The sun., 1897-06-07
WAR INAJERSEY BOROUGH.
pEpUBLICAN CLUB UNTAFGLED
AFTER THREE HOURS TUssLE.

pr..,dent Graves and secretary Titus er the
unsbrouck heights Republican Ciuh Decide
THAT some other Persons Are Net Con-
ur,tteeren - saturday Nights MeotinE.
At midnight on Saturday, after three hours
h,spIay of oratorical and parliamentary fire.
,rorka, the troubles of the Hasbrouok Heights,
MI. Republican Club were blotted out in ever
iastine darkness Along with the lost troubles
want tho political careers of three men who
were formerly Republicans in good standing.
Tho foregoing is the statement Of the present
noIitical status OF the borough OF Hasbrouck
Hephts according to tho Graves-Titus division
NJ the party. The Scharff division-the oppos-
tIon end Of tho party-insist, however, that the
trouble has only Just begun, and that tyrants
,hall never rule the Republican party In Has
brouck Heights, be there Ave OF them or bo thero
Ave thousand. The voters Of the borough at
nresent, howevar, number less than two hun.
dred It may DO properly inferred from those
contradictory statements that the Graves.Titus
division s temporarily on top. II anybody
wants to know what led up to the meeting Of
saturday night he may study the following
group Of assorted facts:
The Republican strength Of the borough ut the
fall elections was $50 votes to forty Democratic
votes All Republicans were members OF the
Republican Club J. l. G. Graves was President
and William Titus Secretary. J. H. Scharff was
Chairman OF tho Executive Committee. Of which
there were fourteen members. Mr.. Scharff was
no, in political harmony with Mr.. Graves. To
bring about peace between them Mr.. Titus was
made the party candidate Tor mayor NJ tho
spring elections.
Mr. ". s. Lawrence, q member Of tho Execu.
tive Committee of tho Republican Club. who
had been the original Graves candidate. broke
AWAY from the peace combination and became
an independent candidate for Mayor against
Mr.. Titus. The Democrats backed the Inde-
pendent candidate, who, with the assistance Of
about eighty revolving Republicans, won. Mr..
scharff, for perfectly satisfactory reasons gave
up the attempt to be harmonious and handed in
his resignation from the Executive Committee.
A quorum -four members) Of the Executive
Committee decided that Mr.. Scharff, Mr.. Law
renee and E K. Williams, another committe-
man. who had fought on the Independent dent side.
They then proceeded 70 AL the vacancies.
The dropped committeeman got together with
Of the "tyrant four" and declared that they
On Saturday night the club met to decide which
! committee was which. Anybody who thinks
s to so o
and ask the first citizen he meets.
to sU out SoIi hsre no SotRe1
turn ticket. He will not live 70 need It The 's
T nHs sW RossT sna
@ a f. Ess gss ah ssSs shs
= Hssbrouck Heights came TO the great metropolis
! to zee the parade. That IS, all but two. Tive
sRs s
ment half way down the hill leading to the sta;
stayed i se until the last train. beseechins them
.ssTtHy sssane saa and vein them 'Afs
The frst of the returning crowd at night
seen last, only set of false teeth and glass eye
dancing around one another in the middle OF the
ing | in Hssbrouck % ii Heights. It Is enough perhap.
to explain the state OF feeling with which both
s tho 1S the ts S strength on Saturday
There were two calls issued for the meeting
BY each At the OF sh
p s Please present mt this notice s at the the door, a
Lawrence combinations circular answered thi!
with paragraph in their call. as follows: "Clul
members who have not received poties o
VII consider this a legal notice and act accord
Every Republican in town received copy O.
both notices. The situation was intensified b.
limitations Of time. The Graves.Titas crowd
Ing to begin before O'clock There was
strawberry festival in town that night, and SOM
Iherepy dstained from their civic duties
Finally. If a decisive vote was not reached
oPnns Ss9af aoa s sssva the Of
Of the hall and the holding of the whole circu
teep the Meeting running ine until n mtdnght
Both sides We, were O. confident OF % Winning In and con
se9Ssnty yy fSi OF schemes to choke @ on debate h Gid
fashioned circus clown who used to boo boo be
cause he was born in the last year OF the cen
n the month, the last hour Of the day. the. las
minute OF the hour and the last second Of tn
thought that If he hadn't been born then h
wouldn't % have been born Ut at all.
and waited nervously while the crowd eathered
The opposition crowd came first. To the anS
dors crowd of them. Mr.. Lawrence. Mr.. scharn
an And Their warmest supporters had been out wit
I per q the Borough. Iieutsnants Of Mr. Grave
had done likewise.
adsIx%ay Titus tss began s5ass ss s4. Of
grew cheerful. At s:45. when the entire gather
Ing was loudly clamoring for a beginning. h
we've got en- wo'ye got sm ts" Beat j" ' ~
M. Mr. Graves took the chair. He observed wit
friend whispered to him that they were Al
l q Whispered consultation By the leaders Of til
straights. but really in waiting for tho slothtr
/ = three minutes Of 8 o clock Mr. Graves d
GSred the meeting opened.
Nobody Nobody objected. and MIR. Graves looked su
The The s.ecrsstary Of the Executive Committee
and then hush. Battle fire glittered in ever
ge Mr. scharn said that he wanted to kno
Just what minutes were to be read, those of u
Executive Committee or those OF tho club. II
the Executive Committee. which. and II one
them, why.
The fight was on.
The test vote motion to road all the mi
Ites OF the club and Executive Committee
Kept by Mr.. Titus after of prote
from the Scharfr crowd, carried by Il
MI, Titus began to read. He read for an hou
MS minutes were catalogue of every sing
event IN the political history Of the boroul
since the trouble began 1t was a philippe.
sailed the scharff people seceders.' ." traitors
y bolters," political corpses," and q 90 run
committee" lMr. Titus observed mildly tn
this term had its historical and anatomical 81
esiSs5 ehios51cel The opposition Immediately e
Titus to have, the meeting approve the
MINUTES Ta,a @ as read, and by its approval enact q
Instance, Mr., Titus's chronicle said that M
oocharn Mr.. Lawrence and Mr.. Williams we
,2 sut 9ut. vote Of approval would put them o.