Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-07-07
DEMOCRATS IN
LONG WRANGLE
New League Formed at Newark
Recently Met Quietly and At
tack Former Senator Smith.

NEWARK, July 7.ADisgruntied
democrats, members of the new
league which was formed several
months ago with the idea of injecting
reform methods similar to those of
the Colby factions into their mani
mate party, m~etibehind closed doors
in Di Jianni's restaurant, in Central
avenue, Newark, Thursday night, and
after a lively session, which broke
up early Friday morning, voted down
an attempt by one of their number
to read ex-United States Senator
James Smith, Jr., out of the party.
The meeting was called hurriedly,
ana neither Simon Northrup, the
president, nor Nelson Abeel, the sec
rotary, was present. j. Harry Hull,
a member of the executive commit
tee. presided until Under Sheriff
Charles Mason was made temporary
chairman.
Letters sent out during the week
without any authority from the Off
Gals of the organization led to an in
quiry as to the writer. 1t developed
at that meeting that Franklin Halli-
day. ex-secretary of the league and at
present leading in the campaign for
Joshua Briefly, who hopes to become
mayor of Newark as an independent
candidate, had sent out the letters.
and, according to the officers of the
league, thus exceeded his authority.
Julian Gregory, who was Senator
Everett Colby's opponent in the last
election, presented a set of resolu-
lions attacking the record of ex-Sen-
ator Smith. They are as follows:
Whereas, 1t has been currently re-
ported throughout the state by the
press that ex-United States Senator
James Smith, Jr., is of the opinion
that the democrats of New Jersey
should support United States Senator
John F. Dryden, the regular repub-
lican aspirant for the Office of United
States senator; and,
Whereas, This is the eliminating
act OF a career impregnated with dis
loyalty and treachery to the princi-
pies of true democracy, therefore be
it
Resolved, That we, the members
of the Essex County Democratic
League, are of the opinion that ex-
United States Senator James Smith,
Jr., is al, beaTt a republican, and not
worthy of being classified as a demo-
crat; anddbevjt further
Resolved, THAT ex-United States
Senator James Smith, Jr., is deemed
no longer sworthy of advising with
those hayingo democratic principles at
heart.
The reading of the resolutions was
received with .~catcalls and yells from
a part of the gathering, while another
sat by apd Watched for Developments.
Objection was, made by some of
Smiths Friends, on the ground hat
the resolutions were based upon
newspaper talk and rumors.
Mr.. Gregory, in introducing the
resolutions, said that democratic his
tory in Essex county was too well
known for him to repeat it, and he
added that almost everybody of any
consequence was deploring the fact
that Smith was identified with the
party as a leader. He thought it was
time, he said, that what he called
the ex-senator's perfidy to the party
should be placed on record. Gregory
referred to instances where he said he
knew Smith controlled primaries and
conventions, and said there were men
present at the meeting who had gone
to Trenton with proper credentials
and were unable to enter the hall of
a convention so controlled by Smith.
There was a heated debate. The tenn
porary chairman said he did not ia
yor such radical action against the
ex-senator, and a majority agreed
with hsm after several hours of
wrangling.