The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-11
TO GUST M'EWAN.
Dickinson Woolley Gang
: Trying to Trick Him
Out Of County
Committee.
SAYS He DOESN'T LIVE HERE
Charges and Counter Charges
to Be Investigated by
Factions Men.
SAYS He DOESN'T LIVE HERE

The Republican machine politicians
have resorted TO some of their many
tricks in an effort to defeat the NC
EVAN Committee and the committees
in the wards where McEwan has a nrm
hold. The right of McEwan himself to
sit in the Hudson County Republican
Committee was contested at the meeting
of the committee last night. 1t is barely
possible that he may be unseated as the
Dickinson -Woolley gang has a majority
of the committee and does pretty mucn
as it pleases.
The protest was made by Joseph j.
Guisto, of Hoboken, whose right TO
seat was challenged by Mr.. McEwan at
the organization of the present committee
on the ground that he was elected from
one ward while he lives in another ward.
Mr.. Guisto asks that this charge pc
investigated and makes counter charge'
alleging that while Mr.. McEwan is
member of the County Committee from
the Twelfth Ward he really lives in west
Hoboken. Mr.. Guisto embodied MS
charges in a communication to the COM
mittee, which when read was received
with loud applause 1t follows:-
the last meeting of the County
Committee Mr. McEwan challenged my
right to seat in this committee, on the
grounds that 1 held the same as trus-
tee. I did not think that was the proper
time for me to dispute Mr.. McEwan $
assertion, as it would have caused un-
necessary confusion in the election OF
officers of this committee, as l believe
that was his purpose at the time; SO l
simply waived my right and asked the
chairman to excuse me from voting. AS
Mr.. McEwan has cast cloud on the title
to NV seat. I hope this committee will in
vestigate his protest.
st now enter written protest against
Mr.. McEwan's right to seat in this COM
mittee on the grounds that he is, and has
been for years, a resident of West HOBO
ken, and holds his seat as a member from
the Twelfth ward, Jersey City. Nearly
every member of this committee knows
that to be so. / did not think it fair or
just on my part to challenge Mr.. Nc
Evans right to his seat at the time he
challenged my seat, as I had heard he
was going to be candidate for chairman
of this committee, and my motive would
have been misconstrued and subject to ad-
verse criticism.
II have always tried to act fair end just
in all my dealings and whatever the de-
cision of this committee shall be I will
abide by it. I hope these charges and
counter charges will be investigated as
soon as possible.
Yours respectfully,
JOSEPH J. GUISTO."
Ctl,a;r,,,op yNoollox, opnoupoad that the
charges would be investigated by. the
Committee on Appeals. He appointed
that committee as follows James H.
Love, Fourth ward; Phillip ]. Dandt,
Second ward; John Gallery. Third ward:
Frank w Angel, Sixth ward; Robert
Carey Seventh ward; John Bumsted,
Eighth ward: Frank J. Higgins, Ninth
ward; James Connolly. Fifth ward;
George ]. Pforr, Eleventh ward; Charles
E. Siebert, Twelfth ward; Richard Bridge
man, Bayonne; C. De R. Leonard, Hobo
ken; Rudolph Frech, Weehawken, Henry
Willoughby. Jr, Kearney; E. w. Wool
ley, Jacob Strauss, secretary, ex-offieio.
If Congressman McEwan is not eligible
to membership to the County Committee,
of course he would not be eligible as
candidate for Mayor for he can only be
ineligible to the committee because OF
non-residence in Jersey City. If he is
unseated it is probable that Congressman
McEwan will appeal to the courts
The Dickinson Woolley gang have a
bare majority of the committee IN the
Twelfth ward. They have enough COM
mitteemen to further their ends in the
ward this year, but they are looking into
the future A McEwan victory next fail
at the primary elections at which county
Committeeman are elected might change
the balance of power Realizing this the
machine men have trumped up charges
against four of McEwan's committeeman
with a view to ousting them from the
County and Ward Committees
As vacancies are filled by a majority of
the members of a ward committee, the
Dickinson w oolley tools would be able TO
put their own men in the place OF NC
Evans friends. The matter was brought
up at the meeting of the Republican
County Committee in Lincoln Hall last
night The charges were set forth IN the
following letter.
ITO the Hudson County Republican Com
mittee, Edward w. Woolley, Esq
Chairman
HDear Sir-I beg to call your altehlioh
to the disloyal conduct on the part of the
following gentlemen:-Richard Ellaby,
Fred Ellaby, William L. Bergen and Peter
Volkman. members of this committee and
representing the Twelfth ward of Jersey
City in the Hudson County Republican
Committee, and I hereby accuse the said
members and charge each and every one,
first. with endeavoring to defeat the cleo
| tion to public office of Carl Raisch, the
nominee Of the Republican party for
Alderman from the Twelfth ward of Jer-
sew City. at the election held in April, 1898,
which nomination was duly endorsed by
| the Twelfth Ward Republican Committee,
Second. with endeavoring to defeat the
election to public office of Henry III
Williams, the nominee of the Republican
party for Freeholder from the Twelfth
ward of Jersey City, at the election held
! in November 1898 which nomination was
duly endorsed by the Twelfth Ward Re-
publican Committee. Trusting that the
above charges will be investigated at your
earliest possible opportunity, I am,