The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-06
SICK OF HIS JOB.
EMS Finds it Hard Work
Getting Ready for Re-
publican Clubs.
WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROH?
Higgins Suggests That the
Merchants Be Asked to
Help Out the Leaders.
WHERE'S THE MONEY COMING FROM?

Secretary Theodore H. Enis of the sub
committee of the Hudson County League
of Republican Clubs, is sending notices to
the secretaries of all the Republican
Clubs in the county impressing upon them
the necessity of falling in line this fall,
and sending to him the names Of the dele
gates to the State Convention to be held in
Columbia Hail, on September 1S. The sec
retary tells the various club secretaries
that Hudson is very hard battle ground
and the hardest kind of work alone will
land it in the Republican column for Nc
Kinley.
This subcommittee, by the way, is do
ing little work in preparing fer the COM
ing convention. The 1a.e of Chairman
Frank Angel, when he learned OF the muir
titude OF duties that devolyed upon the
committee relative to the convs vsntion prep
arations, was the picture of woe. lie lost
all interest in the coming affair for The
time being, and all the evening he kept
committee in this affair. He was told
right enough, and when Messrs. Carey,
Higgins and Meyer got through telling
him, he expressed himself as feeling un-
equal to the task Of being chairman, and
would have given a wagon load of oold
watches to have been someone else for
the time.
The hall is secured for the circus and
that is about all that has been done SO far
in the actual preparations. There are, of
course, thousands of minor matters of
more or less Importance that will eventu-
ally work themselves out, but the all i'm
portant duties paramount just now are
those connected with the handling Of the
delegates when they land here from the
various counties in different sized
lunches. A plan has to be devised as to
how these gentlemen shall best be provid-
ed for, and kept under the watchful eve
of the solicitous Hudson Republicans, lest
they should wander into mischief or else
get lost in the jungles of the Jersey for
ests
Frank Higgins suggested in the course
of a few well chosen remarks at the last
session, that the appointment of finance
committee to "see some of our merchants
and business men and raise some sub
scriptions," toward defraying very es-
sential expenses. would be right in line
with the comittee's work
This is a big thing for the city" said
1t is doubtful if the Hudson League of
Clubs realized the magnitude of the job
they undertook when they asked for the
convention in this city. The hall will
hold the delegates well enough and there
is room for hundreds of others Signs
will be planted in the hall designating the
station of each county representation.
Lincoln Hail will be used as a reception
parlor on the day of the convention and
committees will be stationed at all the
depots to set the incoming delegates right.
The State League is to meet in few
days to prepare its programme for the
convention work. President Weger is to
send call to all of the County Leagues
organizations The State organization
will attend to the delivering of creden-
tials, badges and tickets and all other
duties of like nature.
The committees on speakers and BAN
quet are hustling together, for on the
conclusion of the work of the former, the
duties of the latter are to be mapped
out. If the speakers of prominence can
be secured in the afternoon a banquet
will be held in the evening after which
a mass meeting will be held and the doors
thrown open to the public. If, however,
the speakers do not come until the even
ing the banquet is off Some refresh
ments will be served to the speakers at
all events.
The committee on speakers counts on
securing such shining lights as Senator
Chauncey Depew and Governor Roose-
welt. Other speakers of equal prominence
are talked of.
There was some speculation as to what
disposition would be made of the appli-
cation of the George w. Decker Associa-
ton for admission to the League OF
Clubs. Some had it that this somewhat
independent club would be given the cold
shoulder along the line by the machine
but recent developments have caused
some to wink knowingly. The new
club has been requested to back into the
procession and to support the
nominees of the Philadelphia convention
This action is looked upon a mere
jolly to put the independent ones in good
humor for the present. When election
passes by, the new club will also pass by
and into Oblivion, as far as the machine
is concerned.