The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-10-06
.ABBETFS POWER
lis Shown in His Great
! Speech in Passaic.
ISSUES OF THE CAMPAIGN.
Fairly and Forcib1y Stated
in Words That Ring.
AGREAT THRoNG LISTENING
Applauds His Views On Taxation
and the Problems
of Labor.

The Democratic party of Passaic city
held a rousing meeting last evening in
The Lyceum, which was addressed by ex-
Governor Leon Albeit and District At
torney Gourlay, of Paterson.
Although Saturday evening is bad
night for political meetings, an audience
which filed every seat in the great hall
and crowded the aisles greeted Mr.. Albeit
with cheers when he stepped forward to
speak.
When the cheering had subsidized the ex-
Governor said:-
II come before you in this campaign
nominated by convention which has
named me as the standard bearer of DEM
ocrattc principles In the fight l shall
appeal to two classes Of citizens and
shall do 1t on my record; In the first
place shall appeal to the Democrats to
stand by me because / believe uphold
true Democratic principles.
Il shall appeal to another class of citi-
zens, not because am Democrat. but
because believe that in my record ON
equal taxation they will find guarantee
of protection for their material interests.
But whether they vote for me or not
shall always be a Democrat / stand be-
fore the people in no false position.
THE DUTY OF A SOLDIER
General Grubb says that he will stand
on the platform of his party.
II hope to show you before I get through
that 1t Is hard to tell what some portions
of that platform really are. There is one
thing in honoring veteran and another
in voting for Republican candidate. Gen.
Grubb says, i am known to be Republi-
can in every fibre of my heart and every
i'm a n my lnf1 That ID 10
has never voted for a Democratic soldier
on Democratic ticket, and, according to
his declaration of principles, he never
will.
Whatever honor is due him as soldier
he cannot appeal to Democratic soldiers
to vote for him. He would not vote for
thar gallant little soldier Mcclellan APP
plause] or the superb Hancock Lcheers
and applause]
''The Republicans say that this is cam
paigD on State issues only.
They must have in mind the in
which this little Commonwealth stood by
Cleveland. ILong applause.l
To-day we see that many of the prin-
ciples advocated by the Democratic party
in the last canvass have been found by
the laboring people 70 be better for them
than the promises of the Republican
party.
EQUAL TAXATION.
II am willing to wage this contest on
State issues only. One of the great
issues in this State is the subject of equal
taxation. The Republicans say that
another man is entitled to the credit of
the le-T we already have on this subject.
1T is strange that when. the Supreme
Court declared the act unconstitutional
the Republican press declared that l had
forced measure through the Legislature
which would bankrupt the State, and
then, three months afterward, when the
Court Of Errorg and Annaals ,avarcad fha
Supreme Courts decision and declared
the act constitutional they turned right
around and said that had nothing to do
with the measure and that Brother
Griggs was entitled to the credit.
For audacious mendacity commend
me to some of the Republican news.
papers. They give Ananias and Sophia
points every time. (Applause) The Re
publicans now declare in their platforms
that the system of equal taxation estab-
ished in 1884 is benefit and the ap-
proved policy of the State.
We can therefore start with the propo-
sition that whoever brought that about
is entitled to credit.
THE HISTORY OF THE TAX LAW.
.In q Constitutional Convention in 1881
! proposed an amendment ON equal tax
alton to be submitted to the people.
when nominated in 1883 I laid down
the same principle in my letter of accept
ance When elected / appealed to the
Legislature to put it on the statute book
Incorporate and private property should
be equal.
that I forced the measure through the
Legislature, they spoke truly, and in the
future, if | am elected, will endeavor to
keep the members of the party true to the
pledges they have made.
INSTRUCTIVE FACTS.
''Let us look at a little more history.
ttTharn rUaq narn0cratin Governor.
Republican Senate and Democratic AS
senlbly The Governor said pass a law to
make equal taxation. Where DID the
response come from The Republican
Senators could not have been more quiet
if they had all been chloroformed.
II had the bill introduced into the
House ana passed by the Democratic
House. We said to the Senate that II
they did not pass it we would go TO the
country with Democratic Governor ask
ing for an equal taxation law, Demo
cratic House passing it and Republican
Senate obstructing its passage. Great
'iThen they tried to see how little they
could do They had confere nee and sat
on the egg and kept it warm until they
w!nre ready to hatch out something. They
made law that railroad property in
cities should not be taxed more than one
per cent: that their roadbeds and depots
and the water ways of canals and all per-
sonal property of railroads should be ex-
empt from taxation, and they have the
audacity to say that they gave US equal
taxation. God forgive them. If these
exemptions had not been made the cities
would have received S2,500,000 instead
OF 81, 260. 600.
When the Senate putthese amendments
in they expected that there would be
fight; but | said take all you
can get today; let this principle
once get before the people of the State
and the day will come whom the Legisla-
ture will be elected which the railroads
cannot buy. [Applause.l
"A protest was made against this ac-
4 ton, and one OF the men who signed it
was Frank o. Cole, of Hudson, who was
isEed upon for chairman of the late con-
Vention, but was thrown out.
II call upon the Republican party to
equal taxation. call upon the so-called