The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-17
MAD ABOUT THAT LIST.
Mr.. Kern's Men Talk About
the Jersey City News
Exposure.
AN INTERESTING MEETING.
The New County Committee Decides
1t Must Patronize the "News'"
in Spite of All.

assembled at Roche's Hall last night.
They were some of the members of the
New County Committee. A1thoughsolemn
and wise in appearance the greater por-
ton of them were youthful in both age
and politics. Several members did have
silvery locks, but they were the recog-
nized kickers of Hudson county's Demo
cratic Mugwumps. The boss Of these was
that immaculate political ex-member Of
the Board of Works, William f. Kern
LOOKING FOR A JUDAS.
1t was nine o'clock before the meeting
was called to order by Vice President
Noelke, and Immediately after the roll
| call John l.. Porter insisted on knowing
where THE JERSEY CITY NEWS obtained
the list of names of the committee that
was published few days ago, and Thomas
| Byrnes, in hot speech, declared there
must be Judas In the committee.
Chairman Noelke, with fire in his eye,
ordered the two members to be quiet, and
| said they were out of order.
| The Committee on Printing then re-
ported that the call for the primaries
| should be printed in THE JERSEY CITY
| NEWS, Hudson County IVecker, EUening
Journal, and New Jersey edition of the
| World.
| One young man with wise head said it
was useless to publish the advertisement
| in the Journal and asked that that paper
| be stricken from the list.
| Boss Kern objected and said in addition
| to those named he wanted the Hudson
County Democrat added.
| John L. Porter thought he could inn
| prove on this report and demanded that
the call be published in all the papers in
the county and Chairman Noelke almost
| froze his blood when he said that this ex-
| pense was useless, for some of the papers
in the county no one ever reads or sees.
! Boss Kern said that if any papers were
| dropped from the list THE JERSEY Cry
NEWS must be one. He thought that 'sbe-
| cause it printed the list of members of the
| New County Committee" and thus noti-
| fed everyone that it was the organ of the
| corrupt Old County COMMITTEES that it
ought not be recognized by advertising.
| MUST RECOGNIZE THE NEWS
| Chairman Noelke regretted THE JER-
| sEY CITY NEWS had an existence, but
agreed with Member Morley that the
| place to publish an advertisement was in
| THE News. He said the object in adver-
Using was to reach the people. After he
had made this hattering comment, he
added that it was published for public
pap.' He wanted to know why 1t dared
| not publish the names of the County
COMMITTEES and compare them With. these,
| of the New COMMITTEES.
|
fered motion that the call be printed in
| THE JERSEY CITY NEWS and Journal, and
| that all other papers be requested to copy.
| The chairman Of the Committee on
Printing Immediately sat down on Mr..
! Sheeran, and insisted on his report being
accepted and 1t was The primaries will
| be held on the Goth inst. M
/ FOR MEN AT THE POLLS.
Boss Kern offered a resolution that was
| adopted, that the Committee on Organiza-
tion should be authorized 70 receive the
| addresses of all the places where 1t is pro-
posed to hold primaries.
| He also demanded that ten men from
/ each precinct in the county wait on the
Aldermen or Councilmen and insist that
the New Committee be represented by one
] man in each polling place. He very gen
erously said he did not care whether the
representative was a judge or inspector,
but for the sake of honesty and truth he
4 would like the committee to do every.
thing to purify elections that could be
done.
| Patrick Sheeran, in his innocent man
ner, said he thought that elections should
be pure. and that every precaution should
be taken to keep them so, and for that
reason he agreed with Mr.. Kern.
..'The law, he said, allows one judge
and three inspectors, and, in my opinion,
/ the best way to have an honest election is
to have follower of the New Committee
put in the polling place instead of a re-
publican. and believe this can be done
owing to the law passed by the last Legis-
The motion was adopted without dis
senting voice.
I GETTING FROM UNDER.
Member Foley, who had been restlessly
watching the proceedings, as soon as he
got q chance, moved that inasmuch as
The JERSEY CITY NEWS had published
the names of the members OF the com
Al he f,f fc ,r,,
should also be published in that paper as
an advertisement.
ChairInan Noelke asked Secretary
Cronan to preside and then he offered an
amendment to the effect that all the
names be advertised and that The JER-
the names of the Old Committee and
their records, as it did the New Com
mittee's.
He said he knew the paper would not
do this, and denounced it for giving the
information it obtained as having been
procured from the Old Committee. But
all the same he would like to see the
records of each compared.
SOMETHING TO THANK GOD FOR.
Lawyer Cannon, after patiently listen
ing to Mr.. Noelke's TRADE against The
NEWS. said that the paper had published
him as being ward worker" and that
he was not 1t was not he whom the Old
COMMITTEES expelled but lawyer who
hears the same name. He said he could
readily understand how the error was
made, and asked to have it corrected, but
did not think it would be done, because
the paper that published the fact could
not tell the truth.
II never did anything of consequence in
politics.n he concluded, .'but thank God !
never was member OF the Old Com
II don't believe you will get any salts
faction from THE NEWS" said Mr..
Noelke, ''and / would rather have it
AGAINST me than with me. It said Twas
defeated candidate for Office. Well, /
snnpose that is true, but although asked
, for office once, three times it was offered
me by the Old Committee il would pay
the price. and would have to be classed
with men who would sell their vote
for So
LIKES ''THE NEWS" ANYHOW.
Lawyer Cannon sympathized with Mr.
J Noelke, and said that, Notwithstanding
! It's faults, THE JERSEY CITY NEWS was
neat looking paper
Mr.. McCaffrey complained because THE
NEWS had published Che fact chat he was
defeated candidate and then declared
he was proud OF it. He did not say
whether he meant the defeat or the fact,
that he was candidate.
THE PRIMARIES.
It was ordered that two primaries shall
be held in all districts where two or more
cities or towns are included and the
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