The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-27
BURNS Won THE FIGHT
His Men Elected Officers Of
Grant Club Disruption
Threatened.

Al prominent member of the y. $. Grant
Association p~rophesied last night hat the
| end of the organization was near.
Hi Grant Club" he said, has seen
its best days and will from now on sink
gradually from a political power into in
Significance"
The prophecy was the outcome of the
ascendency gained last night by the fac
ton known as the ..'ex-Seventh Ward Re
publican Club or the disturbing element
| The annual election was held and the
| Burns faction succeeded in elecfing OFF,
| GERS. who will do its bidding, which is
usually antagonistic to the Republican
party.
For some time past the Burns faction
has been increasing in strength, under the
management Of william Burns, who has
at last attained the much coveted control
of the organization. The original Grants
yielded without a struggle and sat pas
sively by. while the Burns people elected
officers to suit themselves. A feeble at
tempt was made to renominate William
E. Reed for president, but he declined,
saying that the club was in good financial
condition and that for the present he
would much prefer to refrain from holding
an official position.
AS a matter of fact Mr.. Reed has not
received proper support for the past SIX
months from those supposed to nave been
loyal The fact was admirably illustrated
last night by the presence Of about hve
of the Burns crowd to one Of the original
| Grants.
Following is the result Of the election
President, John Ramsay; Vice President,
William Doll, Sr.; Treasurer, William
Burns; Financial Secretary, John Orr;
Corresponding Secretary. William Row
land; Sergeant-at-Arms, James McManus.
Trustees, William e. Reed, Jacob Kohler,
John De Martins, B. Cromley and John
Kennsey.
The election of General Ramsay to the
presidency was somewhat of a surprise in
view of the fact that he has been a MEM
Der only for the past three months. The
other officers elected, Doll, Burns, Orr
and MdMahus, were prime movers in or
ganizing the Seventh Ward Republican
Club last spring as an opposition club to
the Grant Association. A few months
later, the Seventh Warders, realizing their
complete ostracism by the regular Repub-
lican party, gladly assented to a propo-
sition made by the Grants in the interest
Of harmony and again became a part OF
the Grant Club.
The first official act of the new president
last night was to receive the resignation
of William Van Buskirk, who resigned
Immediately after the result of the cleo
ton was announced. He ascribed as the
cause for his resignation the i~ncompetency
of the present officers. The resignation
was laid over with the hope of ultimately
p~ersuading Mr.. Van Buskirk to remain
in the fold. It is probable that the ma
jority of the adherents of Mr.. Reed will
resign, as they are hostile to the Burns
faction, which has stirred up strife in the
Grant Club since its organization.
The outgoing president, William e.
Reed, administered the clubs affairs sue
cessfully for two years and was instru-
mental IN increasing the general pros
perity of the organization. OF late, it is
understood, he has been subjected to many
petty annoyances and insults from the
Burns faction, which in the interests OF
harmony he has overlooked. The few re-
naming Grants aresnow anxiously await
ing the outcome of the new administra-
ton. It is an open secret that disruption
would be hailed with delight by the Reed
faction.