The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-12-05
The BAR
GETS A JAR
Monkey and Parrot Time
Among the Lawyers at
Their Meeting Last
Night.
Mr.. SPEER MAGNANIMOUS
Requests His Friends to Post
pone Election of Members
Rather Than Cause
Strife.

Ny, what frst-class red-hot row the
Hudson County Bar Association had at
their meeting last night. One member
hurled insulting language at another and
narrowly escaped trouncing. For an
hour or more the theatre of the Jersey
City Clubhouse was nice kind of bear
garden, and to those on the outside the
yelling and cheering and stamping of
feet suggested anything under the sun
but prayer meeting. The cause of it
all was the admission of certain candi-
dates for membership whose vote at the
approaching annual election of officers
might affect either of the two factions
in the association and their candidates
for the presidency.
Faction No. 1 has for its leaders
Messrs. Max T. Rosenberg, Charles L.
Carrick, Charles II. Hartshorne and
George J. McEwan, Prosecutor James
s. Erwin, Judge Charles W. Parker and
Mr.. r. ]. Wortendyke. Faction No. 2,
known as the Fuller wing" numbers
Colonel Charles w. Fuller, now presi-
dent; w. D. Edwards, Senator r. S.
Hudspeth, Warren Dixon, William H.
Speer, Leon Albeit, John P. Nugent and
Frank H.. Hall among it's captains. Each
side has many adherents and the clash
came with victory for the Fuller wing
after stubborn fight.
There were sixty-three members pres
ent when President Fuller opened the
meeting. The fight began when Secre-
tary Howard Grifiths had finished read
ing the minutes of the meeting held a
fortnight ago. The opposition to the
Fuller wing" sought to correct that
portion of the minutes which stated that
the previous meeting referred to had
. been declared a regular meeting by a
vote of 43S to II. The motion to change
the minutes failed to prevail.
AN EXCLUSIVE MOVE.
Mr.. w. d. Edwards then moved that
the minutes be adopted. Mr.. Charles II.
Hartshorne offered an amendment to the
resolution seeking to nullify the following
resolution passed unanimously at. the
previous meeting
Resolved, That all persons former
ly proposed for membership in the
association be accredited with MEM
bership from the date of the meeting
subsequent to the one at which they
were respectively proposed.
The effect of the foregoing resolution
was to accord membership to TWENTY-FIVE
of the applicants before the meeting for
election; they having been proposed for
more than one year prior thereto.
A vote on Mr.. Hartshorne's amend
ment was called, and it was declared
lost. There were loud cries for the ayes
and nays, but before the roll was called
Messrs. w. d. Edwards and Warren
Dixon asked the chair to instruct the
secretary to add the twenty-five names
to the roll call, and that started the
music.
Secretary Griffiths had just reached
the name of "Bently" when from the OPP
posing faction to the Fuller wing" came
loud cries of ''Mr. Chairman Half a
dozen people were on their feet clamor-
! ing for the floor.
Call the roll," yelled the other side,
'sYou cannot interrupt the roll call.
Bentley, Bentley" shouted the secre-
tary, above the din.
'sAIr. Chairman, Mr. Chairman >
screamed the would be speakers as the
secretary was rolling out. the name.
sCall the roll, Call the roll," came from
score of throats, and finally the secre,
| tary was allowed to proceed.
| PERSONALITIES.
| Mr. Max 7. Rosenberg became mucl
| excited over the incident and openly
made Insulting remarks about w. ID, Ed,
wards and Secretary Griffiths. Mr.. Ros-
enberg charged the secretary with rank
dishonesty in the preparation of tn,
minutes
/ Mr.. Griffiths was on his feet in a sec
ond, and everybody thought he was $50
| ing for" the irate Mr.. Rosenberg. Col
Fuller however said something TO him
and Mr.. Griffiths, looking Rosenberg full
in the face, said slowly
Mr.. Rosenberg, you are too insanely
asinine to respond to at this time.N
There was dead silence for a few
minutes and the lawyers looked at eacl
other in amazement. which increased
/ when after the committee ON membership
reported the remaining So applicants fol-
membership.
Mr.. William HI. Speer then arose H,
1 stated that many ugly rulnors ant
/ charges had been freely circulated thai
i these members We're being elected at thi'
/ time for the purpose of aiding him in his
/ candidacy for president of the Bar Asso
/ ciation. In we'll chosen words, Mr.. Speel
/ rebuked the authors of the insinuatioi
and requested his friends as favor Il
him to lay over the election of the candi
i dates for membership until after the elec
4 tion of officers. to take place in the Cour
\ House on Tuesday morning next
/ Mf. Spfer's n8gnaiiimens conduct tool
| thRmeettrg BY Storm and hes wa s rheeret
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