The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-08
Everything Points to a
Democratic Victory in
Newark.
REPUBLICAN DECEIT SCORED
People Wait Hours 10 Hear the
Mayor Speak on the Is
sues Of the Fight.
Especial to ..rhe Jersey city News."l

who has been renominated by the Demo-
Gratis. and John c. Eisele, the Republican
nominee Each has a running mate in
the person of a candidate for member OF
the Street and Water Board. Joseph M.
Byrne, a former member of the House
of Assembly, is running with Mayor Sey-
mour, and Mr.. Eisele's mate is Joseph S,
vinson, a practicing physician of the city.
Mr.. Eisele is an exceedingly popular
young man. He served two years in the
Assembly. 1894 and 1895. and won much
fame and political reputation by his de-
termined fight against the Prudential In
surance Company of Newar The first
year MIR. Eisele was in the House he 1n-.
reduced a bill providing that after q
paid on a policy and when payments were
not made the policy could not be for
feited without. returning to the policy
in. All that session Mr.. Eisele fought
bitterly for the passage of his bill and it
took all the fnesse OF a powerful lobby
TO defeat the measure. The next winter
Mr.. Eisele returned to the attack and
waged the war SO vigorously that the
company was forced to make a compro-
mise with him, which was in the nature
of a victory for the policy holder. This
made Mr.. Eisele immensely popular and
he at once became a prominent candidate
for Mayor. -Four years, ago, when the
Nlf Va ~ -tAA
Eisele was a prominent candidate for the
Mayoraity nomination and was beaten by
Mr.: Lebkuecher by a very small ma
jority. Two years ago he was also promi-
nent before the convention, but the
Lebkuecher ring secured control of the
convention and their man was renomi-
mated. Still the masses continued to
clamor for Mr.. Eisele's nomination and it
is said by those on the inside that Carl
Lentz and the other leaders,, seeing that
there was no chance of defeating Mr..
GGXoln1lg fhnIohf If fynI1ld hn "A Cnn1
opportunity to get rid of a man whose
personality, excellent character and
straightforward political methods are re-
pugflarr to them, and so they gave him
the nomination.
It was also thought by these leaders
that on account of the fight which he
made against that powerful the
Prudential Insurance Company would be
against Mr.. Eisele and contribute mate
rally to his defeat. But John +. Dryden,
the president of that company, is a can
didate for United States Senator and does
not see how he can afford to work against
the regular nominee of the party. 1t is.
therefore, more likely hat all the in
fluence of the great ompan will be ex-
erted in Mr.. E~isele's behalf
Those best acquainted with the situa-
ton here are inclined to believe that
Mayor Seymour will be elected. The
campaign is a notable one in one particu-
lar at least. 1t is entirely devoid of all
personalities and is being waged IN prin-
ciples. Mr.. Seymour has made an ex-
cellent Mayor during the two years in
which he has occupied the office. Al
though handicapped by q Republican
Board of Works, bent upon disposing of
yaluable contracts to favored contractors,
where they would do the most good to
the party, he has worked incessantly for
the best interests of the taxpayers and
the city alone.
1t is on the course Of this same Board
of Works record hat the Democrats are
making their fight. Certain trolley COM
11aninS warp fq Vnrld Tho East TarSpv
-Water Company was protected in all its
shameful grabs and unblushing attempts
to take advantage of the city, and the
Barber Asphalt Company, one of the big
geSt monopolies in the country, was nour-
ished.
The Democrats are laying great stress
upon the Mayors fight against this latter
company. Whenever contracts were adj
vertised for paving streets with asphalt
the Barber Company secured the con-
tract, no matter how many other bids
vetoed these awards, claiming that the
Boards methods of advertising and ac-
cepting bids precluded all idea of compe-
titicn, and were of such a nature that
the Barber Company always secured the
contracts. But the Mayors vetoes were
always overriden by the Republican MEM
bers of the Board, who claimed In one
breath that the Mayors accusations were
not true, and in the next declared that
none of the other companies offered as
good a pavement as the Barber Company
did. This was ulSpToYen as Time went on,
and the pavements were put to the prac-
tical test of everyday use. Camden, New
and Court streets and Milford. avenue
were were paved with the Barber pro-
duct. The Dayements on Milford avenue,
New and Court streets have been proven
to be failures, and the property owners
on these thoroughfares are up in
arms against the assessment for
the work. and declare they will
never pay them unless compelled to do
so by the court. The Republican member
these pavements are on two of the streets
at least failures and should be relaid.
Now comes a vindication of Mayor Sey-
mour's course by none other than the ac-
ton of the Republican Board of Works.
One of Mayor Seymoar's objections to
the award of the contracts was thai the
specifications were faulty and suggested
wherein they could be remedied. Last
week the Board advertised for new bids
for asphalt -pavements and adopted the |
Mayors suggestions in the specifications.
They also fixed the specifications so that
there can be bona fide competition and
that the successful compan must give
a ten year guarantee. All this was ex-
actly what the Mayor contended for and !
the effect of its endorsement, just before |
election. by his Republican enemies. who
commended so strongly against him in that
very particular, has had q most favorable
effect upon the voters of the city. The
Republicans, reduced to the most des-
perate straits by their hypocrisy and du-
p Elb;r,y are are , gbraspl ng At at very straw s which
~ W ~ IoF
rapidly sweeping them to defeat. They
have raised the old cry of a colonization;
and that sweet scented apostle of that is
good and holy in modern politics, Major
Carl Lentz. has rushed into print with a j
long statement of horrible frauds in reg-
istration by the Democrats, of which the
Republican County Committee has s'ab-
solute proof"
Mr.. Matt G.. Ely, private secretary to
Mayor Seymour and Secretary of the
Democratic County Committee. replied to
Major Lentz and showed the utter .falsi-
ty of the Republicans absolute proof.
He shows by the official figures that the
registration in the ward where the Re-
publican committee has absolute PROOF
of fraud the registration is 221 less than
that of last year. 1T is well understood
by the Democrats that this cry of fraud
in registration accompanied BY the usual
threats of arrests and imprisonment is
the same old game of the Republican
leaders to intimidate DeTaopratic voters
and keep them away from the pools. But
the Democratic leaders do not propose
to let their enemies play their game with
impunity. Preparations ave been made
to protect all legal voters in the full en-
ioyfnent of their right. and every citizen
entitled to vote will be assured of the