The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-06
4OOLBYS ORGANIZE.
Ex- Judge Abram Q. Garrett
son Chosen to Lead
the Movement.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
An Address to the People Will Be
Prepared-precinct Organlza-
tions and Primaries.

Twenty members of the twenty-seven
composing the new County Committee Of
the Reform Democrats. who, however,
prefer to be called tue County Commit
tee of the Regular Democratic Party of
Hudson County," met last night in the
Hotel Washington to organizs. elect
officers, appoint committees. draft plans.
aud, IN TACT, put in motion tnat political
machinery which they devouIly q AID
.ondly hope will grind out pure prfnar-
les, pure candidates, pure elections aud
generally pure democracy From the
eleven districts ia the county tn ese came
as representaLlyes:-
THOSE PRESENT
At Large-WillIam Utz, Garrett D. Van
Reypen. Andrew ]. Post and Jonn c.
Besson.
First district-E. Schofield and Stephen
L. Harvey.
Second district-John Garrick and
George L.. Record.
Third districr-Jas. D. Manning, DR..
Leonard and ). Gordon.
Fourth districG-W. G. Fisk and Otto
Grouse.
Fifth district-Jarnes I. Mccormick.
Sixth district-Audrew j. Curcoran.
Eighth distric5-J. Mshl. Jr. and Fred.
Jaehne.
Ninth distrIct-P. Hexamer. Jr. aud
Patrick Snitn.
TeuLh distrIct-Lawrence Eagau and
Charles Erlenkostsr.
Mr., Otto Grouse as Secretary of the
Committee of Seven, called the new COM
mittee to order. Lawyer Jonn G. Bessou
of HoOoken. was chosen temporary
chairman, and Mr.. Grouse acted as secs
letarv.
PERMANENT oFFIc ERs ELECTED.
The roll was then cailed aud permanent
organization was proceeded with, with
this reSnlt:-Ex-Judge Abram @ Gar
rstson. President; Jonn c. Bsss0n, Vice
President; Philip heXansr, Jr., Treas
urer, and James d. NJ tnning, Secretary,
A Com mittee on Bylaws ana Organ
ization was appointed consisting of
Messrs. w. G. Fisk, j. Mccormick and
Mayor Ia. Pagan, tnis committee TO re-
port next Tuesday. OF THIS and all CON-
mittees the Chairman is a menoer eD
oficio
rne committee feeling that the public
needs complete statement of the views
and plans of the new organization, a
committee of three was appointed TO
prepare an address. The committee will
be Messrs. G. L. Record, Otto Grouse aud
| Andrew j. Post.
Another committee was named to re-
port on permanent headquarters for the
party. aud these ara the memoers:-
Messrs. Gordon, William Utz and J.
Mehl, Jr.
PRECINCT ORGANIZATIONS.
When all thus matter Was disposed OF
long discussion took place as to the pro~s
per methods Co be adopted for effective
district and precinct organization. All
agreed that "A complete enrolment of
voters is sine qua non and this will be
ons of The first things to be accomp-
lisDed.
Then the question of the holding of the
primaries and their regulations came up
and long talk followed over that mat
ter. Both questions were fnally left to
| the Committee on Organization.
In due season that COMMITTEES it Is
claimed. will have n complete list of
Democratic voters in the county, aud il
will adopt means to reacn each voter and
aaye him enrolled.
The discussion on enrolment and
executive work WAS carried on oy Messrs.
Fagau, Fisk, Erlenkoettsr, Record, Van
Revpen. Gordon aud Harvey.
The committee started in at eight
o'clock. aud it Was not far from midnight
when their labor ceased. On Tuesday
evening next it Will reassembls at the
same place to receive reports.