The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-10-24
c. 0. P. APATHY
Republican Voters So Dis
gusted With Their Party
That They Did Not
Register.
WORKERS HARD SWEARING
Affidavits Suffice to Get Men
on the Lists, But Who
Will Drag Them
to the Polls /?
WORKERS HARD SWEARING


The utter apathy Of the Jersey City
Republicans. born Of disgust with their
ticket and indifference as to the outcome
OF the election, is aptly illustrated by
the figures OF registration by affidavis'
filed with the County Election Board this
morning.
Despite the tremendous personal regis
tration in the other wards of the city,
the Eighth and Ninth-the banner Re-
publican wards snow a surprising
shrinkage which the Republican ward
workers have only been able to make up
by registering BY affidavit known Repub-
licans, who refused to register in persen.
In fact. in these two wards over one
quarter of the entire Registrations is by
affidavit
That those Republicans who refused to
go to their respective places of registra-
tion for the purpose Of having their
names placed on the list will take the
trouble to go to the polls to vote on cleo
tion day is not believed The figures
Indicate the utter indifference of the in
telligent Republicans of the city as to
the outcome of the election.
In striking contrast is the personal reg
istration in the Democratic wards. while
in some of the election districts Of the
Ninth and Tenth wards over 200 Republi.
cans have been registered by affidavit,
and in many others the total nearly
reaches that number, in not a single elec-
tion district of any Democratic ward does
the total number of persons registered
by affidavit reach the 100 mark.
The figures of AFFIDAVIT registration
themselves illustrate the apathy OF tn.
Republicans most conciusively. OF the to-
tai of 1882 names on the registry list in
the Eighth ward 11Ss have been placed
there by Republican workers by affidavit.
while in the strongly Republican Ninth
ward 923 of the $3.50 names have been en-
rolled by AFFIDAVIT.
The total number OF persons registered
by affidavit in Jersey City this fan Is
GAY as against the highest total of s. 755
which was recorded three years ago.
The Second district of the Eighth ward
presents perhaps the most striking Illus
tration of the indifference of Republicans
as to the outcome of the election In this
district 22s names were enrolled while in
the Seventh district Of the Ninth ward 20s
names were registered in this manner
The Fourth district of the Eighth ward
comes next with 196 names enrolled by
affidavit
The other election districts-nearly all
of them Republican-having over 100 regis
tered by affidavit are:-
Fourth Ward-Second district. 125.
Sixth ward-First district, 121; Fourth
district, 145
Seventh ward-Third district, 49,
IVfObt1, We yrt,f~5 5;~+r{o< UsA%xrfh
district, 1876; Fifth district. LIS; Eighth dis
trict 12S.
Ninth war-Second district, 12s; Fifth
district, 1859; Seventh district, 300.
Tenth Ward-Second district, ITO; Fifth
district, III; Sixth district, III.
Twelfth Ward-Third district, 10;
Eighth district It's; Tenth district, 1i3.
1t will be noticed that with the excep-
ton Of one district in the Fourth Ward
not single lower Jersey City ward.
where the Democratic ticket gets its
majority, has anything above the normal
number of AFFIDAVIT registrations. The
same is true of the Democratic Eleventh
ward of the Heights.
The figures of registration have spread
CONSERVATION among the Republican
workers who ee In it the certain defeat
OF its candidates in Jersey City on cleo
ton day.
Although the law distinctly states that
all the returns of registration must be
filed with the County Election Board the
Gay after the last day of registration, up
to noon today the figures of eight election
districts of the county were still missing.
Three of these were in Jersey City. two
in Hoboken and three in Bayenne The
missing Jersey City districts were the
Eighth of the Tenth ward. First of the
Third and First of the Second. In Hobo
ken the Third OF the Fourth ward and the
Fifth of the Third ward.