The Jersey City news., 1892-03-12
like A HAPPY FAMILY.
Republicans in Conference
Over the Spring
Elections.
MAY NOT RUN FREEH0LDERS.
Grandfather Williams Pays His
Respects to Wicked Report
ers-Many Swear Words
Wasted.
MAY NOT RUN FREEHOLDERs.


poor old man shocked me last night,
shocked me immeasurably. He used
swear words. just think of it'll old
fashioned sailor-like cuss words.
This all happened at the meeting of the
Republican County Committee. held in
the Federal Club building. 1t may be
| that you do not know who Granny"
Williams is. / will tell you. When
baby he was Richard Williams. When
he graduated from pinafores and donned
knickerbockers he was "Dick" Williams.
| When in after years he cultivated
growth of whiskers he was MI" VIII
Jams, and now that the sins of his youth
| and the wear anu tear of age have
whitened his hair and filled the aforesaid
whiskers with threads of silver, he has de-
generated into Granny" Williams.
With the increasing infirmities brought
on by the corrupting influences of the
| Republican party Granny" has become
| cranky and touchy, but never before last
| night did imagine he was so lost to his
welfare in the future state as to use cuss
words.
In the course of the legitimate business
that the gentlemen composing the Repub-
| lican County Committee were transactiDg
| in an orderly and sensible manner this
| wicked old man became restive and nnal-
| ly ne announced that he desired to make
some remarks. A sigh, deep and earnest
| came from those present. but it did not
disturb Granny"
REPORTERS DENOUNCED.
He unfOlded some newspaper clippings.
| The first one he read was from the EUer-
| ing Journal AS the old man read, his
voice became husky from emotion. and in
his most vigorous manner he denounced
| the reporter who had written the article,
as liar" and Contemplate follow"
| He poured out his wrath with an energy
such as he exhibited when candidate for
Surrogate. Then he moved that reporters
| be in the future excluded from the meet
| ings of the committee.
| To support this motion ne said that they
only desired to misrepresent the commit
| tee and ridicule its members. The excited
old man glanced at me when he huskily
said this. and after gasp for renewed
! strength he read from The JERSEY CITY
NEWS the horrible, the atrocious state
ment that l had called him Granny
| Williams" Loud laughter greeted this,
| "Its damnaDle, its devilish, its hellish,"
the old man shouted, 'for any one to ridi.
cule me' [more laughterl. Its mean and
contemplate. Its damn devilish," he
howled, while his brother members wiped
! away the tears that excessive laughter
| had caused to collect in their eyes.
"Granny" declared that Democratic
newspapers ought not be permitted to
| have reporters at the County Committee
| meetings, and he closed his naughty cuss
word speech by expressing wish that
the editor of THE NEWS would send re-
/ porter there who would not call him
| "Granny."
| FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION.
| Ex-Judge Seymour said in reply that he
| had introduced the motion at a previous
meeting to permit reporters to be present.
He said it was the only way the public
could learn the truth about what the
| County County Committee did. The Jour
nal had continuously slandered the
| Here Granny" Williams interrupted
ex-Judge Seymour, and broke out into
another long, rambling TRADE, and then
| ex-Judge Seymour confined.
| 1--WE have a Journal man here as a
member of this committee and he takes
to his paper distorted accounts Of what
transpires. We are grossly misrepre-
sented. and the only way we can obtain
| fair treatment is by admitting all report
| ers. We have no Republican paper to
represent US, and we must depend entire
| ly on our opponents for justice. l defy
any one to point out in any Democratic
paper such sladers as the journal has
| printed about us.
''The editor of the Journal has boasted
\ that he could get the information If we
| did meet with closed doors. and you know
that for two years the Journal has mis-
| represented US.
| ii believe that other papers should have
the same facilities for obtaining news
| that the Journal, which so grossly mis-
represents us, has In regard to The
| NEWS misrepresenting us l think Mr..
| Williams is wrong. I don't think we
NEWS called him Granny Williams
| Qaughter). The Journal is the most
hostile to the County Committee OF any
| paper published in New Jersey. / say,
| let THE NEWS have reporter here. and
we will be set right before people"
ANOTHER ENDORSEMENT.
| Freeholder Nelson said: II know the re-
porter for The NEWS very we'll l know
| him to be good reporter and an accurate
one.
1T don't come here in fear and tremb-
ling because reporters are present, as my
| friend Williams does, and am glad TO
meet them. Do what is right and they
will treat you property"
"Granny" Williams, had, during this
time tried dozen times to make another
| harrangue, but Chairman Collins would
| not let him. Finally he did force HIM
| self on the meeting and declared that the
| EUening Journal was Republican paper
| and the strongest Republican paper he
knew of anywhere" (many 'ohs" and
| hisses).
After some more debate It was finally
decided that hereafter reporters should be
| and that the Secretary should furnish
| them with proper information.
THE COMMITTEE ORGANIZED.
Chairman Woolley, of the Executive
| Committee reported that the committee
| had organized, but the subcommittee
| had not been appointed because all of the
Standing Committees had not been des-
| ignated.
Chairman Collins then read list of the
standing committees he had selected.
| Mr.. Woolley reported that his committee
had prepared certain instructions to be
| sent to the election officers.
| Some of them were as follows:-
| In making house to house canvass. il
= four election officers are present, three
| should agree before Il name is entered on
book If but three are present two
should agree. No vote must be received
under oath il the voter is known to live
out of the precinct. Before vote is ac-
| cepted three must agree and receive II.
| ANY person not registered must not be
| permitted to vote. Pastors must not be
| distributed in the polling place. No voter
shall be accompanied by another into the
| polling booth. unless three OF the Board
| are satisfied the voter is blind or physi-
cally unable to select his ballot. IL is the