The Jersey City news., 1906-11-07

rounded by group of personal friends.
Up at the associations headquarters the
double assembly room was crowded to
the doors with jubilant Democrats, who
cheered each return showing big Demo-
cratic gains. AT eleven o'clock. Leader
Davis, confident that the county had
been carried by the Democrats by tre-
mepssaus pluralities, lef the power
hou and went straight to the club
hoi,s dd gave orders to set off a lot of
bombs and fireworks to celebrate the
victory. The club house and the sky
were soon Illuminated by. the glare of
bursting rockets and association after as
soeiation came marching from their re-
spective wards through seas of red fire.
Old Democrats looked ON delighted. It
reminded them of the celebration of old
time victories. Speeches were made by
the two successful Congressional candi-
dates and others.
Leader Davis said id:-'The people have
merely come back to their first love.
The victory is due to the mismana cement
of Republican a-airs and the fact that
the ticket nominated by the Democrats
was, without exception, the cleanest that
has ever been nominated in Hudson
County. The Democrats settled their
| differences last Saturday night and all
worked together for the success of the
whole ticket.
Otto Wittpenn, candidate for re-elec-
| tion as County Supervise, led the ticket,
carrying nearly every voting precinct in
the county. John P. Egsn for Suro-
gate was a close second, with a plurality
of $4,000. John J. Heayey for Street
and Water Commissioner, and against
| W ose nomina ton tho Second Ward dele
Gates to tlle city convention made such a
strenuous fight, ran only nine votes be-
lind Louis Finke, his running mate in
the Second Ward. lie got 2166 rctes in
that ward, which gave its old-tinle
Democratic vote of over 1900 mG iirity.
Peter Kane for Freeholder got 11T0 as
against his opponents Hanlon' n's-555 in
I the same ward. Eamill got. 2230 votes
there. McCue, tie Third V74rd's candi-
date for Freeholoer got Ito majority,
carrying even Col. Die in-oE's own pre-
cinct An 4lna Democrats we're elected in
the fret " ard by over 1910 majority.
livery ward in the city vent Demo-
cratic. But one hepl NGc-n candidate in
THE city W. el-cted. he T,-. ank D.
Ccx, sc of Police Captain Cox, of the
First Police Precinct, who ~ elected
Alderman IN the Ninth Ward over
George Sheetz.
The Assembly ticket in the county was
elected by an average plurality of 49,
600.
Congressional candidate James A.
Hamill received the magnificent plurality
in the Tenth Congressional District of
14,000. Eugene w. Leake, the Demo-
cratic Congressional candidate in the
Ninth District, which went Republican
at the last Congressional election, got
the splendid plurality of 5000.
The plurality of over $4,000 in the city
| is ba-ed upon the vote for the candidates
for Street and Water Commissioners.
Finke's total vote was %, 1853, eHavey's
1854, MeDonald's 10163, and Merker's
1879
The following Freeholder and Alder
manic candidates in Jersey City were
elected
First Ward-Alderman Patrick J..
Curtis; Freeholder James P. McGovern.
Second Ward-Alderman, Edward J..
Sheeberg; Freeholder. Peter J. Kane.
Third Ward--Alder.man Dennis Fitzgib-
bons; Freeholder, James J. McCue.
| Fourth Alderman Charles Null
doom; Freeholder, John P. Langan.
Fifth Ward-Alderman, P. J. Farrell;
Freeholder. George L. Geraghty, Sixth
Ward = Alderman Z Charles Shields;
Freeholder, james T. Dolby. Seventh
| Ward = Alderman. Danis It. Jones;
Ereehoider, j. &. Osriccx Ninrh Ward
| Alderman. William g. Burow; Pres
holder, Harry Higgins Tenth Ward
Alderman, Albert Siedier; Freeaolder,
P. j. Rogers. Eleventh Ward Alder
man, Robert Wier; F'reeholder, Luke
| Clarke. Twelfth Ward Alderman.
| eHnry A. Boidt; Freeholder, Charles
| Schmidt.
The next Board OF Aldermen will
| stand fifrcen Democrats. seven Fagan
Republicans and three Dickinson men.
This means chat Ciry CLERK George M.
Mccarthy and several other Republicans
whose POSITIONS arc coutroiicd by the
present Board. win have to walk Tho
| plank
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