The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-04
PRIMARIES
FOR CONGRESS
Democratic County
Committee Arranges
to Hold Them Next
Thursday.
BIG MEETING LAST NIGHT
Nearly the Entire Member
ship on Deck to Make
Campaign Plans.
COUNTY NOMINATIONS
Petitions Must Be Filed With
Secretary Murphy Not
Later Than Oct. Ii.
COUNTY NOMINATIONS

L ne open primaries IOr Ine SelectlOn Oh
Democratic Congressional candidates in
the Ninth and Tenth districts s'Q take
place on Thursday, October 8, between
the hours of and 8 P. M. This date
was set last night by the Democratic
County Committee, which met in regular
weekly session at the clubhouse of the
Robert Davis Association on Mercer
street. The dates for the primaries at
which the county, city and ward nomina-
tions will be made were not fixed.
When President John Erickson called
the meeting to order, 169 committeeman
out of a total membership of 1S4 We're
present. Every seat in the room was
filled and many were obliged to stand. 1t
was one of the biggest meetings ON rec
ord, and gave convincing evidence that
the party workers were interested to an
unusual degree in plans for the cam
paign. Every man was eager to take
up his share of the work to help his par
ty or TO a glorious victory.
FILING PETITIONS.
After arranging to hold the Congress
s;onal Primary next Thursday, it was
decided that the time limit for filing peti-
tions for congressional nominations would
expire at FIVE o'clock next Monday af-
ternoon. They must be filed with P. H.
Murphy, secretary of the County Com
mittee at the Court House
The Congressional Convention will
take place at the Davis Associations
club house on Tuesday evening, October
10, when the County Committee under
the primary regulations will meet as
nominating body to ratify the selection of
the Democratic voters at the primary.
1t was decided that all other petitions
of nomination for ward, city and county
offices must be filed with Secretary Muir
ply not later than 5 p. NJ. ON Saturday.
October IL.
In the cities of Bayonne and Hoboken,
the petitions of nomination for city Offices
only will be filed with the secretaries
of the respective City Committees on
Friday, October 10. The secretaries will
turn them over on the following day to
Mr.. Murphy, who will use them in max
ing up the tickets which will be voted at
the primaries.
The date for the Congressional prim-
airy was set independently of the date
for the ward, city and county primaries,
hecause the law provides that the certifi-
Gates of nomination of Congressman and
acceptances must be fled with the Secre-
tory of State not later than twenty days
before election, or on October Is, where
as certificates of nomination of candi-
dates for city and county officers may
be fled with County Clerk Maurice +.
Stack as late as ten days before election.
The County Committee filed one va
cancy, electing Valentine Steinmetz to
take the place of Robert Farrell in the
Third District of the Third Ward, Bay
onne. Mr.. Farrell gave up his member
ship by reason Of moving out of the dis
trict.
ENTHUSIASTIC FOR ZELLER.
John Zeller. the leading candidate for
Sheriff, attended the meeting as COM
mitteeman from Gutenberg, and was the
centre of a group of ardent supporters
after the Adjournment. He received
many assurances that he was the first
choice Of the Democracy in all sections of
the city and would have an easy thing
of it on Election Day no matter whom
the Republicans nominate Mr.. Zeller
has made a careful canvass of the coun-
tt, aud wherever he goes he has added
to his long list of friends.