The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-24
DEMOCRATS READY
Col. r. G. Smith Nominated
for Street and Water
Board Without OPP
position.
RESULTS OF LAST NIGHTS PRIMARIES
Old Time Scraps in the Eleventh
Ward-List of Candidates for
Justices of the Peace and
Constables.
RESULTS or LAST NIGHTS PRIMARIES

OVnotA0ASRt
Democratic primaries for the election of
candidates for Street and Water Commits
sioner, Aldermen, Justices of the Peace
and Constables, were held in the several
wards last night.
AS f~oreshadowed in 1.-THE News" the
vote was an unusually heavy one not
w~ithstanding the fact that in only two
wards there were contests.
Colonel Robert G.. Smith was the only
candidate for the Street and Water Board
Commissionership.
From T. ". G. Lennon, Secretary of
the Executive Committee of the City
Committee, it was learned that every ball
lot voted was marked for Colonel Smith.
Never before, it is said, has a candidate
for the Street and Water Board escaped
without being scratched by at least twen-
ty-fve voters. Colonel Smith was at the
Robert Davis Association last night after
lated by a host of friends who pledged
his support.
The Colonel settled right down to busi-
mess, and with a few advisers mapped out
a plan of campaign. He is anxious to
give JONI II. WedSlell, lutk sIepubifSdh
victim, a good beating.
The Aldermanic vote was heavy
The First ward turned out solidly for
James Mcbride.
The Second ward nominated George
Dittmar.
The Third ware Democrats piled up a
handsome vote for Daniel Cole.
Alderman Samuel G.. Warm of the
Fourth ward was renominated. A big
vote was polled for him. There was a
rumor abroad his morning that there is
opposition to Warrin because he changed
the location of the election place. That
difficulty will be patched up before cleo
ton day.
W~arrin's. opponent will be George Wood
of Woods Hall fame. He is not regarded
as a serious obstacle to overcome.
In the Fifth ward there was a contest,
but Peter J. Tuite, who tried to defeat
Patrick J. Murphy, was not in it at any
time.
Candidate Murphy is a brother Of the
late Assemblyman James Murphy. He is
not the secretary of the County Commit
tee, as has been reported. The secretary
is P. H. Murphy.
The Sixth ward nominated John H.
Perry.
The Seventh ward, Peter Ehrhart.
Eighth ward, Augustus Lott.
Ninth ward, Henry w. Moser.
Tenth ward, Jacob J. Muller.
The contest in the Eleventh ward be-
tween August Menge and Edward White
was lively from start to finish. and re-
minded everybody who attended the pri-
mary of old election times. Menge owns
a large butcher shop in Oakland avenue
adm another in Newark avenue He is the
choice of the regular party workers.
White is a popular member of the Frank
lin Social Club and developed an unlocked
for strength, but was downed by Menge
by a total ward vote of 63S to AL. There
was but one ticket in the field for the
other candidates.
In several of the precincts the Menge
and White factions clashed, as a result
of which there was no primary at all
held in the Seventh precinct of the ward.
The White faction opened up the primary,
installing Timothy Cagney as Judge and
George Hoffman as inspector and clerk.
Committeeman Kline appeared upon the
scene a few moments later and declared
LIN pioCCCdlISo Tx dAd 80 liz 1Ocio
appointed by him, consisting of Nicholas
Krantz, as Judge; George T. Mckay, as
inspector, and George Rudey, as clerk,
were waiting for the hour of 7 O'Clock.
According to their time it was three min
utes to seven when the White men opened
up the primary. According to Cagney's
watch it was three minute after seven.
The White Board had monopolized two
of the chairs and the Menge Board were
disputing with them for possession when
Kline came in, according to his time, at
three minutes to seven.
i the dispute that followed the COM
mitteeman grabbed the cigar box in which
six ballots had been deposited, smashed it
and threw it in the stove. The six bal
lots were Menge votes. Outside were a
crowd of excited voters. 1t is said there
were about fifty Menge men and only
about fifteen White men. A row was
imminent, and no further attempt was
made by the leaders of either faction to
open up the primary.
There was also a good natured little
scrap in the Eighth precinct of the
same ward, but no serious trouble re-
suited. The contest in this precinct was
close. White received "a votes and Menge
%.
In the Fifth precinct John Kline, of No.
50 Laidlaw avenue and James Tully came
to blows. Kline is a M~enge$voter and
Tully a White voter. They were arrest
ed as disorderly persons, but were dis
charged by Police Justice Potts this
morning.
There was no opposition to Robert G..
Smith for member of the Street and Wa
ter Board, Charles R~essbach for Justice
of the Peace, n Richard Garrick for
Constable.
ii the Twelfth ward there was a friend
ly contest between George Gothmuller
and Gustav Al. 10th. Mr.. 10th won hand
lily.
The City Committee will meet Friday