The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-02-20
QUIET PRIMARIES.
Democratic County Commit
teemen Elected Last
Night.
ONLY THREE SMALL CONTESTS
New Committee Will Begin Active
Work-Protests Heard To-
night.
ONLY THREE SMALL CONTESTS

Democratic primaries for the election
of members to the County Committee
and members to the various district COM
m1ttees were held throughout the coun-
ty last night. With one or two excep-
tions everything passed off smoothly.
There were several lively contests, but
| in every instance after the ballots had
! been counted. the defeated candidate
| pledged HIS support to the victor in
everything That may be undertaken for
the party's benefit. An unusually heavy
vote was polled and the district leaders
believe that at the approaching election
| some old time husIling VIII be done and
healthy npajorities piled up.
NO CONTESTS IN THE FIRST.
In the Jersey City end of the First
| district there were no contests. The
| members elected were Joseph ". Walsh.
Michael, Fagan and John Narthaler.
Frank Kimuerly is the holdover mern-
Der. ~ lie Third re ;inet ~ sl-ct.5,n,
was hald The County '''oia ,alttoe WI
al the vacancy next week. In the Sec
nnd district there were no contests. The
elected committeeman are:-LeonaEd. J.
ney, Morris j. O'Mara, Thomas M. g.
l4ennon, Henry Windecker, Thomas Z.
Brennan, Herman Rohhs, Andrew Craig
James J. Kelly, Josepn keogh and Peter
Iichael keating ana Daniel Lewis
No election was held in the seventh
precinct. The vacancy viii be nlied by
the County Committee.
The Third district primaries passed OF
quietly and resulty1 II the eleptlon OF
eiili charlas les N Max@eil.} John j. Mcarash;
Bernard j. Keilt. Messrs. james Hen
| nessey and John J. MulTaney are hold
over members. The County Committee
| will I'll a vacancy in the Seventh.
The new members from the Fourth dis
! triet are Frank Coleman, Daniel Tierney.
Jar9s McGoyer4n T. Miiism me;5 n Kfss A56 bo19 hg9
| over members are William Aeyes and
| Henry Kupker. Vacancies in the Third.
| tourJh and Tenth precincts.
| narmoniousiy for Alexander j. Glenn
| erts, Alex Roe, William J. Murray a.
! field Walker Nugen; and Charles Bird
| sail There are vacancies in the SECOND,
! Filth and Eleventh preeincts to be filled.
| William c. Cudlpq and Z. +. Smlth are
A SPIRITED, CONTEST HERE HEB
| spirited contests. In the Sixth precinct
| Matthew Fallahee and James F. CurleyI
| were opponents. There were. the usual
| charges CT ballots being stolen, and t
| YES further asserted that men who were
| not enrolled were permitted to vote
| Curley won by a handsome majority
! ITaliahee and his followers propose en-
/ tering a protest There IS a. likelihood
l-t,f new primary being ordered. TO be
! held unuer the SUPERVISION Ol tIle la
In tho SEVENTH precinct Owen Duffy
! and Thomas O'Conn0r struggled for the
! honors. Duffy poled 214 votes and O'Co1-
it being CHARGED by O'Connor that the
! polls d.d not open at four O'clock as re-
| he ballots. John Kenny was the only
| member whose election is not disputed
1 The nold-over representatives are John
| ?. Feeney ard Dennis C'Conneil ga,
| cancies IN The First. Second and Third
precincts VIII have to be filled
In the Seventh district James a Kir-
| wen. Patrick e! Rogers and Martin
| Adams were elected from the Jersey
| CITY end. There are vacancies in the
! second and Third precincts; Edward
o Donnel holds over. ,r,
There was no election in kearny. Tnos.
| =. BuIser was elected.
| Harison's representative, John Slavirl
| will lock after the interests of the Fourth
| ward voters. Vacancies in the second
| and Third wards viii have To- be filled
| FUN IN THE EIGHTH.
| In the f, ghth district there We're two
| lively contests. In the Second precinct
James J. Larkin polled 50 votes ard John
n heY 81 the iae p5aFy recet + so Tnomss ro
! Duff defeated William Tredenlan. The
| election * to be protested. William
| VIII te, Henry Spcllmeyer. George HoH-
| man, James Nolan, Andrew Rochester,
7nrsen-ir w. Cohrn and Leonard SpItz-
Ragel, were elected without opposition. i9t
| Vacancies in the First ana S.Nth pre-
ciucts VIII have to be filed.
| The members from the n nth are M.
T. Coyla, Joseph Weinthal, Thomas Field,
| Jr. John Hagyerty, John J. MaGoveT1
| crd Henry Kili7n. w Fl. Elias and
| P. Smith are hcld-over members,
With the exception of the Second pre-
cnct, Fourth ward, the primaries in Ho-
| hoEeu passed Oft very quietly. In that
precinct the contest between Dennis Sui
iivan and P. !. O'7oole was conducted
in q rather mysterious manner. It is
SAID a protest will be made to the Coun-
ty Committee. Sullivan was elected.
FROM THE UPPER DISTRICTS.
The Tenth district Democrats elected
Henry J. Stegman, Cornelius Tahen,
| William T. Schaffer. Charles LIE Point,
! James Lon0risan, Charles A. Meyer, Jr.,
| and Arthur McMahon. William ]. Dinau
and Henry Lohmann, Jr., are hold
In the Eleventh district. Edward Gal
lagher p NJ Cailigan, Louis Keise-
wetter August Henlner, G.. Tanseman,
4 ora ITariiag, Edward Collins, James
Vance, Sr, p. J. Lynch, Peter Yost and
Il G. w Rcehr were elected. George Il.
| Berekan7p and John j. Egan are hold
| over members.
Rayonne elected Thomas B. Meltain,
Terence Brady and Elhert Gilbertson.
| There was one contest thers.
The Cornty Committee will meet in
Roche's Hall tonight to hear all pro-
tests and straighten all difficulties, II
possible.
SIMS BODY AT HOME.