The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-12-18
oeratic Assemblymen
go etermined to Nom
Some O. her Man
q Firth, of W arren for
Z eakership Of tn E A 5
bly,
STARTED IN ESSEX

A NDER, OF HOBOKEN,
DATE FOR THE posi-
BAKER MAY ENTER
LACE.
As The News goes to press this
aitsEaoeu the Democratic .Assemblymen-
e-s o the State are conyening in eau
49, g. lie Continental Hotel in Newark
q d-s~ess the propriety of withdrawing
salsse Of Joseph n. Firth, of War
County, as the nominee for the
SIX ssA-p OF the next House of As
>s~y. There is much speculation as
the outcome The majority of the
Essex delegation feed that they have
h~s-g sosndalized by having foisted upon
taen by Former U. s. Senator James
Smith, Sbate Chairman William B.
Gourley ana State Committeeman james
L. NsgsnE, Firth, who admits that he
taa been convicted of running a disor-
ds4iy house in the operation of 'nickle-
il-tas-siot' machines in a hotel formerly
srua by him. and who is now known
Throughout the State rs the slot ma
chino Statesman"
TITO selection OF Firth, especially after
his coaTsetaon on a charge of allowing
! gambling to go ON in his hotel, has
aroused storm of indignation through
oat the State, bat in no other section is
Is fners manifest than in Essex County.
Whan this first became apparent Chairs
msn Gssar.ey, Of the State Committee.
aI1lJunead that Firth had decided that
he would withdraw from the contest On
the uthsr hand. Firth declares that
Jhatzsnan Gourley acted entirely with
ont his authority and that although he
may be whipped he does not intend to
be frightened or forced into voluntary
retirement from t1ae coatest.
The Democratic Assemblymen- elect
got their notice 10 reeonwene in caucus
at Newark today from thet ,eadsr, Abb
raharn Klenert, of Passaic.
TIE revolt of the Essex delegation
from the domination of the Smith Gour-
ley-Nugent combine is the talk of the
State to-day. Seven of them have refys-
ed absolutely to go into amy cognbina-
ficn or deal with members outside their
own county. They want an Essex man
chosen for the nomination. W0rd was
reca- we'd in this city, however, yesterday
that number of Essex delegates would
suII ort Archibald Alexander, of Hobo
seEs and this gave rise TO hopes that
III II would yet secure the noa1inri-
tiSi< 4 a Hudson County man for the
Spea kership. It was also announced
that Joseph RioIz5an Of Harrison, Hud-
Sons original choice for Speakership,
5s09iA not again enter the ruce for Sbe
ea;ton Sorae Of che members Of the
k'sSex delegation who had thrown of the
collars Of the Smith-t1ouriey- -Nugent
combine are laary about supporting a
Hudson man, fearing that they might be
charged with having changed the collars
Smith for those of Davis. 1t was
u that Nugent should not sit In this
acon's caucus If he could possibly
IT out, as his presence in the Trsnr
cus gave rise to the tau1Ys OF the
arabers that the Newark nen
aaekels of the bosses
ardian appointed
Sesenbisman-
er the contest
rEyal Hndsop
f-elect.
eEee OF the Essex
80 League, which
pse sllespolitical sentiments
per cent. OF the Essex D Democratic
sent out an open letter warDiag
Essex delegation from allowing any
her domination cof Former Senator
and Janes R. Nugent.
VS. 81 the letter IS the following para
III: The Democratic party found
he election OF majority Of the AS
lyman greater couse for exulbation
in any other part Of the general
suit, as it provided an cpportunity fol
he party to establish ITSELF in public
nfidence and start IN the lead in the
Glbernatorial race Of 1907.
gs5a IS aihicult Indigestion. due to the
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