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

cratic Congressional convention, nelQ on
Oct 9, at Roche's Hall, Jersey City, hereby
state that they voted in said |.
convention for William McAdoo for Con-
gressional tnominee. Statements to the /
contrary are false and must be SO known /
10 those who made them.
N. H. BELFoRD,
First Ward, Bayonne City.
P. H. SHANAHAN.
Second Precinct, Town of Union.
HENRY c. TIEDMAN
Sixth Precinct, Fourth District.
This is to certify that was a delegate
Tor alternately for John Fitzpatrick in the |
Fourth Precinct Of Sixth District, and
voted for William McAdoo in the Con-
gressional Convention at Roche's Hall, on
Saturday, October 9.
PATRICK KENNY.
State of New Jersey. Hudson County. S.:
John S. Smith, being duly sworn ac-
cording to law on his oath, says, that N
H. Bedford, P. H. Shanahan, Henry Tied
man, and Patrick Kenny. proxy for dele
gate John Fitzpatrick. all signed the an
nexed statements and the signatures thereto
were written in my presence.
Subscribed and sworn to before me at
Jersey City this goth day of October, AID.
1886. JOHN S. SMITH.
Samuel D. Haines. ..-.,
JERSEY Cry, Oct. 10, 1886.
The undersigned, delegate to the Demo-
cratic Congressional Convention, held on
Oct Q, 1886, at Roche's Hall. Jersey City,
hereby emphatically state that he voted in
said convention for William McAdoo for
Congressional nominee. Statements to the
contrary are false and must be so known
to those who make them.
WILLIAM H. McNALLY,
Second Ward, Harrison, N. 7.
State of New Jersey. Hudson County, S.:
John S. Smith, being duly sworn accord
ing TO law, on his oath says, that William H.
Mentally. of the Second Ward of Harrison.
N. l., signed the annexed statement, and
the signature thereto was written in my
presence. JOHN 5. SMITH.
Subscribed and sworn to before me at
Jersey City this goth day of October, A. D.
1856. JOHN A. McGRATH,
Master in ChanceTy of New Jersey.
Having submitted these proofs, we con-
slider that for once and all the case is
closed. The Journal gave to Mr.. McAdoo,
by their own admission. forty-six votes, we
have added to that by unimpeachable evil
dence, and beyond dispute, in addition FIVE
delegates for Mr.. McAdoo; this makes fifty
one delegates that voted for Mr. McAdoo,
which cannot be disputed on the basis of
their own statements, and by their own
admission. They credited Mr.. Kerr with
fifty-one votes, as shown by an irresponsi-
Bile meeting in Hoboken, where no ballot
was taken No one knows automatically
how many real delegates were present at
the Hoboken meeting. That there were
very few is plainly seen from the state
men.s in the press. Taking all they claim
about that meeting to be true. and allowing
by their own figures we have beyond the
question of a doubt, taken from Mr.. Kerr's
alleged list of fifty-one, Ave. This makes
Mr. Kerr minority candidate on his own
showing. The truth is, on full ballot of
the minority Mr.. Kerr, in my opinion,
would not have polled over two-thlrds of
the remainder of the convention.
These are the plain simple facts of the
case. Let others indulge in affidavits and
re-affidavits if they will and make all man
ner of Measurements about the convention,
only facts stand out elear-Mr. McAdoo
had majority of the delegates and was
fairly nominated. A great zeal more
might be said which would not reflect
credtably upon those who are waging this
warfare and which would make ridiculous
the pretentions to purity and reform in
political methods. Mr. McAdoo's friends
have dared to publish their list and dared
TO state their case, and that, TOO, in the
columns Of the Republican paper. Their
reporter will bear me out that he was
given full facility to investigate the official
tally list in my possession. | will be dis
if the Journal should forfeit all
claims to fairness by not giving equally as
prominent a place to this statement as it
has to those criticising the action of the
convention.
(Signed) MARX CURLEY.