The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-24
Not to Make Good Nomina-
4 tions, but to Club the
Regular Parties In
to Doing It.
Startling MayoraltY Suggestion,
but Would Allan i.
Consentp

The mote of warning, sounded yester-
day by THE JERSEY CITY NEWS seems to
have been strangely apropos.
met well known gentleman, resi-
dent of this city, on Montgomery street
car coming down town this morning.
The moment he saw me he INDUCED in a
most astonishing series of grins and
winks. was amazed. for heis serious
as well as solid man. But his first
words solved the mystery.
What struck your editor, I" said he, 'to
put that piece about the mayoralty in the
News last nights Is he on to anything?''
"On to anything!" echoed. sI'm sure
don't know. What do you mean?'
K "Oh, T just wondered if he had heard of
what's in the wind" my interlocutor re-
plied-"a little movement that some
friends have been trying to work up to
see If they can't do something for the city
this election. A good many of us think
that by getting up some sort Of citizens
movement or reform committee, or some
thing of that sort, great deal Of good
might be done in the next election"
"What is your schemei" | promptly
asked. "Do you propose to nominate a
ticket to fight the regular parties?"
s'Well, no, not exactly-not unless we
were Obliged to. lam Democrat. and 1
would not Ike to do that if l could help
it. OF course there are some hot bloods
who want war all the time, but / think
the majority are willing to go slow and
see if we can't get what we want from
the regular parties"
We'll, what are the movers in this
great scheme-all Democrats like your
mo, by no means. But you see, Idon't
think the better class of Republicans
care verv much about the city govern
ment. If they could get it, all right; but
they know they haven't very much chance
as rule, and they would think it big
thing if they could coerce the Democracy
into giving us g genuine, pure reform,
economical, wise, first-class city govern
ment. That is what the best class of
Democrats want too. ! have good hopes
that We'll all get together, and some
thing will come out OF it."
MORAL sUAsIoN.
"But just how are you going to work
itY"
'sWell, supposing we form citizens
committee with regular organization
and hold mass meetings and urge on the
Democratic party-which is the one we
propose to attack first-the nomination of
some broad-guage citizen of unblemished
reputation and high standing-we don't
scare how much of Democrat he is, SO
Wong as he is brainy and honest.
Then we say to Sheriff Davis
and Mr., Mclaughlin. and Mr.. Edwards
and the other leaders, Now gentlemen
give us this man for candidate, and let
us have clear understanding that he is
going in to run the city government for
the people and not for the party or its
heelers; that he will appoint only good
men--we don't care whether they are
Democrats or not--but they must be good
men. Now. gentlemen, we will say, give
US that sort of candidate, and we'll
jump in aud help elect him. y
A LITTLE CONCEALED COERCION.
"And il they do not?"
s'Well if they don't give us our man or
as good a one, l think most of us will
nelp elect the Republican"
And who is your choice ?''
My dear sir, we haven't one yet. We
are not organized; we are only a few
friends talking privately about what we
may see our way to do. That is ALL"
80 no name has been mentioned
among you yet ?"
'Oh, several names have been men,
toned. For instance great many of us
are in favor of Allan L. McDermott, the
Chairman of the 80
ALLAN McDermott,' ! interrupted.
''Why, supposed he would have another
term as Clerk in Chancery"
$50 he will, 1 suppose, ii he wants it,
but that has nothing to do with the case.
That doesn't prevent him from holding
Charter Office ii he has mind to-
but how about the Republicans? I
thought he was their special horror The
Republican papers give him rats all the
tinie.'
II should think you'd been long enough
in the newspaper business TO know what
that amounts to. There is not man in
the Democratic party who is more gem
Republicans have no grudge against him.
He is a fighter, and they like him for it.
Allan would be just the man for Mayor
He is shrewd. He knows the ropes. He
is not much afraid Of anyone. l don't
suppose republicans would get much
show if he had the distribution OF the city
patronage, but they don't get any now
TO be of any use to the party, and tell
you the best of them don't care about it.
They want a good government for the
City, that's all they want
Il suppose other names have been
spoken OPP
"Oh, yes, half dozen, but of course
there's nothing settled yeti
LOTS OF KICKERS.
But do you really think your commit
tee could get any backing among the
peoples''
dol DO you? Do you ever go to any
of these Citizens Protective Association
meetings. they have them all over the
Hill. Xou have, them reported ia your