The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-14

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ballot? We should harmonize the min
4 ority. There are 10000 voters in this
| county. Why not make a proper effort
to conciliate them. If the secret ballot
| will satisfy the minority why not try it?Y
Chairman MCGEE then put the question
on the resolution and declared it carried.
Some member called for roll call, but
| MCGEE declared that the matter had been
| settled. Congressman McEwan insisted
1 that one-fffth of those who were entitled
| to vote had asked for roll call and that
| it must therefore be granted. The chair
man requested those in favor of roll
call to stand, thirty-one members arose.
| After Secretary Erwin had counted them
| and announced the result, Chairman Me-
| Gee announced that there were not a suf-
| fcient number to demand a roll call.
A delegate called out: This is a gag
| law. You can see that plain enough.
Chairman MCGEE next called for nomi-
| nations for permanent chairman. Colonel
| Dickinson nominated E. w. Woolley
! amid cheers from the regulars. G. r.
| Christie arose and said: II want to place
! in nomination man you all know, a man
| years; who went out and beat the greatest
| who has not been defeated in the last five
Democrat in the county, who has more
money than all of us put together.
| want to put him in nomination and see if
| he can carry out the pledges he has
| made. We had a Republican majority
| whereNh it gone? We want some man
| to carry us to the front. We have been
/ carried to the rear long enough. | nomi-
| nate the Honorable Thomas McEwan
| Jr.''
Patrick Mcmahon, a Jersey City dele
| gate seconded McEwan's nomination, and
| spoke of him as friend of labor.
| "a IN
| put in nomination another gentleman.
show where stand by voluntarily with
/ drawing from the race in the interests of
what l think best for the Republican
| party. The name | viii mention is that
| of a very conservative man. VINO will
| treat all members alike; who has been
ture with ability. No member can say
| one word against him. l am not a dog
| in the manger, and am not making all
this disturbance for personal agrandize-
| ment. I nominate William George Nelson,
| but I wish it understood that if he de-
clines to run l will withdraw my declin-
! alton"
Mr.. McGee: Does Mr. McEwan with
draw?''
Mr.. McEwan-'T want to know whether
Mr.. Nelson will run. If he does not I
will, because shall insist on the candi-
| dates being before this committee.
| Mr.. Nelson-"I am free to say that
| stated to number of gentlemen that
| would run. 1 talked with a great many
|
sured by them that if there was a secret
| ballot they would support me, but they
| stated that for private reasons they
! would not stand up here and vote open
| ly. 1t probably would not be policy for
/ them to do So
Chairman McGee-"The gentleman is
| out of order"
Mr. Neison-sIf this is to be run by
/ the gag law process, I am one of these
| who will be found on the other side of
the house before long. ! have more love
| for the party than have for my own in
! terests. I therefore decline to be a can
| didate."
Congressman MeEwan rushed up to
him and said:-"Stand, stand.
&. R. chrIstie1'Mr. M. q Chairman, a ~ 1 feel fee a
little hot about this. Let US vote openly
for Thomas McEwan or E. w. Woolley.'"'
Third, Fourth. Fifth. Sixth and Seventh
wards of Jersey City voted solidly for
reaehea When charmaa a ah aapa i
votes for Woolley, one for McEwan, and
Mr.. Woolley voting blank. The Ninth
ward sn gays ra i 9 W9olsy snd bomas f9 Ms s
| Mills declined to vote and William George
/ Nelson. McEwan,s candidate, voted for
Woolley The Tenth ward gave nine
/ Chairman Macarthur of the Eleventh ward
announced nine votes for Woolley and five
for MeEhWan ehss H., The @ Twelfth ward vote
|
nine votes, with one absent and one ex-
cused
The vote in Hoboken was: First Ward.
Wooley, 5; Second Ward, Woolley, and
J. J. Christie declined to vote. When the
chairman of the Third Ward announced
six votes for Woolley. Committeeman Sell
| me down for Thomas McEwan."
The remaining two Wards of Hoboken
voted solidly for Woolley. West Hobo
ken gave Woolley nine and McEwan three,
/ a M nj TIniOn % c rot for
/ Woolley. The four votes from West New
York went for McEwan, and of Weehaw-
ken's five Woolley secured two, while the
other three were absent. North Bergen
! cast its two votes for McEwan, and Gut
| tenberg gave him three more In Harri-
son Woolley secured four and McEwan
Kearney were cast solidly for Woolley.
On the poll of the Bayonne committee
men Woolley received none, and McEwan
1 five votes, and there were fee absentees
| After the voting Committeeman Sell
| ferino said:-"I move that you call the
1 Third ward of Hoboken over; I know an
| other man who wants to vote for Nc
/ EVAN His request was not complied
4 with.
Secretary Erwin then announced the re-
1 suit as 239 votes for e. w. Woolley, Al
i for Thomas McEwan, Jr., blank and
1 IL absent
e. w. Woolley was declared elected. He
was greeted with cheers as he assumed
charge of the meeting. McEwan's friends
| also cheered their champion.
| Flavel MCGEE was nominated for First
| Vice President and C. r. Christie, in sec
onding the nomination., said:-"He is
! man perfectly capable Mr.. Chairman, of
| taking your place if you should happen
| to drop dead
| e. w Demarest of Bayonne was elect
| ed Second Vice President, and the other
| officers chosen were:-Secretary, John j.
! Erwin; Treasurer, Michael ShultZ, Jr.;
| Assistant Secretary, Jacob Strauss; Ser
geant-at-Arms, Alfred Blake.