The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-06-11
new NINTH'S ROW
Republicans Scrapping Over
Record and Van Winkle
for Congress.
WANT NO RENEGADE
Bayonne Talks of Allan Benny
AS the Democratic
Candidate.

There is a fine contest going on among
the Republicans Of the new Ninth district
for the Congressional nomination. Tha
district is made up Of the city Of Bay
onne. the Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth
wards of Jersey City, all OF the Sixth
ward Of Jersey except the First and Seq
6nd precincts or that portion which lies
north Of the Morris Canal and east OF
Summit avenue, and the Towns Of Kearny
and Harrison and the borough Of East
Newark. The architects Of the new ap-
portionment had only one end in view
when they planned this crazy quilt dis
trict, and that was to make it possible
to elect one Republican Congressman Gus
of the two which came to Democratic
Hudson under the new order OF things
It was very hard work andsthe result is
by no means what was desired. Based
ON the vote for Governor last fall the
Republican plurality is only 2O7. a margin
which the Democrats have every reason
to believe that they can easily overcome
next fan.
The Republicans, however, do not share
in this belief. They look upon the dis
trict as surely theirs and there Is eonstd-
cradle competition among them for the
nomination. As early as last winter it
was announced that George L. Record
was to be the candidate as sort Of re-
ward for his treachery in deserving the
Democratic party, in which he had for q
long time sought an office. An exagger-
ated idea of the services which he ren-
dered the cause of Mayor Pagan in par
ticular and that the Republican party in
general, led those whom theresult of that
election put in control of the Republican
party to talk of naming him for Congress
in the new supposed-to-be Republican
district
The practical men In the party, how
ever, did not look with favor upon Mr..
Records candidacy from the beginning.
and when he made his horrible break at
the Bar Associations dinner last winter,
practically admitting that he had partl-
cipated in questionable proceedings to OBJ
tain favorable action on scheme he was
trying to get through the Bayonne coun-
Nils l@iSSC HActA 80 O. o&SC ta41A~ ~ -tStAa@7
nats MIN would be 10 commit political
hari kari. So thee went quietly to work
to get another candidate with the result
that it is announced today that Marshal
Van Wrinkle is to be the nominee in ths
district.
Mr.. Van Wrinkle led the forlorn hope
against Mr.. Allan McDermott in 1900, and
went down into the dust TO the tune Of
3,24l against him. Nevertheless those lea
ders who are booming him profess to see
in him a strong candidate and declare
that he will carry the new district by an
increased plurality.
Mr.. Record still has some supporters IN
the district, and he and they do not pros
pose to let Mr.. Van Wrinkle carry of the
prize without a struggle. Thus q bitter
struggle is going on beneath the Republic
can surface, mutterings Of which area afrs~
quently heard which threatens to break
out and overwhelm the party with dis
aster.
There is some talk in Bayonne of maxi
ing Allan Benny the Democratic candi-
date in this district Mr.. Benny's friends
say that the record which he made as
the champion Of the people against the
corporations during the three years ne
was in the Legislature would make him
particularly strong candidate. with the
workfngman and citizens who. are oppess&
to corporations.