The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-04-04
C. 0. P. A WRECK
Lafayette Republican Be-
walls the Condition Of
the Machine.
GO-AS-YOU PLEASE VOTE
The Association Is Dead,
Politically, and Talk
Is Tabooed.

Almost every club, either political or
social of any prominence in this city, has
taken up the Teachers Salary Bill and
passed resolution heartily endorsing the
| measure providing for the increase of
salaries. An unusual amount of interest
has been manifested since 1.-THE News
took up the question in earnest, giving
the opinions of all prominent people on
the interesting subject The last club to
act favorably upon the bill is the
Lafayette Republican Association. At a
meeting held Monday night in the quar-
ters on Communipaw avenue, at which
there were about forty members. present,
the question came up for discussion.
President Charles o. Barker, one of the
strongest advocates the teachers count on,
led the discussion He referred in a con-
vincing manner to the present scale of
salaries and stated that the wages paid
to the highly efficient corps of teach
ers, were comparatively small when
classed with the salaries paid in the var
ious departments of the city and
county.
Instead of this being the case" said
he, "the conditions should be changed.
The teachers salaries should be increased,
for if there is a class of city employees
deserving of better treatment, that class
is our teachers. would advise the MEM
bers to use their efforts to have the bill
approved by the people.''
A resolution was passed endorsing the
bin in all its provisions. There were
several other addresses favoring the ac-
ceptance of the measure.
A petition was drawn up favoring the
appointment of John Hauck for Police
Commissioner, to succeed Commissioner
Peter West. The petition will be present
ed to the Mayor
A committee was appointed to prepare
for another euchre. The committee will
arrange the date in a few days.
Politically the club is practically dead.
The members religiously refrained from
discussing the situation.
How about resolutions endorsing the
action of the city convention?" questioned
a reporter of prominent member last
night
1.-The man who expresses his view on
politics in open meeting answered the
member, sis yet to be found. We have
a Republican sign over our door, but that
L
that there are not two people in the club
who know how the other members stand.
"A casual observer can readily see the
position of our society. Not in years has
it taken a real active part in the cam
paigns in the interests of the Republican
nominees. We set our foot down long
ago on the tactics employed by the pres
ent bosses of the party. We have been re-
peatedly shut out from the higher coun-
to all familiar with the political stua-
ton We go about our business as quietly
as possible and vote as we please. We in
fiuence no one in the interests of any
particular nominees, for there is nothing
in it for us.
eve deplore the fact that such con-
scientious man as Aaron S. Baldwin
should be subjected to the treatment ac-
corded him by the bosses. That was
enough to cause any honest man to break
and go his own way. He was far too good
for the party. That is the reason he was
not wanted. One cannot blame a man
for taking such steps. He wanted clean
politics, but he was thought to be too
good for the party and naturally they side
tracked him. He attempted to straighten
out matters as member of the Organiza-
ton Committee last year. Here again he
was thrown down and his advice ignored.
These people can see things in only one
direction. The result of this blind folly
is apparent to all. There is no Republi-
can party in the county. The machine is
smashed, hopeless wreck