The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-27
STRIFE IN LAFAYETTE.
Association and Battery
Throw Mud at Each
Other.

The strife between the Lafayette Bat
terry and the Lafayette Republican AS
sociation is going TO play most nm
portant part in the campaign, mucn TO
the detriment of the Republican party
and its candidates. A News" reporter
interviewed the heads of both factions
about the bitter controversy ana the re-
suit was that enough mud was siuns TO
I'LL several bushel baskets. The rival
factionists besmeared each other in
most scurrilous manner and some of the
epithets used are unfit to print.
Deadly enmity exists, and the hatred
the rival members have for each other
will never be wiped out.
The beginning of the controversy dates
back almost four years ago. when the
association broke from the main BODY,
the Battery. Contests at primaries and
Attempts to bring about reconciliations
followed, but all to no purpose. some
The association people claim that they
were instrumental in Landing Mr. Auml, I'M
years ago, but that he eventually sold
out the party by entering the FAMOUS
combine. On this point the ASSOCIATION ,S.
Zumbusch suffered at the recent ian
election when Freeholder Mark Fallon
was elected Now the association IS walt walt
ing for the chance to DO more oedoiy
work to the party.
One member was communicative enough
to say that a fresh supply of good snarp
knives had been purchased ana each
member supplied with one
1t appeared that the ASSOCIATION was
sore on the party, because OF having no
representation in the. County Committee,
thereby being cut ont from voice IN
the management of the pohtical aHdils'
Charles o. Barker, president OF the as
sociation when called TO account Tor tne
dissension in that ward al reception
held not long ago in the rooms on Com
munipaw avenue, said that the assoSla-
ton was not represented in the hlgher
councils of the party, and therefore
should not be brought to book oy the
party. 49,,
Battery, said to a News reporter last
week that the association should change
its name to a Democratic organization,
adding that it would be more appropriate
in view of the recent results on election
1--WE have tried all means in our power
to bring about q satisfactory settlement, s.a,it
less. However, the ASSOCIATION, cannot no
change the aspect of affairs in TINS Ward,
and therefore we are not worried ABOUT
Speaking of the matter of committee
when they had two @ represesnitaatives ita YES
could stand that? Never again Will they
be offered the same opportunity.
at has been stated by them that tney
can carry the primaries and elect their
committeeman Why don't they do it?
They can't We can beat them every
time. =,
mo. sir, the association will not figure
very prominently in the campaign, ana
believe that Mr. Watson will be elected
AS for his not carrying his Ward-taat $
all bosh." - .
Captain Barker gives the other side of
the protracted dispute. -
THAT gang of heelerS, he SAID, Will
realize shortly that the days of slavery
are over They will see that we do not
respond to the crack of the whip as they
would wish.
Didn't Zumbusch sell out his party:
Of course he did A nice lot of fellows
they are in the Battery to preach to US
Well I'm sorry for Watson, that's ALL
He stands no earthly hope of winning.
"Zumbusch claims this ward, does ne?
Well he was showed under by almost oU0
majority and l can't see that the ward
has changed much since last fall. NO.
Sir: the association will not bother the
Battery. and we want nothing to DO with
that miserable gang of heelers. Our mem
hers will vote as they please. and that
crowd of sneaks can do as they please
He added that the association would
not work for the nominees.
One has but to mention the name OF the
Battery in the Association quarters, ana
Immediately at least a half dozen mem
| bers start to sling beautiful rich brown
| quality of mud at their rivals