The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-12
THE PALMA'S TRUSTEES.
Two Grounds of Objection
Urged Against the
Committees Nom
nations.
W0LBERT AND ED. LINN.
The Excitement is Mainly Over the
Selection of Chairman Of
the Board.

The story published exclusively in yess
terday's JERSEY CITY News about the
contest in the Palma Club over the recon-
mendations of the Nominating Commit
tee for members of Board of Trustees to
be voted for at the approaching annual
election, was the one theme discussed by
the club members last evening.
The paper was in hveliest demand at
the club house, and every one wondered
whence came the tip from which the
story had been evolved
1t was currently reported that the can
didates selected by the Nominating Com
mittee to fill the places of the five gentle
men who retire from the present Board
had been chosen with special view to
the election of Mr.. "Ed' Linn to the
craftsmanship of the Board
For some reason many members of the
club do not regard this outcome of the
election with composure.
Those who are dissatisfied with this
course have joined hands with another
element to whom the nomination of Mr..
Fred. G. Wolbert Is distasteful
When / sought Mr.. Wolbert this morn
ing for such light as he could shed upon
the question, he had to stop to commend
THE JERSEY CITY NEWS for its enterprise,
and to make inquiry as to how the paper
caught on. y
woLBERT IN TO WIN.
ssWhy, when went into the club house
last night, he remarked, "at least fifty
members clustered about me to read the
story All the report of the Nominating
Committee, yes ~ he observed as Irecalled
his attention to the fact that was looking
for further details of the story.
ttNhaf, have / Q0f, fO say nbOI1f if9 Wall
nothing / knew nothing of the commit
tees intention to use my name on the
Board of Trustees until their report was
read at the last meeting. The club is
could almost pick out the first five of them
blindly and be sure of having selected an
efficient Board. Messrs. Tlden and Carter
are certainly eminently qualified for the
position. VIII / withdraw? Emphati-
cally no. The honor was unsolicited by
me, but as my name has been used my
duty to my friends compels me to rnn.
am in, and in to win'
Mr.. William Muirhead, the president of
the club, was up to his eyes in business
when / called. "Good story; piece of en-
terprise: very busy said he rapidly, and,
as he longingly eyed the elevator, Ismiled,
bowed and disappeared.
Mr.. William y. Grattan bade me Z pleas-
ant "Good morning. as / approached hiN
window in the First National Bank.
mo, have nothing to say,n he pleas
antly remarked. There is no personal.
feeling in this matter among the members
Mr.. Wolbert is comparatively a new man
and some of the members may object to
him on that ground" and he nodded
adieu.
THE MILK IN THE CoCoANUT.
I called on several other members of the
club and from one of them, who desired
me to withhold his name, obtained the fol-
ber of reasons why the members object to
the report of Chairman Rice of the Nomi--
mating Committee said he. Mr.. Vol
bert has been member of the club since
November, 1887, only"
Then there is another rub. Messrs.
Baldwin, Wolbert and William B. Jen-
kins, the candidates for the office of Trus-
tees, and James G. Clarke, the candi-
date for vice-president, to succeed ex-
Mayor Gilbert Collins, formerly belonged
to the Hudson Boat Club. When the club
disbanded, these gentlemen joined the
Palma, and slowly but surely have been
obtaining the management to the detri-
ment of The old members, through whose
efforts the club was first placed on a Sue
cessful financial basis.
And there is yet another thing. The
Trustees elected by the club choose their
own president Mr.. Edward Linn, prom
inent candidate for that office, is q per-
sonal friend of Mrs. Wolbert.
1t is thought that Mr. Linn's friends on
the Nominating Committee used Mr..
Wolbert's name on the official with the
understanding that in the event Of his
election he would cast his vote to Mr..
Linn as president of the Board.
The election will take place on April IL.
From the number of signatures obtained
by Mr.. b. j. Van Dyke. the leader of the
opposition, it looks as though Messrs.
Fred Carter and Fred Tilden will give
Frank r. Baldwin and Fred G. Wolbert a
pretty good brush in the race for election.
CIICInE WITH rARRAIIn