The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-23
George L. Record Clearly
States the Duty of Anti
Ring Democrats.
THE HUDSON SOCIETY POW wow.
Only a Slim Gathering in Which
Popular Opinion Was Seant-
lily Represented.
"a Good Democrat for Sheriff if We
Can, a Good Republican If
We Must"

The meeting of the Hudson Democratic
Society held last evening, at which it was
supposed that some action would be taken
toward nominating candidate for Sheriff,
was an exceedingly lively one and adj
journed without taking any definite ac-
tion. When Vice President Heaney called
the meeting to order there were present
Ex-Governor Bedle, Otto Grouse, George
L. Record, DR.. T.. J. Gordon, r. J. Wor-
tendyke, DR.. Benjamin Edge, Leon
Albeit, Jr., Brigadier General William
f. Albeit, John McMaster, President
Somers. OF the Street and Water Board;
james e. Connolly, Clerk of the Tax
Board; Miles McCartin, Deputy City Col
lector; Building Inspector James Clarke
and his little brother Charlie; Fred. G.
Wolbert Joseph D. Bedle, Jr., B. r.
Bedle, Willard Fisk. w. J. TAFT, DIR.
John D. McGill, Hudson Clark, Thomas
Kinds, Nelson J. Edge, Nathan w. Con-
dict, j. E. Hulshizer, foreman of the jury
that convicted the election officers, and
John Keller.
an independent shrevalty candidate cast
their eyes upon this company, they said
that the majority of them were in favor
of the Ring and they deemed it hopeless
to attempt any thing at that meeting.
So when Fred Wolbsrt moved that the
meeting adjourn the motion was carried
without opposition. Still the members
kept their seats and looked at each other
in anticipation. After while DIR. Cor
don took the floor. He said that there
were many important local questions
which the club should consider, and he
moveL that an informal meeting, with
Willard bFisk in the chair, be sneld to
discuss those questions.
DIR. GORDON STARTS THE BALL.
DR.. GOrdon's suggestion was adopted,
but still the members kept their seats
and looked from one to another. Then
Mr.. George i. Record said that Tor the
purpose of giving the association some
timing to talk about he would offer reso-
luton to the effect that Senator McDon-
aid should not be candidate for Con-
gress.
During the discussion which this reso-
luton provoked it was stated that Mr.,
Mcdonald was a high protectlonist. This
lead DR.. Gordon to offer substitute that
the Senator be requested to give the as.
sociation his views upon the tariff. IL
was objected to the substitute that as
the Senator was not yet a candi-
date for Congress the society
should not call upon him for.
he had been placed in nomination. This
seemed to please the majority of those
present, and vote being taken upon the
substitute, it was lost by sixteen to thir-
leen.
MR.. RECORD KEEPS IT GOING.
Mr.. Record introduced another resolu-
ton setting forth thaS it was the sense OF
the meeting that the HUDSON Dem
Ocratic Society should nominate
an Independent candidate for Sheriff.
Brigadier General Albeit opened the dis
cussion on this resolution by calling upon
. = l.. .te~< Lat
the society know just where he stood, so
that 1t could determine whether the gen
tleman proposed to go over to the Repub-
lican party or remain a Democrat.
Before Mr.. Record replied TO the Briga-
dier General, Mr.. Heaney made a speech
in which he contended that the very peo-
pie who are now irving to reform county
politics were to blame for the ruption
which prevails, because they will not go
TO the primaries and do their duty.
He declared that IL those people would
goto the primaries and do their duty
they could readily remedy the abuses of
which they now complain.
Mr.. RECORDS POSITION PLAINLY STATED
Mr.. Record. in replying to General ABB
belts demand that he explain his posi-
tion, said that he stood in this way; If
the club nominated a candidate for Sher-
if he would support him il he was inde.
pendent of the ring; if the club made no
nominated an anti-ring candidate he
would stump and vote for him; but IL
Y there was no such candidate he would
vote and work for the straight Republi-
can nominee, and If that was treason to
the Democratic party the Brigadier Cen
eral could make the most of it.
Mr., Record then started in to discuss
he question of reforming the abuses
which exists within the party, and before
he finished he made the adherents OF the
ring who were present fsel exceedingly
uncomfortable. He said that every one
agreed that there were abuses in the
party which needed to be remedied. and
there were two ways Of doing so. The
first. Mr.. Record enid, was to
act within the party lines, and
then he proceeded to answer Mr..
Heaney by showing how the citizens had
attempted to remedy abuses by resorting
to the primaries and how they had failed.
The Executive Committee of the County
Committee, he said, always threw their
delegates out no matter If they had 100
votes to the Rings one. The other mode of
correcting these abuses, Mr.. Record de-
instance in this country, he
went CON to say, when the
PARTY became corrupt and came under
the control of such men that it could not
be reformed within the party lines, but
only through defeat. He then dwelt
upon tut pEcdhkuk up VI tl6 O1N IWcStt
ring rs arefutation of the assertion that
nothing must be done in conjunction
with Republicans. This was a time when
Tammany Democracy was a by
word and fair example of
what Democratic rule could degenerate
inio. man came out of thesparty and
smashed that ring, not within the party
lines, but with the aid of Republicans.
X He fought those fellows in the Demo-
cratic party in the ranks of the Republi-
can party with the result that he mad @
Democracy a synonym for Reform, ana
on that record he was elected, first Gov
ernor and then President, and that was q
good enough example for any one This
reference TO Samuel j. Tilden was
one of the few occurrences during the
evening when all present joined in unan-
imous and hearty applause
politics in this county, Mr.. Record
continued twas not question OF Democ-
racy and Republicanism, but purely one
of business. Here were men who used to
earn $25 or $50 month at some menial
employment who found that they could
make 500, 600 year at politics, and Is 10
any wonder that they resorted to
the means they havew Mr. Record
aid not pretend to be any better than
these men were, and he did not know but