The Jersey City news., 1899-10-23
REPUBLICAN HARMONY.
Bayonne City Committee
Gives an Exhibition at
It's Meeting.

The Bayonne City RepuDI1can Commit
tee had a meeting at Hendriekson5 ; Hail
on Saturday evening, at which there was
considerable talk of harmony but not
much of that commodity on tap. The COM
mitree last month declared the seat of A.
l.. Osborn vacant because that gentleman
had moved from the Second to the Third
ward. He came up smiling at the meet
ing however, and Members c. J. Roake
and John j. Bechtold at once protested
Bechtold said that Osborn was not
member and that If his vote decided a
question it might cause a great deal of
trouble.
Osborn had appealed from the action of
the City Committee to the County Com
mittee. and Saturday nights Jersey City
journal stated that the Executive
Committee had decided in Osborn's favor.
Osborn said he had received regular
notice to attend the meeting and further
more the decision quoted in the Journal,
was in his favor
Bechtold, who Is member of the Ex-
ecutive Committee, said that the Jour
nars" statement was a base fabri-
cation, as the committee had come
to no decision, but had referred
the matter to Hon. Flavel McGee
for an opinion, which had not been re-
ceived. Bechtold further paid his re-
spects to the Journal. by saying 1t was
the main cause of all the trouble in the
Republican party of Bayonne.
Councilman E. E. Stinson and Morris
Ten Brock thought that Osborn should
be allowed to act pending the decision on
his appeal. Roake and Bechtold were
opposed. Roake said that there was
great deal of talk about harmony and
that he deplored dissensions, but the posi-
ton taken by certain members of the COM
mittee was bound to make trouble. The
matter was then dropped, Osborn remain
ing and voting throughout the remainder
of the session.
A protest from Max Sobinsky against
the action of the Enrolment Board of
the First Precinct of the Second Ward
In refusing to place list Of twenty-nine
names, presented by him, on the rolls
was read The enrolment was in charge
of George Souders, member of the
committee and Frank P. Little.
Souders was asked to explain. He said
that when Sobinsky came to the place of
enrolment Little was temporarily absent
and sobinsky was asked to await his re-
turn Instead Sobinsky went away and
when he came back 1t was after nine
o'clock. and the board had adjourned.
Geo. S. Bogert wanted to know how many
names were enrolled in the district and he
was told 80.
Roake saw chance here to fay Sou.
ders and Little, who belong to an op-
posing faction. He read the vote at the
spring election on Recorder candidates.
1t was:--Lasarus Dem) 161; Neely, Gnd.)
"a; Bridgeman, Rep) 13. Roake asked
how the board could enroll 80 names when
there were only thirteen straight Repub-
licans in the district. The % voters who
asked for enrolment were as justly en-
titled to 1t as the greater part of the 80
who secured it. There was large Hebrew
vote in the precinct that was naturally
Republican and the party needed 1t. 1t
should not be alienated. Because the
Hebrews had voted once for Democra-
tic candidate they should not be driven
from the party. The candidate for Re-
corder was of the same race and it was
natural that they should vote for him.
Continuing Roake said
II can produce an affidavit that both
Souders and Little voted for Nicely and
not for their party candidate. A Lazarus
Republican is just as good as Neely Re-
publican"
Souders made no answer to .Roake's
charge. George S. Bogert tried to quiet
matters by saying that his youthful diff
fidence was shocked at the language used.
He also asked Roalte If he were aware
that If he told how another man voted he
was liable to fine and Imprisonment?
Bechtold dep1ored any discussion as to
regularity as it caused recriminations and
continuance of trouble. Last spring $
election had made the great majority of
voters irregular. The Third ward, Re-
publican Gibraltar, had given a Demo-
cratic candidate for Mayor and the
Fourth ward, the Democratic stronghold,
had refused to give majority to the
same candidate. The Hebrew vote in the
Second ward should be treated fairly and
it would remain Republican.
Ex-Assenblyman Demarest wanted the
action of the enrolment board sustained.
as he did not believe there were four He
brew votes In the precinct that were not
cast for Lazarus
Chairman Thomas thought the Board