The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-11-16
He Has Utterly Lost Caste
as a Popular Leader
and Party Coun-
Se11or.
CLEVELAND HIS ONLY HOLD.
through the Fraud Mayor He Con-
trolls Patronage and Uses His
Power to Coerce His
Adyersaries.

What a change in the life of man two
years can makei Two years ago Robert
Davis was an acknowiedg ed power in the
politics of this county and in the councils
OF the Democratic party. Today he is
but fourth-rate power, mere boss, and
boss over comparatively few persons.
Two years ago his advice was sought and
his endorsement begged by political as
pirants. Today his advice is Stunned and
no one cares. or. rather, dares to ask for
favors under his endorsement. Two years
ago no person could stand in front
of the City Hall or the Court House
half an hour without hearing
someone say, s.Yon had better
see Davis If you want that place.; or, IF
Bob is with you, you are as good as ap-
pointed" or other similar expressions
Everything was Days, because up to
that time no one had learned Davis. The
great election frauds of 1889, which
created the title OF THE Little Joker"
for him, had not been unearthed and q
thousand aud one other disreputable acts
in his hidden second self had not been
exposed to public view and general con-
domination.
How different it Is nowi But three
days ago was talking to man who is a
candidate for high State office. He told
me of his hopes, and / inquired If he had
spoken to Davis and asked his support.
His reply better Indicates the downfall of
Bob Davis from power than column
could.
mo, Davis has lost his pull Do you
know good man to back me with,
DennyS" was what ne said.
A GENERAL OPINION.
without the slightest exaggeration. I
-
similar remarks during the past three or
| four days. Davis has no pull, for, ex.
cepting that weak ana depraved old hypo-
| critic, Orestes Cleveland, he controls no
one. He has lost his power In the Exc
cutive Committee of the Democratic
County. Committee, which Is now con-
| trolled by Dennis Mclaughlin, and which
| in turn controls the County Committee.
John j. McPhiltips has declared that Bob
| Davis shall not run his Office or III
| huence the conduct of its affairs.
| he no longer can order the Board of
Freeholders TO do his bidding. and in
| fact he has not single thing that he can
consideration Of having influence. The
weak and lachrymose Cleveland is his
| only strength, and never did man trust
! to a more frafl reed. For some
| reason best known TO Davis and the
| wicked old Cleveland, Davis can con-
-
/ him power, and he IS nothing the best
| OF II by forcing the old man over whom
! he holds such a mysterious grip Q won
! der what rascality Davis caught aim I'M
/ to appoint to Office men whom ne eau
boss, such men as Keno john German
and his ilk. Even venile as Cleveland is,
| he must have shuddered when Davis
| ordered him TO appoint the notorious
/ gambler German President Of the Board
| of Tax Commissioners to succeed such a
| trustworthy man as M. j. O'Donneil,
when Mr.. o. Donnell is appointed Police
1 Justice.
1t is with the single hope that by fore
| ing Cleveland to appoint to office men
VINO will obey Davis, that Davis expects
to force a recognition from men
high in the affairs OF state poll
| tics. II he can show Governor
Albeit and Allan L McDermott
that he controls the city because he owns
Cleveland in partnership with Hogen-
camp. and that the appointments to be
made by Cleveland are to be placed in
power for the sole purpose Of doing
Davis bidding. If he can show this he
hopes for recognition as power which
he does not now and never will again
possess.
THE ELECTIONS PROVE IT.
The elections of the past years show
DAVIS downfall. Take Bob Davis own
precinct. He certainly ought to be
stronger Lhere tnan IN any 0Cler part OF
the city. In 1888 Davis carried his own
precinct by majority of 20 for McAdoo,
IN 1889 his precinct gave Governor Albeit
majority of Al, but this present year at
the recent election Bob Davis precinct
gave McEwan, Republican. 43 majority
for Congress, and Wanser, Republican. 40
majority. Figures do not not lie and this
frightful reversal Of majorities in Bob
Davis precinct must mean that even at
his home, among his neighbors, his IN
fuence has departed No one can say
that McEwan's majority In this precinct
was caused by his personal popularity,
for not one dozen persons in the pre-
cinct ever heard of him until he was
nominated. The loss of the Demo
cratic majority In this precinct
was directly through Davis. He
claimed to be boss. he ordered the people
TO vote for his candidate, and they re-
fused. They had no feeling against Nc
Phillips, but he had to be injured to
teach Davis lesson, and so universe
was this opinion that this so-called boss
of Jersey City found himself whipped in
the city by majority of 1904 on election
day. The days OF Davis as leader are
gone. The days of Davis as petty boss
are mum bered.