The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-04-09
LONELY REPUBLICANS.
Candidate DusenburY Keeps All But
a Handful Away From
Bergen Hail.


With an energy worthy Of a better
cause the Republican Committee Of the
Sixth district. after prolonged search in
the highways and byways. last night sue
ceeded in assemblying between thirty
and forty men and youths in Bergen
Hall. From this slender flock Z. w.
woolley selected the wethers to sit on the
platform to keep john Reid, Director Of
Education and chairman OF the meeting,
from feeling lonely. These leaders OF the
flock were Judge Douglass. Major T. X.
Pangborn, Frank o. Cole. Aldermen
Horace Schermerhorn and Simeon B.
smith, E W. Wcoley and Alex
ander Duzenbury, the Republi-
can candidate for Alderman
from the Sixth district. When
the meeting was under good headway,
Mr.. DominicuS Wegman's whiskers hove
in sight, and soon after the handsome
form of the unfortunate candidate was
discerned He too sat on the stage.
Just before nine O'Clock the skirmlsh-
ers reported that they had made a
thorough search among the liquid art gal
leries. and were unable to swell the num-
Der present single man. Mr.. John Reid
sighed at this discouraging announce
ment, and introduced DR.. Pangborn, who
said:-
Il suppose your wondering why the
audience Is so small, and your tax payers
are not here the same as 1 am, said he.
Everyone did seem to wonder, so he
added that the people could not be per-
suaded that the approaching election
would be an important one. They had
become SO thoroughly convinced that the
Democrats would win the battle that
they had grown Indifferent.
DIR. Pangborn then repeated his speech
of the night before with some variations,
such as these: 1.-The city is controlled by
Mclaughlin, O'Neill. ODonnell. Davis,
Feeney, Kern, Dugan. Somers. Conway,
Tom Trotter and Mike O'MarA. The
Mayor simply does what they order, it
seems to me, and does not do what they
don't want" DR.. Pangborn said that
Mayor Cleveland had made one good APP
pointment, that of Comptroller Hough,
aud that was about all. The audienc e
snickered, and man said audioly,
That's tough on Benson" The learned
political econ omist berated the actions of
the Republican party in trying to boom
little men and in cutting each Others $
political throat, and thereby demoraliZ-
ing the party. He said the proper thing
for the party at all times was to nominate
its great men like Dominicus Wegman.
Mr.. Wegman bowed approyIngly at this
encomium, and gentle wave of applause
rippfed over the floor and then died Of
exhaustion. After the doctor grew weary
of saying more bad things OF the Demo
cratic party than his paper has printed in
i've years he made way for the lion OF the
night. Mr. Dominicus Wegman himself
candidate for President of the Board of
Alderren With the accuracy of first
class mind reader Mr.. Wegman said =
Gentlemen, don't suppose you expect
that will say much this evening. Zap
.-I..o. T., facf I dfdDft avnaef auufhfDs -
10 say and | rather embarrassed am quite
much"
Mr. Wegman wiped the perspiration
from his brow and pulled up his collar.
81 see the other side is afraid of me-"
he went on, although I'm not parlia-
mentarian and such great ones trey nave.
However, If elected the President OF the
Alderman Board will do those business
honest and fair. will not go there aud
five years work me for term and l
wouldn't my salary have increased and
vo.e mine self for 1t. Will not 20 there
for gain If / was elected sometimes.
prolonged applause.l | have not done
for the city nothing, and the city for me
nothing never has done just the same. |
see / am called many things and now
am a straw man. [ApDlause which made
the speaker sadder.l A straw man, put
that down, Mr.. Reporter but straw
man / was not, you mud out Pm not u
parhamentarian. but II | go there by that
a lderman Board l am honest man.
have no more TO say" fApplause.]
Alderman Simeon Smith was next in
troduced. He toll all about the thugs
he did not do In the Legislature. and then
produced a loI of figures which he claimed
showed the city haa run behind So oOo, 900
during the last five years. Referring to
President Charies Allen of the Board of
Aldermen, and the Democratic candidate
for reelection, Mr.. Smith 50 far forgot
his party bigoLry as to say
"f'ye known Charles Allen a great
many wears. / consider him a good
neighbor aud an honorable aud honest
usn. He is just as honorable as Dornini-
Gus Wegman. though l do not tAink he
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