The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-08-30
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.
Hudspeth, 0'Neil and Grass
mann Will Head the
Ticket.
BRUGGEMANN'S DOWNFALL.
He Wants denomination, But
the Leaders Won't Give
1t to Him.


For Surrogate:-James FL. OpNeil.
For Director-at-Large of the Board Of
Observation-Disclosures Grassmann.
This is the ticket that the Democrats in
this county will undoubtedly nomin ate
this fall Two weeks agoit was stated in
these columns that the powers that be
had long ago decided that Mr. Hudspe th
should receive the nomination. The se-
lection of the ex-Speaker is undoubtedly
a popular one. and win add TO the
strength Of the party. He win make an
efficient representative in the upper
House, because of his large legislative
experience obtained as d member of As
sembly for three years and Speaker for
one year. He is lawyer of ability and is
the Corporation Attorney of this city His
Democracy is established. For the NOM
nation he has a walkover. There will be
no opposition.
A POPULAR SURROGATE.
The race Surrogate O'Neii will run for
reelection will be even easier than that
of Mr.. Hudspeth. During the many years
Mr.. O'Neii has been connected with this
Office and the one term he has served as
Surrogate be has made himself more
familiar with the duties connected with
the office and the details of the business
than any man in Hudson county. The
Office of Surrogate is a peculiar Que. Fhe
custody of property comes within its
province and 1t particularly cares for the
widows and orphans. None but a tried
and efficient man should ever be placed in
this office, and Mr. O'Neil can safely defy
any man TO make COMPLAINT against his
many years Of service there. The longer
he is there the better it is for the people.
For the Office of Director at-Large,
however, there is a contest going on.
Two years ago the Democrats. by the
hardest kind of work, succeeded in elect
ing Augustus NJ. Bruggemann by very
small majority. The majority was SO
small that James Roche, the defeated
candidate. contested the election in the
courts
BRUGGEMANN A CANDIDATE.
Mr.. Brnggemann is candidate for a
second term. l asked q county leader
yesterday what chance he had for a re-
nomination, and he replied with decided
energy None. We have had enough
OF him "
"Why, what is the trouble2'' asked.
TROUBLED Why. TIE fellow has done
nothing else but make trouble since we
pulled him through. The first great
trouble he gave was to get a permanently
swelled head. He had hardly taken his
seat when he asked to be appointed State
he didn't care which, bur he rather pre-
ferred to be Comptroller. BrugEemann's
efforts were joked about among the boys,
and that WAS the last OF his application
have heard that he endeavored to per-
suade the Governor 10 appoint him Comp
troller, but Mr.. Bruggemann is not Of the
ealibre the Governor requires of men in
high Offices"
"What other trouble did Brnggemann
causes
tHe kicked up row in the Board of
Freeholders as soon as that body organ
not recognize him as a Freebooter He
wanted patronage Patronage was his
constant cry. He begged and entreated
for something to give his Hoboken con-
stituents. He was not bright enough to
know that people in Bayonne we've as
much his constituents as those in Ho-
boken. He was elected by the vote of a
county and not by thesvote of a district.
When the Freeholders divided the pat
ronage they quietly ignored Bruggemann
because he was not a Freeholder. The
law says there shall be ten Freeholders.
and he was not one of the ten. He was
simply presiding officer, without any.
power except to appoint committees and
entertain motious-
DIDN'T REDUCE HIS HEAD.
After the Freeholders sat down Oh
him in the way Of patronage, he began to
realize that he was not as great man as
he supposed. This did not reduce his
swelled head, however, and he caused to
be passed law that goes into effect
December l of the present year, that
gives the Directcr-at-Large veto power.
When Bruggemann did this he thought
his return to the Board would be GER
tain, although the leaders told him differ
ently.n
Nv hat else did he do?r
II ca MT stop to tell you all There was
his Id lotto action in regard to the Park
bonds. He thought to delay the consum-
missioners until the next Legislature
could be induced to amend the law so as
to give the handling of the 81 100, 900 to
the Freehoiders. This action. he thought.
would obtain for him the unanimous sup
port of the Democratic members of the
Board. | don't believe today any man
there would vote for him.
Charles B. Thurston, Pres ldent of
the PARK Commissioners. is man Of
character, and he publ
caliy declared that If the Commissioners
had bought piece of property that
wanted to sell at five times
its value for park purposes, there would
have been no obstruction placed in the
way of parks by Director Bruggemaun."
A leader in the County Committee
stated positively that August Grassmann
would be nominated for Director.at-
Large.
Mr.. Grassmann is best known politically
as the ex-Mayor of Hoboken. He de-
feated Herman Thinker easily for the
office, and made good Mayor. He is
very popular where be is known.