The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-05-09
REPUBLICAN, ROWS
County Committee Settles
Some Disputes and
Closes Up Shops for
the Summer.
COUGHI.IN VICTORIOUS
Tenth Ward Rumpus Disposed
of By Completely Ignor- ;
ing His Opponents

The last meeting of the Republican
County Committee, until the second FRI
day in September, was held last night at
Lincoln Hall, Jersey City Heights, and
was devoted almost entirely to consid-
Grafton of the troubles in the party ranks
in the Tenth Ward and in Kearny.
In both these places the party is hope
lessly divided, and the action taken at
last nights meeting can only result in
widening the breaches. The Tenth Ward
matter was settled by the complete ignor-
ing of the faction opposed to Boulevard
Commissioner Thomas NJ. Coughlin, and
the Kearny trouble was disposed of by a
vote of censure given to Committeeman
Samuel Worthington, of the First Ward,
who had the temerity to run for Council
man as an independent and citizens can
didate against Hugh McQuoid. who had
been placed in nomination for the place
by the Executive Committee of the Coun-
ty Committee. Committeeman John Da-
wilson, of the same ward. who assisted
Worthington in defeating McQuoid by six
votes, was also censured.
The Tenth Ward matter was brought
up by Committeeman Thomas NJ. Cough
lin, before the minutes were read, re-
questing permission to withdraw the
communication presented at the last
meeting from the Tenth Ward Associa-
ton, urging the appointment of Robert
Scott, Charles Halsey, Lawrence Treag-
er, Fred. Kahrer and James Wild,
against the seating of whom a protest
had been entered by Committeeman Au-
gust Klein and others.
Mr.. Klein questioned the right of the
Committee to grant Mr.. Coughlin's re
quest, but it was done.
The report of the Appeals Committee
on the matter was then read. 1t stated
that the charge that no primary had been
held in the districts represented by Scott,
Halsey and Tresger had been sustained,
and therefore they were not legally mem
hers of the Committee. The charge that
Kahrer and Wild were not elected at reg
nlarly conducted primaries was not sus-
tanned
Afterwards communication, signed by
a majority of the Tenth Ward committee
men, recommending the appointment of
Scott, Halsey and Treager to fill the
vacancies caused by the appeals COM
mittee's adverse report, was read and
coneurred in, and they again became full
fedged members.
The appeals committee also reported
that the charges of disloyalty to the
party made against Committeeman Sam
uel Worthington and John Davidson, of
the First Ward. Kearny, had been sus-
tanned. The report recommended that
they De severely censured for their ac-
tion in defeating the regular Republican
nominee for councilman in their ward
at the recent election.
This trouble was brought about
through the inability of the committee
men to agree on candidate. The exc
cutive eogmittee Of the county COM
mittee then took the matter in hand and
nominated McQuoid. Worthington fled
petition as an Independent candidate
and was elected.
The executive committee reported hav-
ing met and concurred in the appeals
committees report in both cases. 1t
was then concurred in by the full COM
mittee without opposition.
The resignation of w. H. Osborne
as a committee man from the First
Ward, Jersey City, was accepted
Keep the Balance Up.