The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-11-12
THE NEXT SPEAKER.
Colonel Heppenheimer's Friends
Cheer Him Loudly.

The Fourth District Democratic Club
and the Hudson County Pioneer Associa-
tion celebrated the recent Democratic
victory and honored Assemblyman Hep
penheimer in great shape last night. 1t
was not good night for an out door
demonstration, but the ''unterrified''
were on hand at an early hour, at the
headquarters on Palisade avenue, which
was elaborately decorated and illumin-
ated for the occasion.
Meyers Hotel, at the corner of Palisade
avenue and Ferry street, was dressed with
flags and lanterns. and large transpa-
reDcy, bearing tolerably good portrait
of the Assemblyman was hanked on
either side by rooster.
At half-past eight the parade COM
menced. There were about four hundred
in the line, and everybody was liberally
lights, which Illuminated the line of
march. Rockets were sent skyward and
band of music played popular and in
spiriting strains. Fred J. Mersheimer
was the Grand Marshal and an aid from
each precinct assisted him. There were
but few attempts at illumination by the
citizens, but the boys were cheered all
illuminated their way. The line OF
march, as given in THE JERSEY CITY
NEWS, was gone over, and then the pro
cession reached Colonel Heppenheimer's g
home, on Reservoir avenue, where the
band serenaded him. AT the conclusion
the Assemblyman made his appearance
and was enthusiastically received.
He spoke substantially as follows:-
"Fellow citizens, and Democrats:-The
glorious victory won by the Democracy
last Tuesday, regard as triumph of the
people over monopoly. That grand
Democrat, Leon Albeit, (cheers) during
his former term as Governor OF New Jer-
sey, took the railroad corporations by the
throat, and compelled them to contribute
their share of the public taxes. That
was an ample guarantee that he was just
the man for the Gubernatorial chair, and
SO the people, with remarkable unani-
nifty, demanded that he should again fill
that position, and we have reelected him
by an immense majority.
The overwhelming vote cast for me
look upon as q personal yindication, and
an endorsement of my action in the
Legislature in assisting to secure the pas
sage OF the new charter for our city, a
charter that has already proven to the
people of this district beneficial and sat
iSfactory For your confidence and your
warm support | am deeply grateful.
From messages received from all portions
of the State / feel at liberty to say to you
that am confident the next Speaker of
the Assembly will be your representative
from the Fourth district. Immense
cheering.) thank you for the honor you
have conferred upon me tonight. /
would be pleased to have you all enter
my house and partake of my hospitalities,
but the house is not large enough and SO
will ask you to join me later at Meyers
Hall"
The march was then resumed through
Reservoir and Webster avenues, Frank
lin street and Palisade avenue, to Meyers
Hotel Then the Assemblyman was
again compelled to speak. He pledged
himself to work for honest ballot reform
and to compel the corporations to pay
their just proportion of taxes, and to
strive to faithfully serve the best interests
of his constituents. At the conclusion
refreshments were literally dispensed.
Surrogate O'Neil, Alderman Prigge,
Assembly blyman-elect Andrew Boyle, Fire
Commissioner Conway, Henry Spiel
mann. Charles Niebuhr, John Koch,
Henry A. Gaede, Charles Esterbrook and
Others were prominent in the demonstra-
tiOD