The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-27
TRYING TO CUT IT SHORT.
That Endless Manifesto Makes
Trouble in the New Committee.

That full rugged privateer which was
recently launched upon the political sea
under the name of the General Commit
tee of the Hudson County Democracy
and which has been booming in smooth
seas, last evening narrowly escaped
striking the rock discord and going to
pieces. Captain Stuhr firmly grasped the
helm, and notwithstanding the show of
mutiny upon the part of First Mate
Noelke, Boss'n Kern and Able Seaman
Sheeran, he managed to sheer off in time
to save his vessel.
The craft was sailing along before the
wind in a lively manner, when an adverse
visory Committee struck the sails, and in
a few minutes she was taken aback and
drifting in on a lee shore.
Among the recommendations offered
by the Advisory Committee was one to
the effect that the publication of the vol.
luminous declaration of principles which
is longer than Paradise Lost" but not
quite SO long as the dictionary-which the
General Committee adopted some time
ago, beindefinitely postponed, and much
briefer and more to the point appeal be
made to the public.
This manifesto jumps on the old COM
mittee with all four feet and arraigns it
lOl dlu1OSO CNO11 POILlCetl CIlulC hhONhs
Immediately there was howl of protest.
A motion was made that the recon-
mendation be not adopted.
Mr. Kern said that the declaration had
been adopted by the committee and
ought to be published. The committee is
not ashamed to have it made public. The
very men on the Advisory Committee
signed the manifesto when it was adopted
and declared that it was the best Thing
ever gotten up and he couldn't see why it
should be suppressed now.
Mr. Sheeran not only strongly advo-
Gated the publication of the manifesto,
but moved that Is, 900 copies of it be circu-
lated through the State and county.
Chairman Stuhr promptly declared Mr..
Sheeran out of order, as there was a
motion before the house. Then calling
Mr. Noelke to the chair Mr. Stuhr said
that the Advisory Committee was COM
posed of some of the best men in the
county and he thought it would not be
wise to disregard their recommendation.
They were not opposed to a manifesto,
but they wanted a shorter one. He moved
that committee of five be appointed to
confer with the Advisory Committee upon
the subject.
Mr.. Noelke did not agree with the chair
man. He said that the manifesto was
if they thought best. He did not think
they understood that that was all they
were to do with the declaration.
Alderman O'Rourke agreed with the
chairman. After some further objections
by Kern and Noelke the chairman's
motion was adopted and a committee
was appointed accordingly.
The remainder of the report was
adopted, and the Democratic association
of the Tenth district was made part of
the new county organization.
Mr.. Ritter offered resolution endors-
ing the ballot reform bill introduced into
the last Legislature by Assemblyman
Kane, of New Brunswick, and condemn
ing the action of the Legislature upon the
subject.
Mr. Kern wanted to know what the
Kane bill was, and the resolution was
laid over until he could study the copy of
the act which Mr.. Moley is going to send
him.