The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-15
ROW over MONEY
Bergen Republicans Demand
an Account From Ex-
eoutive Committee.
LANDRINE WON'T GIVE IT
He Says They Have All
the Reports They
Will Get.

There was very little of the harmony
prated of at the annual meeting of the
Bergen Republican Club evidenced at the
meeting of that organization last nigh
Instead there was a lively row.
AS usual the principal figure in the row
was John Landrine, who is still on deck
ever if he was ousted from the presl-
dency of the club. The trouble was pre-
cipitated by Captain Jack Graham, who
has it in for Landrine and his friends for
working against him when he ran for
Freebooter in the Ninth ward last fall.
There was a slight squall before the
gale-for the whole business consisted for
the most part of wind. When the bills
and communication were called for a
billtfrom Landrine was produced. 1t con-.
tanned an item, ITO bin rendered, $3.50"
Some member moved that the bill be
sent back to Landrine to be itemized.
That started an argument.
Landrine objected to the motion. He
said he had rendered one bill and that
was sufficient. h bill was for fire.
works furnished to the committee on the
trolley ride last summer He did not see
any just reason why the bill should be
sent pack to him. Despite his objections
the bill was sent back.
The big row started when Jack Graham
moved that all standing committees hav-
ing money in their hands be instructed
to turn the same over to the treasurer of
the club. He said he understood that the
Executive Committee of last year, which
is still acting, the new Executive Com
mittee not having organized as yet, had
a considerable amount of money in its
possession.
JOIN Landrine. who is treasurer of the
Executive Committee, said that whether
the Executive Committee had money or
not was no concern of the club. The
money had been spent for the good of the
club. The men who had given it did not
wan the fact known. He did not think
it was necessary for the Executive Com
mittee to report what was done with the
money.
Frank Higgins, said:-"The Executive
Committee is nothing but a sub-com-
mittee of the club. It was perfectly right
thai the committee should be asked to
report to the club. The Executive Com
mittee is in no wise superior to the club
E. t. Mitchell and John Pringle ex-
pressed the same sentiments.
1Aulldi liz 1tpilCd tIat tACS Z IA
a big fuss over nothing as the Executive
Committee had no money in its hands.
He declared in fact that there was a
deficiency.
William Ely, Chairman of the COM
mittee, who is in the Dickinson portion
and opposed to Landrine declared that he
himself did not know much about the
financial affairs of the committee.
-. IN ~;.-1 x,ox,ai %1nf tho TIyno-
utive Committee be ordered to make a de-
tailed report of all monies received and
expended.
This was opposed by Landrine, who
said he thought the matter OF VINO gave
the money should be kept quiet. and what
it was spent for should remain an exec
utive committee secret.
Al. Rake sustained Landrine. u gave
some of that money, he said, and l
don't want any person to know it,
William George Nelson said he always
thought that all committees of the club
having the handling of money should
ceipts and expenditures. He could see.
he said, that the suspicious of many of
the club members had been aroused
| solely because of the secrecy which had
surrounded the doings of the Executive
Committee. Later he shifted his position
somewhat and said that If there was no
money he did not see the use of having a
report made.
Mr.. Nelson moved that the matter be
postponed Indefinitely. The motion was
lost. The original motion that a detailed
f~nancial report be given the club was
carried.
When the decision was announced Lam
drine said ~
You have got all the report you will
ever get out of me-"
1t has developed during the argument
that the money received and expended by
the Executive Committee was secured by
| levying an assessment on the incomes of
o~ficeholders who had been nominated or
appointed through the efforts of the Ber-
gen Republican Club.
This caused John Pringle to move that
no committee or individual be permitted
TO solicit money or levy assessments of
| the club without first receiving special
authority to do SO. The motion was
carried.