The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-10-17

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was assailedn
DRUNKEN REPUBLICAN.
| Great cheering and applause greeted
| this eloquent outburst of MIR. Hudspeth.
| While be was speaking drunken Repub-
| lican in the rear of the hall created u dis
| turbance and loud cries of Put him out"
were heard. A policeman started to eject
the ruffian Republican when MIR. Hud-
speth exclaimed:-
"Oh, no; don't put him ont. This is a
Democratic meeting aud it is in a Demo-
cratic meeting that the truth is told. We
invite people to ask cues tions and Seek
for information"
Mr. Hudspeth then drew vivid pic
ture OF the scene at Chicago, where the
spontaneous will of the people nomi-
mated Grover Cleveland, and contrasted
1t with the manner in which the Harri-
son Juggernaugh5 was driven rough shod
over the idol of the Republican party,
James G. Blaine. H next spoke of the
great hold which Grover Cleveland has
upon the people of the country of all
classes and conditions OF citizens. There
was no child who had reached the second
reader who had not read of the great
patriot Grover Cleveland. He asked why
Mr.. Cleveland had such hold upon the
people and answered his own question by
reading from Carl Schurz' letter.
What was 1t that produced among the
people so strong feeling for Grover
Cleveland? Not magnetism of personal
ity, for he cannot be said to be magnetic
man: not brilliancy of abilities, for he is
more of solid thinker and worker than
a brillian man; not anything in his past
life appealing to the popular imagination.
for his past life has been rather prosy
than interesting in the romantic sense.
Nor can it be said that there was be-
tween Mr. Clevelaud's political and
| economic views and the wishes OF the
people so inspiring correspon dence as to
kindle flame of enthusiasm for his per-
son. To be sure, he was looked upon as
the natural standard bearer in the strug-
gle against the high tariff policy. But
there was even a decided disagreement
between him and many democrats, es-
pecialiy in the South. on the silver
question. which they believed TO touch
their interest even more directly than the
tariff. And yet, even while they knew
that he was conscientiously inflexibly
opposed to their views and wishes, they
joined with fervor in the demand for his
nomination.
Nor was it mere party spirit inspired
by general belief that of all possible
Democratic candidates, Mr.. Cleveland
was the one most certain to carry the
election; for the regular delegation from
his own State loudly declared thst he was
the most likely to be defeated. IN short,
those influences which in this respect
usually sway the Judgment of parties
and conventions were SO strenuously .ex-
erted against him that the chances of mis-
success might have been questioned even
by his devoted friends.
CLEVELAND's POPULARITY.
What, then. was it that gave Mr..
Cleveland his amazing popular supportf
More than anything else the impression
produced upon the popular mind and
heart by the moral qualities displayed
man. The people said to them
selves, Here is au honest pat
riot. He conscientiously studies
his duty and he has the 1rage to do it,
without fear or favor. without regard to
his own interests. He is not afraid of his
enemies and not afraid of his friends. He
is 10 demagogue: with him public office
is indeed a public trust. No matter
whether he agrees with us on all points.
he can be depended upon to speak what
he thinks true and to do what he thinks
right and for the best of the country. No
matter whether he will get more votes
than another candidate, he is our man,
aud we would rather be defeated with
him than nominate a man less worthy"
Like the national campaign. Mr.. Hud-
speth said that the chief issue in the State
campaign was one of taxation. He scored
numerically the platitudes and preten-
sions of the Republicans of the great
things that they would do if they were
only given chance. He told how every
election time sort of put-a-nickle in the
slot kind of politician appeared and
promised TO do wondrous things for the
relief of the poor overburdened tax
payer. He exposed the hollow hypociasy
of these pretensions by showing how,
when the Republicans had control of
the Legislature, they only relieved
the burdens of the railroad and
canal corporations by letting them
off with meagre tax Then he re-
lated the circumstances of the tax law of
1884 which was passed by Democratic
Legislature in spite of the sire nuous op-
position of the Republicans. vino fought
the bill at every step. By that Demo
cratic bill the railroad corporations last
year paid 81 .240 600 into the State treas
ury and the other corporations 1852, GOO
making total of almost 81, 800 900 which
the Democratic party made the corpora
tions pay the State.
GOOD JOHNNY KEAN, JR.
Mr.. Hndspeth then touched up Mr..
John hean, Jr., in manner which high
~ amused the audience. He showed how
Mr.. Kean was the martinez whose
strings were pulled by General Seweli.
Johns gas and water monoDolies were
referred TO and the fact that the Repubii-
cans were not trying to elect Harrison
but were bending all their energies to-
ward the election of Mr. Kean aud the
Legislature, SO that General Seweil can
go to the United States Senate, which he
designated as beautiful ailegory.
In 1871 the Republicans obtained con-
urol of the Legislature and gave Jersey
City. new charter which placed the
local government in the hands of COM
missions. Those commissions piled up a
debt Of SIC, 100000 in bonds paying seven
per cent. interest, and that is why Jersey
City suffers today from a burdensome
debt. That's a specimen of what the
Republicans have done for the taxpayers
when they were in power and what they
will do again if they should be placed In
power once more.
Mr.. Hudspeth closed his address with
eloquent tribute to Judge Werts and the
other candidates on the ticket.
UNIFORMED CLUB LEAGUE.