The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-29
NEVAH'S FIGHTERS.
New Association Has a Rap
at the Awful Corpora
tons.
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Committee of Salt Sprinklers
Called In---very Confident
Talk for the Con-
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Nearly one hundred followers of Con-
gresham Thomas MeEwa attended the
first meeting of the MeEwan Association
at the Avenue House last night. The
officers and many Of the members were
obliged to swelter in their shirt sleeves.
OF the seven hundred voters who have
signified their willingness to become mem
bers of the association it was decided to
select two hundred charter members.
Seventy-one names were enrolled last
night. Zabriskie Post band was present
and enrolled in a body. The band dis
coursed a humble of airs, including On
the Wabash, Far Away as the enroll
ment progressed. After the two hundred
charter members are selected it is pro-
posed to charge an Initiation fee. The two
hundred are to be selected with a view
to representation of wards, towns and
townships.
Major Simmons stated that a large
number of railroad men who were work
ing last night would enroll at the next
meeting. The Major was elected chair
man of the Executive Committee when
the other officers were elected last week.
The selection of the other members was
left over until next week, as the entire
county is to be represented. The COM
mittee will consist OF forty-one members
Meanwhile A. e. Rouse. Abraham Gra-
ham, Cornelius Holden and ~Sergeant-at-
Arms Jennings were appointed to assist
the chairman.
Past Commander and Secretary W. e.
Tobin, of Zabriskie Post, was last night
elected Corresponding Secretary. Edward
SchuItze, Charles r.. Wales, Abraham
Graham. Major Simmons and Robert
Mano were appointed "a committee to
draft a constitution and bylaws for the
association. FL. j.. Jennings, John Nc
Murty and Charles Cobb were appointed
temporary Financial Committee.
At tho suggestion of Major Simmons.
q discussion took place of the plank of
the platform adopted at the last meeting,
with reference to labor and the a~ssocia-
tioigs attitude toward corporations which
place little value on life and limb. He in
troduced Chas. R. Vale. as a champion
of labor. and a member of the Veterans
Rights Association Vale was greeted
with cheers n drum rolls. He said he
was surprised at being called upon to
make a speech. He had braved the
weather to simply lend his weight to
the cause.
That's only two hundred and fifty
pounds cried one of the members.
I'VE live in queer times said Mr.. VALE.
1--WE think we are free men. But we are
not. We move the dictation of a cabal.
1 am glad to see a movement on foot to
keep an honest man in office, a friend of
the poor man. a friend of the veteran SOL
diers of Hudson county. 1 nave known
him since he was a boy. He was always
battling for the right as against wrong,
Mr.. Vale spoke of McEwan's fight to
correct abuses in the United States mail
service. He said McEwan had been
warned that The did not know what he
acteristic: TITS wrong. I'll fight it. My
people will back me up in it,. Mr.. Vale
said further that the presence Of so many
on such a night argued well for the
future of the association. They should
stand by and pull together. Capital"
he said, think it's the brains of the
country. High hats and silk stockings
do not constitute brains.',
Major Simmons suggested further on in
the meeting that the committee appointed
TO confer with various Republican or
CARNATIONS in order to induce them to
advocate the denomination Of McEwan
for Congress be discharged. 18th time
will come,' he said, when the associa-
lions will awe to come to us. We al
ready number more members thar the
combined Republican organizations west
of Tonnele and Oakland avenues
The committee was discharged.
Major Simmons paid his respects to
Barber Schmole of st. Paul's avenue, who
endeavored to belittle the McEwan move
ment through the West End Republican
Club. The Major declared that the Nc
Evan Association had upon its roll of
membership every former member of the
West End organization but four, and that
that organization was resuscitated within
forty-eight hours after the McEwan AS
sociation came into existence. He termed
Barber SEMINOLE a 'tonsorial sewer in
spector."