The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-03

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Davis, Robert Hudspeth and
Frank o. Cole.
Orestes Cleveland, politically dead
and out of the race for the M~ayoralty,
is one person. Orestes Cleveland, an
active candidate, backed by a faction
and rallying the office holding gang
to his support, is a very different per-
son indeed.
There is neither pleasure nor profit
in kicking a corpse, and it would be
neither becoming nor advantageous
to prosecute Mr.. Cleveland in Grticulo
mortis by bringing anew before his
and the public vision the episodes that
have made his name a synonym for
shame in this community.
But if Mr.. Cleveland is a candidate
for the Mayoralty, or if he looms up
to any magnitude at all as a candidate
during the progress of the campaign,
it will become a duty to the people
and to the Democratic party to show
clearly once again the reasons why he
should not receive any c~ountenance
or support.
We most earnestly hope the need
will not arise. But If the occasion is
forced upon us, we will be no o
afraid to do our duty to the city and
the party than we have been in the
past, and we will show conclusively,
even from the jobs and schemes pend
ing and contemplated at this very
hour, that the denomination of Mr..
Cleveland would be nothing short Of
a crime.
OF Mr.. Davis we are impelled to
speak more in sorrow than in anger.
The policy which he has announced
Of making himself the captain and
champion of the Office holding gang
is simply calculated to work ruin to
himself. If Mr.. Davis could nominate
Mr.. Cleveland, what would he do
with him2 Does he seriously imagine
he could elect him2
Does Mr.. Davis think he could elect
any one on the platform he proposes
bread and butter for the three hun
dred ofice-holders of the Cleveland
regime. For goodness sake, Mr..
Davis, can you not see the farcical
absurdity of it? Just imagine your
position in the Convention.
On one side would be the popular
aspirations, the popular man,-the
craving for good government, the
urgent need for economy, ability and
honesty at the head of the city's
affairs. Can even you deny these
things?
On the other side would be you, and
the representatives of your three hun
bred office holders. And what would
you oppose to the great cry of your
opponents? Why, simply this
Give US bread and butter!
BAH
Is it conceivable that Mr.. Robert
Hudspeth would identify himself with
such a cause as this
Mr.. Hudspeth is Il young He
is now in his thirty-ninth year He
has an honorable station. He holds
high office. He enjoys a good in
come and is gradually becoming rich.
He is doing good service to the people.
He is making an honorable record.
A bright and useful future opens out
ahead of him. He will probably be
Congressman. He may look forward
to even higher honors.
Could he afford at this hour to be-
come the champion of the office hold
ing gang?
Could he afford to take as his
platform the cry, "Give us bread and
butter?
Could he become a candidate for
the Mayoralty as the distinct oppo-
nent of all the reforms which are re-
presented by Allan L. McDermott-
for that is what his candidature
would be, all talk to the contrary
Notwithstanding?
What is the Mayoralty to him
that he shonld wreck his life
for it on such a platform2