The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-01

whether ballots should be counted as
cast. and the people not be defrauded BY
the Infamous gang over us" He spoke
Of Judge Wauser as being by public ax-
perience eminently fitted for the duties
of Sheriff, and he defied man. woman or
child to point to single act, public or
private, of Judge Wanser that did not in
dicate his entire worthiness for the posi-
tion. ICneers.l
JUDGE wAEsER SPEAKS.
Frank 0. Cole entered the Hall at this
instant and was greeted with much ap-
plause. but the applause became en-
thusiasm when the chairman introduced
Judge Wanser. The next Sheriff OF
Hudson county apologized for not being
able to make long speech, because he
and Mr.. McEwan had to attend a meet
ing in Hoboken as soon as they could get
away from their Fourth district friends.
The Judge briefly asked all to support
the Republican ticket and promised for
himself that If elected he would draw
grand and petit juries such as the public
could and would repose confidence In.
II see some Democrats here" said the
Judge, 'and to them I say. II you want
cnange. il you are tired Of the Ring,
elected and do not give you a better
government than You now possess. drive
Us then out Of town. Cheers, and then
three times three cheers.
FRANK COLES SPEECH.
Frank o. Cole, when this enthusiasm
subsided was put through the unneces-
sary form OF an Introduction. He said:
II do not care what position In life man
may occupy, he.is interested In good gov
ernment. Bad government makes hiR b
taxes and, of course. high rents" Mr.
Cole told the old tale OF the horrible con-
dition Of the streets and schools In this
city, cansed by Ring mismanagement,
| md nf "a
United States Government depends on
good schools, and when you strike blow
at schools, you strike blow at
the foundation of the greatest govern
ment God ever blessed The people who
control the county and city are trying to
the ages of five aud eighteen years old is
entitled to admission 20 the public schools
Of this city, but there are only 5000 pu-
pills who attend-about one fourth of the
number that the law provides for and the
State pays tax for, Pupils who want to
attend school are turned away daily bs-
cause there are no accommodations for
them. This may be all right for
the rich. but for the man who
pays taxes on his little home
to receive the benefit OF free schools it is
all wrong. [Applause] Louisville, KY,
pays 900 a year more for its schools
than Jersey City. and the little city Of
NEW l1dfcu 0tc5 tuC odnc- new 1OIk
pays two and one half times per capita
Tor schools what Jersey City pays for
good schools and 1t gets them. but so
long as the Ring in this county ard city
controls our schools they will be neg
lected.
"In regard to the streets, look at them
A few days before election hundreds Of
men are put to work and after election
the Ring discharges them That IS all
the Ring cares about streets--to make
votes" [Yells o. shame" "That's
so."l
EXPENSES INCREASED.
Mr.. Cole compared the cost of the city
government under the Ring charter with
the old, corrupt government, and showed
that the old gang were comparatively
young innocents compared with the
Davis Cleveland gang. He showed that
the city this year spent twice as much
money for the laying of water pipe as
Newark did. and yet Newark laid twice
as much pipe The work done in each
city being of the same nature.
"The Sheriff of this county for the past
three years." said Mr.. Cole with just in
dignation: "has packed every grand jury
and petit jury TO protect bailo- box
suffers"
After producing figures which he claim
ed showed that William 8. Stuhr was
Justly elected Senator, he made way for
John w. Jakeway and ex-Judge Rankin.
who in the most vigorous terms de-
nounced the act that deprived the Jeffer-
sonians of the right to vote for their
choice and compelled them to vote for
Republicans.