The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-01-11
WDOL-I-EY ()USTED
Fry Made Chairman Of the
Republican County
Committee
DECKER EATS CROW
Says All Sorts of Nice Things
About the Men He De-
nounced a Year Ago.

nights meeting of.the hepuolcan Nouiity
Committee at Lincoln Hall. AS was pre-
dicted, E. W. Woolley, who was chair
man for nine years was forced to abdi-
cate. The reason given was the alleged
opposition of the Federal postal authoTi-
ties to his activity in politics Assess
ment Commissioner Frederick Frambach
of jersey City. was chosen first vice presi-
dnet. TO succeed the late Fiavel McGee.
The other officers of the past year were
reelected. The slate in full is as follows:
Edward Fry, Jersey City. President.
Frederick Frambach, Jersey City, First
Vice President.
Edwin cadmus, Bayonne, Second Vice
President.
Frank Higgins. Jersey City. Secretary.
Edward w Martin, Hoboken, Assistant
Secretary
/ Albert Blake, Jersey city, sergeant-at-
Arms.
Whether it was apathy or lack of inter-
! est because there were to be no exciting
contests for Office, it was decidedly diff
cult to get the boys to .sante up,' the S.
necessary to make them full fiedged MEM
bers fer the year. The enlargement of
the committee brought about by the re-
duced Democratic majority al the last
/ Gubernatorial election resulted in many
new men putting in ap appearance. Some
| of these, when they learned that five
| dollar bill wae as necessary for the pur-
! pose of qualifying as a majority of votes
| at the primary at which they were
| chosen, baked and went away. The re-
suit was that only about 300 Of the 431
committeeman elected put up the neces-
sary financial Qualification and were
! permitted to vote.
IN previous years when there were con-
y tests for the offices the boys were not
obliged to put Up their five dollar bills.
Then the qualification was furnished
/ by one or the other of the opposing fac
tions The change from this plan was not
an agreeable one to many of the faithful,
and consequently it was nearly half-past
nine before Secretary Higgins was able
to announce that 279 members had pail
I up, and an adjournment was taken TO
the hall above. A few more qualified
| later.
| Chairman E. w. Woolley who was at
the hall, did not go up stairs to preside
at the last meeting Of the old committee.
| That body met and formally adjourned
without transacting any business.
| Lawyer Robert Carey was chosen TO
| call the new committee to order. He did
as a panaeea for his disappointment at
AS a panaca for his disappointment at
/ being turned down by Mayor Pagan, was
permitted to put in nomination the slated
1 candidate for President.
! Mr. Decker in his nominating speech.
forgot to refer to his own candidacy for
/ the same position year ago, When he
was named by the ants and said harsh
tnirgs about everybody connected with
4 the machine of which he was now the
spokesman He lauded Mr.. Fry very high
". He said all the members Of the COM
I mittee had confidence in him; that as ex-
! ccutive committee chairman he lad TAX
en- a conspicuous part in the recent cam
! paieus. especially in the last one and,
| that his associates should not forget the
| aforesaid work With Mr. Edward Fry
/ in the chair Mr.. Decker declared the
| committee would have occasion to feel
proud of their president
There were no other nominations, and
the ballot was taken by call of the roll,
the chairman of each delegation casting
the vote for it. Just 2S1 votes We're cast
/ for Mr.. Fry and Temporary Chairman
Carey, after saving some nice things
about the new Excise Commissioner de-
clared him elected.
John e. Macarthur, ex-Assemblyman
and ex-Tax Commissioner. said that there
were two important matters to be consid-
cred in selecting a candidate for first
vice president One was the fitness OF
the aspirant and the other the location
in the county from which he hailed Gus
tom, he said, had given the second vice
president to Bayonne, and therefore he
thought that the first vice president
should come from the northern part Of
the county He then nominated Frederick
Frambach who was elected in the same
way and by the same vote as the presi-
dent.
Judge Henry Robertson of Bayonne re-
nominated ex-Freeholder Edwin Cadmus
of that city for second vice president.
Secretary Frank Higgins was nonin-
ated by dozen voices from different
parts of the room.
william Van Buslirl1 of the Seventh
ward. Jersey city, renominated Michael
Schultz Jr., for treasurer. and Internal
Revenue Commissioned Jacob Strauss Of
Hoboken named Edward w. Martin for
assistant secretary.
on motion of Judge J. Herbert Potts,
Constable Albert Blake of the Ninth
ward was permitted to hold down the
door as sergeant-at-arms for another
year.
The resignation of Louis G. Cells Of the
Fifth Ward, Hoboken, was received and
accepted.
When the amendments to the constitu-
ton and bylaws were read, they were
adopted, all present voting in favor ex-
cept ext Congressman MeEwan.
Committeeman Robert Andrews eulo-
gized the retiring chairman. He told of
Mr.. Woolley's activity in party work and
said that the party headquarters was q
monument to his energy and devotion to
his party He concluded by moving for
the appointment of committee Of five
to prepare suitably engrossed resolutions
to be presented to Mr.. Wooiley The mo-
tion was carried and Chairman Fry an
pointed the committee as follows:--James
Andrews. Frank Higgins, Robert Carey,
Frederick Frambach and William Fl. Dod.
Stops the Cough
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