The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-03-16
How the County Is Divided
By the Bill Introduced By
Leader Perkins
REPUBLICANS FAVORED
NEW METHOD OF ELECTING AS
sEMBLYMEN HAS THE AP-
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TRENTON. Mar. 16. 19O8.--In the
Assembly se-districting bill which Leader
Randolph Perkins introduced Wednesday
evening shortly before the House adj
journed for the week, the Hudson Coun-
ty districts are designated as follows:-
The first district to be composed Of
the city of Bayonne.
The second district to be composed of
the third fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and
eighth election districts Of the Sixth
Ward of the city of Jersey City; tho
Seventh Ward of the city of jersey City,
and the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth,
tenth and eleventh election districts of
the Eighth Ward of the city of Jersey
City.
The third district to be composed of
the first, second, third. fourth, fifth and
twelfth election districts of the Eighth
Ward Of the city of Jersey City; the first,
fifth. sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth
election districts Of the Ninth Ward of
the city of Jersey City. and the Tenth
Ward Of the city of Jersey City.
The fourth district to be composed Of
the Fourth and Fifth Wards of the city
of Jersey City; the FIRST and second elec.
ton districts Of the Sixth Ward of tho
city Of Jersey City and the second, Third
and fourth election districts Of the Ninth
Ward Of the city of Jersey City.
The fifth district to be composed of the
First and Third Wards of the city of
Jersey City.
The sixth district to be composed of
the Second Ward of the city of jersey
City, the First Ward of the city OF Ho7
boken, and the first. second, third and
fourth election districts of the Eleventh
Ward Of the city of Jersey City.
The seventh district to be composed of
the Third and Fourth Wards of the city
of Hoboken and the first election district
of the Second Ward of the city Of Hobo
ken.
The eighth district to be composed of
the second and third election districts of
the Second Ward of the city of Hobo
ken, the Fifth Ward of the City Of Ho-
boken, the first. second and fourth cleo
tion districts Of tho town of West Ho-
boken and the Township Of Weehawken.
The ninth district to be composed of
the Twelfth Ward of the city Of Jersey
City, and the fifth. sixth. seventh, eighth,
ninth, tenth and eleventh elections dis
tricts OF the Eleventh Ward Of the city
of Jersey City.
The tenth district to be composed of
the towns of Harrison and Kearny and
the Borough of East Newark.
The eleventh district TO be composed
Of the First and Third Wards of the
town of West Hoboken, the third cleo
ton district of the Second Ward of the
town of West Hoboken. the township
Of North Bergen and the Borough Of Se-
caucus
The twelfFh district to be composed Of
the two Of Union, the town of West
New York and the town of Guttenburg.
These districts were framed by the
HUDSON County Republican organization
and approved by the Record Fagan wing
of the party. As a result, the Perkins
bill viii have the support Of the entire
Hudson delegation.
The districts outlined win give the
Democrats only five Assemblymen, while
the Republicans have two with fighting
chance in the other five. That they were
drawn with such object in view cannot
be denied. and the Democrats. although
claiming they are unfair. are willing to
accept them. They claim it would be
useless to offer any protests. as the Re
publicans have such large majority in
both Houses that they should pass any
re-districting bill they desired.
The Republicans, however. are not all
agreed upon the plan of dividing coun-
ties into Assembly Districts and the
probabilities are that it will meet with
hitter opposition before the Perkins bin
is passed by both Houses. Many Of the
South Jersey members are openly oppOs-
ing such scheme. claiming that it is
unconstitutional, and besides it will re-
A GUARANTEED CURE ron
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