The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-03-21
OH WHY, OH WHY /?
Why Was Louis Stubenvoll
Turned Down by Chair
man Woolley?
WHAT COL. SAMMY SAYS
GA Brilliantly Polished Gold
Brick" the G. o. P. Leader
Calls the Ninth Warder.

Oh, why, Oh, why, was Louis Stuben-
vol, the self=appointed leader of the Re-
publican forces in the Ninth ward,
turned down for a place on the Execu-
tive Committee of the Republican Coun-
ty Committee, appointed about two weeks
ago by Chairman Edward Woolley? This
is the question being asked by Republl-
cans all over the county who were once
affiliated with the G. o. p, but who have
since left the ranks of the shattered
forces 1t is mystery, and deep one,
that no one can fathom. To think that
such faithful follower of the machine
should be given the 'frosty fist is mex
plicable. Those approached on the sub
ject nod their heads in a rather queer
manner and say
s'Its mighty funny, and it looks pad.'
But,the cruel, hard fact remains never
theless, that the leader of the Ninth ward
and boss of the Bergen Republican Club
is no longer in the higher councils of the
party.
WAS it an oversight on the part of the
leaders?" asks one.
"Oh, no; we think not" says another.
'He was a member last year, wasn't
he?" questions another.
ITO be sure" replies fourth, ''but he
is not a member this year, and that's no
midsummer nights pipe dream"
To an outsider, the only inference to be
drawn from these comments and the ac-
ton of the Chairman is that Mr. Stuben-
voll is practically and in the vernacular,
dear one." Colonel Sammy Dickinson
is said to have remarked that the affable
little leader of the Ninth ward was a
brilliantly polished gold brick
''It leaked out at a meeting of the
Bergen Republican Club last evening,
that the 'gold brick" was good and sore
over the 'unjust treatment awarded
him by the party leaders. A member of
the Ward Association, whose word is re-
liable, stated that Stubenvoll, got up a
petition a yard long right after the list
of committees was announced and often
he had carefully persued the various rows,
and brought it to the members of the as
sociation asking them to affix their sig
nature thereto. About four complied with
his request, but others approached refused
to sign. This petition, it is learned, was
to have been presented to the Chairman
of the County Committee, asking him to
place Mr.. Louis on the supreme body of
the Republican party. The plan fell
through. Very few signatures were placed
on the petition and the has BEEN leader,
was forced to throw up the job in utter
disgust Some are speculating as to just
how long he will be allowed to last as a
leader His political death is predicted in
about one year, or after the Presidential
campaign is over. There are some who
have rendered their sympathies to the
lamenting leader, but alas, these don't
console him for the great shining light
of the fast fading Republican party of
Hudson County.
Louis refuses to be interviewed on the
subject He proposes to keep his own
counsel and insists to some friends that
there is nothing in the whole matter
worthy of the slightest attention.
"Such things are bound to happen" :"
says he in a philosophical sort of way,
"and are to be expected in the great
cause of human events
Therefore" say the member, sit must
be O. K or we would have heard more
about it,
| 1t begins to look as though the party
| leaders are wedding out the dead wood,
and this is but the beginning of some
startling and radical changes. John ].
Erwin is being hit hard all along the
line and iostled about whenever the
| leaders see an opportunity. Erwin has
made several attempts to fall back in
| line ''for harmony's sake, as he puts 1T,
but when he gets too near the lines, he
! is pushed out again, gently, but firmly.