Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-10-31

| CdlUy. OHe democrat came to the
General and voluntarily declared that
he would support him, and promised
ten of his Democratic friends. The
General replied that he would endeav-
or to merit the confidence they had in
him.
After supper, the reception was con-
tinued, and the General could not get
away to attend the meeting at the
Opera House, until after eight o'clock.
AT THE OPERA HOUSE.
There was never such mass meet
ing in this own, as that of Friday night.
The Opera House was packed to over
flowing with ladies and gentlemen an
xions to see and hear. Hundreds did
not gain an admission, and Manager
Moore said there were fully fifteen hun
dred people in the enclosure.
Buntings and flags were displayed
everywhere. On the stage beside the
candidates, sat large number of vet
Grams, and one of them had large
Union flag held aloft. When Gen.
Grubb came upon the stage, those on
the stage arose in a body, and such a
cheering for a man has seldom been
heard in this locality.
After the enthusiasm had subsided,
the gallant General was introduced to
his large audience, and again he was
received with tremendous applause.
He bowed and feelingly said:
Ladies and gentlemen, know the
situation that caused me to be placed
in nomination. 1t was no deed of mine,
but was in appreciation Of the valor
and as q compliment to my old COM
rades, who marched under the gallant
Kearney, Torbet, and Sheridan, that
influenced the Convention to nomin
ate me. sgTtI y y :
Il feel, and l know. that deeper
sentiment impressed thespeople of this
State. 1t is desire deeply imbedded
in the hearts of all honest voters-that
of pure ballot and an honest count.
Where live in Burlington county,
| I go two miles to vote, and when we
vote we believe that our suffrages are
honestly counted, as they are But we
of South Jersey know that up in Hud-
son county there is prevalent. fraud at
the ballot box. I come to you as the
representative of the Republican party
to rectify this evil. A Governor can
not make laws, but when "a Governor
is in harmony with his party and they
are in harmony with him, he can do
much to the welfare and good of the
people.
II have said, and honestly say it,
that am in favor of the Kane bill be-
cause it embodies the best. features of
the Australian system of voting. By
it the voter will not be under the dicta-
ton of his employer or followed to the
polls by the heeler, who has a ready
$5 bill in his hand. By it the vote will
be surrounded, by such a safeguard
that when it is counted it will be reg
istered as one.
II am not here as an orator, but as
straightforward business mao. am
honest in what I say and what do
If there was in me one particle of po-
litioal double dealing OF chicanery l
would be ashamed to look an honest
man in the face.
II came to give you courage. 1t was
an uphill fight in the beginning, but
let me say, boys your majorities in
South Jersey will not be swamped by
the vote of Hudson county.
And now men make your coffee
early in the morning. Have forty
rounds of cartridges and do not retreat
until you have used them all. Then
boys, from Cape May, Atlantic, Cum
berland, Camden, Burlington and
Mercer, wheelinto line, and then when
on the 5th of November give you the
command charge on Hudson county.
Come on and we will surely win"
Cheering, clapping of hands and the
waving of ladies handkerchiefs, were
kept up for some minutes and then
the one-armed soldier Senator from
Monmouth, Henry M. Nevius, was in
troduced as the speaker of the evening.
The Senator said these days were not
those in which a man could insult a
large and intelligent audience like the
one before him, by making a stump
speech. 1t was time in the history
of the country when the issues of the
day were to be discussed in a matter
of-fact way, and allow the voters to
well consider them. This Senator
Nevius did. He did not appeal to
sentiment. He did not sneer and jeer,
but presented the Issues of the cam-
paign, clearly and truthfully. He
urged upon all to investigate the
record. and if he misrepresented any
thing then he wanted the Senator from
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