The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-07-11
GOES MERELY ON.
Ninth Ward Still Has Fac
TONS StubenWoll as
a Candidate.


1t has been suggested BY several OF the
s~o-called Republican leaders Of the Ninth
Ward that a visit from the Sub Commit
tee of the Reorganization Committee
might tend to paeify those who SO ener-
getically fought against the machine dur
ing the recent campaigns. The leaders
have come to the couclusion that The
ward is not to be harmonized and put
back into the ranks of the G. o. r.. by
protracted petty controversies which have
characterized the ward and county lead
ers for some time. They realize. too, that
the anti-Ring element in the ward is far
too strong for them and its followers are
not to be triHed with.
These a-nti-Rfngsters have said on many
occasions ard st open meetings that the
present leaders are not the ones to be
looked up to, nor are they the proper men
to lead the aov- badly dem5raIized forces
back to victory. Not until more compe-
tent mentor instance, Thomas McEwan
and John P. Landrfne-are at the helm
of the g. Q. p. in this county will these
anti-macnine people hustle for the party.
This is fnal-a sort Of an ultimatum,
promulgated by the henchmen of john
NY Landrine.
These same constituents of the former,
n aspiring leader, Mr.. Landrine, declare
in a most emphatic manner tina the
efforts of the Sub Committee to attempt
to solidify the party in that ward will
simply be time wasted. No taffy for them
is what they say when the subject is
mentioned. Not a DIT of faith is placed in,
the present leaders. They want men who
can run the party and they mean to have
them.
On the other side the machine people
are racking their brains for some plan
whereby the fellows on the outside can
be induced to get in line. Nothing has
been mentioned with success as yet, and
Judging from the position of the ward
leaders at present, a settlement is just as
far off as ever. There are people on each
side who would fight to the bitter death
rather than yield a point in favor of the
other side. This they do out Of pure mall
ice. On account of the personal ermity,
the factions are kept apart most success
fully. Of course, a few scraps, in which
harsh epithets are hurled prorniseuously
at each other, serve to enliven the con-
~troversies, and these scraps are of COM
mon occurrence.
Louis stubenvoll, the so-called leader
of the machine forces. who medesefy
says "ha is not a leader persists in de-
~nouncing Mr.. Landrine as a traitor. He
adds that Landrine always worked
against the party and is not a Republican.
Landrine mildly retaliates with a few
choice names at his rival and thus the
scrap goes merrily on.
AS a leader the Democrats unanimously
admit that stubenvoll is just the thing.
"Only let him continue in that capacity"
they say, s'and we will never nave to do
any work around eleption time. Vicsory
will come without wasting any energy"
All the anti-ring element take Stu
word without hesitation when he
says he is no leader. His work, they say.
is hardly needed to prove this assertion.
There will be a meeting of the Bergen
clu tonight. A quiet, prosaic
sort of a session IS anticipated. as not
of the kickers has any grievance that
he wishes to air. But perhaps a talking
match may result from A suggestion of q
man regarding the extending of
invitation to tine sub-ror0rnittee TO
look up matters in that ward. 1t is quite
possible that the subcommittee will be
asked to attempt to heal the differences.