The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-27
SlURM BRE. w lNG|
Eighth Ward Republican
Club Has a Lively Fight
on Hand.
CHAIRMAN HOoLLEY ATTACKED
Younger Element Tell Machine
Men to Go Way
Back.
CHAIRMAN NOOLLEY ATTACKED

A beautiful row is scheduled for next
Tuesday evening when the annual cleo
tion of the Eighth Ward Republican Club
takes place The present officers who
are managing the clubs affairs in opposi-
ton to the will of the younger element,
are slated for seats away back. There
are now two factions arrayed against
each other despite the increasing efforts
of few of the so-called ward leaders 10
keep the club in harmonious condition,
One faction is composed of the young
element which has crept into the club ana
the other is made up solely of the ma
chine men who are in the game for what
it is worth to them. These young Fellows
do not care a rap for the political side Of
the club, but go in more for the social end
of it.
Recently Chairman Edward W. Woolley
began to abridge the pleasures of the
younger members and hence the KICK.
Woolley and President Frank n. Hall arc
the ones marked for back seats. The fight
is particularly against Woolley. Hall il
denounced because he seldom attends
meetings and George w. Decker-he VINO
so CONSIDERABLY cold shouldered his sew
eral hundred constituents some time ago
for the promise of a job he never got
will succeed him.
Both factions have prepared tickets and
the young fellows have laid their plans
for hard fight They mean to be sue
cessful The executive committee IS work
ing in the interests of the present Officers
and has caused to be issued notice that
members in arrears will not be allowed
to vote, So determined are the young fei-
IL
many of the members.
It is SAID that Decker is making a strong
fight to gain control Of the ward again.
He did not get what the ring promised
him when he deserted his anti-ring me-
and the time is ripe for him to attempt 70
secure control OF the club to gain more
powerful position Decker is chairman
of the finance committee of the County
Committee, but ne wants more honors-
Some of the older Republicans claim thai
Decker has secured hold on the younger
element and by this plan will secure ne
presidency and control Of the club. Deck
! er is their choice and he will be elected
without a doubt
The opposition TO the ring is very
strong The younger fellows are out tc
kill off Woolley and the others who have
posed as the ward leaders and they NEAR
TO do it. 4
A member In discussing. the matter sald
that Woolley had stood in the way Of the
young mems pleasures once too often ard
/. that they wanted man who would be
more In sympathy with them.
why these young fellows don't care g
rap for the political end of the game,
/ said he What they want is pleasure
/ These fellows go around pulling strings
/ for their own benefit and scarcely give
/ the club a thought When the time comes
| to carry out a scheme for the benefit Of
4 the club in general then the proposition 7:
promptly killed. An instance of this arose
when the house committee, of whics
Woolley is chairman, gave 50 bowling
| ball each week for the man with tn
highest average. This plan Woolley killed
| stating that it was too expensive. la
| was absurd when the receipts from the al
| leys average 5000 a month. Such things
as this The members won't stand for and
the old crowd has got to get OUT
! Both factions have tickets prepared ant
| the strength of each side will be tested a
| the election