The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-14

generally known as tariff-tinkering.
did not think there were half that num-
ber. The opposition had been supplied
with copy of the enrolment ana tne
primary had been conducted fairly, ne
said. ,.4
replied Mr. Hart, "but the enrolment was
all wrong
Mr. Hart was that he did not attend
meetings and was not informed He sald
that if they were not satisfied with the
result they could go before the Appeals
Committee.
II agree with the last speaker" said
Congressman McEwan, who again sue
ceeded in obtaining the floor 1t can go
before the Appeals Committee and It can
go further. It can go before the civil and
criminal courts. Mr.. Monroe has charged
me with having defeated two candl-
dates
At this point some committeeman raised
q point of order that the speaker was not
confining himself to the question
Il would ask said the irrepressible
Congressman, ''if the audience present
would prevent gentleman defending nm
self when he is attacked?
You yourself said Chairman Woolley,
''have attacked the whole County Com
mittee, for l consider the whole committee
the leaders of the Republican party in the
county" (Applause.)
Il made the accusation said Mr.. Mon
roe and 1 hope the gentleman will be
permitted to reply
Il had in mind replied McEwan, "the
two gentlemen who have been named
when | made the challenge to any menu
Der to prove that l had ever worked
against a Republican candidate. | said
long before they were nominated that |
would not advocate their election if they
We're placed i'll nomination. | lived up to
my promise to the people, but [ challenge
anyone to say that l openly or secretly
did anything against them after they were
nominated. Notwithstanding what this
little Whipper, Stuhr says about false
hoods, and he does not know what he is
talking about, / reiterate my assertions. .
Here the Congressman apologized to the
Chair for the term he had applied to the
Freeholder and continued
.'As to the Committee on Patronage, /
said that 1 would not be bound in all
things by their recommendations. |
Twenty or thirty men have come with
the certificate of this committee apply
ing for positions. The certificates were
not worth the price it cost to print them.
worthless, because the position for which
they applied were under civil service
rules, and there is no back door to such
appointments. This was not done in
siMeerity but to get the votes of these
applicants.
II wish to call attention to another
matter" continued the Congressman,
''Mr Strauss says Leonard received 335
votes in the Fifth Ward for Mayor of
IIoboken. If this is so all the rest of the
city only gave him about 400 more votes.
Freeholder Stuhr calls me self-styled
distinguished Congressman He simply
does not know what he is talking about
on the meaning of the words he attempts
to uSe.'
Chairman Woolley here decided a point
of order raised by a member to the effect
that McEwan was speaking on subjects
foreign to the question and the Congress-
man resumed his seat. Stuhr attempted
Il x.1,,a a1r
man quickly ended further controversy
by recognizing q call for the question and
putting the original motion on the ap-
prevail of the Executive Committee which
was carried.
A committeeman named Todd, who had
evidently been recently discharged from
the employ of the county, made a motion
that the action of the Republican MEM
bers of the Board of Freebooters in dis
missing six Republicans and replacing
them with six Democrats be condemned.
Freeholder Eichhorn said:-'Phe speak
er was so good Republican that we
didn't see fit to reappoint him. Why,
one of these men went to Bob Davis
and offered to contribute $15 to help elect
the Democratic ticket.
"And that man was retained, replied
TODD.
At this point the newly appointed As
sistant Prosecutor, ex-Assemplyman
Klink, entered and was greeted with APP
Eichhorn denied Todds statement and
said that Republicans were now drawing
900 of the $145,0O0 paid by the county
for salaries of employees. He then re-
cited the familiar story of the circum.
stances leading up to the formatlon OF
the Freebooter combine and challenged
Congressman McEwan oT any other MEM
Der to deny that the Republicans OF the
combine had not done everything possl-
BILE for their party. He concluded by
asking Mr.. Todd to present a list OF Such
appointees to him in writing, but the ex-
eTnploye evidently preferred that all the
members of the committee should hear
his tale of woe for he started to name
the objectionable Democrats who had
been placed in positions formerly held by
Republicans. He mentioned man nam
ed Mansfield who he said was COM
mon laborer, but had been appointed as
i mason; FlannagaE. stableman, ana
Gately carpenter, at Court House. Fur
ther discussion was prevented spy the
adoption of a motion 70 table
chairman Woolley reported that the
committees new clubhouse on Pavonia
avenue was nearly completed and would
be ready fer use at the February meet
inas He reported that the Trustees and
Executive Committee had, at an addition
al expense of $7G0. authorized the enlarge
ment Of the building BY aadans lzss ~ leeI 19 70
that the committee concur IA TINS acuon.
They concurred.
The Hudson County League OF hepup5
lican Clubs communicated that they had
nassed a resolution requesting the Legis-
iaIure 10 pass personal registration bill
abolishing registration by @ aflldavit Sit,. e,a
The action of the Hoboken CITY COM
mitfee in endorsing C. De r.. Leonard for
District Court Judge and Wnl. q Dod Tor
another position was conchffeds n.
Five resignations of members, including
A. b. Cosey.. ex-keeper IL County Jail
were received and accented Most OF the
designations were caused by the commit, !,
ice accepting pGSlfions on the fire ana
Police Departments
committeeman named Neil had
threatened to oventGgn the Fifth ward OF
! re l3e nj