The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-15
JERSEYS REDEMPTION
Democrats ID all Parts Of the
State see Signs Of Their
Party's Return to
Power.
Especial to .The Jersey city News.


TRENTON. April is, iSs7.4New jersey
Democrats take great courage from the
results of Tuesdays elections throughout
the State. They regard the great Demo-
cratic gains over recent Reatbliean sue
cesses as sure indications Of a future re-
turn to power. They look ahead hope
fully to the election of Senators and AS
semblymen next fall. the election Of a
Governor next year and the choice Of a
United States Senator in 1885. The Re
publican Representatives in Congress as
cribe the results to local issues but
United States Senator James Smith,
speaking to a correspondent at the Ma
tional capital yesterday. said:-'The Re-
publican defeat was due chiefly TO two
cause.-the DingIey bill and the State
Legislature. New Jersey Republicans are
disgusted with both. They don't like the
way things IN their party are running,
and to express their dissatisfaction they
either stayed at home Tuesday or voted
the Democratic ticket
The Republicans OF Newark, who lose
control Of the Board of Aldermen, N
who elected bu one of the two Board of
Works Commissioners, have decided to
contest the election. They rave not de-
cided upon a plan of action, but they will
probably have one of their defeated IAN
didates take an appeal from the Supreme
Court decision which declared the Lentz-
Dickinson law unconstitutional. If this
law should be declared valid by the Court
of last resort then Tuesdays election
would be void. 1t seems like a desperate
partisan move. and the State Republican
leaders may discountenance it.
The majority for Mayor-elect Hinch-
life, in Paterson, Is about 1000, and the
new Common Council win stand nine Re
publicans, six Democrats and one Social
list. In Newark the Board of Aldermen
will stand nine Democrats and six Re-
publicans.
It would be hard to find a more iubi-
liant set of men in the land than the
Camden Committee of One Hundred. At
the headquarters in the Masonic Temple
last night the Executive Committee
heard the testimony of their watchers
and challengers, who were on duty in
the Fifth ward, preliminary to securing
a recount of the supposed tie vote there.
Both Charles e. Day. the committee
candidate, and Benjamin Lawton, the
Republican candidate. say they are will
ing to have a recount, as it will show
their election. Day claims to nave seven
majority, while Lawton claims two, 1t
is probable that there will be a recounr.
The Committee of One Hundred is also
preparing to contest the election Of j. S.
Roberts in the Third ward by 80 major
ity. On these two wards hinges the or
ganization of the new City Council on
the first Monday In Nav City Counsel
Morgan +be pe.,bIioan ,oadar soid vos-
Morgan, tAe aepooicsh ieauef' saiu yes
terday that the party would surely or
ganize the Council but members Of the
Ca~-n.e - -. TT..snaI 49, -
election Of DR.. Shafer, in the Third ward,
and Day. in the Fifth ward. and say they
viii boia tho matoritv -nd organive tho
WIZ io1u - maturity uhu oIsaiiAe the
body Not counting the fifth ward on
either side and crediting the Third to
+be Re,,3blieans tbo RON ro,,,ciI zyo,Id
~ - : SooHti "outo
stand ~ Republicans II . Committee OF
One Hundred men. IF the Committee
sats ~ Tb;ra So TT,fth rzsrdg tba
ests = - =
vote Wouio pc hepuplcans ana ~ Com-
mittee Of One Hundred men. 1t will be
neoaseary tbs-efora FOR tho latter 10
1850 -
sscuit tlesS tWO "dIuS III oiuet ~ Oi-
game tne Council I,
RssaIoilg the cause OF the disaster
some Hspuoilcans were Yesterday cam,
- TTa,eana,a ~
SGT the Denocratlc vote Almost soIdiy,
as SHOWN IA the .lolals on CITY olflcesi. On
me otner hand the committee OF one
HundIeo say II Was Que 70 dissatIsIac-
tlon with the fteponlcan administrator
ana thai thousands OF Republicans voted
lor their Gandldates; On this point the
Iannaen .Ieleggafn, the stauncn fsepup-
mean oaliy. SAID
.lhe returns OF yesterdays election
nave set true Repupiicans to h.nklng as
= SHOWS nhaL q pig minority OF the peo-
PIE are ,uissaLlsled WITH something IN
the conduc( 81 municipal afalrs. What
that soInstning IS remains to be deter
miheo. Inc .Ielegram mas no apollo
gles OF excuses 70 olIer LOT Inc result, II