The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-10
SINNOTT in
CONFERENCE
WITH MEYER
-
Seeks Alliance With Repub-
licans for Overthrow of
Ryan Committees.
WILL CONTROL COUNCIL?
Deposed President and Present
Leader Makes Proposition to
Minority Head, but Latter
Is in Doubt as to It's
Acceptance.

With a view of gaining the support
of the nine Republican members of the
Common Council of 1908 IN his fight to
overthrow the committees of President
Patrick II. Ryan and leave the choice
of committees to a majority vote, Floor
Leader John r. Sinnott, who lost the
caucus nomination for president by one
vote, called on Alderman Eugene M.
Meyer, of HI Ninth Ward. Republican
minority leader, yesterday.
Overtures were made several days ago
to Alderman Jerome r. Congleton, Re
publican, by Adolph Holzner, former
chairman OF the public buildings COM
mittee, who was turned down by Presi-
lent Ryan. for a conference, and it vas
fixed for yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Sinnott was accompanied by Mr..
Holzner, and Meyer and Congleton were
the Republicans at the conference. The
proposition put before Republicans by
the "insurgents'' was larger represent
tation on important committees, and
the possible presentation to them OF
another craftsmanship.
1t is understood that promises, or at
least yelled assurances, were given.
that to down City Counsel James r..
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cuse of being the adviser of President
Ryan, and the man who selected the
committees that left the Sinnott men IN
the cold, the insurgents" would go SO
far as to support Republican party
measures and let their own organiza-
lion go down in defeat.
The Republican Aldermen at the on
ference were not much impressed by
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admitted later that he did not see the
benefit that, was to be derived by en-
tering the Democratic faction fight.
1--WE will put it before our colleagues
early next week." said Alderman Meyer,
''but. personally, I do not think hat we
will go into the fight, and unless the
majority of the Republican members
who selected me leader are in favor of
backing Sinnott, we will let them clean
their dirty linen themselves"
The Sinnott faction are trying to get
Republican support to rescind the action
of the, Council in adopting the rules Of
1907, giving the president the right to
appoint the committees. They want TO
leave the selection of committees to a
majority vote of the Council. This
would mean hat the Ryan men who
are now chairmen of the important
committees would be replaced by the
men chosen by Sinnott last veal when
he al president.
With the support of the Republicans
and eight men of his own party, who,
it is claimed, are pledged to him, Sin
mott would control the situation for the
year. The strife first started when
Sinnott sought reelection as president
despite the fact that Ryan stepped
down last year to allow him to be
elected and was lead to believe that
Sinnott would do the same this year.
After the caucus fight in which Ryan
won out, Sinnott thought that he ought
to be consulted in the selection of the
committees by the president, and when
he was ignored and found that Alder
man Holzner. his chief hacker, had
been taken from the Craftsmanship of
the public buildings committee and
practically removed from active COM
mittee work the fight was on.
No attention is being paid to the eff
forts Of the insurgents by President
Ryan, and City Counsel Nugent merely
smiled when asked if the allegations
are true that he helped Ryan to select
his committees. He answered that MT.
Ryan is capable of picking his own
committees and has done SO.