The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-13
GARRBTSON COMMITTEE
Important Meeting to Be Held
Thursday Evening--W
May Be Done.

The Garretson Committee is in quandary.
The members wish to know where they're at,
and for the purpose of finding out special
meeting of the executive committee has been
called for Thursday night.
Two matters then will be discussed. One
is what action shall the committee take In re-
gard to the approaching primaries and spring
election; and the other, how shall the en-
rollment scheme be carried into actual oper-
alton.
The leading members of the general COM
mittee did not expect the majority vote OF
Friday night last against tine scheme to
unite all factions of the County Democracy,
and they are therefore at skies and sevens to
know what to do.
Not few of them, wish, If possible to
bring up once more at a special meeting of
the whole committee, the scheme and urge
its passage, but then again there are some
who say under no circumstances will they
make compromises with the Central Demo-
cratic Committee.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
All agree that something must be done and
it is well to do that quickly for the primaries
not afford to remain passive while their
friend, the enemy, are Jas active as ants.
Since there are no important offices to be
filled next election in all probability the COM
mittee, so saws one of its members, will
allow the election to go on without any
action on the part of the committee IN rela-
ton to it and In the meantime the enrolment
scheme will be pushed on and this it is hoped
when complete will enable the reformers to
make bold front at the fall elections.
The leaders of the Garretson Committee
are convinced that union OF the Demo-
cratic forces is advisable. The extensive
publication in THE NEWS last night that
Allan L. McDermott would not Immediately
answer the letter setting forth the claims OF
the Garretson Committee tended to
strengthen the opinion of these leaders that
they must work in harmony with the Cen
TT al Democratic Committee. Another sign
of the times was the action in Hoboken OF
the Mayor Pagan adherents asking a con-
ference with the regular City Committee,
headed by ASsemblyman Coyle.
''BoB" DAVIS OPINION.
''Bob" Davis in speaking to a JERSEY CITY
NEWS reporter of the action of the reform
ers in rejecting the plan of consolidation,
said d:-"When at the conference the plan of
Reformers was submitted to US we accepted
it without amendment and accepted 1t In
good faith 1t was their plan, but for the
sake of harmony we adopted it. The plan is
good enough for us, and we propose to go
right ahead under it, The twenty-four men
at the conference agreed upon it, and it
looks strange now, that it should be changed
by four or five of the Reformers. 1
have noticed That among the Reformers who
voted not to endorse the plan were some
ancient and chronic kickers-old time men
at the kicking business that nothing has ever
pleased. do not think this action of the
Reformers will be final on their part and
believe that when their committee again
meets the better element in it will force the
acceptance of the plan proposed by them
selves. The plan might be changed in some
of its features and made better, but there is
plenty. of time to do this -shoald it become
necessary. after the two committees come
together and unite.n