The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-10-31

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tain factions on the other side, which ha
so many feuds on their hands. initiating
in favor of the young Congressman. Some
idea of the opposition to McAdoo in his
first canvass, may be got from the fact tat
but one newspaper in the county,
Hudson County Democrat then edited by
Mr.. Albert Hoffman, supported him. Not
only were all the Jersey City papers OPP
posed him. but the Kearney papers also.
In this campaign the fight against Nc
Adoo was very bitter, many OF the older
Democrats being somewhat suspicious, 10
say the least, of the candidacy of the young
and energetic reformer and the result of
the first mass meeting after the nomination
was awaited with much anxiety and inter-
est. The Republicans thought that the
nomination of so young and. as they con-
sidered, inexperienced a man was their
grand opportunity to send a Republican to
Congress from this district, and they took
advantage of their supposed opportunity
by placing in the field one of their strong
est men--ex-Mayor Gilbert Collins. The
first Democratic mass meeting in that
memorable campaign was held in the
Catholic Institute, and it was grand sue
cess. The Institute was crowded to over
flowing, and McAdoo was received with
the greatest enthusiasm. His splendid
oratory and promises TO represent all the
people in the district in the National Legis-
lure charmed the audience, and when the
meeting was about to adjourn the audience
rose to man and gave three wild cheers
and the tiger for Billy McAdoo, our
next Congressman" That meeting settled
the fight, and McAdoo was elected by a
majority of 1900 over Collins, notwith-
<acf fhot q m off IN
politics and many Democrats voted for the
Republican nominee. McAdoo reached
| Washington and took his oath of Office
amid the exciting scenes consequent on
the selection of new Speaker. The can
didates were Randall, Carlisle and Cox
| Carlisle was the successful man, but Nc
| Adoo voted for Randall, and for his active
| work in behalf of that gentlemans election
he got and has retained from that day to
| this his warmest friendship. His first Off
cial act after the organization was his atten-
dance at the Democratic caucus on the
| then all absorbing question OF tariff, which
actually threatened to split the party into
| ten thousand fragments all over the coun-
| try, by reason of the attempt of the Demo
cratic majority to force the minority to
vote with them in favor of what was known
as the Morrison horizontal scheme. Mr.
| McAdoo was the only member from New
| Jersey who attended the caucus, and the
position he assumed there of course voiced
| the sentiments of the entire State. He ad
dressed the caucus and warned them oil
the fallacy of pursuing the policy OF the
majority and plead and begged with them
to desist from that policy-demonstratin9
to them in most mastery manner the
effect the result of such policy would
have on the pending presidential contest
| Mr.. McAdoo, it is needless to say, entered
heartily into the movement to defeat the
policy urged by the supporters of the Nor.
rison bill, both on the ground ofpoljcy and
principle, and it was largely to his efforts
that the bill was finally deteated-s5 Demo
Gratis voting against it.
The measure was approved by the eau
Gus, a resolution having been passed
however. calling especially for an ex
preston of opinion when the measure go
into the House, and relieving those wht
were opposed to the measure from stand
ing by the result of the caucus. So ia
as Congressional legislation is concerned
there are three questions which are con
sidered by our Congressman as pre-emi
nently the great questions of the day
These are the land question, the ship
ping question, involving the national de
tense, navy, etc., and the all-absorbinl
tariff question.
The first bill to prohibit the ownership
of American lands by aliens ever intro
duced into the Congress Of the United
States was introduced by Congressman
McAdoo. The importance of this measure
can best be imagined when il is under
stood that there are held in this country
to-day by alien absentee landlords, ir
numerous vast estates, the enormous sum
lof 20, 900 acres. The following ls
will show by whom some of these vas
| estates are held:
| Name of Owners. Where Situated Acres.
4 English Syndicate. Texas. $500. z, 900, ooc
Sir Edward Reid j. Florida. X. 2, 900, DOC
English Syndicate. Mississippi. I, 500, ooc
Marquis of Twedale. $50, DOC
| Duke of Sutherland. ............ 425, ooc
4 Robert Tenant, of London. $50. 23o, ooe
Lord Houghton. :. Florida. 49,. 90, DOC
| Lord Dunraven. Colorado. -. 90, ooc
Lord Dunmore. ................ I2o, DOC
Albert Peel, M. P. ............. 10000
| Mr.. McAdoo's bill to prohibit these
English nabobs. so long as they are abb
sentee aliens land they are opposed to
every principle upon which this govern
ment is founded) from holding these vast
estates was passed by Democratic House
and sent over to Republican Senate for
concurrence. But the Republican Senate
have SO emasculated it in favor of these
very people against whom the bill as intro
duced by Mr.. McAdoo was aimed that it
has become scarcely recognizable, and the
| Two branches of Congress are still at log
gerheads about il. Mr.. McAdoo has made
many speeches in Congress on the land
question. In fact he has ventilated his
views for the benefit of the people of this
country on the question every time the sub
ject has come up. Mr.. McAdoo introduced,
and there is now pending before Congress,
a measure calculated 10 correct the abuses
of the homestead and presumption acts
and the desert land laws. His great
knowledge on this important question is