The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-09-08
C. O.P. POW-WOW
Arrangements Are Now
Completed for League Of
Clubs Convention.
USHERs ALL APPOINTED
Hudson County Will Support
President Meyer for
Reelection.

| The final session of the Hudson County
| League of Republican Clubs, preparatory
| to the coming convention of the State
League, was held last night in Lincoln
Hall. The meeting was called solely to
discuss the plans now under way for the
convention of Thursday next in Columbia
Hall, Greenville. There were twenty-nine
clubs represented. Five new clubs were
taken in last evening. These were the
Hobart, Sixth Ward Colored, Franklin
Murphy Republican, German-American
and Colored League of West Hoboken.
The plans for the convention are now
practically completed. The Executive
Committee of the State League will meet
next Wednesday evening in Lincoln Hall
to look over the field and put on the
! finishing touches. The subcommittee is
to meet tomorrow in Columbia Hail. the
place of the convention, and complete all
the details This subcommittee has done
most of the work during the last two
months and the plans now decided upon
have met with approval.
The decorations will be finished in day
or two. The music has been hired. Ten
trolley cars will be secured on the morn
ing of the convention to take the dele
gates for a ride about the county later
in the day. Tickets will be procured for
the delegates and committees and ushers
appointed to look after the delegates.
| Tickets of admission will be supplied to
the various charmen of the county dele
cations Where possible men will be
placed at all railroad stations to direct
the incoming delegates to the place OF
meeting. The various clubs have agreed
to stand the cost Of the trolley cars and
the money is now on hand.
Rooms have been secured for all of the
county delegations to caucus in
motion was passed directing the Hudson
delegation to be present in the hall not
later than half past ten, to caucus on the
representatives for the several COM
mittees and the vice president. Under the
rules this year, each Congressional Dis
trict is allowed one representative on
each of the committees. One vice presi-
dent and one member of the Executive
Committee from each county. This limits
the committees to eight members and the
vice presidents to eight. The Hudson
delegates will complete their work be-
fore the others arrive.
Each delegation will have a section as
signed to its Representatives. Banners
with the names of the various counties
will be so arranged as to avoid confusion
in seating the men.
The Committee on Speakers has secured
some orators, whose names have been
published, to address the gathering VAT
least five thousand people are expected.
The subcommittee tomorrow will arrange
for an overflow meeting to be held on the
Gator avenue side of the building. A plat
form will be erected for the speakers. The
programme of the reception and enter
tainment will be carried out to the letter.
The County League went on record last
evening as favoring the reelection of
President Meyer of the State League, and
Mr.. Meyer was promised the support of
Hudson in his fight for a second term as
presiding officer. He has done much val
liable work for the party.
These are the ushers selected from the
various clubs to date:-Third Ward.
Samuel L. Barry: Greenvile Mckinley
and Roosevelt Campaign Club, William
Jordan and John McManus; Minkakwa,
Winfield c. Dunn and John Struthers;
Greenville League, Charles l.. Heney and
William Voughn; Lafayette Association,
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S. Grant Association, William Cordes and
William ]. Doll, Sr. George N. Decker
Association, George N. Robertson
and J. S. Messler; Bergen Re-
publican, George S. Bogart, and
Joseph N. Taylor; Lafayette Battery
Philip tNiehoff and Walter Williams; Wan
ser Club, D. T. Storey and James Altar
dice; German-American, Henry c. Knoop;
Fremont Club, Frank Scribner and Ernest
Dahl; Lincoln Union Club, Herman Han
son and Henry Roffs; First Ward of
Kearny, Edward Sargent and Robert
Scott Hobart Club, c. L.. Mccain and
Edward Vreeland; Sixth Ward Colored
Club, William Edwards and William
Chaumont
President Meyer eulogized the Hudson
League for the part it was taking in the
work.