The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-06-07
THE DEMOCRACY S
YEAR
Prospects Were Never
Brighter Than for Vic
tory in the No
vember Elections
THE PARTY is 4 UNIT
While Republicans Are Torn
With Dissensions in
All Parts Of the
County.
SHRIEvAlTY CANDIDATES
zsller, Seymour, Parslow,
McNally. Heavey and
McDermott all First
Glass Men.
SHRIEvALTY CANDIDATES

Judging from Ine prciiiliihdiy
that is being done by both political par
ties the fall campaign viii open earlier
this wear than usual This is probably
due to the fact that the election wdh be
the most important ever held in a So
called off year. Interest, of course, WIZ
be centered IN the Shrieyalty contest, ana
the Republicans will make every effort
to capture that Office. This may be
Judged from the desperate work that Is
being done by some of the Republican
leaders to manufacture political capital
Every day The Republican organ, in ac-
cordance with the plans of the party
leadels. print fake stories about alleged
dissensions in the Democrats ranks. Its
object is to make Il appear that dissat-
isfaction exists in the party. Nothing
is said, however, about the trouble which
she Republicans are having IN trying to
prevent the formation of an Dickin-
son Woolley-F'ry County Committee. The
fact is, that while there is practically no
friction among Democrats, profound and
widespread dissatisfaction exists among
Republicans. In Jersey City conserya-
tive Republicans are not at all pleased
with the showing thus far made by the
Pagan administration. Outside the fol-
lowers of the Dickinson Woolley Fry ma
chine, there is scarcely a Republican in
Hoboken who is NOT up in arms against
the recent turning down of Postmaster
Schroeder. Aaron Baldwin, whom the
Dickinson Woolley machine would gladly
accept as Shrievalty candidate, has de-
clared himself in favor of organizing an
independent Republican County Commit
tee. Like other Republicans who are
not paphunters, he is thoroughly disgust
ed with the methods Of the present par
ty managers. The Republican vote in
Hoboken at the November election, if
signs indicate anything, will be hardly
worth counting.
A similar situation prevails in the
northern part of the County, where, de-
spite the protests of the respectable ele-
ment of the party, Postmaster Armbrus-
Ter holds sway. Dominering and often
sive to a degree. Armbruster has alien
ated the best men in his section of the
County. Although repudiated and dis
credited by the respectable voters of
Union Hill, Armbruster has secured the
support of the Dickinson w oolley- Fry
machine for q reappointment, his only
qualification being that he is politician
pure and simple, and ready to carry out
the orders of the bosses regardless of the
public welfare.
Up in the Twelfth Ward of this city.
once Republican stronghold, the dissen-
sions are so great that the Republican
vote, it is generally conceded, will be
reduced more than one half The follow
ers Of ex-Congressman Thomas McEwan
are loud in denunciation of the machine,
and there is no possible chance of fore
ing them into line. In the lower north
ern section of the city, the friends of
Robert Urquhart are eqaully indignant.
Thus, it viii be seen, the G. o. p. party
is not one happy family. Instead of their
lame attempts to create ain impression
of Democratic friction, the Republican
leaders might be better engaged in try
ing to repair their own damaged fences.
Whom the Republicans will name as a
Shrieyalty candidate has not yet been
made public by Colonel Dickinson. Ii is
possible ne hasn't reached conclusion.
With Aaron s. Baldwin sulking and
other prominent Republicans eager to
wage war on the machine, the Dickinson
Woolley-Fry combine are somewhat be-
wildered John G. Kaiser, who has
been politician ever since his first vote,
many years ago, and who has held many
lucrative offices, thinks he 0ught to have
the nomination. He was once a saloon
keeper. and is now Deputy Internal
Revenue Collector, and he considers this
sufficient proof OF his popularity. Smil-
ing" John II. Weastell, whose glad hand
is ever ready for friend or foe in politi-
cal campaign, is another aspirant for the
nomination. John was once Street
ind Water Commissioner by appointment
Of * Mayor Wanser. He afterwards
aousbt election 70 The same Office and
suffered Z crushing defeat. He i !