The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-30
REPUBLICAN, SHINDY.
Greenville League and Minkak'
wa at War Over the
Enrolment.

The MinkakWa Club ana the Green
vile Republican League Club clashed
again last evening at the Republican en-
rollment for the First. Second and Third
precincts of the First Assembly dis
trict at the Minkakwa Gu rooms. The
trouble was caused by the refusal OF
the chairman and clerk of the enroll
ment to place the names of two mem
bers of the League Club upon the books,
and for oyer a half hour there was the
l~iveliest kind of a time. Last night was
the first time that both organizations
had an opportunity to demonstrate their
strength in the district, n as each
was anxious to excel the other in point
of strength, the Republicans were called
out and marched to the place of enroll
ment.
No notice of the registry had been
given to the League Club, and the mat
ter was arranged and conducted by the
Minkakwas. The chairman. Mr.. Peter
-DaHedecker, Clerk w. C. Dunn, and the
inspectors, Samuel c. williams and w.
Caleb Dunn, are all members of this or
ganization. The news that the enroll
ment was to take place reached the
League Club in time enough to enable
IL 10 SQlIlIllOu d IdlI pcI tlOI VI Il Z
bers, and of the 200 Republicans enrolled
a large majority are members of the
club.
CALLED THEM SOCIALISTS.
Everything went well until Mr.. Henry
c. Petty of the League Club marched
into the room George and John Frem-
gen of No. B8 Pamrapo avenue. The
Fremgens walked up to the desk and
requested to be enrolled. Daff1edecker
and Dunn held a WHISPERED consultation,
that they could not be enrolled. as he
knew hat they were Socialists. The
Fremgens are members of the League
Club, and Mr.. Petty became their spon-
sor.
II demand hat these ,,gentlemen's
names be placed on the roll" said he.
Il have two gentlemen here who will
swear that the Fremgens are republi-
cans"
Il don't care whom you have there"
replied Dunn. 81 know they are Social
lists, and | won't enroll them" BY this
time all those present were taking a
lively interest in the matter, n pande-
monium reigned supreme.
II know why you won't enroll Them
not give Mr.. Dafiedecker the contract
to build their house, and that's why they
THE LIE PASSED.
Chairman D~affledecker, who lar up to
this time maintained his composure.
jumped up from his seat, shook his fist
in Petty's face and told him that he
was telling an untruth. District Leader
Michael Schultz. Jr,. was sitting in a
corner at the rear of the room, and
listened attentively to all that was said,
but he mad no effort to pour oil on
the troubled waters. Copies of the by
laws of the Republican County Commit
tee were exhibited by the members of
the League to prove the point they
raised that any man who is declared to
be a republican by two other enrolled
republicans must be enrolled when his
name is presented. Clerk Dunn, how
ever, was determined not to enroll the
Fremgens, and. seeing that it was use
less to argue the matter. the League
members gave up the struggle and de-
voted their efforts to enrolling other
members,
Immediately after the enrolment the
League Club members held their regular
weekly meeting at the Globe Hotel, and
Clerk Dunn's action at the enrolment
was discussed. A motion that he be de-
nounced and the Appeal Committee of
the County Committee requested to in
vestigate his action was carried unani-
mously. The club also elected twenty
new members. making the total mem
bership 413. The club decided to accept
he challenge of the Wanser Baseball
team, and Messrs. Birch. Fred Bischof
and Robert Jackson were appointed a
committee to organize a baseball team
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