The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-13
The Senator Believes in
Reorganization of all
Democratic Forces.
REFORMERS PREPARING A REPLY
George Record Sets Forth the Claims
of His Committee Willard
Fisk in Trenton.

in Hudson County. All through
his letter Senator Daily makes the mistake OF
saying that Mr.. M. J. O'Donne1l is the
Chairman of the Central Democratic Com
mittee. Mr.. DAILY should know that Mr.. E.
F. G. Young is the Chairman.
Senator Dalyis letter is as follows
THE SENATOR'S LETTER.
"MY DEAR Mr.. MCDERMoTT:-From the
tenor of your communication of February
10, addressed TO Willard C. Fiske, and pub
lished in the New Jersey edition of the New
York World, in which you cast doubts upon
the regularity of the Democratic County
Committee, presided over by Mr.. M. j.
O'Donnell it would seem you were laboring
under the weight of your own Importance or
imbued with the idea that the fate OF the
Democratic party rested with you | con-
clude the above from your reasoning IN the
letter to Mr.. Fiske, as for instance, The
committee which had charge of the cam
paign in this county last year has certainly
no claim whatever to be a regular organiza-
tion other than that which would be accord
ed to any body of gentlemen and working
for party success
'sNo man possessed of the knowledge you
have, by reason of having been the intimate
associate and adviser of that committee for
years pdSU, SnOulu reason III UHa1 Lille. w do
it not the delegates elected under the aus
pices of that committee, Of which this one
is the legitimate successor, that nominated
you tor the Assembly in the years of 1SSO-Sl!
Have you not been delegate and member
of conventions-aye, presided over conven-
tions-where delegates from the county
were chosen under the auspices of this COM
mittee? Was it not delegates chosen under
the auspices of this committee, from its re-
organization in 1878, who assisted in the
nomination of all the Governors to that OF
George T. Werts? Was it not delegates
chosen under this committee who sent rep
resentatives to the Chicago convention
pledged to vote for Grover Cleveland against
your wish and protestl Do you remember
how you squirmed and how disguised you
felt that they were not pledged to David B.
Hill? Have you not been the beneficiary
of those nominated by this committees
'Have not the Boards of Registry and
Election been nominated by the Chairman,
Mr.. O'Donnell, to the County Board of
Registry, under the law, and have they not
been appointed and recognized as coming
from the bone-fide Democratic Committee?
Do you know Of any other Democratic
Committee that has conducted the Demo-
cratic canvass other than the one presided
over by Mr.. O'Donnells Was it not this
Democratic Committee that carried on the
Cleveland canvass in this county, and that,
too, without particle Of aid from the State
Committed
SIT i'll becomes you, sir, thus to address a
letter to Mr.. Fiske or any other person
throwing doubt upon the legitimacy of the
present County Committee. You would
have as much right to recognize the old JEFF
fersonian Committee or write to them as in
this instance, yea, more, they are a much
older body, and they did demand recogni-
tion at the hands of the State
Committee, and you were MEM
ber of that State Committee, its
Chairman, and they refused to recognize
them, but on the contrary recognized the
delegation elected under the auspices of this
very committee that you now assail. There is
only one legal committee, and it is that one
presided over by Mr.. O'Donnel and as long
as it desires to continue must be recognized,
as it only can go out of existence by its own
motion or volition. 1t is continuous body,
a portion of it only going out of existence
each year, to be replaced by the election of
new members; there is a permanency in
committee SO constituted that gives it stabil
ity in contrast with ruInp or mushroom
committee.
1.-THE remedy lies with Democratic voters
at the primaries, the same as it does with the
people at the polls, who should select honest
and competent members of the committee.
when, my friend, did this change come
over you? For what purpose do you cloud
the title of this organization? can remem-
Der when you were only too glad to endorse
its actions and follow its leadership. can
remember under its Organization the Demo
cratic party gained many substantial vic
tories I do not attribute to the committee
the blame for the present party disruption
or the late defeat. Disorganization in the
Democratic party exists not alone in Hudson
County, but all over the State.
"Our late defeat and this condition of af-
fairs is as much to be attributed to vicious
1o%s
you, as Chairman of the Democratic State
Committee, must be held responsible for
your share of it, You were present on the
ground at the sessions of the Legislature;
you influenced legislation; you were the
Trainer of many of the bills that brought
this condition about; in fact, you where the
alpha and omega of it all.
st is unfair and unjust for you to cast re-
fections and attempt to take shelter your
self and desert those who aided your politi-
cal advancement. If you demand the re-
tirement of the present County Committee
let us commence at the top, and you resign
as Chairman of the State Committee To
you also can be directly traced the first
rupture in the Democratic party in this
county. 1t was to satisfy your personal en-
nifty that the brilliant and eloquent Nc
Adoo was retired that he might not stand
in the way of your political ambition and
preferment From the day he was defeated
IN convention UurOuSu your uldcl1uaGlOnS
the party commenced to degenerate, and by
his defeat there was removed from political
circles of this county one who gave tone to
party deliberations and whose presence was
the pledge of honesty and purity
II would not have noticed your commune
cation had not felt that an injustice was
done those who ought to have expected bet
ter at your hands The County Committee
is composed of some of the best democrats in
the county. / know that some of them think
that reorganization is advisable, but they
must and should be consulted as the only
legitimate organization. They should not be
ruth lessly set aside or their claims rejected
The Democratic party is composed of every
element of society, no one class represents it,
and I would like to see union of all. In
union there is strength, and without it we
cannot succeed, SO let the party of Grouse,
Record, Mclaughlin Davis, Gordon, in fact
all elements, be represented in new organ
ization to the end that Democratic success
may be again attained.
CIVILIAN D. DALYn
Allan McDermott's reply will be awaited
with interest.
PREPARING THE REPLY.
Willard G. Fisk and Mr.. Otto Grouse, on
behalf of the Reform Democratic Committee,
are preparing letter Of reply to Allan L.
McDermott, setting forth, as requested,
their claims for recognition. The reply will
be submitted to the officers OF the committee
some time before Saturday, mnde public and
then forwarded to Mr. McDermott. Neither
Mr.. Fisk or Mr.. Grouse caref to disclose what