The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-08-29
KERNS GIBLETS.
They Are Not Wings Yet,
But the Boys Are Stick
ing in Feathers.
HE IS JUST AN ANGEL i
Grand, Tremendous, superlative,
Mutual Admiration at Kessler's
Hall Last Night.

William f. Kern, once president of the
Board of Public Works, when that depart
ment had an existence, and Would-Like-
to-Be-Assemblyman from the Fourth dis
trict, was plastered with taffy last night
by a handful of his followers, who have
all faith in the promises made by Mr..
Kern and his New County Committee.
Timothy j. Lynch was selected to do the
plastering job, and he did it to the satis-
faction of Mr.. Kern and of his adherents.
Hes no dude. He's no fraud. He's
no swindler. He's an honest man and
was an honest official"
That is the recommendation Mr.. Lynch
gave Mr.. Kern, and Mr.. Kern did
not blush. He merely smiled his thanks
at Mr.. Lynch, and Mr.. Lynch smiled back
at Mr.. Kern. And as Mr.. Kern and Mr.
Lynch had smiled. the remainder of Mr..
Kern's followers were bound in duty to
follow their leader, and they smiled also.
Iam not one of Mr.. Kern's followers,
but l confess that I smiled, too. The
smiling became infectious, and for few
minutes after Mr.. Kern and Mr.. Lynch
had smiled at each other, Mr., Kern's
KERN ORGANIZES.
The plastering act was done at Kessler's
Hail. on Central avenue. The Democratic
Association of the Fourth district met to
form permanent organization. Boss
Kern stood in front of Kessler's Hall
shortly after eight o'clock and was sur
rounded by at least a dozen of his sup
porters. They waited for reinforcemenfs,
but at nine o'clock not more than twenty
five men had put in an appearance. Boss
Kern wore worried look and seemed to
expect more friends. No more arrived
and Boss Kern led his followers into
Kessler's Hall. Secretary O'Hara called
the meeting to order and announced that
Mr. Lenahan, who had been elected tenn
porary chairman of the organization at q
previous meeting, did not care to serve.
Timothy j. Lynch was elected in Mr..
Lenahan's place, and Boss Kern was as
signed to escort the new temporary chair
man 20 his seat.
what is the meeting called for2''
Chairman Lynch whispered this ques-
tion into Secretary O'Hara's ear, and the
secretary posted the chairman on his du-
ties. Chairman Lynch then arose and
addressed Mr.. Kern and his followers.
"We all know he said, that Mr..
Kern, the Commissioner, was elected by
the people and was deprived of his office
by the manGuvres of politicians who
elected themselves into Office and, to my
mind, rendered themselves liable to in
dictment. We all know Kern. The
women and children in this district grew
up with him, and we all know him to be
an honest man. Charges have been made
against him. It was said that If he was
reelected a Board of Works Commits
sioner the credit of j Jersey City would be
ruined. / read the charges in the news
papers of Fargo, Dakota, 1000 miles from
here, and when / read the statements 1
knew them to be false. hoped that
Kern would be reelected. and he was.n
THE DEADLY REFORM.
Chairman Lynch dropped Mr.. Kern and
his record for ahwile and began to talk of
the new charter. He said it was passed
through corrupt methods and that it
threw number of Mr.. Kern's friends
out of employment.
what have we now?" he cried. "Good
men who worked under Kern were
thrown out and only because they were
Kern's friends"
Chairman Lynch then sprang Kern's
Assembly boom and plastered Kern thick
with taffy.
1.-THE only way he said, 'sthat Kern's
name can be frightened is to send Kern
to the Legislature and let the people see
what an honest man, who supports his
family by the sweat of his brow, can do.
Kern will be nominated and elected, and
it is for his friends and the public to see
that the men who are lukewarm are sent
back to where they belong"
Mr.. Lynch evidently thought he had
said too much about Kern and made q
half apology.
"This is not personal organization,
| he said. "We admire Mr.. Kern for his
honest qualities and his sociability, and
| If you take him as leader you take one
| of the best men you can ind. He is an
| honest, competent man, who works for
! the elevation of the people, and that man
| we should have"
| Mr.. Lynch then described how Mr..
| Kern, when he was president of the
| Board of Works, had actually taken Off
| his coat and worked in his shirt sleeves
| trying to repair the high service pump
when it broke down two years ago. 1t
was the recollection of this work that led
| Chairman Lynch to say, He's no dude.
| He's no fraud He's no swindler. He's
| an honest man, and was an honest oth~
! cial."
LIKE ST. JOHN IN ONE RESPECT.
| Boss Kern was the next one to say
| something. He did not deny anything
| that Mr.. Lynch had said. He denounced
| the only Democratic County Committee,
| and said something about men who paid
| good deal of money for office. He made
no reference to himself. After he had de-
neunced Mayor Cleveland and many
| others, he remembered that there was not
| a very large gathering present, and apollo
| gized because the hall was not crowded.
| He next moved that the club endorse the
| New County Committee, and his motion
| was adopted.
! The primaries for the election sof dele
| gates to the State Convention will be held
| tonight, and the following names will ap
| pear on the tickets of the kickers -
| First precinct-Perry 7. Cumberson.
| Second precinct-Jerome A. Bastien.
| Third precinct-William T. Kern.
| Fourth precinct-D. Casey.
| Fifth precinct-David Cagney.
| Sixth precinct-Martin Logan.
| Seventh precinct--James Flanagan.
| Eighth precinct-James Duane.
| The association elected the following
permanent President, Timothy
| J. Lynch; vice president, Charles Diefen-
| bach; treasurer, Henry J. Powell; cor
| responding secretary, George Brinker-
| hoff: sergeant-at-arns, Michael Kelly.
| Secretary O'Hara was reelected. The
| club will make it's next kick at No 345
| Palisade avenue next Thursday night,
| and will do all its kicking there in the
| future.
Fourth District Democrats.
The Independent Democratic Club, OF
the Fourth district, held meeting last
night. The members reside In that part
of the Fourth district which has been
taken from the Eighth Committees