The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-16
RINGSTHRS ROUTED.
Their Attempt to Capture
the Hudson Democratic
Society Thwarted.
DEFEATED AT EVERY POINT.
The officers They Opposed Elected
and Motion to Endorse
McPhillips Tabled.
DEFEATED AT EVERY POINT.

MtIullllpS ldUlCus
The Ring made another attempt last
evening to capture the Hudson Demo-
cratic Society, and added one more to the
ignominious failures which have crowned
all its efforts in that direction The
society held it's annual election, and the
Ringsters determined that two of the
present officers should be defeated when
they came up for election. They were
particularly opposed to George w. Young.
the treasurer, and Rynier ]. Wortendyke,
a member of the Board of Governors.
They opposed Mr.. Young because he
was too independent, and they were not
sure that he could be depended upon to
aid them in their schemes. While their
opposition to Mr.. Wortendyke was be-
cause of the noble stand which he took at
the recent meeting OF the club in support
of George L. Records proposition that
the club favor the nomination of some
good Democrat for Sheriff.
The friends of Messrs Young and Wor-
tendyke determined to stand by them and
not see them beaten without bitter
struggle. So they went 20 the meeting
last evening with a determination to de-
feat the hing 1nnuence.
The meeting was one of the largest the
club has ever held and the Ring element
was well represented. When the anti
Ring men saw this they were afraid that
they would be beaten, as they had among
their number several good men who were
afraid to show their hands against the
Ring. But they were not disheartened
and prepared for the fight.
THE PRELIMINARY sKIRMIsH.
General Heppenheimer, the president,
and State Prison Inspector HeaneY, the
vice president, were both absent. and
Joseph d. Bedle, Jr, the secretary, called
the meeting to order and asked for nomi-
nations for temporary chairman. Mr..
George l.. Record was nominated by Mr..
Wortendyke and Brigadier General Will
lam f. Albeit nominated President John
j. Voorhees,, of the Board of Education.
AS this was to be a test of the relative
strength of the Ring and anti-Ring men
the vote was watched with interest.
A vote was taken and Mr.. Bedle an
nounced that Mr. Record had been elected
by vote of II to 16. This demonstrated
to the Ringsters that they were beaten
| and they immediately subsided. Ex-
Judge Garretson was elected president;
George A. Heaney, vice president; Joseph
d. Bedle, Jr.. secretary; George Young,
treasurer, and Rynier J. Wortendyke,
| James p. Hall and RriQadier- General
William F. Albeit members OF the
Board of Governors without
opposition HiDt Dr. L j. Gordon and and
Board of Governors. and their places will
be filled by the board, the majority of
which is composed of anti-Ring men.
| George w. Young moved the meeting
resolve itself into the committee Of the
whole to consider the Democratic ticket.
! This was carried. and much against his
wishes Fred Wolbert was made chair
man. Brigadiere General Albeit moved
| that the society endorse the Democratic
ticket now In nomination. DR.. McGill
made the point of order that the
motion was OUT of order inasmucn
as the constitution of the club
declared that one of its aims was to puri-
| fly the politics of the county, and that an
| endorsement of the present ticket as a
whole would tend to violate that clause
of the constitution. He called for the
reading OF the constitution on that point
and it was read, but the chairman de-
clared his point of order not well taken.
TIE RoUT OF THE RING.
Mr.. Hulshizer, who was foreman of the
| Jury which convicted the election officers,
obtained the floor and warned the society
to abandon any alliance with the Ring
candidate for Sheriff. He shook his cane
at the Ringsters present and said that he
would yield to no one in his devotion to
the Democratic party. but he would not
have such nomination crammed down
his throat.
DR.. McGill said there was a strong op-
position to the ticket throughout the
county and he thought no attempt should
be made to bind the society to its sup
port. He said the club was social club
with political proclivities and he did not
think it wise to take any action at this
time.
Mr.. Young claimed that the organiza-
tion was political club with social pro.
clivlties and he thought that vote should
| be taken upon the question, SO that those
| who talk SO much about their support
and opposition might have an opportunity
| of publicly declaring just where they
stood.
Judge Albert Hoffman opposed the
motion and declared that the society was
| Democratic organization and it was
clearly out of order to ask the Demo-
cratic party TO support the Democratic
| ticket
Mr.. William Barricklo moved that the
whole matter be laid upon the table and
| his motion prevailed. These two de-
| feats instead of having discouraged the
| Ring. are said to have stirred it up to
more determined efforts to capture the
| club.