The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-11-08
SAMMY SAYS IT'S FAIR.
Republican Leader" Regrets
the Election and
Has Hopes.

The Republican clubs and organizations
were very poorly attended last night, and
very little interest was taken by the mem
hers in the results of the election. a
News reporter, about ten o'clock last
night visited the headquarters of the Re-
publican organization. the Lincoln Club,
on Pavonia avenue. 1t was expected that
all would be life and excitement. Those
IN the assembly room were Louis Steu-
benyoll. nine visitors, two bottles OF beer
and a caraffe OF ice water. The rest Of
the room was occupied with vacant
chairs.
Across the hall from the assembly room
was a hole cut In a door. This hole gave
a visitor full view of the room which
is used as a hat and coat room Two per-
sons with sad faces were its sole occu-
pants.
After the reporter had noted the con-
dition of the assembly room, visit was
made to the hat room.
SIS Colonel Dickinson in?' queried the
reporter OF one of the sad faced gentle
men. who looked as though he had just
awakened to the fact that the Democratic
party had held an election. He opened
an inner door and entered another room
from which he emerged several minutes
later. Secretary Frank Higgins came out
shortly afterward.
'sWell. Mr. higgins, the Democratic
party has held an election" suggested the
reporter.
so I have heard" remarked the Secre-
tarv.
..what do you think of the result?''
ar -..o.+I-v 54zapvoiptad T had hnrad
that we would elect our ticket, but guess
the Democrats had too many votes for us
this trip"
Just at this moment Colonel Dickinson
came out into the hall from the main
chamber where. no doubt. he had been
smoking the pipe of peace with several OF
his trusty lieutenants.
what do you think Of the election?"
asked the reporter, addressing the Col
onei.
"Well, I must concede that we have
| been beaten, and from my information !
think fairly I have heard no report OF
any fraud that has been committed. ]
cannot account for the success of the
| Democratic party. except that they work
| ed harder with far better results don't
think I can say anything further on the
subject except I hope the men elected
will conduct the offices as well as the
present incumbents."
| The quarters of the John J. Erwin
Association, as the Young Mems Repub-
lican Club is called. looked more like a
morgue than anything else last night
and today. Immediately after the first
returns became known, those who had the
courage to stand about the rooms during
the day, SUNK away. They had not the
heart to face their humiliation A couple
of arc-lights were kept burning last night,
however, lust to let passers-by know that
there had been Republican candidate in
the field.
A sick lot Of people are the sorry fol-
lowers Of the G. o. P. in the Ninth Ward.
The quarters of the Bergen Republican
| Club where the ward bosses want to hold
forth were in gloom last night. Not a
soul could be found. They escaped to
! their homes to study out how 1t all hap
pened. The fact that James C. Clarke
carried the ward was an awful blow to
| them. They had never dreamed that it
| could really happen The election demon
| strates that the people will not stand for
the ring tactics. They expressed them
selves as against the bosses and they
carried out their threats to vote the DEM
| ocratfc ticket