The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-15
Disgraceful Scene In the
Republican County Com
mittee's Meeting
Last Night.
GAHALIEL CHRISTIE BREAKS LOOSE
Hungry Republican Office Seekers
Don't Want Civil Service
Sympathy for the Death
Of Maceo.

The Republican County Committee held
meeting last night in the Avenue Houss
Woolley presided and Secretary John ].
Erwin was at his desk. Special mention
of Secretary Erwin's presence is made be-
cause he occupied a large portion of ths
committees attention during the meeting.
After some business of a routine
character had been disposed OF. A. B.
cosey, the distinguished colored orator
and stateman. offered a resolution ex-
pressing sympathy with the Cuban insur-
gents for the great loss they have sus-
tanned in the death of General Maceo,
and urging Congress to take some steps
to aid Cuba in gaining its Independence.
The resolution was adopted.
A communication was received from
the Postoffice Clerks Association, ac-
companied by a resolution requesting Con-
gress TO pass the bill now pending In the
Senate putting clerks under the Civil
Service rules. The communication asked
the committee to adopt tine resolution
and forward it to Congress. The re-
quest was received with laugh of de-
rision. There is a large number of Repub-
lican patriots who have recently lost good
jobs and many others who have never
been in office but are living in expecta-
tion. The approaching change IN the
Administration has strengthened their
expectations and the committee was of
the unanimous opinion that the clerks
who are not protected by the Civil Ser
vice rules must think that they are
blanked fools to assist in shutting the
door against themselves. The resolution
was rejected by unanimous vote.
communication was received from the
local committee of West Hoboken giving
notice of the expulsion of Gama1iel
Christie Julius Klumpp and the two
Dreschers, father and son, from the conn
m.ttee for high treason to the party. II
was referred to the Appeals Committee
After that Secretary Erwin and his
compensation for services rendered to the
committee became the subject of an
animated discussion Gamaliel Christie
| moved that an additional allowance OF
$50 be made That would make the an
nual compensation $780,
Mr.. Chambers. who ran for Freeholder
| at the last election and was defeated,
made vigorous protest. He said tnat
"He does nothing, exclaimed Mr.
Chambers. ''but come here about fifteen
| or twenty times a year and take down
fb;nk he iaeS5 Is oysrad e. fre are pIsf1
of members of this cerlfnfetee who would
be perfectly willing to do the work for
| honor of holding the Office"
| This statement was greeted with
| better informed than Chambers, and Mr..
| Christie jumped on him.
You ought to go down to Mr.. Erwin's
house, he exclaimed, and see the work
| Go down some time and convince your
| self. Youth always find a good cigar
| there"
| was too much.
IF a man isn't worth q dollar a day
exclaimed Mr.; Christie; he isn't worth
| anything. and / wouldn't give damn
BY this time Christie was becoming
him, and he proceeded to denounce peo-
pie who he said were trying to run
the business of the party In a parsi-
able compound Of blasphemy and coarse
| ness:-
This amt business; it's that -
- kind of business which makes min
| listers try to run the Lord. Now. there's
! Pastor Scudder, who is always trying to
run the Lord why don't he put faith in
This is clearly out of order" said Mr..
| F'lavel MCGEE, with an indignant glance
| at Christie Mr.. Chairman, this IS
| Chairman Wooliey's gavel had no effect
| on the irascible Christie, who launched
| into another trade against ministers and
| blankety blank Republicans Of his ac-
| quaintance. This last shot was intended
/ for Mr.. Chambers. who had instituted the
1 charges against Christie in a West Hobo
| ken Republican club for knitting him, and
/ the result of which was that Christie was
expelled. Chambers muttered something
! about s'trimmers' and Christie boiled
| over.
| Trimmer Dye saysh trimmertome?"
| he shouted, executing a war dance and
| vainly endeayoring to walk over the mem
/ bers' heads towards his sworn enemy. but
| the members interviewed and Christie let
| loose a string of profane remarks which
| Mr.. MCGEE, who was intensely disgusted,
| interrupted by reminding him reporters
4 were present.
| What do I care for reporters (hicl, or
| the Evening Journal (hic); 1 can buy
| any of (hic). Why, I don't care il Jesus
! Christ were here would speak (hic).
| Mr.. Chairman said Mr. McGee.
| thoroughly disgusted, make this man
| take his seat
Christie growied and with great diff
| Guilty was induced to sit down and shut
! up and after some further discussion
| vote was taken and Chambers had the
| distinction of being the only one to vote
1 against the resolution.
The present committee win hold one
more meeting before going out OF exists