The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-25
PRIMARY MARCH Is
City Committee Fixed Cam
paign Dates and
Rules.
HOOS HAS A CINCH
County Dead Wood Was
Cleared by Leader Davis
Last Night.
HOOS HAS A CINCH

The Democratic County and City Conn
mittees met last night in the new head
quarters on Mercer street. The meetings
were largely attended and enthusiasm
prevailed. There was everything to In
dicate that the party workers are
anxious for the fray. In the absence OF
Secretary P. H. Murphy, whose mother
is dead Thomas w. G. Lennon. secretary
of the Executive Committee, filed that
position.
The City Committee fixed Wednesday,
March Is, as the day for the holding OF
the elective primaries. The polls win be
open from seven O'Clock to nine o'clock
in the evening. The Nominating Conven-
ton will convene on March q and form
ally declare those elected at the primaries
the regular candidates of the party.
By resolution it was decided that ne
petition for nomination would be coun-
tenanced under any circumstances unless
it is accompanied by the established fee,
which is demanded merely to defray the
expenses of the primary election. In the
event of a candidate being elected at the
primaries who has not complied with the
rule concerning the nominating fee, either
the member of the Executive Committee
of the ward where such candidate re-
sides will have to pay the required fee or
the convention will have the privilege OF
naming new candidate.
This rule was adopted because in past
years many men who have run for office
have found it convenient to forget to pay
their nominating fee or to contribute any
thing toward defraying the general ex-
penses of a campaign. This sort of busi-
ness is to be stopped.
Notice was served on the various mem
bers that they must at once forward to
Secretary Murphy, at the Court House,
the addresses of their respective primary
polling places, SO that they may be ad-
vertised in due time. So far as the City
Committee is concerned it has everything
in readiness for the opening of the CAM
paign.
All petitions for nominations must be
filed with Secretary Murphy before five
o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday,
March II. Petitions received after that
hour will not be recognized.
The principal business of the County
Committees meeting was the clearing out
of dead wood in the committee. 1t has
happened in the past that men have been
elected to the committee and have faifed
to pay their dues of S.. No man, Leader
Davis says. who is unwilling to pay such
trifiing membership fee has any right
to be in the committee
Last night the name of every delinquent
was read and he was promptly dropped
from the roll. Many of the delinquents
were we'll able and willing to pay, but
had merely neglected to do so. Many
OF them were present and motions for
reinstatement were fast and furious from
all parts of the hall. Payments were
equally rapid.
Each man in turn was reinstated as 1t
was announced his dues had been paid.
The shaking up will have a beneficial
effect, it is thought. The committee now
boasts of complete paid up membership,
something which has not happened before
in many years. Leader Davis says he
wants only workers in the line.
The question of candidates was not dis
cussed. The only man who has a "cinch"
on a nomination is Mayor Hoos. He will
have no opposition at the primaries. It
is probable that many others who are in
office will be renominated without oppo-
sition, but Mayor Hoos is the only man
who has a clear path.