The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-01
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Association was held at the Opera House
yesterday The following officers were
elected:-F. J.. Schmidt, OF Bayonne,
president; William Roe, of Paterson, first
vice president; G. A. Perine. second vice
president; Charles A. Hunt, of Passaic,
financial secretary: Peter Elmer, of Pat
erson, treasurer; P. T. Sheridan, of Eliza
beth, sergeant-at-arms-
The principal business of the conven-
ton was the consolidation of all the
letter carriers in the State into one
organization. Before this the second class
and first class carriers had separate or
ganizations. The next convention will be
held in Morristown.
Hereafter any city having free delivery
is eligible, and the carriers are urged TO
come into the association.
The delegates were called to order at 4
o'clock and the old association was called
to order by President F. ]. Schmidt, of
Bayonne and adjourned sine die. There
were ffty-three delegates in attendance,
representing eighteen free delivery offices,
as follows Newark, Paterson, Jersey
City, Elizabeth, Morristown, Bayonne,
Hackensack, the Oranges, Railway, Gam
den, Rutherford, Vineland, Engiewood,
Bridgeton, Millville, Hoboken and Passaic.
Among the distinguished guests were
A. w. Macken, superintendent Of free
delivery; Edward j. Cartwell, secretary
of the National Association of Letter-caF-
riers; j. f. McElroy, chairman OF the Ex-
ecutive Board of the N. A.. L. e. OF
Bridgeport, Conn; Postmasters Fennen,
Of Morristown, and Mahoney, OF Passaic.
Superintendent Macken was then dis
covered in the hall and urged to speak.
He said he was glad to observe hat only
the best of feeling existed between the car
riers of the country and the various heads
of the departments in Washington.
There is no body of organized men, SAID
Mr.. Macken, that have SO manyr RESPONSE
bilities resting upon them, and that the
public so underyalued. The duties of a
carrier were defined and in turn his duties
toward the public were dwelt upon.
Mr.. Macken was especially outspoken
on the evils of liquor drinking. He stated
that ninety-fve per cent. of the dismissals
in the carrier force were caused by intem-
perance, and especially urged the men to
refrain from drinking during the hours
of duty. Mr.. Macken's remarks were
greeted with applause.
Secretary Cartwell spoke briefly on the
condition of the National Association and
the various forms of legislation under way
for the good of letter carriers.
President Schmidt was then selected as
chairman pro tenn. The committee on the
revision of bylaws presented its report.
which was read and adopted without COM
ment. The only changes are those made
necessary by the scope of the larger or
ganization. The Committee on Revision
was made up as follows:-F. J. Schmidt.
Bayonne; E. H. Hutchings, Morristown;
Charles A. Hunt, Passaic; D.. O'Shea, Pas
sale; C.. Cook, Railway; William Roe. Jr.,
Paterson; William Heeb, Newark; Will
liam Kleinicht, Newark; John Coleman,
Jersey city. and George Sherman, of Jer-
sey City.
On the basis of one delegate to every
ten carriers and a fraction the voting list
was prepared as follows:-Newark, thir-
teen; Jersey City, ten; Paterson, our;
Hoboken, four; Camden and Elizabeth,
three each; Bayonne, Passaic, Orange,
East Orange, two each; Morristown,
Hackensack, Railway, Rutherford, Vine
land. Englewood, B~ridgeton, Millville, one
each.
The unanimity of the meeting facili-
tated matters, and as soon as the by
laws had been read and the Committee
on Credentials had certified to the dele.
gates the meeting was called to order
and nominations asked for president.
There were two candidates, one backed
by the first-classi cities and the other by
the lesser cities and towns. j. j. Shea,
of Jersey City, was the representative of
the first-class cities, while ex-President
Schmidt was chosen by the smaller cities.
Mr.. Shea received thirty-one votes to Mr..
Schmidt's nineteen, and was declared
elected, Newark, Jersey City, Hoboken
and Paterson lending their strength to
Shea, while the rest of the delegates
voted for Schmidt.
The First Yice-President, Walter P. Eli
lis. of Camden, was elected by acclama-
ton. Gus Perine was elected to be Sec
ond vice-President and Mr.. Schmidt was
elected to be Recording Secretary by a
unanimous vote. Charles A. Hunt. of Pas
sale, captured the office of Financial Sec
rotary, and Peter Elmer, Jr., of Paterson,
was made Treasurer. p. t. Sheridan, of
Elizabeth, was elected Sergeant-at-Arms.
The following Executive Board was
chosen:-For three years, Edward Hutch
ings. of Morristown; Sickle, of Newark.
For two years. E. j. Lafferty, of East
OrangeS Frederick Maui, of Millville. For
one year, William Roe. of Paterson.
A committee composed of Carriers Muir
ray, of Jersey City; Sickle, of Newark,
and Trybolt, of Orange, were appointed to
fix the time and place for the next con-
vention. 1t reported in favor of Morris
town on Lincoln's Birthday of next year.
TIL date caused some discussion, as some
of the delegates favored Washington s
Birthday and others Decoration Day. The
report Of the committee was finally up
held.
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