New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-31

neople one OF the most attractive corners !" ,'c
clubhouse is the bay window recently placed Ill Inv
billiard ROOM II is eighteen feet high ana hlpch l'c'
wide. Tie glass Is stained and throws pie">Ins
mellow light into the ROOM a number OF Vaiuaoie
n,ctn,es adorn the walls From the hall great
,d,nc stairway oscends to the second and
.ht,S doors The second floor j. ueen
rs committee rooms, sitting rooms ana Tor suc'N 'u
,nrposes In these committee-r'Oms twice each year
are formulated the plans OF campaign arins' '"e
,,otcal enemy in jersey City, Hudson County ana
Scw.Je~ev II was in Of these rooms that me
leaders In the Union League Club persuaded Iclcr T.
Wanser TO accept the nomination for Mayor iaN'
-ro which resulted 80 successfully. 1t was i'll
.be same rooms that the strongest campaign oocc'
ever sent out in New-Jer,ey wa, prepared III uh'
campaign for Mayor The strength oi inc oo'u"'en'
xrps in IFS truthfulncss. II showed with mlhueh's'
that was truly p1infIl to tie Democratic nhE III Po''
that when the charter went into enec'' III Io0''
a. dt NJ the city was SlG j3e .G}5. The debt las'
snr,ng had been increased 10 S1s,lolooo' III te Se'i
1891 the Increase alone was T3OO'OOo' 'he SaIar''S
na,d IN city officials had been increased unuer thc "
charter s245. 900, $4,000 more thah u'c her'9
on The city debt The document set forth mnnf other
eouolly convincing eypos1r. of tic democratic manage
D, "A the Municipality Of Jersey City. and when
s,dicd by Il thinking taxpayer gained vote aEi"s'
the continuance Of the public robbery by the nhs'
In every great election since the ORGANIZATION VI
the Union League 1t has taken n prominent anu ~
live part and its influence extends far beyond t''
onenes 81 the state and is frequently felt In Wash
,rc5on The necessity for the accommodation OF le
,erobers Of the club was provided for by arranging
a. tb,rd aoor OF the building I'm sets OF rooms
Jobn A. Blair has made the clubhouse ms pcrm"
nent bachelor headquarters, and Ms rooms are i"i
nisbcd I'm a manner 10 suit a bachelor ana S'nu'"'
A number Of other members OF Inc cmD inahc INV"
homes AT the club the year around ana during uhe
summer when the families of the married members
are away In The country NV
pletely occupied.
rverv convenience that can be- had at hrst
.,ass hotel IS afforded these members without many
NJ the annoyanccs which hotel life always mas Inv
ciub has a good steward and plenty OF hcip' ana II
q. ,a nv the members OF the Union League that
no serves the best meal In the city Tor the MONEY
The larder aud sideboard are wclS'ocKed "''h '"'
nost n, everything ut current club prices.
Although the Union League Club IS known from one
end OF the state to the other. IL Is co"Ph'a''''
new club. 1t Incorporated June o. io'' "n"
srou that date has had nothing but success Inc
men who took the first steps IN ior"'s .'o P
norops cb,b were Mayor p. F. Wanser, cXJudge John
~ Novor Gilbert Collins and Postmaster
,n., n Dickinson They became convinced mat
,orssx f,-v could support such club ana ai"i
comforting with number OF prominent Republicans
tie organization completed Ihe pioneer ol"oe'S
were Charles ID. Ridgway. president; flaVel Mc"ee,
VICE nres,dent: Thomas McEwan, IT,, secretary ana
were Gilbert Collins, John A. Blair, James H. Love-
T. X Pangborn and Sgfried Hammerschlag I'M
mcdiately afterward the club was Incorporated ana
began It's career OF unequalled in the state
The club Bought its present quarters from william
4. Evans for $4,000 The payment was In bonds
eed by the members Of the club. A bond oil
81 900 falls due each year and 1t IS promptly paid by
The club which over and above all expenses has
a bank account pleasant TO contemplate. As soon
ms the Republicans In Hudson County learned what
q. delightful club the Union League Club they
eagerly sought membership and to-day $50 men
belong 10 the club. exclusive OF nonresident mem
hers Among the members who do not live In Hudson
countv arc William Walter Phelps, United States
Minister 10 Berlin; General j.. Burd Grubb ex-
Minister 10 Spain; ex-statc Controller Edward j..
Anderson, William 5. Banta of 1ackcnsack; John
Kean r., chairman OF the Republican state Com
nittee; George Richards OF Dover, n. D. ana Henry
\ white. United States DistrctAttorney for New