The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-09-17
REPUBLICAN RING BEATEN
John Landrine Knocks It
Out at Ninth Ward
Primaries.
LIVELY CONTEST IN HoB0KEN
Delegates Elected However
Are All for Foster
M. Voorhees,

The Republican primaries were helo
throughout the county last night ana the
delegates chosen are all for Foster M
Voorhees,. With only a few exceptions
there was no opposition to the RING $
ticket. John P. Landrine opposed the
machine in the Ninth ward and succeeded
in electlng five out of the six delegates
Captain Jack, Graham being the only
successful ring man.
.sOh. yes exclaimed Mr. John Lam
drine this morning, when speaking about
the primaries held last evening in the
Ninth ward. to elect delegates to the
Estate convention. .swe did the machine
All right. and came out with flying col
ors.''
According to the remark of Repub-
lican. ..the carpet-baggers We're shown
that they could not come to that ward ana
run it,"
The primaries were hot, very much So
for word had been passed along the line
by the machine men that Landrine must
be turned down. that he must meet his
Waterloo in ether words, Landrine s
finis must be brought about Very hard
did ringsters try to beat him. Tnls IS
obv for the simple reason that al
the IegateS on Doln tlchets az ne
and al for Voorhees,
AS certain prominent Republican re-
marked, "The machine people are anxious
TO humiliate Landrine. but the people are
firing of the ring and would not stand
for it,
The fight was a decidedly warm one,
some of Landrines delegates only win
ming out by two votes Out of the six
delegates to be elected the Landrine
ticket elected five, and Mr. Jack
Graham was the only machine delegate
to vim It was explained that had Ian
drine's man showed any interest in the
fight he would have beaten Graham. The
hottest primary was at the store OF
James Blackshaw. No. 21S Monticello ave-
nue.. Blackshaw was on the machine
ticket for the First, Second and Sixth
precincts, along with Graham and Frank
Mathews Mathews is not in sympathy
with the machine and therefore was not
consulted as to whether he would run,
but his name was put on the ticket just
>-fbe same. Mathews and Blackshaw
were beaden by Isaac Vanderbeek
and Landrine. but Graham was
elected Around the voting place there
were dozens of large placards placed
there by the machine mploring the votes
TO elect the machine ticket as the dele.
gates thereon were for Voorhees,. This
was done simply to hoodwink the peo-
pie.
When the votes were being counted,
the machine men looked worried. A
bunch of ballots were taken out of the
box which caused Landrine to look dubf-
ously at the election officers. In the
bunch there were three ballots folded to-
gether all for the machine men. Excuses
about them getting mixed together were
given, but Mr. Landrine suggested that
they be thrown out as Illegal. The doubt
full ballots were placed under the box
until the counting was finished, and when
it was found that the machine ticket was
short few votes, the doubtful ones were
counted in, but even with these tsle ticket
was beaten. Mr.. Landrine won by two
votes, Isaac vanderbeek by one and
Graham had dozen to spare.
William Nelson ard Alexander Mclean,
both Landrine men, defeated the machine
men. Steubenvou and McComb, in the
Third Fourth and Fifth precincts. which
primary was held at No. 544 Bergen ave-
nue. They had plenty to spare. and A. e.
Overend. a Landrine man, won by 50 in
the Johnstown precinct.
Naturally Mr. Landrine was eiated over
his victory, and was very enthusiastic
this morning when talking to News"
man.
''They made remarks about our being
tainted with McEwanism,' he said, "but
we are not, and stand our own reputa-
tion, something which Mr.. Woolley cam
4. ,11-rs l,
ring know I was a target for the
gang; but stood for the right and took
a chance of being defeated. I appreciate
what the people have done. There are
other important primaries to be held, ones
that will have some effect on our local
government, and the people should take
more interest in them. They showed the
ringsters that they can stand UP for
right if they care to, and believe that in
the future they win take more interest in
the affairs of this ward"
The Republican primaries in the First
and Fourth wards. for the election Of
delegates to the State convention, were
very quiet, and there was only one ticket
in the field in both wards 1t was unani-
mously elected. In the First ward the
primary was held at the Young Mems Re
street and after the ticket had been de-
!. clared elected addresses were made by w.
H. Eaton, A. B. Cosey and C. H Brown,
upon the coming campaign
The primaries passed off very quietly
In the Seventh ward last evening, the
Afinks and the Leaguers only putting up
the delegates allowed each club. OF course
when a Mink and a Lacquer met they
glared at each other. but that was all.
Two delegates were elected by each Of
the clubs and one by the Grant Associa-
tion.
The Republican primaries to elect dele
gates to the State Convention. which will
be held in Trenton next Thursday, took
place in Hoboken last night and except
in one ward-tile Third-there was nc
opposition TO the regular ticket. In the
Third ward the opposition received a Sc
we're defeat. The two tickets in the Third
ward were:-Regular ticket, delegates
Frank J. Lees and Frederick Bauer,
alternates David Miller Samuel D. John
sto;s and William Malon- Opposition
ticket Delegates. Alexander Robb and
John Solferino; alternatesf w. Harrison,
A. Keller and H Schocke.