The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-15
PREPARING FOR DEFEAT
! publican County Com
mittee Transacts a Lot
Of Business.
FOR THE NATIONAL CONVENTION
Wrangles Among the Ambitious
and Dickers Among the
Unscrupulous Brothers.

The Republican County Committee held
a meeting last night in the Avenue House
at the Five Corners. The body has be-
come so large and unwieldly under tht
new constitution that when the curtain
went up about eight O'clock there was
not even standing room. Chairman Wool
ley presided.
A communication was received from
the State Committee directing that pre-
parations be made for the selection OF
two delegates from the Congressiona
district to the National Convention, which
is to be held in st. Louis on June 16. The
communication was referred to the Con-
gressicnal Committee.
Joseph Parker, Jr., of Kearny, who has
grown tired OF being one OF the atoms
an so large a body, sent in his resignation
He gave the customary excuse, press OF
business The resignation was accepted
The Appeals Committee reported that
it had organized by the election of Rich
ard Brown as chairman and Frank J.
Higgins secretary.
The constitution of the General Com
m.ttee requires the committee in each
town. township and ward to organize
Some of the towns and townships IL
North Hudson haven't a sufficient num-
ber of members to make up any respect
able showing at organization. In some
places there are only two members and
in other places three. The West Hoboken
members evolved a pia1 of getting over
the difficulty by organizing in North
Hudson into one body to be called the
Northern District Committee They semi
a
mittee asking permission to do so An
amendment to the constitution providing
for the change which was prepared by
G. M. Christie accompanied the conmu-
nication-
One of the members objected to the
change and declared with considerable
a scheme to enable the West Hoboken
members to gobble up the small fry
from the smaller townships. The mat
ter was laid over under the. rules.
A petition from ]. P. Fiendell, which was
beautifully engrossed, was submitted
more Tqe less rP Briiliancy saseSag IS wag 70
accept the clerkship of one OF the Dis
trict Courts. He is not particular which.
The letter was sent to the Patronage
Theodore C. wildman of Kearny made
an appeal to the committee to endorse
of physician at the Home for Disabled
Soldiers at Arlington. The incumbent is
a Newark man, and as the institution is
Hudson county man should fill the
suppose" said Mr. wildman "the
Institution was in Essex county. and
this committee should go to the County
Committee there to ask for the appoint-
menSsof q Hudson man. that committee
mcusly say nit
Coroner Exton was endorsed
"A communicating was received from
ciatiCn, asking that John p Iandrine
be appointed TO fill any vacancy in the
Ward Committee. Under the new ward
lines 1fr. Landrine was frozen out. Mr..
Barry objected because it was matter
for the Ward Association to act upon
and the ASSOCIATION had not held a
meeting. The discussion developed a nice
little scheme. Dick Brown and Landrine
are candidates for the presidency, and,
Of course. Landrine cannot get there
mittee. II his appointment ran be de-
layed until after the election Dick Brown
both feet. The committee knocked the
scheme on the head by appointing Mr..
Landrine to fill a vacancy.
fiji a Vacancy in the Seventh Ward and
john Mersheimer TO fill a vacancy in the
Eleventh ward George Purdy. submit
elected from the Eleventh ward. Secre-
tary Irwin reported that the full quota
from that ward had already presented
II was told, said Mr.. Purdy that j
would get in if /. got in, and ii didn't
get in / wouldn't
of fact it was discovered that three
or four of the delegation from the
Eleventh, ward had failed to qualify, and
Mr. Purdy was elected.
A resolution that all members of the
committee. who had failed to qualify in
the prescribed time be dropped from the
roll was adopted unanimously. This
shuts out a number of eminent states
men who have an idea that they are
too big. to attend to the minor details
of running. the machine. They~leave that
to the stokers, and only show up when
an engineer is required. There is a res
ervation in their case, however, and they
can. be reinstated if they promise to at
tend to business.
Five protests from Hoboken in which
not sustained. Protests fro the Eleventh
and Twelfth wards were sent back to I'll 8
ward associations for settlement.
and the congressiona comnittee1 g aa1ournsf met
and organized. This committee cons SIS
Of all the neaabers except those from Bay
Judge Seymour said he doubted whether
the COMMITTEES was properly constituted
and to avoid any question of legality he
enested TO desienate the Executive Com
mittee of the County Committee to issue
the call for the selection Of delegate to:
tinn was adopted
The Congressional Committee adjourn
organize M M CLERK Woollev pTveseesa wss eject a9
president. John Freeman and Thomas Nc
Evan, Jr.. vfce-presfdents: John j. Err
ant at seeTary sa % Miehasi cSggtg a5sgIns a5Slss trsa
1lrer. and the great and Only A. B.
Casey. sergeaEt-at-a arms Mr. Woolley
next Wednesday and organize. They must
arrange for challengers and election Off
GERS. and call tie sprimaries and conven-
ticns for the nonination of ward canefi-
9c;ter He s9fd that THE next T2oard nf Al.