The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-09

There was plenty of excitement in thres
of the ten precincts of the Eighth ware
last evening when primaries to elect dele
gates to the Republican county and Con
gressional conventions were held. This
letter was sent out by the machine forces
a few days ago, but the results were tht
contrary of what was looked for
Jersey City, N. j.. Oct. 5, 1900.
Dear Sir-Friends in need are friends
indeed We offer neither threats nor
promises in asking your support ior
our ticket at the primaries IN TINS
ward Monday, October s, from to y
P. Nj. We rather appeal to your
generosity and common sense than al
tempt to secure your assistance py
hurting epithetS and hard names at
some one neither of US cares much
about If you believe that the election
of Mckinley and Roosevelt is so inn
portant that we cannot AFFORD TO nave
any division or squabbles Wlthln party
lines to jeopardize the vote in NoVem-
Der, then you think just as we do, our
views agree exactly, do you best
among your friends for the regular
ticket.
If you believe the personal ambi-
tions of two or three little men to be
called leaders should not be allowed
to create factional disturbances in the
party on the eve of great national
election, we believe your view is cor
rect, and you can help to prevent IL py
supporting the regular ticket We
don't claim all the virtues of human
ity, and yet there are probably worse
men in the community. 1t is easy to
howl wolf, and a great many Dalleve
there is a wolf somewhere because
they don't know the anmus of the
shouter, and don't stop to think now
he is laughing in his sleeve at the VIZ
tuous Indignation with which his VIC
tins proceed to help him get on top by
voting against the ''other fellow" who
perhaps is all right after all.
Be friend to the regular organlza-
tion. you will not regret it; they may
be able some time to help you or your
friend. You are enrolled: Regular or
ganization ticket enclosed. These dele
gate tickets are not pledged
Respectfully,
COMMITTEE.
P. S.-The principal opposition to TINS
ticket is engineered by the people who
have been advocating an Independent
county ticket this fall to defeat. the
regular Republican candidates.
This letter cost the ring lots of votes
as the figures in the Sixth and Ninth Pre-
cincts show In these precincts the
Decker faction won out hands down.
Even the smiling and suave Johnny
Weasten. who engineers the moves of the
bosses in the Eighth ward, was given
dose of flis own medicine by Walter K
Birdsall. delegate in the Sixth Precinct.
Weastell attempted to keep out his forces
in the Ninth Precinct, which is Decker $
stronghold, but seeing that no good would
come of his efforts he got in his coach
and drove to the Sixth Precinct He left
the coach standing near the voting place
while he went inside to see how things
were going. In the meantime Walter
Birdsan jumped into Weastell's coach
and began a tour of the precinct to
gather in votes. When the returns were
counted, Birdsall and his forces had won
by 81 to 81.
In the Ninth Precinct, Frank H. Hall
withdrew from the Decker ticket at the
last minute, and Decker ran in his stead
Decker and N. Hansell won by "a to a.
In the Seventh, Eighth and Tenth Pre-
cincts and First, Second, Third and
Fourth precincts, where joint primaries
were held, the ring people carried every
thing before them. There was no disturb
ance of a violent nature at any of ths
polling places.
Weasten feels sore over being beaten al
the separate primaries. He says it is due
to The efforts of the howlers to disrup
the party and organize a new organiza-
ton.
The following delegates were elected a
the Republican primaries in the Second
ward last evening:-Robert D. Ur
quhardt, D. ]. Harper, George B. Harper
Frank Mcdonald. Charles Mcdonald
Phillip Daudt, Joseph Mitchell and Will
lam Connolly. There were eighty vote.
cast.
In the Third Ward last night 10 vote.
were cast for these Republican dele.
gates:-S. D. Dickinson William O'Brien
j. H. Leather, Charles Mills. Johr
Smell, Emil Datz, Frederick SCHROEDER, F
T. Lockwood, George w. Harding, Henr!
L. Ruggle, Jr., and Martin Fink.