The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-03
CORoNERS.
WILLIAM DELANEY. D.
CHARLES HOFFMAN,, D.

The people of Hudson county and Jersey
City have asserted themselves once more
and elected eleven Democratic Assembly
men and two Coroners by a majority
which leaves no doubt of their intention
to rebuke the sham and hypocrisy OF the
Republicans This feeling has not been
confined to Jersey City alone, but from
other counties and States of the Union
come the same good tidings that the
Democrats have made great gains.
AS stated in 1.-The Jersey City News"
Yesterday the election passed off without
incident or excitement The arrange
ments for collecting the returns made
by the police were excellent and the re-
suit was known shortly before midnight.
Il was a typical election night throughout
the city. The ubiquitous small boy, who
always enjoys himself no matter how the
election goes, brought from their hiding
places the barrels he has been hording
for weeks and as soon as it was dark had
the streets Illuminated with the blazing
slaves.
Bulletins were displayed in various
parts of the city and were eagerly
scanned by the crowds that congregated
before them. At Taylors Hotel the re-
turns from New York and other sections
of the country were placed ON bulletins
At various buildings on Newark avenue
the grateful intelligence of the great
Democratic victory was early announced
to enthusiastic crowds. There was great
time at the rooms of the Robert Davis
Association on Mercer street. As soon as
1t became known that the Democrats had
achieved a great victory the crowds
which had thronged the spacious club
house all the evening burst into cheer
which could be heard for blocks. Then
they proceeded to give their enthusiasm
full vent and exploded bombs and fire.
works In the street in front of the build
ing.
Around the corner, across Van Worst
place. the scene was much quieter and a
funeral stiffness hung over the brown
stone home of the Union League Club.
The silence was broken frequently by the
klink of glasses and the kick of billiard
balls, intermingled with half smothered
maledictions upon the Evening Journal"
1t must be said, however, that the most
of the Republican candidates took their
defeat philosophically and cheerfully
bowed to the inevitable.
The most woe-begone spectacle was
little Isaac Goldenhorn, who really enter
tanned the idea that he was to be elected
and could not realize that the people of
Hudson county were so ungrateful
There was some parading of the streets
by men with horns, but the noise was
much less than heretofore and at COM
paratively early hour the thoroughfares
were quiet.
The vote cast in the city was small
one compared with that cast at last falls
election. The total vote cast in 1896 was
81 O94, while that of this fall amounted to
q, ,747.
In Hoboken the Democrats swept every
thing. Allen, Marnell and Hoffman led the
Democratic ticket and Voll. Lees and Kiel
the Republican. AS soon as the returns
began to come in at Police Headquarters
the victory for the party was evident and
the small boys began to illuminate the
streets with bonfires in celebration of the
event.
The total vote was only 5,07s, which is
8 nominally Light figure. Few votes We're
rejected The voting was about the same
in all the wards, the Republicans being
completely showed under.
During the day little interest was shown
at the polls but when night came and the
result was made known there was wild
rejoicing. Every street in the Fourth
ward was blockaded with bonf1res and the
people turned out by the thousands to
celebrate Charles HOFFMAN, the local can
didate for Coroner. ran ahead Of his tick
ct all the way through and William De-.