The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-19
DEAR OUT OF ORDER
Entertaining Scene at the
Jersey City Board Of
Trade Meeting.
MYRoN FURsT PRESIDENT.
Annual Election of Oficers-Prep-
arations for the Dinner-Grove
Street Obstruction
MYRoN FURST PRESIDENT

"A compliment was pald py the Doaio
of Trade last evening to one of its most
active and Jealous members, Mr.. Myron
j. Furst. He was elected president OF
that body for the year 1898. to succeed
Mr.. James G.. Hasking, whose reslgna-
ton was handed in last night. In response
to the applause of the members when
Mr.. Joseph A. Dear announced to Mr..
Furst that he was unanimously elected,
the new president said.-
II cannot help feel elated over this cleo
| ton to the presidency of the most m
noble county of Hudson. and | value the
honor all the more because 1t came to me
~unsought. | promise you that ! VIII
maintain the dignity Of his body and DC
| of the State. / would not have taken
the office had l not determined TO ruby
discharge every duty and further to the
utmost the interests of the Board OF
Trade cloud ~applause.)
Mr.. d. e. Cleary was then elected First
Vice-President; Mr.. b. L.. Stowe, Second
Third vice-President This matter settled
Mr.. Joseph A. Dear proceeded to PROBE
a hornets nest, which he did most eff
fectively when he moved to reconsider a
resolution passed at a previous meeting,
that the retiring president, Mr.. Andrew
j. Corcoran. should preside at the COM
| view of work done. Such an action, Mr..
| Dear insisted, was in defiance of a rule
| in their bylaws that the president must
Assemblyman J. T.. Hall inserted a
point of order here that because Mr.. Dear
did not vote witt the affirmative at the
| previous meeting he could not make d
| motion to reconsider.
Point of order we'll taken SAID Presi-
dent Furst.
What, cried Mr.. Dear, whipping out
of his pocket a copy of the py-iaWs, that
is most extraordinary ruling.
Move we lay Mr.. Dear's motion on
the table" cried MI. Hal.
Seconded" shouted Mr.. voorhees,.
But, Mr.. Chairman began Mr..
NJ Dear is out of order exclaimed
J.. voorhees,. B. L. Stowe and M. I. Con-
| molly started in to "a a little fun with
| Mr.. Dear and for half an hour II Was
hammer and tongs, with Interruptions
| points of order, motions, etc, and rulings,
| making it anything but pleasant, for a
new president. AS for the r~ingleaders
they sga ENJOYED MTi t ch hagalyi persisted Mr..
| Dear. vainly endeavoring in read extracts
| from the bylaws, do you mean 70 RUE
that ! cannot move sd to recSn 81 fhe cues
| ton slyly interposed Mr. Stowe, ana
| there was another uproar.
IF" continued Mr.. Pear, Wnen lh eir
| which you have enunciated rs to guloe
! the future history of the Board OF -e,..
Speak to the question cried one OF MS
4 1OTmeHlOIS. ~
Out Of order, Mr.. Dear said another.
Looks like a put up job on you, MI.
| Dear said Mr.. Connolly, and there was
| a roar of laughter.
. The debats' or rather racket, continued
until there was every indication OF a
| deadlock. Mr.. Dear wanted to explain
| and the others wouldn't let him During
that time Mr.. VOORHEES, left the room 70
| attend a telephone call. In a few minutes
| he came in and rubbing his hands saio
ssyvhara ore we ~, and there was
! another burst of merrinent.
i AT last President Furst suggested that
| as 5. way out of the difficulty MessrS.
! Dear and Hall each withdraw his motion
| and a new rescinder should be acleu on.
| This was done and the fun ceased. Mr..
| Furst therefore will preside at the ban
met next Thursday.
The Board elected Messrs. ]. 2. Lam
| drine and H A. Steffens members.
A communication was received from !Ie
| National Business Mems League asking
| the Board to unite in a commission TO
| settle tariff and currency questions. An
| other communication came from the
| executive committee of the Indianapolis
Monetary Convention, to be held on Janus
| airy %, and requested the Board to SEND
| delegates 49,.
| coran would only go and take q WING
| ouence. while Mr.. voorhees, might take
| some hose to carry off the stream.
MI Corcoran and Mr.. VOORHEES, will
| gladly attend the convention if the Board
| of Trade will pay their expenses, graVeIy
replied Mr.. VOORHEES, amid general laugh
The arrangements for the annual dim
! ner next Thursday night were discussed
| and Mr.. Dear announced the speakers,
who are to be Foster M. voorhees,, y.
| W. Smith, Simon Stern. General J. T.
Stockton, Rev: ]. F. Morgan and Judge
| r. S. Hudspeth.
Mr.. Robert Anderson moved the pas
| sage of the following resolution
Be it resolved by the Board of Trade
of Jersey, thai this Board. protests
against grant of any or all franchises
and public rights to private corpora
and without compensation, and par
| ficularly protests against the grant by
the Board of Street and Water Com
missioners of Jersey City to the North
Hudson County r. r. &c. OF the iran
chise to construct and use the trolley
system on it's line. known as the Grove
street line, in Jersey City, for an I'M
| limited period and without compensa-
ton; and be 1t
Resolved, That the Board of Trade of
Jersey City hereby petitions the said
BOARD of Street and Water Commits
sioners and the Mayor of Jersey City.
If any grant of the franchise prayed
for by said company be made and to
make said grant for a limited PERIOD
of time and for a term not longer than
thirty years and only upon payment
of a percentage of the gross income
from the lines of railway included in
| the grants of the franchise; and be 1t
Resolved. That these resolutions be
Immediately forwarded to the Board
Of Street and Water Commissioners
and the Mayor. of Jersey City.
4Taw~er Joseph Anderson briefly en-
dorsed It and urged its passage, which
was done and the Board thereafter adj
journed.