The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-10
A R|AGSIER
John McPhi1lips Nominated
as the Representative
Of Ballot Box
Stuffing.
JURY FIXING ALSO.
''Bob" Davis Owns Him and
Forced Him on the Con-
vention in Spite Of
all Advice.
GOOD DEMOCRATS DISGUSTED
JURY FIXING ALSO.
GOOD DEMOCRATS DISGUSTED
None of the Real Leaders Attended
the Ring Gathering.
a0LD RATS OPENLY INoULTED.

sold RATS 0PBNLf lNoULIED.
The Ring Convention which Boss
Davis gathered in Hoboken yesterday to
ratify his choice of Jack McPhillips, as
his successor in the Sheritf's office, had
listened to an eloquent speech by Con-
gressman Mcdonald, and the delegates
were about to prepare for home. when
Chairman Kaufman invited them to
tarry little.
Mayor Cleveland, of jersey City, is ia
the hail. was the dazzling inducement
he dangled before their eyes, "and would
be pleased to address you, gentlemen"
Iturned MY eyes to the hall to watch
the effect OF this announcement. l ex-
pected to see many preparing to leave.
but to my amazement. every back was
turned on the platform, and bhe whole
throng of delegates was making II rapid
break for the door
did yon misunderstand me, gentle
nen?', asked the chairman of the fleeing
multitude. "If you will wait moment.
Mayor Cleveland, OF Jersey City. VIII
make an address,
II the first announcement hAd started
them, this renewal of il stampeded them.
IL he had shouted 'Firet" he could not
have .'shGOed" them away III quicker
time. He saw there was no way 81 stop-
ping the retreat. His quick wit prompted
II way, however, of duIling the point OF
The affront.
Mayor Cleveland he said, as he
looked upon the tast dissolving view OF
turned backs, lis not here rs supposed,
and so II motion to adjourn is IN order.
No one made it.; but The chairman put
y it. No one answered It; but the CHAIR
man declared it carried. The form was
not necessary The threat of a speech by
the fraudulent Mayor had already adj
journed tue convention even more effect
Never did 4 public character receive q
more humiliaIing affront There was
none SO poor as to do him reverence!
That's not quite true either. for bali a
dozen city officials who v ere afraid that
he'd wiring their official necks II they did
not stay fingered on two OF the front
benches.
II suppose you know that Mr. Cleye
land was not in the hail at nli = skid one
Ring adherent who ran half way d0WR
the aisle to pour the information into my
s.Why the Mayor had gone twenty
minutes before Kauffmanu announced
him." Fritz Mersheimer assured me a
gnoment later.
IF that had been strictly true. Ii would
have made no difference; for the delegates
didn't know it when, one and all. they
turned their backs upon him. But 1t was
not strictly true; nor true in any other
degree.
/ happened to ride back TO Jersey City
ON the first car that passed the HQDoken
City Hall, after the fight OF the delegates
And Mayor Cleveland was fellow
passenger with me. He and | had APP
parently fed from the hall at the same
time
CIeveland?'' l asked of throng that
walked with me from the Hail.
ssAbf What's he but one of our Great.
ures?u returned voice full of con-
tempt on one side of me.
Everybody knows he.s no rlghe 70 "
Mayor,n y added q voice Gu the other side.
ssand lust now we can't afford to ounte-
nance the frauds that elected him by
countenancing nIul,"
CONSPICUOUS ABSENCES.
There were some who were quite as
consDicuous by their absence as his I'M
welcome presence had made the fraudu..
lent Mayor When the Congressional
Convention met ten days ago Boss Davis
was not only there, but he
crossed the aisle aud laid his
roupd bald head upon Denny
TO typify the beautiful harmony tnat ex-
listed between them. Denny did not re
a,,rn tha commitment at Boss D wis con-
yenSion Yesterday So far from laying
his sun-hued locks upon Gbe little boss
bosom. he was not at II eysM ~ an on
locker. Allan McDermost dignihed the
Congressional Convention by presiding
over it, He was not at the little Bosss
convention yesterday in any capacity.
Colonel. .Heppenneimer. OF Governor 40
belts staff, did not take the trouble 70
run up the street from his ONCE, q Iew
aotA things get
Bnt ron Reynolds, of the old time Big
Fnur. whom the Ring charterites put In
charge of the pipe yards, was there.
And John Reinhardt, of-weli, the less
said about him the better-was there.
And Tom Trotter. indicted ballot box
soI. And Iii the little heelers that haye
made politics i'll The county disgracel uis
and the holders Of city offices who are
heIping the RING TO rob the city OF her
st1bstance-they were all there
LETTER or ACCEPTANCE.
> Ravond the obnoxious presence ana the
aotoble absences referred to-, there was
not feature of The convention won e
talking about Little Pop pay.s sTnn yotea ,esa
WAS I'1 nominated. He voted for Parslow
and Boylan for Coroners. and Fassiow
md Rowan were nominated IL was his
convention, aud his wish was law unto ".
The reports publIsneN ~ ens -
furnished all the details 0fits observance.
IL was his wish, afterwards. thai commit
tees should be appointed to hunt .nsan up .hs tle
royai fayors be had placed at their dis
posal rnun
ssallor DAILY said that he was away attehu-
Srsr II his official duties, nna that he
,vo woouid ID signify s lis acceptancein letter !,
been SAID AZ any time u genhncaaai.'on y, =,
the community. Perhaps McPhlllips
wants time to balance himself between
tie rascals and the people IN the nops, g. - =.
* slu people Tine fascals ne mas
s5wavs had with him; Boss Davis's
mower is big enough TO put them all IN
line. - s4....,s s III s.,o .
= ParsIow asssL was to be bad. but II took ten
men to find him and bring him 70 1,.ss anS
r.