
more offensive to the smell than the
pipes. The enrolment for the Thir-
tenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth pre-
cInets of the Sixth Aldermanic district
Minkakwa Club on Ocean avenue. These
three precincts cover an area of one
square mile, yet only ffty-four names
| were enrolled. This Is partly due also
to the cessation of hostilities between
the Minkakwa Club and the Greenvflle
| Republican Club. With these two forces
in harmonious relations all desire fer
| passed, and consequently the interest
in this duty has taken a flop. In the
| Woodlawn district, where mud and sew
age reign supreme, there were even less
Republicans out a in Greenville
| proper.
Republican enrollments in the old
| Fourth district were rather dull last
| night. The Indictment weather did not
encourage many of the citizens to ven
tnre out to, enroll, and the streets we're
almost silent.