The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-21
TURN DOWN NO. 3
Ninth Ward Enters the List
Against the Sub
Committee.
scRAppIHG GALORE LAST NIGHT
Mason's Resolution Downed
Brown to Take Noun
cey's Place.

| There was scrapping galore at the
meeting of the Ninth Ward Republican
Association held last night in the rooms
! of the Bergen Republican Club. The
meeting was caleld for the purpose OF
taking action on the communication sent
by the subcommittee of the Republican
| Organization Committee. Another turn
down was scored against the committee,
it being the unanimous opinion Of the fif-
teen members present that the sub-com-
mittee is rot wanted in that ward. Judg-
| ing from the developments at the meet
| ing, it seems as if the machine people
are bitterly opposed to granting any con-
cessions to the anti-ring element, the only
manner in which harmony deal Will
ever be consummated. Chairman Louis
Stubenvon presided.
After the communication Of the sub
committee had been ripped to pieces by
all present, Charles Mason, president of
the Bergen Republican Club, made plea
for harmony He said the services of the
subcommittee would be dispensed with
until the factions in the ward had at
tempted to heal the differences II the
ward leaders failed to bring about an
amicable reconciliation. then the services
of the subcommittee would be solicited.
He then offered this preamble and reso-
lution:-
.Whereas, There appears to be and IS
considerable dissatisfaction and dissension
in the ranks of the party in the Ninth
ward, caused to some degree by an APP
parently unsatisfactory method Of con-
ducting enrollments and primaries and the
appointment of delegates to the various
conventions and County Committee
therefore be it
Resolved, That we request the Hud-
son County Republican Committee for
new precinct enrolment for the Ninth
ward; and be it further
Resolved, That the enrolment officers
shall be divided equally among the two
sides and in addition thereto, each side
be allowed one clerk, and that hereafter
all primaries to be held by precincts and
delegates to conventions and members of
the County Committee be apportioned by
precincts, according TO the Repuphean
vote for Governor in the last Guberna-
torial election, and that at each OF the
said precinct primaries each side pc al
lowed an equal representation on the
Election Board and clerk, the same as
at the enrollments"
A howl Immediately arose Graham,
Mitchell and Higgins were Immediately
upon their feet. shouting against the
resolution While neither Of the speak
ers could find anything unfair in the
resolution they did not like its tone, they
said.
Mr.. Mason got the floor after consider
able difficulty. He said that every effort
on the part of the anti-ring element to
promote harmony had been vigorously
opposed by the machine and that there
was no use of attempting to straighten
out matters when the machine people al
ways wanted things their own way. The
ringsters said they were perfectly satis-
fed with the present management Of the
ward and that having the upper hand
they meant to hold it.
The resolution was voted on, smothered
and laid on the table,
More discussion arose over the selection
of a committeeman to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Joseph Me-
Comb. Mr.. Mason said that the Second
Precinct already had its full quota Of
committeeman, according to votes cast,
without a successor to Mr.. McComb He
said he would like to know why the Sixth
and Seventh precincts were not allowed.
their full number of committeeman. These
precincts are controlled by the anti-ring-
sters and for that reason are almost shut
out from any voice in the ward manage
ment The motion concerning McComb's
successor was laid on the table.
John Overard of the Seventh precinct
recommended John Mouncey for the po-
sition ow committeeman from that pre-
cinct, which was made vacant by Noun
cey's resignation a~couple Of months ago,
after he was censured by the County
Committee for alleged disloyalty. The
ringsters kicked furiously on this recon-
mendation and instead recommended
William Brown. Brown will be voted on
at the next meeting of the County Com
mittee It looks at present very much
like a dead lock in the ward, as neither
side will give in
Mr.. Landrine VIXEN interviewed, said it
was evident that the machine people did
not want harmony, foe every attempt to
promote harmony had been turned
down.
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