The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-12
CLOSING RANKS,
Democratic County Commit
tee Appoints a Committee
to Fill the Assembly
Vacancies.
ENTHUSIASTIC M'GILL MEETINGS
x-Sheriff Stanton Declines in
a Manly Letter to Run as
Assembly Candidate
from Hoboken.
Republican "Grand Mass Meeting"
Results in a Miserable Fizzle
- Phases Of the
Campaign.

At meeting of the Democratic County
Committee last night in Roche's Hall
Edward r. Stanton, the elected Assembly
candidate of the Tenth district, resigned.
In withdrawing from the race he gives
his reasons in letter which is published
in an adjoining column
1t was reported that Overseer of the
Poor Hewitt had also pulled out of the
race, but when seen this morning he de-
clared he was still in the swim and in
tended making hot fight. His friends
and the party workers have urged him
to withdraw. He declines to do so, and
has already started out to canvass the
county.
POSSIBLE CANDIDATES.
It has been said that Mr.. Hewitt should
pull out so as to allow James d. Man
ming to be nominated. Mr.. Manning,
the party workers say, cannot be con-
sistently nominated, because pursuing
such a course would leave the Fourth
district without a representative on the
ticket.
The Fourth district voters are anxious
to have William H. Peckham, Vice
President of the Davis Association take
Mr. Hewitts place. He is an old Demo-
jewelry business in New York.
The only course the committee could
pursue last night was to officially announce
the Assembly candidates and it was
done.
The names announced are Richard M.
Smart, Carl H. Ruempler, John E. Hewitt,
David H. Cagney, Pierce ]. Fleming, Ed
ward Hoos, John w. Queen, Joseph p.
hoy slaC
Bauer
TO SELECT CANDIDATES.
To fill the vacancies caused by the dec
linations of Edward R. Stanton, the
following committee was appointed to
name a SUCCESSOR
First district, John Thompson; Sec
ond district, James c. Clarke; Third
district, Charles Maxwell; Fourth dis
trict. Robert Davis; Fifth district, John
j. Ryan; Sixth district, A. Connolly;
Seventh district; Patrick K. Rodgers;
Eighth district, A. w. Rochester; Ninth
district, Michael Haggerty; Tenth dis
trict Simon Kelly; Eleventh district
John Egan.
The committee is to meet this evening
to select the candidates
Who will succeed Station is an open
question. 1t will probably be either
Charles Meyer, Secretary of the County
Committee or Edward Russ, either of
whom it is believed would prove win
ner.
TO FORM DISTRICT CLUBS.
AS soon as the ticket is filled again
the campaign will be begun in earnest.
The preparatory step for an aggressive
local campaign was taken BY appointing
committee of on member from each
of the eleven Assembly districts
The committee consists of B. Lee, Daniel
Tierney, Owen Duffy, AL. Ryan, Robert
Davis, John Mulvaney, P. Mannix,
Michael Pagan, M. Lennon, Charles
Birdsall, Timothy Burke, James Kerwin
and ]. Duff.
The committee organized by electing
Robert Davis chairman and M. Lennon
secretary
The committee is to cause the imme-
d1ate formation of district clubs and then
District clubs of fifty are to be formed
throughout the county, and precinct
clubs of as many members as possible
PERSONAL CANVASS
1t is the intention of the committee to-
have every voter in the county. canvass
Hudson give chancellor McGill a ma
jorfty of at least 5000 No stone will be
left unturned to accomplish that result
Reports from the various districts show
that McGill is gaining votes every day.
When the campaign is opened in earnest
is going to give an old time Democratic
ma aiOrity