The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-08

state IN Wnlch Une GreaJ masses Jnat are
obliged to labor have d deep interest. /
do not know upon what basis the Repub-
lican candidate can rest any claim that
entities him to consideration on labor
questions. He never has held any official
position; unless it was as President OF the
Burlington Common Council. He a for
the Legislature in a Republican district at
one time, but was defeated. He has held
no civil position; he has never been before
any organized body representing labor.
Not one single act has he ever done, not
a single word has he aver uttered be-
fore organized labor to let the people of
the State know that his heart beat in
sympathy with labor. There was no me-
cessity for him to appeal to the cause of
labor because he was ever blessed with an
inheritance. But those who have had to
work and fight the battle of life have
some knowledge of whaJ men AVE to go
through in this great human struggle for
bread. and their hearts O beat in sym
pathy with those who labor.
But he has no record IN this connec-
ton. His voice has ever been silent. All
| have to say on that question is to appeal
to a record in the Assembly, In the SEN
ate and as Governor, and ask Labor in
this State whether or not ! have always
stood by it in its struggle for its rights.
applause and a voice You haye9.
Whether / 60 down among the glass
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and appeal to them. where | c~hampioned
a law prohibiting the miserable shin
plaster system, or whether up here l ap-
peal to the great mass of railroad, factory
n shop labOrerS, or go where l may in
this State / can appeal to the people, not
my personal record. And I do 1t because
/ have q human sympathy with the great
toiling masses. / come not from in
herited wealth. | come from a mechanic
father and my love for that grand old
man will ever keep me in sympathy with
the brave toiling mass (Long applause).
A MANLY FIGHT.
Now, fellow citizens, some Republican
papers in this State. and some of the party
speakers occupy their time and space
Matching out falsehoodS against myself.
/ had all these. things to meet six years
ago. will not tonight fight over those
BATTLES. But l tell these men that their
statements are false, and that the YER
dict Of the people in 1888, v~indicated me,
and in 1889 win do it again. Nong and
loud applause / am not afraid of the
Doodle Of the other side. ! am not afraid
of an income of SIS, 900 a year. l am not
afraid of the inherited millions, because
/ can place against them the warm beat
ing hearts and the honest impulses of the
people of this State. And this golden
shower will melt away in the sunshine
of a successful democracy this year.
loud applauSe.)
HOW THE SOLDIERS LOOK AT 1T.
"And when they appeal to those grand
men, the survivors of that great Army Of
the Republic, and ask men who are in it,
whose sentiments are Democratic, to vote
for this man simply because he was in
that struggle, they use this language, and
he uses this language:-What do you
mean, General, by appealing to Demo-
cratic voters when you utter such
language as this:-'1 am known to
be a Republican in every fibre
of my mind, in every impulse OF my ma
ture? What did you mean, General, when
that great warrior and grand soldier,
General Mcclellan, was a candidate for
Governor you voted against him? What
do you mean, General, by appealing to
Democratic voters, when Hancock, that
hero of Gettysburg, was a candi-
date for President, by voting against
him. What did you mean by sitting in
an audience and listening to such words
as these:-'Every Democrat in the
try is a traitor and a rebel And you sat
silent, though half of your company were
Democrats.
mo, he is not standing to-day as a sol
dier appealing to soldiers, but appealing
to Republicans, for in every fibre of his
a fight which, according to the platform
on the other side, is only to be on State
issues. Well, | think I can understand
why they say that. We had O little fight
on national issues in New Jersey not long
ago and it was not very encouraging to
them. We had a fight in which money
flowed in torrents throughout this land,
but when it came to the boarders of this
glorious little State of New Jer-
sey, with its honest yeomanry,
they gave that magnificent
man and statesman, Grover Cleveland, a
substantial victory. And we are not
ready to enable the Republican press to
go forth after this election and forget all
about their boast that this was only a
State campaign. Why if it was possible
for them to win this fall every silvery
tongued orator, every Republican paper
would screech with fiendish glee:-'New
Jersey is redeemed; New Jersey is re-
stored to the Republican party. she is
no longer Democratic, and in 1892 she
will not be where she was in 1885,
but have been through this State
and | think | know its people as well as
any spublic man, and l feel tonight that
not only will we have, in this campaign
victory. but that victory will be SO grand
and magnificent in it's proportions that
it will sound the keynote OF the cam
paign of 1892 and let everybody know
that New Jersey is always true to Demo-
cratic principles.
EDWARD F. M'DoNALD.
When the cheers which were provoked
by Governor Abbett's brilliant speech
had subsidized, Chairman Van Reipen in
troduced Edward f. Mcdonald. Mr.. Nc
Donald spoke in his usual eloquent man
ner. He said that it was not for his wal
record that General Grub was nomin-
ated by the Republicans, but it was for
his wealth. He spoke of the defeat of
Mr.. Albeit for the United States Senate
and said that he was defeated because he
was inimical to these corporations. They
thought then that he was relegated to
private life, but the majority of people
In convention assembled like the old
army of Potomac, said:-"Give US
back our old leaders," and as the pres
ence of their old leader in the army was
manifested in the glorious victory of An
tietam, $50 we, under our old leader will
win a glorious victory"
He told of General Grubb's recent
speech in which he advised his hearers to
throw out skirmishers to the right and
the left, and he would lead the main body
and cry to them come on"
SAT that point" said Mr.. Mcdonald,
some patriotic citizen should have said
to General Grub, ''come off,"
There was o time" he continued,
twhen the name of Grub had a pleasant
sound to the hungry soldier. When this
campaign is over General Grubb's pocket
book will be fiatter thar his haversack
ever was when Grubb was scarce. If he
commands m portion of the army after
this canvass it will be the left wing"
In speaking of ballot reform he said:-
Let the system be American, not one
from a British colony.
Mr.. Van Reipen closed the meeting by
proposing three cheers for Leon Albeit,