The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-09

Is IT REAL HARMONY
GreenVille Minks and Lea
. gners SolemIily Ratify a
Cast Iron Agreement.
EQUAL DIVISION OF Spells
The Usual Republican Greed for
Office Aecomplishcs What
Party Loyalty Could
Not Do.
EQUAL DIVISION OF Spells

Harmony between the M~ipkakwa Re
publican Club and the Greenville Republic
can League is at last secured. These two
organizations after several years of mud
singing and open and secret warfare, have
oree more become ~reconciled and agreed
to work together. This is only about the
fourth time that these two clubs have en-
tered into a harmony agreement, but each
time the agreement has been broken, and
both clubs were to blame for the trouble.
AT the meeting of the League Club last
evening the harmony agreement, which
was drawn up by a joint committee from
the M~inkakwa and the League Clubs
about a week ago, was signed by Presi-
dent Charles Rose and Secretary Robert
Lutz. This completes the agreement, for
it was signed by the President and Secre-
tary of the Minkakwa Club at the meet
ing last Monday evening. The majority
of the members of each club are very
much pleased that a reconciliation has at
last been brought about. for they realized
that neither club could do anything with
out the help of the other.
Following is a full text of the agreement
entered into by the clubs
Agreement made and entered into this
eighth day of December, 1897, between
the Minkakwa Club and the GreenviIle
Republican League Club, as follows
LIST. The clubs are to have an equal
number of election officers and workers,
members of the County Committee. dele
gates to conventions and nominees for
elective office (fhe latter subject to the
approval of the delegates and the right
of delegates to exercise their own choice).
I'd. 1t is understood that the names to
be put IN the joint primary ticket. repre-
senting each club, respectively, are to be
submitted to each club through the presi-
dent of the club and chairman of the
Campaign Committee, and the names thus
selected to be transmitted to the chair
man of the Campaign Committee of the
two clubs.
1t is further understood that only one
ticket be printed for each primary. head
ed Regular Republican Primary, and
that these tickets are to be placed near
the box in which the ballots are to be
deposited. The tickets are to be printed
under the direction of the ehairmen Of
the joint committee and to be in their
custody.
In the event of any member of either
organization allowing another ticket, with
his name on. to be put out at the pri-
mary in opposition to the one named by
the joint committee. and should he be
elected, the organization of which he is
a member shall request him to withdraw
in favor of the delegate defeated by him.
In event Of his refusing to so as re-
quested. the club of which he is a MEM
Der hereby agrees, after a due trial and
conviction, to at once expel him from
membership, and the other organization
agrees not to admit him to membership
in their club.
1t is also understood that an enroll
ment will be made, subject to the rules
of the County Committee, each club. by
their representative at the enrolment, to
AVE the right to copy same.
1t is further understood that the COM
mittee will request the ward association,
or other proper body, to name a place TO
- - 49, So " nA-
gen Road. south of Danforth avenue and
north of Greenville avenue
Sd. Any member of either club, rover
to have aided in the election of a Demo-
cratic, an independent candidate or any
candidate other han the Republican nom
.inee. at any future election, shall be
tried, and, on conviction, be expelled from
the club of which he is a member; and
further, that the other club shall not
thereupon admit him to membership in
it's club.
4th. 1t is further understood that the
election officers will not be appointed I'M
til June, 1898. and it is also understood
that all vacancies occurring in the Pri-
mary Board, County Committee and Elec-
ton Boards shall be filed alternately by
members of each club, beginning with
League Club members.
9Th. 1t is further understood that should
any difference arise between the clubs,
this difference is to be left for settlement
in the hands of a committee consisting
Of one member of the League Club, one
member of the M~inkakwa Club, and a
good reliable Republican, not a member
of either club, satisfactory to the two
Representatives, and the decision of TWO
of the members of that committee to be
final.
MTNKAKWA CLUB,
Charles Merker, President.
Attest
Richard Grant, Secretary.
GREENvILLE REPUBLICAN LEAGUE
CLUB, Charles Rose.
Attest President.