The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-04
useful. Some plan must be devised
where the voters may have men to repre-
sent them whom they desire. not whom
some one else wants"

where the voters may have men TO repre-
sent them whom they desire, not whom
some one else rants"
M'LAUGHLIN's OPINION.
County Clerk Mclaughlin ssid:-
II do not think the new committee will
gain much Roadway. 1t is the creation
OF a few men. l have not studied the
personnel of the committee, and l cau't
intelligently discuss Its working powers.
1t may be u reform movement. but 1t is
not what the people want. Appointive
committees are, In my opinion. about
done tor, and think they should be. I
believe, and have believed, that the only
proper kind of "a County Committee was
one made up of gentlemen elected by
the people. Then the voters are
thing Is done which does not suit
the people will look TO their COM
| mitteeman. not 70 a leader. II did not
want to be appointed a member of the
Central Committee. nor 10 l ever want TO
be a member again. When ~reor0aniza-
ton, before election. was being discussed,
| suggested to Mr.. Davis that we should
both stay out of the committee. He
would not at that time, q that ac-
counts for my presence in it. We have q
good committee now. but the people 90
not seem 10 regard them as their repre-.
sentatives. | say now let the people
elect committeeman. Let primaries for
the election be held with the same STRICT
ness that regular elections are, aud /
believe in this manner that matters will
| change.
LAS for the new committee, it has
nothing to go before the people on. as the
members have done MORNING, and no
| opportunity will present itself until
spring. For any members of that com
mittee to say / did it, referring to the
last election is nonsense. An angel could
not have won. / never want to hold an
office again. and 1 won't allow myself to
be identified with 3 governing body. II
| have a candidate for com mitteeman. l
will work for him M trust to him to
look out for the interests of this end OF
the city. II Mr.. Davis would do this, l
think it would be advisable. l
q minute. To be beaten once
doesn't discourage me. nor would it
to be beaten a hundred times The DEM
ocratic party In Hudson Countv has lost
nearly everything now and Democrats
should throw aside personal prejudices
and combine with out one object In view
and that the interests of the party. The
sooner that is lone the better cit will be
for everyone"
DO you believe Bob Davis is behind
this new committee"
"No, | do not" was his reply.
HENNEssEY WOULDN'T TALK.
Leader. james Hennessey of the Third
district declined to discuss the prospects
of the new committee.
L DOESN'T BELIEvE IN THEM.
Freeholder w. II. Ellis thinks that the
reform Democratic movement Is some
thing OF a farce. CONCERNING the
organizating of it he said to a reporter In
Hoboken on Saturday night:-''It is not
Democratic at all. 1t Is not a representa-
tive Democratic body. and as such it can-
not claim any distinction. 1t 10 simply q
self-coustituted organization of demo-
Gratis who endeavor to place upon them
selves the responsibility of running the
democracy of the county. But they
cannot do it. The committee appointed
through tbs Central Democratic Com
mittee is the only recognized leader of
democracy in this county. The otner
many OF them nly particular friends, but
I cannot yield that the COMMITTEES they
have appointed can manage the cam
paign. 1t AMOUNT TO the same as though
| organized a committee all by myself.
but IL eau do nothing IN itse IL simply
because it represents only a few disaf-
fected democrats. To be recognized they
must file the nominations by petition and
then draw o TWO per cent vote. They
cannon get this vote, aud consequently
the committee will do no good"
o AMOUNT TO MUCH, SAY CoYLE
Assemolyman Micnaei j. Coyle says
that the only COMMITTEES governing
democracy In this county is that born of
the Central Committee now existing.
This latest movement cannot amount 10
much. [ am convinced ina the now
Democratic Committee to be appointed
will, as the County Democracy's repre-
sentative, be the only recognized head.
The reform movement, so called, canRot
prosper. They do not represent any
organized boiy, and even at their W
primary when the committee of seven
was appointed, they mad everything cut
and dried. and admission was only by
invitation. Such a body as the Sponsor
of Democracy cannot aud will not sue
ceed,"
TAHEN WILL STICK.
Assemblyman Cornelius j. TaheA OF
the Tenth district said:-"ES 10 upJ think
the committee has any power in Il ELF. The
only leading Democratic body is Iae Dsm-
ocratic CouAty Committee. shall sticK
to- that ever aud always. do not think
that the independent democrats can poll
ths necessary voto required by the Werts'
Ballot Law. That new committee can-
net claim recognition. aud is will only
end in a dismal failure. as did the Ger
man-Americsn Reformers' movement"
JOHN MEHL's OPINION.
John Mehl, Jr, VINO, In n recent inter~
View with a reporter for The News, de-
cltred he would not accept the appoint-
ment rendered him BY the Central
COMMITTEES on the Provisional Commit =
tee. and whose name appears in the list
OF committeeman appointed by the "re-
form" democrats. said it was mora than
likely that he would affiliate with the
latter body. He had so promised several
gentlemen who waited upon him, and he
believed that was the body most likely to
bring about reform. He did not believe
that Davis was behind It. He would in
vestigate further into the matter. and if
he found that it was but q scheme on the
part OF any If the old bosses he would not
affiliate with it.