The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-10-17
DEMOCRATIC
CONvEN TIONS
That Of the City Was Stormy
But Heavey Won Out Over
Gorydon--Louis Finke the
Other Nominee for S. &
J. Commissioner
COUNTY TICKET NOMINATED
PRACTICALLY NO OPPOSITION TO
ANY OF THE CANDIDATES
WHO WE'RE THE ORIGINAL
CHOICE OF THE PARTY OR
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TIE
KEY NOTE OF THE CAMPAIGN

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The Democrats City and County com
MENTIONS were held in Elks' Hall last
night. the city convention preceding the
latter. The City convention was sor Z
what stormy, owing to the opposition of
Second Ward delegates along with a
pumber of delegates from other wards
70 the nomination of John J. Heavey for
Street and Water Commissioner. Mr..
Heavey bucked the regular organization's 8
nAoiee at the primaries that, selected a
Nominee for Sheriff last fall and many of
the delegates queustioned Mr.. Heavey' s
ns4ty loyalty. The Second Ward dele
Ss4es put in nomination Thomas J. Cory
doa ALI sorts of tatics We're resorted TO
in effort to defeat Mr.. Heavey's nomina-
io1. The gallery was pacoed with anti
Peavey rooters and they attempted to
howl down every effort made in Mr..
Seavey's behalf. They succeeded in
:, owing the convention into disorder sew
e al times and at one stage of the pro-
G Ding the police took ahand.
The Fifth Ward named Frank Dom
llueiiy IN opposition to Louis L. Finke.
I soassliy and Coryden ran on the Demo-
'sss-c ticket as Street and Water Com
1a.ssi ners last year and were defeated
AMI their friends insisted that he be Civ
n Eo.her chance.
T., mas Esright was nominated by the
Twelfth Ward delegates, but when after
Sse resl call it was found that while
Fiake had the necessary majority Heavy
is,ksd a few votes the Twelfth Ward
caar ea its vote for Heayey, the spokes-
man declaring that the vote for Enright
Us sen merely complimentary one.
Tia Enai vote was:. iFnke 204; Heayey
s2ss3 22ess3: ors.lon. II; DanselIy 80.
Af1er Chairman James Fielder an
neaace1 the result the Second Ward del
es left the hall, threatening to get
EN-. 1t is not believed however, that
tl.ay Il Il carry their fight 30 the polls
HE County Convention was lame af-
e 1t was SO harmonious that even
al sase for the eloquent utterances of
speakers who placed the various candi-
Gafes in nomination was comparatively
A.Id. Former Assemblyman John J.
Faaon, of Hoboken, was chosen chair
haan, aud Joseph Perlmutter secretary.
..e.e were practically no contests. This
T. kes was nominated
! Tor surrogate-John P. Egan.
| Fer County Supervisor-H. Otto
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J Fer Members of the Assembly-Jersey
CIV, Mark Sullivan, First Ward;
Charles Olwell, Second Ward; Joseph
Etlautty, Fifth Ward. James Baker,
E.gi-sh Ward; Charles E. Hendrickson,
r.. Ninth Ward; CHARLES Blohm;
Twelfth Ward Hoboken, Phillip Daab
and Archibald s. Alexander; West Hud-
s5n, Joseph Reardon; North Hudson,
Oscar L. Auf Der Held and Albert G.
Eppinger; Bayonne, Valentine Holzap-
Eel
For Coroners James Mclaughlin and
hobert Schlem.
The platform fayors the enactment of
4 law to assess all taxable property in
the State in the taxing district where To-
rated at local rates for the benefit of the
taxing district.
/, 1t condemns the Avis Tax Act passed
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