The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-06
WHAT'S IT'S GAME :?
Is the New Committee Gun
ming for Anybody in
Particular?
CORRUPTION, SAYS MR.. SHEERAN.
Chairman Stuhr Says the Delegates
Will Be Recognized at the Con-
ventiOn.


what its object of existence is, and for
whose especial benefit or injury it sprung
itself into life
] saw Counsellor William S. Stuhr, the
committees chairman, at his Office in Ho-
boken this morning. He is confident
that the delegates of the new committee
will be recognized at the State Conven-
ton.
''But suppose, Mr.. Stuhr, that your del
gates are not recognized, what then?
'Oh, there is no danger of our delegates
being left out in the cold. Every fair
minded man at the convention will say
that our demands ought to be acceded
to. What these demands will be it is not
for me to say
''Some Jersey City people, however,
imagine that your delegates will not be
recognized" l continued. "Has your
organization made up its mind as to what
course it should pursue in case your dele
gates are not recogniZed?"
II must decline to say what we should
do in that event." replied Mr.. Stuhr. 1--WE
propose to be treated fairly, and if that is
not done these other gentlemen will have
to take the responsibility. Our committee
is in earnest, i can assure you, and means
business all the way through Our organ
iZation has come to stay. AS we stated in
our manifesto, we desire in the first place
to have fair primaries In the next place,
we want honest conventions and pure
ballot box. The only objection certain
people have to us is that we are too de-
cent, but if it is a crime to be decent, then
I am willing to be considered guilty of
such crime"
''Then you are pretty sure that the con-
vention will listen to your delegates?"
"Yes, sir, and if it does not, we have
men in our organization that might prob
ably advise us to bolt the nomination for
Governor"
FIGHT FOR ''PRINcIPLEs."
"You see," continued Mr.. Stuhr, 'all
so-called independent movements that
have heretofore been gotten up in this
county have been gotten up principally
by disappointed men, The men who got
up these organizations did SO for personal
interests or friendships. We are today
fighting for principles and not men.
~ can say this for the new Democratic
Committee that there has not been one
single name mentioned among US for any
office whatsoever. The question as to
whether this man or that man should be
endorsed for Governor or for Senator, or,
for any other Office has never come before
us. 1t is with us fight for principles"
Mr.. Stuhr was altogether nOn-com-
INITIAL as to whether the new committee
delegates would support ALBEIT or
Young.
PATRICK sHEERAN's VIEWS.
1t struck me that Patrick Sheeran
Il, L
called on him last night and found him in
the company of Patrick Condor, the well
known contractor. He has been actively
engaged in politics here for forty years,
and, aside from holding several local of
fees, he has represented his district in the
Assembly He is a member of the new
County Committee. and an ardent sup
pooter of the movement.
what does the committee intend to do
this fall?" asked.
eve intend to nominate q straight
ticket for every county and State office
except that of Governor, and can't say
what will be done in regard to that office
until after the convention is held"
''Will you send delegates there"
''Certainly we will. "
s'But am told they will not be recog-
nized and if this is true what effect will
it have on the Gubernatorial contest?'
81 cannot say until after the delegates
we send are refused recognition"
rs the new County Committee in the
interest of Mr.. E. +. c. Young or of ex-
Governor Abbett?"
II can't talk about this until the con-
vention is held"
Then / asked the ex-Assemblyman if
the object of the committee was to defeat
County Clerk Dennis Mclaughlin, and he
replied ambiguously;-"l don't say thatit
''coRRUPTIoNv'
well, who or what is the attacked,
then?"
"Corruption" thundered Mr. .Sheeran in
O manner that indicated pistols and cof-
fee. '.The county is today more corrupt
than ever before, and it will never be bet
ter so long as Bob Davis and his crowd
run it, have been in politics forty years
and have not lived in all that time more
than two blocks from my present home,
and people know me and they know what
/ say to be true Look at the last Legis-
of
rupt? Five of the six Assemblymen from
this city voted themselves into office after
declaring that they would not accept it,
So did the Senator. Why, who would not
fight such q crowd?"
7NThen,n l interpolated, ''the fight is
against Bob Davis as well as Dennis Nc
Laughlin and the candidate for Governor
unless you are represented as delegatesW
~ don't say that it is, he replied
"Will the new committee support for
denomination the present county officersW
mo, sir; they will have their own can
didates, and you may say our only desire
is to purify our politics"
More than this Mr. Sheeran would not
say.
MIR. cRoNAN DIDN'T KNOW.
Ex-Sheriff Cronan said he really did not
know the object of the organization of
new County Committee nor what would
be done, although he is one of the mem
bers OF the Advisory Committee. He did
not take an acU1Ve interest," IN III, IOr IL SO,
people would claim it to be the action of
Il disappointed Office holder. He was con-
fident that the new committee would be
successful in it's object, but just what
that was he did not know. The eX-Sheriff
said that beyond doubt delegates would
make their choice from the candidates,
but at this time he could not say who it
would be.
When I asked him if the object of the
committee was not to directly oppose the
reelection of Denny Mclaughlin, he re-
piled significantly:-''Is Mclaughlin any
better than any one else to be attackeds"
| next asked him If the candidate for
Governor would be supported by the new
County Committee If its delegates were
not recognized, and he answered:-''I
don't want to say whether he will or not
The time to decide that question is when
the delegates are refused admission and
recognition"
The Third District Club Goes Over.
Mr. William Herbert requests THE
JERSEY CITY NEWS to say that the Third
District Democratic Club has decided to
adopt the constitution and bylaws of the
new County Committee.
Mr.. Kiernan's Good Resolution.
James Kiernan, who keeps liquor
saloon on Grand street, near Henderson,
handed Clerk Norton IS bill this morn