The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-22
HUDSON'S SHAME.
The City Disguised and
Amazed at the Makeup
Of the County Machine.
PRAISE FOR THE NEWS
1t Did a Splendid Public Service
in Showing Up the Paltry Gang.
NOW FOR AN IMPROVEMENT

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"Horriblet'
what showing upr'
Good He avens, is this list of the Demo-
cratic County Committee published in
The SUNDAY MORNING NEWS truet"
These and hundred similar express
sions were heard everywhere in the city
yesterday and today about the list of the
members of the Democratic County Com
mittee.
The universal expression of disgust
was plainly noticeable.
Why exclaimed one Democrat, "thev
are nearly all liquor dealers and office
holders. Not man on 1t but has an axe
to grind. Not representative Demo-
mill and grog shop politicians
there. don't wonder that
the fellows THE NEWS calls the Ring
have been successful in their work, and
agree with The NEWS that the time for q
change has arrived. TO have such gang
as this to be the machinery of the Demo-
cratic party of Hudson county, is but to
court the contempt of every citizen here
and elsewhere. The crowd that runs this
county +GOmnltb6e, III my UplulUut uuS
reached the end of its ropeo
The above is but solitary sample of
what every one said. Many good heelers
of the Ring frankly said:--"It's a black
eye,' Where in h---ll did THE NEWS
get the list" and 1.-THE NEWS scored good
one this time"
LAME APOLOGY.
Not single word of commentator for
the committee was heard, although one
of the men who holds an office by the
graciousness of the Ringsters said, in an
apologetic manner:-"We can't help 1t;
men ike Albeit. Bedle and Garretson
will not hold the office of county COM
mitteemen and we take what we can
get"
"But you generally get what you
want?"
"Oh, yes; you don't suppose we are such
fools as to put men in the County Commit
tee who will antagOnize us.
is not that the reason you can't get
representative men in the committee-be-
cause they refuse to associate with the ele-
ment that now belongs to it and those who
control its workg'
men like Allan l.. McDermott, George b.
Fielder, Dennis Mclaughlin, Leon Ab-
bett, Senator Mcdonald, E. F. G. Young
and Colonel e. A. Stevens were in the
County Committee they would run the
politics OF the county and we would be
leib III bH6 cOkus lucy WouAu oVOA 0AAfC
our men out.
EsW "A STRONG STIMULUS.
called on my friend Of the Hudson
Democratic Society whose interesting
talks on politics were given to the public
last week, to ask him what he thought OF
the list.
well, don't know that Pm as much
Mortified as you'd like me to be" he re-
marked. "You see, it was not new to me.
/ have taken some interest in politics all
my life, and have watched this commit
tee drirt from bad to worse since
the reorganization after the
Laverty campaign. It was pretty
respectable then; but for some
years past tt has been almost imi
possible to get good citizens to serve on
it. Men like Bedle and Stevens and
Brinkerhoff don't want to be bossed and
made catspaws of byfellows likeDavis and
SO they will have nothing to do with local
politics. The committee has gradually
settled down to an almost dead level of
slavish heelers who will do anything
their corrupt masters tell them, however
dishonest or lawless it may be, Oh yes,
know there are few straight men on
it; but they don't count They will be
fired off, too, at the next primaries.
.'Weil, how do you think the public
take the list?".
Il think they are appalled,. think
they ought to be obliged 70 The NEWS for
4
any compliments. It's not my style. l
don't care cent about your enterprise
as your editor calls it; but you can tell
him for me that I think he has done a
public service for once. 1t Is good the
people should know who the gang are.
then If they let them remain in power it
is their own fault.
What effect will this have on the Hud-
son Democratic Socictyw
II don't know what 1t will have. l
know what it ought to have. IT there Is
particle Of public spirit in the members
it Will make them get up and drive the
scoundrels into the canal. "
DAVIS ON WILLIAM UTZ.
Sheriff Davis was asked this morning
what he thought OF William Utz as a
Democratic candidate for Sheriff.
''Mr. Utg, said the Sheriff, ''s gentle
man who is much liked but l do not
think he could be nominated and don't
believe he would take nomination ii it
was rendered him."
What do you think OF the chances OF
John McPhillips for the nomination."
II think this, that no man can go In
this convention as aone mans candidate.
think McPhillips is liked SO well by the
people on the outside (of the Ring) that
he will get the nomination. 1t looks that
way TO me. The convention will prcba.
bly, be held October 10 or near that date. =