The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-08
TIE Bosses COLLAR.
A Republican Convention
Rivets 1t on the
Party Neck.
ONE OR TWO VAIN PROTESTS.
But the Whole Thing Was Cut
and Dried and the New
Constitution Went
Through With
Bells On.
ONE Or TWO VAIN PROTESTS.

tional Convention of the Republican
party OF this county was held at Woods
Hall last night. There was large at
the convention was not called to order by
Chairman Gilbert Collins until nearly
nine o'clock. At the opening of the ses-
sion the proceedings were quiet and un-
eventful, but toward the close of the ses-
sion, during discussion over the advisa-
bility of nominating candidate for State
Senator, the debate grew heated and
Roderick b. seymour. answered in a
spirited manner the claim of the. .Evening
Journal, that it is q Republican paper.
There Was also warm discussion over
the merits of the Republican County
Committee. Frank Cole said that the
County Committee WAS lukewarm n
local affairs and Secretary Thomas Nc
Evan defended the committee.
The 1irst business was the reading of
the report of the committee on the revis-
ion of the constitution and bylaws by
Chairman Wooley. The law presented
by the committee consists Of nineteen
articles.
THE NEW CONSTITUTION.
Article first ordains tnat on January /, 1892,
all existing Town. District, City and County
Committees shall be abolished, and there shall
be the Hudson oasS County kepaef
additional delegate for every 100 Repub-
ua,,s I'll IN any ya haas Of
tion may be changed BY any succeeding R4pub-
lican County Convention, but not otherwise.
vote. expel any officer member Of any dis
trict, town OF township organization, for cause
upon five days notice.
Article II. provides that any I PEELED member
n bei lyb n, Dla m baf sh,ni In minor
organization within year.
Article III. provides that each new County
ming Of the year by the President Of the pre-
vious year. Delegates having the certificates
of majority of the members of their ASSEM-
bly, districts shall be deemed prima facie en-
Article w. fixes the officers of the County
Committee as a President, First and Second
ant Secretary and Ssrgsant-at Arms. All hold
office until the organization of the new County
COMMITTEES.
Article v, fixes,the duties of the Executive
Committee and provides that it shall be formed
of one member from each assembly district ap-
pointed by the President Of the County Com
mittee.
Article vi. fixes the meeting nights of the
County Committee as the second Friday In each
month except in September, DC ober and No
vember, when meetings are also held on the
third and fourt h Mondays.
Article VII. orders the publishing of the call.
for convention in daily newspaper. Dsle-t
gates to tneSo conventions muSt nave unelr Gre
dentials certified to by the County Executive
Committee. There Is an appeal from this COM
mittee to the convention.
Article VIII. permits the County Committee
to adopt rules and bylaws for the government
of the district, town or township organization
not Inconsistent with the constitution.
Article TX. institutes a Standing Committee,
made up of one member from each Assembly
District. To this COMMITTEES all appeals from
Election Inspectors and minor organizations are
committed. This article gives the County Com
mittee power to order new election on an ap-
peal.
Article X. gives details about convention
voting
for the District, Town or Township organiza-
tons may be amended only by an affirmative
two-thirds vote of the members present at
regularly called meeting of the County Com
mittee."
Article XII fixes the dues for membership in
the committee at S..
Article Kill declares any member absenting
himself without permission from three succes,,
sive meetings of the County Committee shall
lose his membership with loss Of membership ip in
minor organizations and committee.
Article XIV says that member may be sus-
pended by two thirds vote for being financially,
delinquent, violating bylaws, improperly
property property belonging to sp this c committee,
improperly divulging any. of the secrets of the
Committee ungentlemanly conduct, endeayor-
nomination shall have been indorsed by the
County Committee.
Article XIV. gives officers OF minor associations
the privilege Of the floor In County Committee
meetings.
Article XVI makes the town and township
committees consist OF regular qualified members
of the County Committee.
Article XVII, gives the County Committee
power TO direct and enforce the details for
organization of minor organizations.
Article XVIII. which Is the "centralizing
article, reads:-'The said County Committee
shall have supervisory powers over all county,
city, district, town and township nominating
conventions, and whenever it shall appear on
the complaint of five Republicans that any snen
convention has nominated a candidate or candi-
dates in an irregular or illegal manner, or any
candidate not Republican, the commi tee
new primary election and a new conv ention to
choose another candidate IL there Is time under
the law, and If not the committee may name
names shall be placed on the tioket.''
Article XIX orders primaries held in Decem-
ber for the election of delegates to the County
Convention. These delegates shall hold office
one half for one year. and one half for two
division OF terms to be hxed by lot.
Captain Jack Graham moved to adopt
the constitution section by section. but
an amendment by Colonel Wanser to act
upon it as whole, prevailed.
WAR DECLARED.
Frank Cole at ouce attacked the CEN
tralization article.
II would like to inquire" said he, ''if
Republican Convention should nominate
man not satisfactory to the County
Committee, can the County Committee
change the nomiDation? / submit it is
entirely Illegal. There is no power to
overrule convention. l do not believe
this is in the purview of law. The
County Clerk must accept the name pre-
sented to him by the convention even il
it be Democrat, foreigner or a woman.
But the County Committee is made
the judge, and is given power which be-
longs to the people"
w. L. Vanderzee said that the laws of
New Jersey provide that the conventions
shall be held in conformity to party laws.
'If we adopt this article tonight" he
said, 1--WE can overrule the actions
of any convention that is guilty
of irregularities. In other words.
we can protect the Republican
party against trickery and fraud This
article means that only fatfooted Repu
iicans will be hereafter tolerated here"
Mr.. Cole fairly jumped to his feet.
TASK Vanderzee," said he, ''why he does
not put in the constitution that no Demo
crat shall be nominatedf II his words
mean anything but buncombe put the
words there"
Chairman Collins ssid:-"This article,
if carried out in good faith. will be pro-
ductive of much good. The County
Committee has power TO name nominees
when the first convention is called too
late in the day to permit annther call.
John Reid said:-s'Jhat very thing hap
pened in Hoboken last fall. The dele