The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-02
PARTY PLANS.
Democratic State Committee
Will Meet in Newark
Saturday.
HEADQUARTERSINTH
Leaders Will Endeavor to
Get All the Workers
in Line.
Especial to ''The Jersey city News..,)

Nopscldl TO fIhe Jersey City Newsi)
NEWARK, Aug. 2, 1904 meeting
OF the Democratic State Committee
VIII be held in this city next sat
urday, at which the party's campaign in
New Jersey will be practically opened.
FOR Two Weeks or SO the attention NJ fhe
leaders will be occupied with preliminary
work, and it is expected to have affairs
IN pretty good shape so that the canvass
can pe set going in full swing bv rhe lat-
ter part of August. Headquarters will aa
opened IN this city probably at the .Ieffer-
sonian Club house.
chairman William B. Gourley is arrang-
iiis ms private business so that he can da-
so.e practically his whole time to politics
A'ei august 10. 1t is the intention of tne
si'aifi man. and his views are concurred in
oy most OF his colleagues, to make a most
active campaign from one end of the state
70 the other. Organizations will he forn,-
ca IN every voting precinct in the COM
monwealth, the duty of forrrnine, tbo sa,,,o
ovsotVihs upon the district leaders, and
Z. 'ne ciups are to cooperate with the
county ana State organizations. This at
Mr.. Gourley. o0l Wy
ash no provision for the forma tion
u an ADVISORY committee was made a. +ba
is'st state convention, the State fron,roit
Tee proposes to make an effort to in+erast
number of those who wera for,o
Conspicuous in party affairs. but whose
actlVe interest of late has been son,auJ,,o+
dormant, INTO what will be called an, ad.
Vlsory committee. The men whose conn
9TH 81 S'nu ala VIII be sought in this manner
~ !" ~ iIcluae numberSof those whose mar
y # ateor ia pof cooled 1le pereeptibly in 1895
mer United States Senator Snfth will +a1la
an dctiVe interest in the coming fipht h,t
ne WIN be asked to help to the extenr of
netttns eit.as ON the prospective advisory com
liia ~ Zee, ~ II not IN more material way AZ
wen. state Senator Allan L.. McDermott
s Mno openly repudiiated the Chicago plat
porih tour years ago, will also be Invited
- fe,Ee SCI III III Mne Ior the party's sakei in New
Jersey, ana Miles Ross, Henry c. KELSEY
Henry staff" Little and others will Be
urged TO infuse into the campaign some of
the .,le ,,i iaggresslvensss and enthusiasm which
these men were the recognized headers Of
the party in the State.
EIorts VIE also be made in the various
counties to band together bodies of Demo-
Gratis who are more or less infnenfiad in.
their respective home districts hut who
are not actively associated with the regu-
lar county committees It is the intention.
10 nave these proposed organizations
WORK In harmony with the existing cen-
traf bodies as a part of the general scfls me
OF party organization. From time to time
the chairnen of the different county com
mlttees Will be called together for confer
enees, and in like manner 1t is proposed to
nave the heads of the proposed organiza-
tions meet occasionally to exchange views
so that all can work in concert.
1t is said on good authority that the
National Democratic Committee already
has representatives in this State learning
the sentiments of the voters and studying
the conditions, SO as to make recommenda-
tfons as to what should be done in the way
of improvement along party lines Mr.
Gourley had an interview with Senator
James K. Jones, the national chairman, at
the temporary Eastern HEADQUARTERS of
the party in the St. James Building, New
York, yesterday. Mr.. Gourley, by the
way, is the Jersey representative on the
National Committee. The two men ex-
changed views as to the situation in this
State.
Senator Jones expresses himself as be-
ing muci more hopeful of the outcome of
the election in the East than he WAS in
1886. He declares that he believes the
Democrats have chance of winning in
New York State this year, and he told
Mr.. Gourley that the campaign which
would be made in that State would help
the New Jersey Democrats. Mr.. Jones
further said that with the help which
would be forthcoming from the National
Committee, and with a proper manage
ment OF the campaign IN NEW Jersey, the
Democrats here ought to succeed in re-
placing this State in the Democratic
column.
1--WE propose to make every honest
effort to win in New Jersey, said Mr..
Gourley to News reporter today,
'sand / am not at all discouraged as to
the outlook. I intend to give the affairs
of the campaign as much of my personal
attention as possible, and / will make it
my business to see every Democrat that
I can. No man in the party will be too
big or too little for me, and before cleo
tion day / confidently expect that the
Democratic party in this State will be as
well organized as it ever was in its his
tory.
"The State Committee will meet next
Saturday, when we will select a headquar
ters, and perhaps fix the date for the
State convention to choose Presidential
electors. After that meeting we will be
ready for work, and as we want all the
earnest workers in the State to get to-
gether think I can say that the COM
mittee will handle the campaign in
manner that will satisfy every Democrat
IN the State.
"T was deeply grieved to learn of the
Mr.. Gourley remarked, when the late
Congressman's name was mentioned.
"Our relations were cordial and friendly,
and his demise is certainly loss to the
Democratic party. His conduct at the re-
cent convention in Kansas City was in
accordance with the wishes of a majority
of the delegation, and he left Kansas
City with the best wishes of all his coll
leagues. / know that Mr.. DAILY had pro-
posed to be entirely at the service of the
State Committee during the campaign,
and he was to have made an address in
Paterson tomorrow night when the Dem
ocrats of that city win raise the first poll
rical banner to be unfurled by either par