The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09
v EARRING REPUBLICANS.
Mink Accuses the
Leaguers of Downright
Treaehery.

AS election day draws near the fight in
the Seventh ward, or the G~reenville Sec
ton, as it is better known, grows more
and more bitter among the Republicans.
1t is one continual scrap" and such a
thing as harmony is out of the question.
The Leaguers accuse the eMinks', of
trickery and the .sMinks'' naturally re-
taliate. So it goes the whole time and
many Republicans have come to the con-
clusion that there is no hope for the
ticket his spring. Dozens of the staunch
supporters of the Republican party have
fore take no interest in the campaign
work.
A member of the Minkakwa i yes
terday afternoon consented to talk about
the trouble between the two clubs. He
said that as a rule the members of his
club did not care to discuss the scrap in
the ward, but he had heard SO much from
the Leaguers on the subject tina he
thought it was time the other side of the
case was nearu.
The Leaguers are even more preacher
Gus than The people are led to believe
he said, .and | would not trust them out
of my sight. An example of how honest
they are was given when the convention
was held in Belvedere Hall about Two
weeks ago. They had 1t fixed who would
be nominated for constable and even
went so far as to decker with the dele
gates of the Fifth and Sixth precincts.
The delegates of the precincts / mem
toned voted against our man and nomi-
mated the Leagues man, Mr.. Sotheren.
They cannot call that perfect harmony,
for it was fixed to beat us and our club
knows it The nomination for constable
was the Ahly one we wanted and we were
willing that the League should have the
rest.
another thing we think was pretty
small business was the mentioning of the
name of Edward Schultze for Alderman.
The League people did not do 1t directly,
but had another delegate from the Fifth
precinct do it. This is a thing which We
viii not forget in a hurry. Monumental
gall would be a mild term in which to
express it. These people the last time Mr..
Schultze ran for Alderman cut the ticket
so badly that he was beaten. They also
cut the ticket when Alderman Fry ran,
but he was elected. And to think that
those people wanted Mr.. Schultze to run
again. A man is not to be blamed for
not accepting the nomination when it is
offered by such people. They should have
gone to see him before they offered his
name for nomination, but no such thing
was done.
speaking about the candidates, I think
that Petty will be beaten because he has
any number of enemies in his own club.
The League people say that we are going
to cut the ticket this spring, but let me
say that we are just as much and more
for harmony than they are. We have al
ways supported any Republican nominee,
no matter who he was, and the League
people cannot say that much. We are
Just as good Republicans as they are. but
/ do not think that there ever will be
! any perfect harmony between the two
clubs. IS.
This outburst from a Mini will no doubt
cause much surprise in the Republican
ranks. The League people are not as
| confident of success as they were a short
time ago and are beginning to do a little
worrying over the outcome. Al member
of the League Club a few days ago did
not let the chance slip. by to take a crack
| at the din and said that he felt sure
that the Minks would cut the ticket. IF
the ticket is cut this time" he said.
there will be trouble in the ranks and
| somebody will suffer for the trickery.