The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-20
TO PURIFY 7HE FARYT.
State Leaders Declared to
Favor a New Democratic
County Committee
THB LITTLE hAPOLEOgS WATERLOO
Promineni Democrats Invited to
Oppose Davis and His Tools
at the Primaries.

The prominent leaders Of the Dem
cratic party throughout the State, IL .
said. have arrived al the determination
that the party no longer bear
the odium and disgrace Of
the band Of public punderers
which has so long robbed the citi
zens Of this county Of their rights
in the name OF Democracy. They con-
slider thar the time has come for reaching
these miscreants that they have too long
outraged all sense OF decency
and that they should give up
the hold upon this managem ent
Of party affairs Of this county which hey
have maintained only by fraud and cor
ruption.
The leaders. knowing that the better
element Of the party, which
is largely in the majority. would
repndiate these rascals at the first op-
portunity, 1t IS declared and thoroughly
oeleued have served notice upon the
Little Joker Boss ard his satellites that
they must relfnquish their fraudulent
mold upon the party machinery OF this
\ county that ticket would be placed in the
| field against them at the primaries Mon
day night, and If the Executive Commit
I
should refuse credentials to any
one inimical to the Ring who
should be elected, the State COMMITTEES
would step in ana take the Organization
Of the County Committee into It's own
hands.
THE LEADERS IN EARNEST.
That the leaders are in earnest in this
declaration Is evidenced by tine fact that
they haye already requested several OF
the leading men In the party in this
county TO become candidates. for the
County Committee on u ticket against the
Ring Among those who have been ap-
preached on the subject are such men OF ir-
reprOachable character as Register George
b. Fielden and Peter Hauch, the brewer,
of Harrison
has cansed among the Rlngsters can be
easily imagined, and that thev are all
kicking vigorously will ! cause no surprise
1t is as well known to them that the
better element in the party, If 1t can be
gotten to come TO the primaries, will de-
and that their onlv hope lies
in having their Executive Com
mittee throw out all those who are
objectionable to them Now that this
hope Is taken away from them thes s.-
IN worse state OF agitation than they
were over the storm of public Indignation
which was aroused against them by
the terrible disclosures Of Senator
Gardner's committee last winter at
Trenton This Is all the more apparent
when the names of the members OF the
committee whose successor are TO be
chosen are recalled.
TIE LITTLE EAPOLEOEs WATERLOO
Foremost Among them is the source OF
all the corruption himself Bob Davis
term as member OF the County COMMITTEES
from the First district expires next
month and he, OF course, is looking for =
reelection. In fact he and everyone else
10 the county looked upon him as elected
without opposition But now that
the State leaders have so en-
phatfcally declared themselves in
favor Of a change there are many who
predicted that the Little Napoieon'6
Waterloo Is not Tar distant. Among the
other members from the First dis
tTlct, whose terms expire ~
the same time, is Jimmy
Connolly, the clerk of the Tax Board and
one OF the most useful men the ring has
among its adherents.
The opponents Of the Ring are under
the impression that he never would Be
missed and his reelection is to be vi9or-
ously opposed. Alderman Norton.
James Z Kelly and Assembiyman Henry
Byrne, in the Second district, win also
reach the end of their terms In the
Third district Commissioner Dugan,
james n. Davis and Christy Smith will
come up for reelection.
There are many other members OF the
County COMMITTEES whom the people
would like TO see reiegated to private life
where they belong, but whose terms do
not expire until next year.