The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-08-15
ALL WAITING
FOR SAM
Republicans Afraid to Go
Ahead and Make Nom
nations for Next
Campaign.
KAISER OR ToFFEY
Awful Tangle Over Freeholder
Litigation-Ed Fry's Little
Joke.
KAISER Or ToFFEY

At the next meeting of the Republican
County Committee in September, when
the date for the primaries will be fixed
and other arrangements made for the
approaching campaign, an interesting
question is to be raised as to the pro-
priety of holding them before those OF
the Democratic party, for the reason, as
News" a-"That we want to see who our
opponent will be. If it is John Zeller
one man will get our nomination; it it is
somebody else we will put up somebody
else.''
Up to the present time there has been
no settled rule between the Democratic
and Republican County Committees as to
the order of holding primaries. Some
times the Republicans have held theirs
first and vice versa. Possibly the diff
ference of systems of nomination has had
something to do with the state of things;
the Republicans voting for delegates to
a convention where the nominations are
made and the Democrats operating un-
der the direct primaries system as in
troduced chiefly by the present Republi-
can Corporation Counsel of this city,
George L. Record, who at that time
cursed what he now blesses and now
blesses that which he then cursed.
LOOKS LIKE KAISER.
'sAlthough 1 cannot state what every
one of my colleagues thinks of the Re
publican nominations" continued the
member of the committee, ''yet it is.
pretty well understood that John G. Kai-.
ser will get the nomination for Sheriff;
Marshall Van Winkle for Congress and
the former Assembly ticket will go
through"
what about the Freeholders?' he
was asked.
1--WE are at sea about that, for the
reason that the decision of the court in
the suit pending affecting the constitu-
tionality of the Board of Freeholders in
this county might 60 back to election by
Districts
While s"The News's" informant said
that he believed Kaiser would get the
nomination. there was possibility that
he would have to give way to another
and stronger Republican, with whom ne
gotiations are pending to induce him to
run. That man is Colonel John ]. Tof-
fey. The Colonel is very uncommuni-
catiye about his position. He is willing
to run if there is fair chance to win
and the party will do everything it can
10, of< I, -. G. !
so his friends say, of some people with
knives up their sleeves.
WAITING FOR BOSS SAM.
Colonel Samuel d. Dickinson, who is
at present in Europe, is expected home
in few weeks, when he will lay down
the law and the machine will be dutiful
and do what he says. The Colonel cam
not be considered close friend of the
other Colonel, but in view of the fight
on hand the lion will bunk with the lamb,
inside or outside.
Until Colonel Dickinson's return there
will be no meeting of tile State Repub-
lican Committee continued the Repub-
hcan committeeman referred to above.
ssHe and Edward Fry are our members
from Hudson and what they propose to
do / can't say"
SLY Mp. FRY.
"Do,v said Mr. Fry, happening along
at the moment, and catching the last
words of his friend. why, we propose
to make such arrangements that we can
capture everything in State and County
this fall That's our aim and we will