The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-21
REPUBLICAN, WbULD-BBS
Candidates in Wards Which Are
Not AS Sure AS They Were
Meant to Be.

Upon reliable authority 1t is reported
that if two promising young candidates"
present themselves for nomination. for
Street and Water Commissioners at the
Republican convention to be held next
| Tuesday, Messrs. Hooker and Patterson
will be turned down. Mayor Wanser is
heart and soul with the present Commits.
| Sioners in the Board, but in all paris of
1 the city there is opposition against them.
1t is not because the gentlemen have not
/ workers feel that they should step down
and out and make room for younger
| blood
There is a chilliness about the cam
paign that is causing comment. City
Treasurer Dickinson is in quandary,
and although he has been appealed to 10
| try to turn the tide he has declared that
| he proposes keeping his hands off and
| allowing the delegates to nominate men
| who they think will win. The whole
! trouble is. the Republicans are fustered
| and fear defeat.
Commissioner Hooker is making a hard
| fight and to some extent he is being as
sisted by his colleagues in the Board. He
| believes he will be able to poll big vote
because he will be given the support of
| every. empleye of the department. His,
friends are not so positive, however.
Where Republican treachery is showing
itself is in the Aldermanie fight. The
gerymanler of the city into wards has
not proven the success anticipated. When
! City, Clerk Woolley and few others
created twelve wards, no less than eight
| jorities, and one was made doubtful.
| This is the first municipal election under
that plan OF attempted disfranchseme.at
| of Democrats. The Republicans are in
| terested, of course. in the outcome, par
I ticularly as the election last fall resulted
in seven of the wards going Democratic.
| Republicans by TWO votes.
The Aldermanic fight is the one in
| which Woolley is more interested than
anyone else. The clerkship is worth $4,000
| a year salary, and there are perquisites
| which increase the income to about
! SIT O0c For this reason Mr.. Woolley wants
to hold on. There are seven hold-over
/ members in the Board, and four of these
are Republicans. Consequently they. have
| only to, elect nine members to again get
/ control. To get those nine members there
| is no trick that will not be resorted to,
neither will the. Republicans hesitate to
! have a little funny work" done. This
will be checked, however, if Democratic
| watchfulness can prevent it.
There is disruption all along the lire.
| Fer the turning down of Alderman Me-
t Carthy. Woolley is held responsible: The
same gentleman is now after Jack"
Graham's scalp, and as a. consequence
there is a row on the Hill SUCH IS only
| Jack can create. It will be a fight to
the finish. and if the Board does not fall
| into Democratic hands it will not be be-
cause of the harmony in the G. O. P.
| ranks.
The First Ward is Democratic. Two
| Republican candidates are to be named.
! One is to be Alderman Andrew T. Wit
| ter, the present incumbent. No one else
| would run and he has CONSIDERABLY con-
sented to spend his money for the glory.
| of making the contest. His walking mate
will probably be Philip Ebard of Grove
| street.
| Alderman Ambrose Guiton holds over.
! Consequently only one candidate is TO be
named The Republican victim is to be
Daniel j. Harper cf Henderson street.
I The Third Ward has one candidate to
| name Alfred Losee, a Democrat. is the
hold-over member: and John Mitchell is
49, 4-1. III 1s<a1r, tn tc 10 1r1
nominated. Although the ward is SUD-
posed to be Republican by a safe margin
it went Democratic last fall.
/ The Fourth Ward is Republican and
! only one candidate is to be named, Al
| derman Calnon Democrat. holding over.
| The Republican nominee is to be Ren-
! and bicycle dealer at Jersey and Newark
avenues He thinks he viii win.
The Fifth Ward is on the Democratic
list. Judson N. Startup and John NJ. DAILY
will be sacrificed on the Republican altar.
The Sixth Ward Is Republican. One
IS to pe bo1a AeSande a4S a
Business baasG W with W ". Farrisr: IS go song lss
This ward Went Democratic last fan
safe margin. President Simpson comes
sto be elected from It. If the slate is not
| broken. Edward Schultz, a gold beater,
Brother ef Assessp'ent Ts Cosnn9ssioner
V1 lCfld61 oC4uit1 diid .!tScoOt.c tNce--
man, fruit dealer, will be the Republic
/ can nominees
In the Eighth Ward one representative
is to be chosen. The ward is Republican
by 500 or mere. 1t is City Clerk Wo9lley's
bailjwick. Alderman s. W H. Vermilya
is the hold-over member. The choice Of
the voters cf Republican persuasion ap-
pears to be. George W. Decker. superin-s
tendent of the West Bergen Steel Works.
The Ninth Ward will name two candi-s
/ dates. Alderman Mccarthy wanted to he
the Republican nominee. but City Clerk
! Wooliey and MS followers. having laid
f,s-n on the shelf, paJpose nominating
! George Johnstone, who has charge of
brarch Post Office on Bergen avenue, and
/ Fred ]. Blackshaw. son or the ex-Assem-
The Tenth Ward has one candidate to-
/ name. Al. Heritage. Republican. hol6s
/ over. There is fight for the nonlina-
tion between Dr. Burdette and Jacob
/ Dieh1 The former is regarded as a win
! ne-. This ward is Republican, as mapped.
out, by a large majority. It was carried
! by only two votes al the last election,
i however.
4 The Eleventh Ward has the selection
/ of two candidates. The ward is supposed
to be Republican; but it, like several
other OF tae good things, went wrong
| last fall. The Republican nominees will,
doubtless be George Richardson, con-
/ tractor and Herman Hansen. n1er-
i chant. There was some talk of Justice
1 of the Peace Frank q Lansing, but It
I is sald he IS not II i. s.
1 The Twelfth Ward Il Republican and