The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-09
H0BOKEN'S MIDDLE.
Democrats Object to Independ.
ent Tickets Being Sent Out
With Their Ballots.

The Hoboken Democratic City Commit
tee met last evening. in Ceyless Hail for
the purpose of taking action on Justice
Lippincott's decision giving John M. Fitz-
patrick the nomination for Councilman in
the Third ward. in place of Anthony Ca
pell 1t was decided to defer action un-
til this evening, when another meeting
will be held to discuss the matter.
After Chairman Coyle had declared the
meeting adjourned, Councilman Londri-
gam who represents the Third precinct
of the Third ward in the committee, Gre
ated a scene by accusing the committee
of sending out the ballots of the Ger
man-American Association with the Dem
ocratic ballots. at the expense of the
committee.
rs it because this committee has pet
ticket that these ballots are sent out with
the Democratic ballots?" asked Londri-
gan. 81 claim that all of the candidates
nominated by the association are not
Democrats, and therefore, this commit
tee has no right to send out such bal
lots with the Democratic tickets"
Committeeman Frank and Charles La
Pointe supported Londrigan. They claim
ed that the German-Americans ballots
were sent out by the committee in the
interest of Water Registrar Henry Lob
mann, who is running on the German
American ticket as well as on the DEM
ocratic. They contended that it was a
scheme worked by Coyle to defeat James
Curran, the independent and Republican
candidate for Water Registrar.
Chairman Coyle Indignantly denied the
charges. He said that the two -ballots
were sent out in the interests of the
Councilmanic candidates nominated by
the Democrats who were endorsed by the
German-American Association. All the
candidates for Councilmen were endorsed
by the German-American Association, he
said, except Fitzpatrick, in the Third
ward and nothing but Democratic ballots
would be sent to the voters in the Third
ward
Chairman Coyle's reply did not seem to
satisfy the committeeman who represent
the Fourth ward. They also said that
the German- American ballots should be
sent out with the Democratic ballots at
the expense of the committee.
An open revolt was feared, but Chair
man rGoyle poured -oii --on the troubled
waters by saying that they could ventilate
their grievances at the meeting to be held
| this evening. The committeeman asked
| Coyle to stop the work of distributing the
ballots pending the action of the COM
| mittee tonight, but he refused. 1t is
| thought that the ballots for all the wards
| except the Third ward will be distributed
| before the committee meets this evening.
The members of the Finance Committee
are not meeting with much success; in
their efforts to solicit funds for the cam
paign Many office holders refused to
contribute owing to the dissensions in the
i ranks caused by the trouble over the
/ Fitzpatrick -Capelli row. The efforts to
/ compel the Police and Fire Departments
| to contribute has failed owing to the re-
| fusal of the authorities to allow them to
| be assessed.
It is understood that at meeting of the
Democratic City Committee this evening,
an effort will be made to relieve Commit
| teemen Fitzpatrick Londrigan and Nc
| Govern of the responsibility of placing
| workers at the polls in their precincts on
election day 1t is said that the commit
| tee will place men of their own selection
| at the polls in the precincts of these COM
| mitteemen to work for the success of the
! entire Democratic ticket.
| City. Clerk NJ V. McDermott has COM
| piled with Justice Lippincott's order and
| printed the name of John NJ Fitzpatrick
Lon the Democratic ballot for Councilman
Pa the Third ward in place of Capelli,
and also the name of Samuel D. G. john
son on the Republican ballots.
| All of the candidates received their bal
| lots as ordered from the City Clerk last
! evening" and have engaged a force of
men to distribute them among the voters.
| City Clerk McDermott said he expected
/ no further trouble from any of the candi-
| dates.