New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-27
FUSION IN HUDSON COUNTY.
A FORMIDABLE OPPOSITION TO THE RING.
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATS TO UNITE THEIR
STRENGTH WITH THE REPUBLICANS
IN NEw-JERsEY.

There
lhe Infamous gang who have been plunderhs nuus'"
rounty New Jersey aud debauchng its politics ior
80 many years are about numbered. Steps "ero
taken on Friday night by the Republican county Co".
mitee looking TO completion OF 'hc ru,"" NV"
I'm Hudson County. The committee iormdhS ucCIuo"
mat II would not approve the Endorsement OF any
regular (by which is meant the ring Democratic can
daes for local offices In the ten Ss,mbly dl'lncts
af the counv Last night the CoIuy COMMITTEE OF
The Joffcrsonian or Independent Democrats Noco 10
Endorse the Republican position. This Is meant 10
leave the way open for the fusion of the two or
CARNATIONS In each Assembly district on the ticke's
for AssembNmen and district members OF inc hodru
of Chosen FYeeholdeTs.
Already the two organizations have fusion ticket
in the field for the four leading offices in opposition
10 the Ring ticket, and Yesterdays action rlNe's INC
combination and makes united action against the
.gang7 possible for every office In the county, WIN
the exception OF the Horseshoe District in which
there is practically no Republican Organization FoI
the success of the fusion candidates the prayers OF
all good citizens will ascend, for no more worthy
cause ever enlisted the support of publcsp'ed men,
That they will succeed, provided they get ialr No'o
and an honest count. there is harfly any uouo lo'
the combination for good government j. S'r"ns
one and the on it, ticket are as goou d. 'o'''
be found in Hudson County. This is the Fusion
county ticket: ~ ,
For Stale senator-wIIIIAM. s. STUHR. tDem')
Comfy Clerk-HERMAN WAIVER. Repl
Register--JoHN II. HOPKINS tRep)
Director-a Large-JAMEs ROCHE. (Dem)
The Republican County Committee has prepared
an address and is sending it out 10 all the Repuoh-
can voters of the county appealing to them 10
,,s citizens ticket at the polls. The responses nave
hcen entirely satisfactory. Not complaint mas
been heard Probably the chiei place Oh Uno @
ts that OF Direcorat-Large, whose duties WIZ oo
those of the presiding officer OF the Board OF DhoS'n
Freeholdcrs the most important hoard IN lluu Son
County. Mr. Roche the candidate mas @l'o0o0
worth Of real estate in Hudson County, and MS III
,erests are naturally on the side Of honest Distribution
nj the uubIc funds with which the Board has largely
TO do.
WHY THE JEFFERSONIANs BoLTED.
The holt of the JefTersoniau Democracy is the most
formidable which has yet taken place against the riE
II IS the result of lonC-coDtinued corruption IN io
pal politics, finally made intolerable by Ganhg Nd
in the primaries The lraders of the JehersonlehS
are solid men of Jersey City, reputable citizens win
large pecunlary interests TO consider At their county
convention recently the delegates from one district
alone represented real estate property valued d.
SO 600 OOO. These men have been lighting Tie eanS
for long time. Tic head and front of this gang IS
Sheriff Robs Davis. the big Democratic boss Oh
Hudson County. lie IS more powerful in the county
than Leon Albeit himself, though he uses Mr. Abbett
as The fgurchcaA OF his party. Davis rose
10 his present supremacy from the pl%e
of inspector of gas meters. HIS methods
can be understood in the bot of the Jehersonlan
Democracy fIOm his nom ne"s. The latter were
robbed unhlushi In the party primaries, so that
no alternative was lcf them hui to got out. with
stuffed ballot boxes at the primaries Davs's men
never failed TO grt the nominations As an instance
Of tie political! methods of this boss the last pr
mary election in one district. The Id. may be cited
Heo the Jecrscnia 2ahc ed in from o. the winoow
of the htlr rolling place and demanded TO LOOK INTO
the ballOt-bOX, little cigarbox. before
no hpr IN
St was empty. Davls's hceer in charge of the
box refused open The box; Jeifersonian grabbed
it with sudden movement, threw it down on the
sidewalk under the window and jumped upon 1t with
both feet. The fIai cedar box burst OPEN and 10 !
the sidewalk was covered with white ballots bearing
The name Of Davis's man. Tire bundled ballots
had been stuffed into the box before the voting began
This was not an is lated case 1t happened In many
districts and in protest against such Infamous poll
ties the Jelcrsopians bolted The fight was the
fight OF the Republicans and all Others who hated these
dsgrac ciul methods, ard IL is not surprising that Inc
fusion ticket the result.
why IS It," a Johefsonian Democrat was asked.
that none of these ever get 10 see the inside OF
a prison for their crimes against the ballot box
I'm tell you.- the reply. You cannot
try man here until he is Indicted by the Grand jury
Sob Davis as sheriff. has the drawing al Me Grand
Jury and when he tells one Of his henchmcn TO roll
an a ecrta!n majority in a certain district that man
has no fear tha. any Grand Jury will ever be sum
moned that will convict him If he sufs the baot-boX
IN the presence of roonful of witnesses"
THERE Is SMALL HOPE FOR THE GANG.
Every day the anti-ilng forces feel more and
more convinced from the news that is brought 10 them
from Gutenberg 10 Bergen Point that only the bold
est fraud in making the returns Will save the gang
This wear There are no party lines drawn as there
were last time but It is simple question OF whether
It IS best have decent men III the important Offices
OF q ear and populouS county, or lot OF unsciupu
Iallg hoy
suffers. The Republicans and Jehers0Dians do iea
fraud IN counting the vote however They have NOT
The slightest confidence IN the Police Board of the city
IN the struggle over the GuDerhaioild
ticket the Republicans are making effective
Iolitical amnuni ion Of the minutes Of the
legislative Assemblies Of 1863, 1866 and 1861 III
which bodies Leon Albeit sat as a member from Hud'
son County The votes given by Albeit in that stir
ring period even he, with his superabundan pOhtcal
assurance does dare 20 discuss or deiend on 'he
stump though he has had the ehfohteiy 10 uN
and pose as friend of the veterans and in the hopes
of catching few votes thereby has lnoscree'iS PiO
claimed that he always their friend
1T IS A PRETTY POOR RECORD.
10 refIte this brazen assertion the Republicans
have dug ot has record from the files in the Capitol and
are sendipg II broadcast over the state. There Is
annie evidence adduced convict Nil ALBEIT OF beihg
the consistent and persistent enemy OF the soiucfs VI
the Union The records ShO" ul"t p0I
by voice and vote Leon ALBEIT opposed
almost every measure that was introduced in the
lower house al Trenton IN the interest OF The
soldiers or of gorOus prosecution OF the war III Is
shawn that Nj Albeit moved to strike out The name OF
Abraham Lincoln ths MartyIed President, from ltso-
lntiou of thanks which was introduced by MI
richer ON me morning Of April A, after the capture
NJ Richmond by the Federal forces. II is shown
that Mr. Abbcts nameis among III Thu teen negatives
recorded on the passage of VsJlut ON looking 10 The
,,,,cbsse 81 a Dor ait OF Abraham Lincoln 10 hang In
r. Assembly Chamber alongside OF thai OF NashlhgtOh
ALhctt's steady opposition 70 the ratification by the
tne-c,1hIv of lie amendment 10 tn Federal ICHetd-
10 forfvcr aboshng slavery IN The United states
a. nrovsn by the mute but undssalldDe testimony
% ft,e files 1t was mainly through Leon
%bbeifs enots that tAai III asuc failed =
~. in 1863 aud the derclict on of
ne Legislature on the point aroused such feel
s i0 IN stLe state that tlr neal Governor and the
Mt Legislature QsG6 were Republican, ,