The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-26
FINE HARMONY THIS
Greenvil1e League Club
Adopts the Resolu-
tion to Make Up
With ''Minks."
MINKS SAY THEY WANT THE EARTH
Another" Say the Lea
guers and the Fight Goes
MerriIY On.

Inc meeting OF Inc GTeeQVllle RepuDu
can League Club Wednesday evening was
a decidedly hot one, and every one of
the member present had something to
say on the harmony question. The meet
ing was of the secret order as usual. The
report of the Harmony Committee, which
was laid over for a week at the last meet
Ing, was brought up again. h time the
Secretary was instructed to read it.
Then the trouble began in earnest. BY
the time the Secretary had finished read
ing, the majority of the members present
had taken off their coats in order that
they might discuss the report unhampered
by unnecessary clothing, and about six
members jumped up from their seats
clamoring to be heard. The discussion
lasted for nearly two hours, and 1T was Of
the hottest kind. The report was finally
passed by a vote of 20 to Is. One of the
members, in speaking about the meeting,
said that if anything like a regular at
tendance of members had been present the
Harmony Committees report would lave
been smothered.
That there will be no harmony between
the 'Minks" and the Leaguers is a GER
tainty. Two clauses were put on the re-
port, which the League will not make
public, of the Harmony Committee before
1t was passed. They are that the 'sMinks''
give the League both County Committee
men this fall. and that every other prim-
airy be held at the League Clubhouse. This
the "Minks" will never agree to, hence no
harmony. The 'tMinks' recently sent a
resolution to the Leaguers inviting them
to nominate one of their men to be elected
at the primary on December l for the
County Committee, and will never consent
to their having both.
The Leaguers did nominate Edward
Birch at the meeting Wednesday evening
for that position, but they want another
which it is safe to say they will never get
if the ''Minks'' have anything to say.
The Harmony Committee of the League
was also given full power by the club to
act as they saw fit. and it is thought that
another meeting between the committees
of both organizations will soon take place,
which will decide whether there is to be
harmony or not. 1t is evident at this time
that the Leaguers don't care If q reconcile
alton is ever brought about, and there was
talk of several members leaving the
Several members of the League said be-
fore the meeting of the harmony commit
tees that If the League did not set the best
enQ OF the zeal there WOulQ Dc HI HAIR
mony, and their prediction seems to be
coming true, as is shown by the report of
the Leagues committee.
Another one of the clauses of the COM
mittee's report provides for a new en-
rollment, as the League claims that
there are over one hundred names of
Democrats on the books which the
"Minks" have had in their possession.
One of the members of the ''Minks," in
speaking about the new enrolment, said
that the Leaguers has had access to the
books any time, and the names of the
one hundred Democrats which the
Leaguers say are on the books We're put
there by the League people themselves
several years ago.
They also claim that they can beat
us at a feir primary" the Mink went
on. why don't they do it? Haven't
they been trying for some time past to
accomplish this, but did they succeed?
Why, they can't beat IS and they know
1t. If they are SO sure they can win at
the primary and elect both County Com
mitteemen, why is that clause put on the
end of their committees report, asking
us to give them both committeeman this
fall? We sent them the harmony reso-
luton, asking them to forget the> past
and start anew, but look what they
want. They want patronage which we
cannot give because we haven't got 1t.
Why, some time ago several of our men
were turned down to make room for
members of the League Club, and when
they did get jobs why they forgot all
about harmony.
ssThis isn't the first time we have Of
fered 10 make UP with these people, but
they want what we cannot Civ and
therefore / suppose there will be no har-
mony just yet
This member was also present at the
meeting of the sMinks" on November Is,
when it was claimed that President Mer-
ker said that the Leaguers wanted 'jobs,
money and other things" but both this
menber and President Merker deny that
| anything of the kind was said. but the
Leaguers still think that Merker did say
that, and that is one of the things which
will help to prevent harmony. Meanwhile
Greenville people are awaiting develop
rnentS with much interest.