The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-15
The DAY AT Ter
First Ward Young Repub-
licans Reach the Sermon
and Soda Water Stage.
LYING LIKE GENTLEMEN
Elaborate Denials of the Fact
That the Governors S Picture
Was Trampled Upon.

A special meeting of the Young Mems
Republican Club of Gregory street was
held last night at the clubhouse. A large
number of members were present The
only business transacted was the pas
sage of resolutions denouncing the stories
published til the Jersey City and New
York papers about the members of the
club dancing on Governor Voorhees, pic
ture Thursday night. John j. Erwin was
present He denounced the stories IN
bitter terms He said there was not the
slightest truth in any of them. Mr. Err
win stated that he was not present at
the meeting, but admitted having been
in the rooms shortly after the meeting
was adjourned.
After the meeting last night News
reporter visited the clubhouse. Much to
his surprise a lithograph portrait Of the
Governor, enclosed in a plain wood
frame hung on the wall. It viii be re-
membered that yesterday the members
said that the vacant space on the wall
had been occupied by mirror.
While the meeting was in session Will
lam Eaton. one of the members, walked
into the room. He heard the resolutions
read. He exclaimed:
sYou are a lot of. towards. The picture
was broken and why don't you adj
nit it.
wnrn the meeting was declared adj
iourned Mr.. Erwin left the clubhouse and
went home.
An exact copy of the resolution as
passed by the club is as follows
ssWhereas, Certain articles rejecting on
the Young Mems Republican Association
as well as members individually of the
association, were published in several
papers this morning, claiming that certain
members Of the association, feeling
offended and mad at the action of Gov
ernor VOORHEES, in selecting Mr.. Alexander
Mclean as Sheriff of this county instead
of Mr. John ]. Erwin, our former presi-
dent. who was supported by nearly the
entire Republican party and endorsed by
over sixty-five of the most prominent law
yers of the county, both as to his fitness
and experience in conducting the affairs
of the sheriff's Office: but as Governor
voorhees,. Instead Of selecting Mr.. Erwin,
appointed Mr.. Mclean, for reasons best
known to himself; and
'sWhereas The articles published in the
morning papers claimed that members Of
this association pulled the portrait of the
Governor from the wall and trampled
upon it and smashed both the portrait and
frame and glass, despite the efforts of
Messrs. Erwin, Brennan and others who
were present, as claimed in the articles,
eWhereas, From reliable sources, upon
Investigation by both Messrs. Erwin and
Brennan as well as other members of the
association. nothing of the kind was done
or attempted to be done with the por-
trait or tha frame, but that some MEM
ber of the association, upon his own re-
sponsibilfty. took the picture from the
wall and in SO doing broke the glass, and
locked it uo in the closet of the associa-
ton, where it was found. and replaced in
its former position by Mr.. Erwin in the
presence of Captain Hooker and others;
the picture and frame With s new glass
and netting. being in the same condition
as 1t always was: and,
Whereas, The paper claimed that
Messrs. Erwin. Brennan and Eaton were
present when the affair occurred, which
was falsehood, as not one of the gem
tlemen were present at the time and if
either of them had been present the pic
tur would nver hav ben taken from the
wall The article also stated that Mr..
Erwin ls the president of the association
and made a speech at the time. This is
an untrtlth as Mr.. Brennan is not the
president Of the association. Mr.. John
Brennan having succeeded him in that
position on JuHe last, and did not make
any speech in the club room and knew
nothing Of any incident till his attention
was called to the article published in the
"Herald" and world and Mr.. Brennan
was not in the rooms of the association
during any part of the day or night Of
July 13; and,
s'yWhereas. The article as published has
reflected on the association and the
statement has gone broadcast it is hoped
that the papers which published the
same will give the public the same space
for a denial of the story as for the article
itself; and therefore be it
Resolved, That the Young Mems Re
publican Association in special meeting
assembled on July IA, 1899, at its head
quarters, have taken. action on the al
legged insult to Governor Voorhees, as by
the published articles, and have found
that they are in no way correct, and as
this associations members was, is and
will be true Republicans, and having sup