The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-08-31


Dickinson and Mayor Pagan the settle-
ment of the little controversy between
Russia and Japan was ais nothing. In
the presence of /, $40 of the followers, the
two leaders of rival factions in the LEGAL
Republican party faced each other with
glasses in hand, one containing whiskey
and the other water, according to the
printed reports, and made up. Mayor
Pagan was about to have sociable
drink with some friends and as he was
about to put the glass-it was the one
that contained the water TO his lips,
Col. Dickinson butted in
Mayor he said, according to the re-
ports from the scene Of war. II should be
pleased to join you.'
Why, certainly, Colonel, should be
pleased to have you do So Thus spoke
up the Mayor Then each extended his
right hand, having transferred the glass
to the other, and all was over. The
cheers that followed the reconciliation
must have been heard at Portsmouth,
where the great Peace Commission was
in session. 1t was the most important
event of the year. President Roosevelt
will be told of it and the Mayor and the
Colonel will be made happy by the re-
ceipt of kilograms congratulhting them
on the happy outcome Of the struggle that
threatened the very existence of the Re-
publican party, not only in Jersey City,
but throughout the nation.
Evidently the big State Republicans
see the handwriting on the wall. Not
one of them accepted the invitation to
attend the outing. Colonel Dickinson
doesn't loom up as big as he did a year
ago. Mayor Fagan and George L. Rec
ord are the men to be reckoned with
for the next few years at least and
candidates for State offices realizing this,
didn't take any chances of offending
them.
Tickets for the outing were sls plenti-
full as mosquitoes on "a warm night.
Many business men who had bought
tickets because they We're sent to them by
member of the Board of Tax COM
rnissioners, had no use for them and they
were glad to. get some one to take them
off their hands. Having handed up their
good money they We're not inclined to
have the tickets go to waste. If the
Davis Association forced tickets on men
who didn't want them what hue and
cry would be raised.
John WeastelI boasts Of having sold
more tickets than any other member Of
the association. Mr.. Weaste.l is "a poll
tician. He also is a member of the Beard
of Tax Commissioners.
According to the makers, who
were very busy on the outing, George NJ.
Mccarthy is to the the candidate for
president Of the Board of Aldermen II
this be true the friends of Mr.. Nc
Carthy will be much surprised. MI. Me
Carthy's popularity would strengthen The
Republican ticket, no doubt, but his
candidacy would not get the sup
port Of men who want to see him
reach his political ambition. 70 accept
the nomination for president of the
Board of Aldermen would be too much
like playing second fiddle to the Mayor,
and this Mr.. McCarthy's friends would
not care to have him do.
Mayor Fagan had a chance of showing
his appreciation of bfr. McCarthy's worth
as a citizen and Republican when he
aspired for the Police Commissionership.
If Mr.. Mccarthy was not good enough
for the Mayor to appoint to this Office he
certainly isn't good enough to run on the
same ticket with him for the more inn
portant Office. This is the way the
friends of the genial Health Commission
er look at it and that is why they think