The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-25

Democratic Reorganization.
The resolutions proposed by the
Third District Democratic Club, last
evening, embody in bold but truthful
terms the errors and vices in the
party which have brought about the
mortifying succession of defeats Of the
last two years. Unequal taxation,
wicked extravaganza in municipal ex.
penditures, corrupt and vicious legis-
Iatiou procured by boss dictation, the
barter and sale of nominations either
for money or for service promis ed in
support OF private aud selfish inter-
ests, a general disregard Of public
opinion, a contempt for law, morality
and common decency-thsse are the
things which brought about crushing
disaster In the latest two municipal
elections and the final calamity
of the 9TH of this month. These
are assursdly the evils that the people
are determined to have scourged out
of the party before they will take the
party back into favor. The question
for democrats themselves to decide is
as TO whether they will do the work
OF Christening themselves or will wait
for the people to follow up the recent
v~isitations with more and more
severity.
The demand of the Third district
democrats for reorganization is
thsrefors wise and timely; but we
cannot say as much concerning the
proposal to withdraw from utilization
with tbs County Central Committee.
This Central Committee is absolutely
dead As respects the future control of
the party. It can do nc more good.
The people have voted want of con-
A~~ncS IA ~ aA0 ~ muSb Eo' oue,
such a. 1t is. 1t is the legal represent
tatve OF regularity" so far as the
Democratic party in this county is
concerned. Those who will not CO.
operate with it are simply independ-
snts in the eye of the law. and,
under the provisions of the Ballot
Reform law, they have practically no
standing whatever. and they can only
nominate by petition.
Besides, this is not the time for
democrats to split up into cliques
and factions. 1t is the time for all
who have average honesty to get to-
gether, to compel the Central Com
mittee to abdicate in some fashion
which will transfer the mantle Of
regularity to a new body aud will
open the door for reorganization and
reform within the party lines.
There are several proposals before
the, public for the realization of this
idea. One, which we favor most.
proposes to place the matter in the
hands of the State Committee, the
fountain head of party regularity.
This body, it is proposed, should
make arrangements for holding
primaries throughout the county for
the choice of q new County Commit
tee, aud should see to it that the
primaries are honestly conducted.
Another project, and one which we
regard al almostif not quite as feasi-
bleand satisfactory, is the choice by
the present Central Committee of a
Provisional Committee Of eleven to
conduct new primaries. These eleven
men should be chosen from the very
highest rank in the party, from such
men as Governor Werts, Ex-Governor
Bedle, Colonel E. A. Stevens. ex-
Judge Garretson, William McAdoo
and District Attorney Winfield. These
gentlelnen's functions should be linn
tied to calling primaries throughout
the county, r~s-eleeting men Of unques-
tionahle honesty to act as election
officers the reat, canvassing the result
of the primary elections and order.
ing new ones il any flaw should be
found in the first trials, When the
results Of these primaries were as
sursd the Provisional Committee
should turn over the control of the
party to the newly chosen body OF
~men--slsysn, twenty-five or thirty
three, as the case might be-and
these should rhenceforward be the
Regular Democratic County Commit +,
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