The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-06-01
.KHRNS MEN ORGANIZE.
And Judge Rankin Gets a
Chance to Say Hard
Things of the
Mayor.
THE NEW COUNTY COMMITTEE.
THE NEW COUNTY COMMITTEE.
Rules That Will Govern It Adopted
at Last Nights Meeting.

Inc secederS from the authority OF the
Democratic General County COMMITTEES
held their second meeting last evening.
In Meyers Hotel, near the Elevator. No
dl1nculty was experienced this time in
getting a crowd together, and for some
Time before the hall was open the same
persons who attended the last meeting,
together with few others, crowded the
par room and street in front of the hotel
The hall was occupied some time
previous to the meeting by the COMMITTEES
on Organization and it was nearly nine
O'Clock when Judge Rankin took glass
OF water and called the meeting to order.
Ihe first thing the Judge did was to .sget
hunk with Mayor Cleveland, which he
did in this wise:-
AS this is the last time shall preside
over you, gentlemen, / should like to call
your attention to few things which have
occurred since our last meeting 1t seems
to be serious matter for the Democracy
OF this county to organize itself Since
we last met a gentleman, who dared to
snow his head at our meeting, has been
attacked by a brutal police force on
orders from more brutal superior, and
1t looks as if they were going to make
clubs trumps.
THE CASE OF JOHN KENNELLY.
mo brutality can crush out such q
movement as this. We are in pursuit of
that principle dear to the hearts Of all
Americans, the principle of home rule. I
refer to the case of Mr.. John Kennedy:
and the attack on him was made by direc-
ton OF Police Board appointed by the
The Mayor recently gave an interview
with the Newark EUefi7ag NelUs, and / was
told by Mr.. Mitchell the gentleman who
wrote it, that it was substantially the
Mayors language. l will read that inter-
view"
The Judge then read the article, in
which the Mayor is made to say that
eight-tenths of those who attended the
seceders meeting We're persons whom
he had refused to appoint to office.
Judge Rankin, the Mayor is made
to say, asked to be appointed a
member of the Board of Education, and
the Mayor told him frankly that he was
not qualified. The interview closes by
the Mayors saying that the affair re-
minded him of the puff balls found in the
country. You step on them, a small re-
port ensues, followed by little smoke,
and it is all over
"Orestes Cleveland had no more warm
supporter than l., continued the little
Judge, when he had finished reading the
interview, ''and two gentlemen from the
Third district spoke to him in reference to
the Board OF Education. A man as small
as Orestes Cleveland would not under
take to tell ME l was not qualified to be
member of that Board
Il have been active in the politics of
this State for thirty-one years. / have
never been connected with any job to sell
a piece of property, first to the city for
three hundred odd thousand dollars, then
to the county for S240, 200, which finally
sold for S125, 900
Il have spent as much money for the
grand old Democracy and labored as
much in its behalf as any man present
Tho MaxrOT. 5r,fv, 1,o1I
nese used to go to war with balls made up
of the foulest matter imaginable, which,
amid a great beating of tomtoms and
gongs, they would hurl at their enemies.
These balls would burst and create such
vile odOr that people would die from their
effects. Let my friend in the City Hall
think of that and he will never say puff
ball again"
RULES OF ORGANIZATION
Having thus relieved his mind, Judge
Rankin declared the meeting open for
business. The Committee on Organiza-
tion presented a constitution, bylaws and
rules of order, all of which was adopted.
The constitution provides that the organ
ization shall be known as the General
Committee of the Hudson County Demo-
cratic Party.
1t is to be composed of one delegate
from polling precincts and two from each
ward or township of the county, VINO are
to be elected at the primary elections and
to hold office for two years. The commit
tee will have power to fix time and place
for holding conventions. No person is to
be allowed to vote at primary whose
name is not enrolled at least ten days be-
fore the primary and pledges himself to
support the candidates of the convention.
The number of delegates to the conyen-
ton is fixed at one for every 200 votes cast
at the previous GubernatoriaI election,
and one for every fraction thereof over
100.
Every person is to have the right to
nominate UiUe VGce any candidate in the
convention. Any member of the commit
tee who accepts nomination from any
other organization, or is guilty of bribery,
or works against the regular nominee of
any convention held under this eonstitu-
ton, shall be expelled after fair trial.
Provision is also made for the organiza-
tion of subordinate associations in each
precinct, ward and township in the
county.
The bylaws provide for the election of
a president, two vice presidents, record
ing and a financial secretary and SER
geant-at-arms. The treasurer will be re-
quired to give 5000 bonds. The rules of
order are founded on Cushing's manual
and do not differ materially from those
used by similar organizations.
NAMING COMMITTEES.
Mi. brOCkWdy, IFOu UuG uOrIu6TU poI-
tion of the county, said that the movement
was strongly organized in his section, and
he would see that large delegation was
present at the next meeting.
A communication was read from Laur-
ence Fagin declining to serve on the COM
mittee on the ground that he had no time
to do so. On motion of Mr. Kern
these gentlemen were appointed
a Committee on Finance:-E.
j. McCaffery, Patrick Sheran, Charles
d, j. Noelke, w. F. Kern, James Foley,
+. w. Wright, NJ j. O'Rourke, E. O'Don-
nell and Charles Rhu The Committee Of
organization was reinforced by the addition
of these gentlemen:-Firs district, John
Cooper; Third district, Charles ID. J.
Noelke; Fourth district p. Merseles;
Fifth district, James Burke; Sixth dis
trict. Charles S. Porter; Seventh district,
John Kennedy; Eighth district, y. Sum.
meryille; Tenth district, Charles Rhu.
The meeting then adjourned to meet IN
Roche's Hall at a date to be liked by the
Organization Committee.
Mayor Cleveland said to JERSEY CRY
NEWS reporter this morning" Judge
Rankin never personally applied to me fol
any position whatever in the Board OF
nor in any other Boards and
never spoke to him about any appointment
in the Board of Education. The article IN
the Newark Nelus, purporting to be an Ia.
teryiew with me, is utterly false in every
respect. No person representing that
PAPER has had an interview with me on
me subject of the new County Committee,