The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-05
FAGAN THE FAVOR|TE.
Man Whom Republicans Will
Select to Head Their
Losing Ticket.

In the First and Fourth wards the dele
gates elected were all Erwin men and
they were very active during the evening.
Mark Fagan, the candidate for the
Sheriff nomination. seemed to have good
hold upon the delegates in the Second,
Third and especially the Fifth wards.
where a large vote was polled.
AT the above three wards the conversa-
ton among the delegates and the voters
seemed to talk nothing else but Pagan,
and it is almost a certainty that Pagan
will be the man selected to represent his
party as Sheriff at the County Conven-
tion ON Monday evening, October g. at
Lincoln Hall, when the candidates will
be named for Sheriff. County Clerk,
Register, Coroner and eleven Assembly
men.
The following delegates to the Repufb-
liean County Convention were elected at
the primaries in the Seventh ward last
night:-F1rst, Second, Third and Fourth
precincts, William H. Armstrong. Reuben
Simpson. Charles E. Frazee, Edward S.
Brown, George Frerngen. VIM. J. Char
lock, Theodore EMS and John F. Healey.
Altemates, Isaac f. Goldenhorn, Harry
p. Brown, Samuel r. Williams, Benjamin
Franklin, John II. Geraghty, George Van
derpool and Bernard Wittnebert Fifth
and Sixth precincts, William E. Reed,
William Van Buskirk and Edwin c.
Phelps; alternates, Charles L. Heney,
Herman Cordes and F, NJ. Zeuner.
In the Ninth ward less than one hun
dred votes were cast. This is about one
fifth the usual number voted Doubtless
this apathetic feeling is due to the fact
that the Republicans realize that their
chances of victory are not very bright OF
the seventeen delegates elected nine are
members of the anti-ring faction. These
are unpledged. Five of the ring men are
proven to be Fagen men, and they are for
Erwin
The anA-ring men are sore over the
manner in which they were treated in the
primary deal, and it is quite probable
that the result on election day will not
be to the liking of the machine candi-
dates. In the Fifth, Sixth and Eighth
wards there was only one ticket. These
delegates selected are. known to be for
the rings men.
Few people in the Hudson City section
of the city knew that the Republican pri-
maries were on last night. That section,
as will be seen by glimpse of the re-
turns for the last several elections. is all
most solidly Democratic. Even the police
men on beats didn't seem to know that
primaries were in progress on their posts.
This is really something unusual. From
what could be ascertained, meagre as
were the reports, the Characterization
Republican element voted for delegates
to vote for the nomination of Claus Basse
of Weehawken In the Republican County
Convention for Sheriff. They don't seem
to know Pagan up in that section. The
Twelfth ward is the McEwan stronghold
Gamaliel Christie, of West Hoboken, was
supposed to be strong In this ward. He
elected four out Of twelve delegates from
that ward. In the balance of the pre-
cincts the delegates were unpledged but
it was understood they favored Claus
Basse, Of WeehaWken.
Down in the lower section of the
Eleventh ward Pagan seemed to be the
favorite.
The Republican primaries in the Horse
shoe passed off quietly last evening Erwin
delegates were generally elected.