The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-07
AROUSED TO ACTION.
Members of the Provisional
0mmitte Notified of
Their Appointment.
ENCOURAGING ANSWERS.
Actions Of the Tooley Street
Tailors Not Relished by the
Rank and File.
Turn of The Tide in Favor Of
Honest and Representative De-
mocracy-Get Right Down
10 Business.

DIR. John d. McGtl was interviewed
today as TO the condition of the Dsmo>
cratic Central Committee and the Pro
visional Committee. In reply TO a dues
ton he said:--
"The Provisional Committss's idea is
to give the control of the party into the
hands of tie party. For that purpose
reputable democrats who have the conf
were appointed to take charge of the
primaries and to take coatrol of them
from the ring. These men are above sus-
pecioI and no ballot box stuffing under
thsm will be possible. Their charac-
ter is such as to insure this and there eau
he no doubt but that a Comfy Com
mittee elected Jude their guidance
would be a committee THAI would rep
resent the party and no. several indtvid-
uaJs. as has been the case In the past.
oNo. this se-cslied Reform County
Committee has done the very thing that
they charge azSinst the regular Dsmo~
cratic GeuatY Committee They hive
hired a hsll, packed q nesting by allow
ing admission BIZ ticket only. and that
packed meeting selected seven men who
in turn selected a General Democratic
County Committee which has the as
sumption TO say it is going TO ru1 the
Democratic party in this county. In
other words. by its packed meeting. these
reformers have said that the rank and
file of the Democratic party Is not able to
govern itself. The Reformers are afraid
To trust the party and debarred II from
participating in its organization. IL
is a pity that such men as ex-
Judge Garretson and a few Others
49, haas - ~
the movement. They won't be pardoned
for it by the regular party for a long
time Such action is always remember
ed. was for niue years out OF the lines
because | was constantly lighting the
ring, and when l returned within the
lines It was for the purpose of assisting
in reforming the party. | believe that
reform should come from within The
Yarty. and not By traitorously selling it
our to Republicans"
POWER OF THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
What, do you think of the plan, Doc-
tor, of appealing to the State COMMITTEES
to heal up the sores, and TO reorganfzs
the partyf"
1.-THE Provisional Committee has the
right TO appeal to the State Committee,
md IL q majority of the Provisional
Committee il in favor of such action, l
will he. We are the onlv committee that
the State COMMITTEES can legally reeog-
niZe. We ara the de fdcto and de jure
committee. The State Committee miguLbe
willing to hurmonizs the feeling In this
county, for IL something is NOT 500 done
there is danger of losing the State. The
State Comuaittse ought not. aud cannot
recognize the alleged Reform Committee.
Why. when | scanned tho list of this
Reform COMMITTEES. found that nine out
OF every ten emb were disappointed
Office seekers
EVIDENTLY MEANS DAVIS.
81 am confident that one of the late
leaders In the party is the genius that
aDimates this alleged COMMITTEES. He is
moving quietly In the dark ami with a
hope that some day these so-called re-
formers may come into power, aud.i IL
this shonld hap1e-, :his willy ex-ieader
would by a coup d'ctdt sometime resume
the place OF leader. Should the life of
this com ittee be d short one, the fine,
manipulating hand 1T this man will not
/. come to the surface"
Doctor, why did pot the Provisional
Committee receive notices that they a
been appointed"
That was because of p rnisuudprstand-
ing on the part of Mr.. Tohn Grifin. the
Secretary. He supposed that General
Hepoenheimer, ms Chairman of the COM
mittee would send out the no ices, and
General Heppenheimer took It for
granted that Griffin would do so. A num-
her OF the COMMITTEES Informed me that.
BlCF "a 1oD y hOLlCGOs u Gudt i 1
they did they would serve. Since then
Mr. Griffin has sent out the nntic ss.o
GENERAL HEPPENHEIMER INTERVIEWED.
When / called on General William G..
Heppenheimer and asked his views on-
corning the troubled condition Of the
Democratic Party in this county, ne
eaif:-
..The Provisional Committee has
authority TO name the da 9 for holding
primaries. to fix the places TO; the same,
ANA to nominate the election of officers
who will preside. IL may also hear pro-
tests, order new primaries and make
rules and regulation to govern primaries.
the PreFisfoBsl Committees may also. ii
the plan of reorganization is not salts
factory report back to the Central Com
mfttee."
..What do you think of the plan of ap-
pealing to the State Committee to reor-
ganize the party in this county?"I in
quIred.
II am in favor OF adopting any plan
that is favorable to the party. 10 not
think that seven men should govern the
party. It is not Democratic. 1t is
such action thar has always caused the
cry or No prinariesr We are the only
legalized committee under the ballot
reform law, and u success
or must be such RS to be
recognized by this law and the State
Committee. ! don't see how the State
COMMITTED mas any mOre power IN LQ0
matter than we possess. but si1 l am
in favor of any plan that will benefit the
party In this county l believe that the
hest wsy to is to let the demo-
Gratis say at the primaries who shall
govern. We want the majority
re say who shall rule. for
that is Democratic. ] want to see
primaries conducted like elections
and | don't see how any other plan than
This can be successful Let the alleged
Reform Committee unite with US IN such
action and come to the polls with their
tickets, and IL they elect their candidates,
we'll and good. for 1t will be he express
sion Of the will of the party.
WANTS HARMONY.
"As / said before | am in favor of an y
plan which will produce harmony,
Dut at the same time l think we
ought TO go ahead as we nave begun. We
have got some OF the brainiest men in
the State with US. Men such as Cover
nor WerJs, Ex-Governor Bsdle. Allan L..
McDermott. Henry Neise, William r.
Barcalow. Colonel E A. Stevens. Els
ward Russ. James G.. Morgan, Charles
a.. Winfield and Martin K. Cook. Pri-
maries conducted by these gentlemen
would certainly be free from suspicion of