The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-10-23
Chairman Of the Essex Coun-
ty Republican Committee
Will Address His Sup
porters in Orange Tonight
.FAGAN's WANT OF TRUST
HIS NOMINATION BY so.cALLED
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS
SHOWS HIS WANT OF FAITH
IN REPUBLICAN SUPPORT -
DEMOCRATS GAIN EVERY
WHERE.

Major Carl Lentz, the overthrown
leader of the Republican machine in
Essex county, is appealing to his follow
ers to ''save his face at the first of the
mass meetings he has arranged since the
campaign opened The meeting has
and he is TO be the orator of the occa-
sion. The Colby candidates have for
mally decided to keep away from all de-
monstrations under machine auspices,
and the fear that he may be left to
flock by himself has moved Lentz to
send out thousands of letters begging ev-
cry Republican who believes in his party
to be on hand and help keep him in coun-
tenanee.s
There is little danger that Lentz will
be neglected, however, for the wreck of
all the party fences that has marked
the fight Of the people against the bosses
| has left the multitude free to flock where
| it pleases, and in the intensity of its
| interest in the battle it swarms wherever
! there is anything to be heard or to be
seen. 1t has been unique feature of
! the campaign in Newark that the meet
! ings have been attended by citizens of
both parties, while in Jersey City the
great Fagan demonstration Of ten days
ago was SO closely matched in size and
enthusiasm by an outpouring at Dem
+, ocratic meeting Friday night as to balk
guesses as to the likely outcome of the
! conflict here.
| Mayer Fagan has just given to the
voters an evidence Of his contempt for
| the machine in his county by causing his
friends to be put in nomination by peti-
tion as an Independent Democrat" /"
The petition is signed by 100 Democrats
| who have influence in the. Democratic
stronghold Of the city. His nomination
had already been put on file by the Re-
| publican convention that named him,
and the purpose of this second notice
Of his candidacy is not apparent. The
explanation most credited, however, is
that he is afraid to trust the Republican
l. ~ ,1ol1e
to be privileged to have watchers of his
own to watch them.
Fresh evidences are coming from
every of the obliteration of party lines
in the attack upon monopoles and their
local managers. In Monmouth all party
fences have been thrown in the ferceness
of the popular fight against the election
of Francis, the Republican candidate, to
the Shrievalty. The anti-gambling senti-
ment is arrayed, without regard to party
| affiliations, against him.
| FIN Ocean county, where the local bos-
ses defeated the selection of Captain
| Warren as the Republican candidate for
| Assemblyman, in the face of popular
| demonstrations in his favor, 600 of the
party followers have nominated him by
| petition and the Democrats made no
nomination, in the hope of helping his
election.
| Ridgefeld, Bergen county, Republic
cans have indorsed the Democratic town
and Assembly tickets, as the outcome of
1.-THE STRUGGLE to prevent the trolley com
Ipany taking possession of the towns
handsome new roads.
| All the stress of the contest in Passaic
I is on the campaign for the contest of the
county board Of freeholders. Republicans
all over the county are helping the Demo-
lcrats to beat the ticket. They have or
ganized citizens committees to pick on.
THE candidates who can be best trusted
Ito take the county out of the hands Of
Its old-time bosses.
FL There is now scarcely a county in the
Istate in which the anti-monopoly Of anti
bossism issue has not so upset party rela-
tions as to make the battle a non-parti-
san struggle.