The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-11

motion and the amendment were both car
rled. While Mr. Nelson was speaking %
tie motion Jack Graham Interrupted him
with:-'sWhat Is this, q. molasses party
Alderman Stell. made several little
speeches. One of them was as follows;-
THE action of this meeting tonight
seems to Indicate that a new era has
come in the history Of the club. II has
been very unpleasant to hav a warning
element. 1t lessons a mans value to pc
long to an organization the members OF
which are always fighting among them
selves. If we are sincere tonight, l
believe we are, we should each OF us stand
by our officers and by our party. II we
do stand by them we will have success;
If We don't we win have just what we
had at the last election.
The first scrap, which was a mild one,
occurred when certain suggestions to the
Legislature, which were adopted in the
form of a resolution by the Young Mems
Republican Club, were read and the club
was requested to indorse them. The reso-
ballot law which the Legislative Commit
tee of the County Committee adopted a
few days ago. It also approved of BIZ
partisan police and fire boards. to be APP
pointed at the suggestion of the County
Committees, and recommended the APP
pointment of an excise commission.
Some member moved thai all the recon-
mendations be endorsed. John Landrine
opposed such action. He said he was in
favor of endorsing the sections of the
resolution relating to ballot reform. as he
believed hat the reforms advocated were
consistent with the principles of the Re-
publican party. He opposed, however, the
recommendations relating to the BIZ
partisan boards and the appointment of
an Excise commission. He declared that
in going around among taxpayers and
business men, both Democrats and Re
publicans, he found that the idea of max
ing the Fire and Police Boards BIZ
partisan is not at all popular, and is con-
sidered u~n-Republican. He thought that
the matter of recommending such a meas
ure should not be rushed through in a
hurry. The thing should be given care
full consideration.
Jack Graham interrupted him and want
ed him to name the Republicans who
were opposed to the bipartisan measure.
you ought to give us their Names he
said, $50 that we can place them on re-
cord.''
Frank Higgins spoke to the motion. He
said:-tNThis is not a mere question of
patronage. The little patronage that is
in it is a trifle. With the Fire Board it
does not matter so much whether it is
bipartisan or not. With the Police Board,
however, it is different. You all know
what we win have to go through if that
Board gets into the hands of he Demo-
Gratis again. You all know what we had
to go through with at the polls on Elec-
tion Day. We had to get men to go down
to certain polling places where they knew
that they would get dubbed. Voters
were openly intimidated at the polls n
the policemen who did 1T were not pun
ished. If the Democrats get the Board
we will have to go through will it again.
The Legislative Committee has not yet
decided upon any definite plan for BIZ
partisan Boards. The plans already sub
mitted are very much in doubt. When
the final plan Is offered there should be
hardly any Republican to object to a
proper, true, legal. bipartisan Board"
After considerable discussion the mat
ter was laid on the table for two weeks.
The club will hold a progressive euchre
party on January II. Treasurer Steuben-
VOLTS annual report showed a balance in
hand of $l33.15.