The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-23
The c. O. P.'S
FORLORN HOPE
AS the Last Resort the Machine
Knuckles Down to the Journal
and Takes Up Toffey,

GRANT oratory and Colonel Toffey's con-
cilliatory speech of acceptance, the con-
vention will nominate Richard ]. Allen
for Supervisor. Mr.. Allen is not un-
known to the people of Hudson, having
frequently appeared before them in var
ious capacities. Nor is he unknown to
the United States authorities, before
whom he has appeared as a defendant
i to serious charge. On July IL, 1897,
United States Commissioner Linsley Rowe
| issued a search warrant against the
building at Fairmount avenue and Flor
ence street. The United States gauger
who executed the warrant made return
that he there found private still with
all the apparatus in full working order.
/ Mr.. Allen, who proposes to ask the peo-
/ pie of Hudson county to elect him Super
visor, was the owner of these premises,
and the United States Grand Jury
promptly indicted him. He he has not
as yet stood trial on the indictment. The
county convention will also nominate as
| semblymen. Just who these martyrs
will be is not yet so certain.
CITY CONVENTION DOUBTFUL. !
F! Just what the city convention win do
is matter of conjecture. AS the Re
publicans do not recognize the validity
of the Camden act authorizing an Excise Z
Z Board, they will make no nominations
for that office. This viii leave only can
! didates for the Street and Water Board
! to be named, and this is the rock upon
which the party managers have split.
Some say that inasmuch as the people
will vote on the proposition to substitute
a single-headed commission for the pres
ent Beard, it would look as though the
party had little faith in that project to 4
make nominations now. They urge that
all the convention do in the matter be
TO pass a resolution endorsing the Single
Commission idea
Others say that there isn't the slight
I est danger of the people adopting Fa-
gan's little scheme for putting the entire
Street and Wafer Department in his
hands, and that the convention should 60
ahead and make nominations. If this
! faction should prevail the convention will
nominate A. NJ Rowland, of Greenviile.
and President Matthes, of the Fremont
Club, in the Twelfth Ward. One Of the
most strenuous advocates of a convention
is ky Goldenhorn, who is slated to pre-
side, and make another of his touching
appeals to the Press on the other side"
AARON BALDWIN'S FEELINGS.
The friends of Aaron S. Baldwin of
Hoboken will make very wry face over
the nomination of Colonel Toffey. There
was a time, not so many years ago,
when Mr.. Baldwin, who had worked
hard for the cause of the Republican
! party in Hoboken, where Republicans
! are scarce, thought that he was entitled
to some compensation at the hands of the
I party leaders. He cast a longing eye
at the Port Wardenship and went to
! Trenton to see the Governor in reference
to the appointment. He also induced sew
eral influential Republicans to influence
! the Governor in his behalf. Among these
1 friends was Colonel Toffey, who prom
| ised to do all in his power to prevail
upon the Governor to name Baldwin for
the place. The Colonel had a long talk
with the Chief Executive and Baldwin
/ was happy until he discovered the fact
that when Toffey left Trenton he had
+ the Port Wardenship in his inside pocket
Mr.. Baldwin's friends accused Toffey
| of playing double and naturally became
very sore on the former Sheriff. They.
| haven't forgotten Toffey's alleged treach-
cry and cannot be expected to wax en-
thusiastic in supporting him.
Baldwin's friends include the follow
ers of 'sTony" Volk, the Hoboken ex-
Coroner, whom the G. o. P. bosses at
/ tempted to lasso as candidate.
| KAISER'S RIENDS' KICK.
Kaiser's friends did not know what,
struck them this morning when they
heard that John G. had been turned
down.
Talk about gratituder' said one of the
faithful Here's John been going
around for months spending his good
coin and booming himself for Sheriff
They let him blow in his dough and at
the last minute they say:-'You amt
good enough for us. Go way back and
sit DOWN. That's what | call a dirty
deal. and lots of people will say the same
thing. Do you suppose us Kaiser fellows
will get out and hustle for Colonel Tof-
fey in the face of the way our John has
been treated? Not on your life"
The delegates from the Sixth Ward
are indignant. They have, to man,
stated that they will go into convention
solid for Kaiser, and remain so to the
/ finish. From all indications it looks as
though there will be bitter fight waged
by the delegates from the Sixth Ward
TOFFEY AND THE SALOONS.
1 The sleuths who have been going
around town for several months spying
on saloonkeepers who sell Intoxicating
liquors on Sundays are greatly pleased
over the probable nomination Of Col
Toffey. There has been much guessing
as to the identity of the men who were
back Of this moyement.. 1t is believed
that the cat is out Of the bag now. Tof-