The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-24
HARMONIOUS. !"
The Boss Programme Put
Through By the Repub-
lican City Con-
yention.
FUNNIEST THING ON RECORD
Every Detail Was Arranged
Beforehand and Hilarity
Reigned Supreme.
HOOKER AND PATTERSON, VICTIMS
Republican Primary Customs De-
fned-Mr. Cosey's
Oratory.
HOOKER AND PATTERSON, VICTIMS

There was as choice collection of ring
and machine politicians. trinlmers and
heelers in Kessler's Hall. Central avenue,
last night, as Tammany Hall, in its
palmiest days could have drawn together.
They We're there to do the bidding of the
bosses. and they did with rush.
1t was supposed to be convention. Had
any one suggested name not on the
programme, it would doubtless have beer
a riot. The result was the nomination of
William IL Hooker and George r. Pafter-
son as candidates for the Street and Water
Board Commissioner Hooker was at
home. He was sick some one said Com
missioner Patterson was present early in
the evening. but he made an searly escape
nos caring, apparently, to undertake the
purchase of brewery for the delegates.
From the nomination of the gentlemen
named to the naming of committees and
turning down OF Alderman Mccarthy,
everything was cut and dried.
City Clerk E. w. Woolley, as Chairman
of the City Committee, called the meeting
TO order. A man in the front row con-
nominated Harry Holmes, President OF
the Union League Club, for Chairman.
he had scarcely finished speaking when a
motion that nominations close was put
and carried. Ex-Alderman Harry Hill
and Mahion Terhune, Clerk of the Tax
Appeals Commission, escorted him TO the
platform.
In his characteristic modest manner,
Mr. Holmes thanked his friends for the
nonor conferred on him. He sized up
tile crowd IN jiffy, and walking behind
the scenery secured piece of joist about
foura inches square and two feet long,
with which TO preserve order An axe
was handed him by sympathizer. 1t
had no handle, and it was consequently
useless.
Nominations or a temporary Secretary
We're called for. and within one minute
5enn 5.1sal, Erwin. Secretary Of the County
pussne He was Instructed to cali the
names Of the delegates.
"A half dozen names had been called
and Water Board, who had been admitted
70 the gallery began to hurrah for
Hooker and Patterson.
Chairman Holmes welded the ioist
gracefully and quickly He banged on
the table in front of him until it threatened
70, 20 ,coIliapse: The owner of the furniture
tnned on until II fe oroT fatbf The aDlsring
given their cue to break aWay,'
A dozen or more voters of the Seventh
precinct pre- Of the Ninth ward filed a pro-
Who claimed to have been elected at the
primaries Pr few evenings ago at No.
4u3 West Side avenue. After reciting the
fact that the names of respectable Re-
publicans had been erased from the poll
books 10 prevent them fTom voting. that
men voted who had no business to vote.
ana az I. finally u 3 that IS men had voted. but
tna5 Il ballots were counted, they CON
GUIDED by contending that the primary
was entirely Illegal and not in accordance
With Republican CUSTOMS
This is the precinct which decided the
question of supremacy between Alder
man McCarthy and City Clerk Woolley
Ia tne ward. The ward has nineteen dele
gdles and mad Mccarthy captured the tWo
from The Seventh Precinct he would have
Deen a winner. The protest of course had
to be referred to a committee on creden-
put and carried that the chairman name
the committee Mr.. Holmes has already
been given the names of the committee
men he was to appoint but discreetly he
refrained from announcing them. He held Ia
a whispered consultation with Secretary
Erwin: They- scanned the meeting. made
a - glam e, selecting man here and there
ana writing down his name. and then out
came the committee. which was to, de-
eide Whether or not it was customary
for the Republican party to count 10l
No less shining light in the Republican
ranks than Billy Broas was made
CHAIRMAN Of that Committee and Thomas
members as selected by the leaders and
announced by the. chairman were A. b
Gosey, the colored gentleman from the
Judsen Startup E. Moore, w II. Kent
H. Stuhr. : ~
The committee retired and Quickly re.
turned verdict that the objections OF
the respectable voters who did not think
It a party custom to count more votes
,slad nnan were cast We're way off, that the
rlght thing. when occasion required
Charles Anderson and j. r. Baker were
consequently seated. This decision estab-
A. fnr
convention Of the Ninth Ward to to- follow, low.
The result viii be the Knockout Of All
eI dernan Mccarthy and City Marshal
City Clerk. who is debating the Alder
manic nominations this trip.
While the Credential Committee was
out an organization COMMITTEES was an.
pointed. 1t consisted of Harry Hill. chair.
man. and John Glynn, secretary. RThe
other members were:--c. Rehill, b. Har.
Simmons. NJ Gilhooly. George Keegar
and A. Shaw. Al this juncture recess
was taken for fifteen minutes.
sat IN the rear of the room as uncon.
cerned as possible He expected a break
of some kind. His lieutenants, however
about that Hooker and Patterson were were K fe
be downed Chairman Harry Holmes was
approached and asked to allow his name
to be presented, He hssitated moment
son. Michael Schultz of Greenyille was
next asked if he would take Patterson's
place. He refused. The, next man tackled
was Henry Brautigam. He, too. knowing
what the slate was declined to be tht
instrument of smashing it. During thu
recess. however there. was uneasiness
freshments were abundant, and by The
tirne recess was over the machinery was
running as possible.
COMMITTEES advised The selection of The
Temporary officers forA permanency. Tht