The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-09-11
Democrats Decide to Nom
mate By Popular
Vote.
NEW COUNTY COMMITTEE
Constitution and Bylaws
Adopted--Assembly Candi-
dates Apportioned.
Results of the Conference at the
Washington Last Evening
Harmony Prevails.

NdSuluSlOH LuSl EftulHS
Harmony Prevails.
Judge Garretson presided at the meet
ing of democrats held at the Hotel Wash
ington last night and Willard f. Fiske
acted as Secretary. There were seven
teen members present and they did a
great deal of business. the meeting last
ing from eight until fifteen minutes past
eleven o'clock.
1t was decided to adopt the constitu-
ton and bylaws reported by Messrs.
Fiske, Feeney and Heppenheimer. The
constitution provides that the County
Committee shall be known as the Hudson
County County Committee and shall be
composed of 129 members, one member
being elected from each voting precinct
but two of these from each Assembly
district shall be elected who will hold
Office for two years. These twenty-five
persons will at first select the precinct
members, who shall hold office until
March l. The twenty-five members from
Assembly districts shall constitute ar
Executive Committee, and exercise gem
eral supervision over the County Com
mittee.
OPEN PRIMARY.
Nominations for all officers whose dis
tricts lie wholly within the County of
Hudson shall be made by the direct vote
of the enrolled voters. These voters must
be enrolled at least five days before the
primaries are held.
The County Committee reserves the
power of appointing Assembly candi-
dates, and may say that each district
may be represented on the general ticket
or not. The present Organization Com
mittee will be the County Committee until
October, when the new County Commit
tee will take charge.
The committee last night decided to
establish the old Assembly lines as a
Primaries will be held on October 10
from four until nine o'clock in the even
ing for the purpose of making nomina-
tions, and delegates will also then be
elected to the Fifth and Eighth Con-
gressional districts, for portions of these
districts are not in Hudson county The
successor of George B. Fielder will be
nominated by direct vote and so will the
Register, County Clerk, Assemblymen
and others.
TO BE ENROLLED.
Each person who is candidate must
cause to be filed with W. c. Cudlipp,
Secretary, a petition signed by at least
twenty legal voters, to the effect that he
is a candidate for nomination. Only
five signers will be necessary, however,
for election to the County Committee.
When these petitions are filed the Sec
retary causes the names to be printed
on the ballot The petitions must be
filed by October /.
The enrolment will be on October 2,
from four to seven o'clock, and October s.,
from seven to nine O'Clock.
PROVISIONS OF THE CONSTITUTION
The main features of the new consti-
tuition of the Hudson County Democratic
Committee were exclusively printed in
THE Jersey City News last week, and
thai passed last night is simply an
n elaboration of the facts before published.
Its great feature is the abolition of the
convention and the establishment of the
principle of primary vote for candidates
direct.
The constitution, which is somewhat
lengthy, deals first with the composition
Of the new committee, and declares that
every polling precinct in the county
should be represented by one member
He will hold Office for two years. These
members shall be elected at the primary
elections in November, at the same time
when candidates for Assembly are be
ing chosen. In all, there will be twenty
two committeeman elected apportionet
throughout the county as legislative can
didates and apportioned; that is, voter:
in district entitled to one Assembly
candidate shall choose two com
nlitteenen. These two will in turn Sc
lect 9 member from each polling pre-
cinct Aexcepting that from which the
regular committeeman isc hosen.
When the newly elected members ge
together they will be divided into tw,
classes; one to serve one year and tn,
other two.
The constitution then goes on TO sa,
that there shall be a President, Vic
President, Secretary, Treasurer and Ser
geant at Arms, to be elected annually
Four sub-committees, Executive, Finance
Printing and Investigating are provided
for, and their duties and powers strictl,
defined.
County Committeeman shall in thei
own district, ward, township and city
constitute the several subordinate com