New-York tribune., 1890-03-31
NEWS FROM NEW-JERSEY.
JERSEY CITY.
1ysrNcERE DEMOCRATIC RESOLUTIONS.

rysrNCERE DEMOCRATIC RESOLUTIONS.
rRuE nNwARDNEss OF THE CONDEMNATION OF
THE BALLoT-Box sTUFFING
rhu thc nolitical banditti and the swarm Of para
,.s ~ the ocehoding bosses Of the Democratic party
of Jersey City who figured delegates TO thc Demo
cratic City Convention on saturday, which renouia'o
Mayor Orestes Cleveland were In session ,nere "a'
much unctuous talk about good government and de-
puncation of frauds on the ballot and the foho"hS
Mrhsounding resolution was passed without oi'ehV
Ing voice uo,.,or
resolved. That this Democratic city convenuon
Smends come measure OF ballot reform at tlle hanes
osr o anthortties the arrest and punishment OF any
and all persons guilty OF corruptoh a. % :. hynrs
e. Soc,civ and 10 the Government, because through
Il all crimes become possible.
The true nature of this resolution and the greatest
issue in the Jersey City campaign are 10 DC lo"nu ~
a review of the action Of the Democrats III rcsa.u ~
the balotbox suffers. The bosses who piched ou'
., d,,,ies and sent them as delegates to the con-
rontion IN mt Mayor Cleveland again before the peo
o have shielded the ballotbox suffers from the s'
and have gone out OF their way 10 Keep o
their places to ofiiciatc once more al 'ie No'.e w
over the ballots OF nearly 10000 American o'"A
The law gave the jersey City Board Oh A1u0,"'O" "
Democratic power to remove these eieo.ion ~ ~,
Tor ~cau.es Instead the Board met ana con''"ou
.n counarels in Office deliberately and denanuy. ii
the fact that several thousand joker ballots nav
hecn stuffed into the boxes by them ias' iaii wa"
not causep for removal the decent people Oh 'erse,
CITY are wondering what would be r" cause su"''e"'
70 rid the voting booths of their presence -s.
1t anvthpr more is needed to show that the cause
OF the ballot-boxstuers is linked 10 inc
Mavor Cleveland it is found in the following l'c it
Mr cleveland realizing the burden he would DC o"is
ING in the continuance of the election ohcers III po
urepared a letter be read before the boaru VI
men protesting against their reappolh'nieh'' ',
two OF three political gamblers VINO are c oer from the
s~I Who own every Office In Jersey III! foni , ~
Wsvorafy down. are made Of sterner SUN; -
heard Of Mayor Ccveland's coming protest any Mai the
a,er was already written and that the Mayor was
forced to destroy it. Instead y. tS Alder
nun sling them TO use care in appointing elecu9n
ocers II the Mayor is in favor OF honesty IN pg
tcs LEI him demand the dismissal OF these i, ,
icion on officers before they get chance 10 stun moc
sySedOb ssotboIeS S' Ii is not yet Zoo late drawn
whose duty it viii be TO take cossance OF ,nc
ton frauds Of last fall sneT Gay,S iayy Of afsio
rats PEOPLE in Jersey City are examining ,hn es
irv with interest. The foreman Is Gche' % o J, his
t,. ~ the army and cigar manufacturer Dy oe
cupation. General Ramsey mas In IL III an ms 1dictment
or 70 let die people know the reason why mn M XIV
Die Of Jersey City and the Republicans OF va,
Associated with h the jury are no lot shoyyo Oh thai
Democrats random look at onS fhs s' Spemocratic
enntractor who has made fortune IN ,slSey r Nms
public contracts lie is now @ 2g,ons hy the Democratic
posS Of street and Water Commissioners Uns nrV nsn
IS Tumuy n,n6rTec rels5Ts oi sTpcrin Of
streets an appon,es Of Mayor CeyeandM the IXtS BIZ
Pagan Demscrac Tdsc S Democrat and
eYmember OF the Board OF tdueal0n' .her 10 Give an
these only few Of t.e Jurors, rs '"' Great r
sn"ns;bty rests on General Ramsey Inc .to moi,oS
people of Jersey City are IN earie9' !" "'''