The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-10
IN bob" DAVIS GRIP.
His Henehmen Oppose the Adop-
ton of the Plan of Re-
organization.

The exclusive announcement in The JER-
sEY CITY News that the Democratic Central
Committee would not adopt the plan OF or
ganization as prepared by the Provisional
Committee was corroborated last night.
The report was received and accepted and
laid over for acceptance or rejection at a
meeting to be held one week from Friday, at
which time the members of the Provisional
Committee will be asked to be present and
explain each clause of the plan presented for
adoption.
This conclusion was arrived at last night
within half hour after Chairman h. r. Z.
Young had called the meeting to order
Every member of the Central Committee
was present Not half dozen men were to
be found who were in favor of adopting the
report of the Provisional Committee, and ad-
journed sine die.
The very first provision of the proposed
plan of reorganization caused the hitch,
The provision in question vested in Governor
Werts, Ex-Governor Bedle and Allan H..
McDermott the power TO appoint Com.
mittee of Appeals, which is the all important
committee under the new plan, OF twenty
three members to hold office until 1895. This
was the first, last and only clause read "A
dozen men were on their feet in an instant.
THE OBJECTION.
s'We cannot discriminate in this manner"
said one gentleman. 4 don't care who the
gentlemen are, they will not be able to ap-
point committee which will bring back to
the Democtatic party the confidence OF the
voters. The present Central COMMITTEES
is an elected body, and it is
a strange thing that a committee appointed
by us should in SO many words say, "Y ou
are not the people who should have charge
of the partys affairs. We know what is
nd mil INF
our committee to name committee to sue
ceed you"
.'That may be all right for some people, !"
continued the committeeman, 'but it don
go with me- The present committee is all
right We have done nothing that we
should be called upon to get out of the party
councils at this time, and by SO doing ac-
knowledge our inferiority to committee to be
named by a committee of the Provisional
Committee. For my part will not do. it..
| will not get out of the way to let another
appointive committee fill our places. The
committee that will favor in future will be
one elected fairly and squarely by the peo-
pie. The plan Of reorganization. except the
appointive clause, is an excellent one and
does honor to the gentleman who prepared
it.n
''BoB" DAVIS OPPOSED TO IT.
This was the sentiment expressed at the
meeting and the supporters of reorganlza-
ton, fearing that their opponents would re-
ject the recommendation of the Provisional
Committee and discharge the committee from
further duty, hastened to secure the accept
ance of the report. The suggestion to con-
fer with the Provisional Committee, with a
view to having the report amended SO far as
the appointment of new committee, is con-
cerned, and secure the modification of other
clause was agreeably received and that
course pursued.
The members of the Central Committee
do not take kindly to being kicked out of the
party councils to make room for committee
appointed by Governor Werts, Ex-Governor
Bedle and Allan l.. McDermott. Bob
Davis was at the meeting, and it is said
opposed the creation of a new committee by
appointment no matter in whom the power
Of naming the committee was vested.