The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-10
TO SELECT GOOD MEN
Purpose of the Committee
of One Hundred and
Fifty Conference
Tonight.
ALL WIRE PULLING BARRED
City Committee Taking no Part
in the Choice Of Street
and Water Board
Candidates.
FORGERY TO AID TREACHERY
--latest Developments From the Dan
Lewis Reyolt-Manning's
Little Kick.
FORGERY TO AID TREACHERY

Tonight, in Fischer's Hall. at Newark
avenue and Erie street the Committee
of one hundred and fifty representative
Democrats will meet to confer upor
nominees for the Office of Street and
Water Commissioners. It is expected
that every gentleman VINO has received
an invitation win attend. The names
of the committeeman would have been
published today but the members of the
Executive Committee of the City Com
msttee, who arranged this new plan of
selecting candidates. believe it advisable
to keep them unknown SO as to prevent
wire pulling.
Democratic victory is in the air, and
as consequence candidates are plentiful.
All the names ratified tonight will be
voted for at the primaries The two
receiving the greatest number Of votes
win be the regular party nominees From
the present indications the nominees
this year will be men who have never
been in the political arena before The
object in comforting the power of nam
ing candidates on a committee not iden-
titled with the regular machine is to
prevent the cry being raised that the
nominees are ring men. The CITY Com
Insttee viii have absolutely nothing to do
with the meeting tonight nor VIII it in
terfere in any way at the primaries.
Secrecy has been observed in sending
! out notices to the meeting so as to
prevent combinations being formed
These precautionary measures demon
strate clearly that the. only object is to
select men whose names on the ticket
viii insure success on election day.
Tonight's sthering promises to be
great one. A actions of the party will
be represented, and it is proposed to take
steps to prevent a spread of the dissatis-
faction which a few soreheads are trying
to create When it was exclusively an
nounced in "The News on Saturday
that Daniel Y. Lewis was again trying to
cause, disruption there was surprise.
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reported, were backing Lewis became
known there was trouble Lewis wants
to be a candidate for Street and Water
Commissioner, but NOT being able to get
ing to run independently, hoping in that
way by the prestige he has as the agent
of brewery to so cut into the Democra-
tic vote as to defeat the party's regular
nominees. He is doing all this, it is said,
with Republican money
In connection with the meeting which
he called at his home few days ago
there are some startling revelations
Every man whose name has been men
toned as having attended the meeting
has run to cover and some lively trim
ming is the result. Ex-Water Registrar
Con- Heaiy. who was reported as hav-
ing been present, denies it most emphat-
icaily He says ne is Democrat. An
other indignant gentleman is Counsellor
John A. DENIM This morning he told a
reporter of THE News that he received
an urgent letter from Lewis requesting
MIN to cali at his house that evening. No
object was stated and Mr.. DENIM. think
ing he wanted legal advice, responded to
the call When he arrived at the house
and was ushered into the parIor he was
surprised to find a few Others present.
Il suppose you know what 1 want you
for said Lewis.
NO was the response
TITS political meeting said Lewis,
putting up with pride.
Ii as polite. a manner as possible Mr..
DENIM withdrew.
I'm Democrat, said Mr.. DENIM
with emphasis, this morning. Il am
with the regular party at all. times. am
to attend the meeting of the committee
of $50 tonight in Ffscher's Han. 1 want
to see harmony. We will win if every
one remains true
When Mr.. DENIM had anisned speak
ing. the reporter showed him a postal
card, which read as follows:
The next meeting Of the Citizens
held 81 Pythian Hail, corner FairmouMnf L, ut
ii, al eight r N. Important business,
5No 4 RRaaSSS|Ia; RaSs|SIass;D
..rhat notice is ! forgery, 50 far as 7
am concerned exclaimed MI DENIM
sI am chairman Of no cItizens Conn