The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-07-24
IT'S A BAREFACED LIE."
So Saith the Sheriff Con-
cerning Mr.. Noe1ke's
Story of 0vertures.
THE DUAL COUNTY COMMITTEES.
The New County Committee viii
Not Be Recognized in the State
Convention

Sheriff Davis was not much pleased
when he read in THE SUNDAY MORNING
NEWS an interview with Mr.. Charles d. J.
Noelke. asked him what he had to say
in reply to it day or two ago when I
called at his cosy Office, and he senten-
tiously replied:-
Nothing"
"But is it true that the old County Com
mittee did offer to give the new committee
a fair division of the spoils of Office next
spring If they would not interfere this
fall, or that they made any overtures Of
any natures"
Il have heard of nothing except what
read in THE SUNDAY MORNING NEWS, and
take no stock in what Mr. Noelke says
there. will say this, however Mr..
Noelke had better keep still about Paddy
ONeill, John Feeney and myself. O'Neill
and Feeney are his peers at any time or in
any place"
What right has any person to make
the proposition Mr.. Noelke said was made
to give the new committee representation
in the State Conventionf"
A BAREFACED LIE.
NO Ouc mas any flpnU 10 make Sucn an
offer; l don't believe 1t was made and I
believe the statement that 1t was, to be a
barefaced lie. If such a proposition had
been made would have known of it. 1t
is nonsense, for there is no one to make
such pledges"
Would you and County Clerk Nc
Laughlin pledge the men you control In
the committee to proposition like thiss"
II would not, and / am certain that
Mclaughlin wouldn't, either, although L
have not spoken to him about it. II he
had done SO he probably would have said
something to me about it. It's all nom
sense. These men have promised to at
tack the County Committee, and until
then | have nothing to say. We will
wait"
IN THE STATE CONVENTION.
About the statement that they will
have representation in the State conven-
tions"
.'That is a lie. If they have a voice in
this convention they will go there as reg
ular delegates rom this county. No dele
gates sent there by this so-called new
committee will be recognized there. See
how ridiculous it is. If they could be adj
mitted as delegates you or any man could
get twenty-five or thirty men together,
and with as much right, claim the same
recognition"
.'It is said by some people that the new
committee has the same right to be recog-
nized as the New York County Democ-
racy had when it fought Tanmany at
first"
"There is a great difference In the
cases." replied the Sheriff. Both the
Tammany and County democracy were
composed of straight out-and-out Demo-
Gratis, but this new committee is princf-
pally crowd of disappointed men who
held Office under the old charter and have
been ousted. want to say right here in
answer to Mr.. Noelke that neither he nor
anybody else can speak against my record,
either politically or personally. 1t stands
before the people clear and unstained.
Again, l say, Idefy Noelke, or any one else
over his signature, to say otherwise"
HE HAS NO LIEUTENANTs.
''Mr Noelke said that the fight against
the County Committee would last at the
least until Bob Davis, John p. Feeney
and P. H. O'Neill are shelved. When will
that be?"
IF these people don't get Office until
that time they will remain out long
time, and long spell of cold weather is
in store for them. They will neither get
Office nor recognition in the convention.
They claim to have been promised sup
port from South Jersey. 1t may be true,
but If so, it is from some disappointed of
flee holders, like themselves. They will
receive no support from democratic dele
gates. None but regular democrats will
be admitted to the convention.
"It is said that some of your lieuten-
ants have already branded the story Of
overtures as false. Is that so?"
81 have no lieutenants captains or cor
porals, for / am not a leader and need
none, but, if | did, Mr.. Charles ID. J.
Nohlke would be only too gladt to be one of
them. This is all i wilt say until he or
the new committee attack the committee
or mySelf" "