The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-02
ADRIAN TO THE O'NEILLS.
Ringing Speech to a Rousing Meet
ing-The Cry of Fraud.

If any Republican believed that there
was any disaffecti in the Democracy of
the First district, that belief was sadly
shattered last night. when the rooms of
the O'Neiil Association overfowed with
substantial First district workers, who
listened to Senator Robert Adrain and
other speakers. The mention of Cleve-
lands name by any of the speakers won
long continued applause. George T..
Werts and Hugh A. Kelly, the candidate
for the Assembly. were roundly cheered.
Ex-Assemblyman Patrick H. O'Neill
called the meeting to order shortly after
eight O'Clock. Every chair in the room
was occupied aud scores stood in the
aisles. Mr. O'Neill read the following
list of vice-presidenis of the Getting. the
majority of whom were present.. They
comprised the leading citizens of the dis
trict.
Mr.. Hanley entel tained the audience
until tine arrival or Senator Adrain. Mr.
Adraiu spoke in semi-humorous vein.
but he made telling points which were
appreciated by his hearers.
MR., ABRAMS SPEECH
"There is no place that l would rather
come to speak than Jersey City" Mr..
AdraiI began. 81 am not going TO weary
you With discussion OF the tariff, AS there
are lots of speakers going around bottled
up on that subject. Que night last week,
| walked into a little side room in a
counJry town and saw abo fifty people
gat cred there and II lot of tiucans lay
ing alongside a gripsack. l made in
Qulrles and learned that tariff speak ker
was expected. There is story tod by n
young miuister who WAS about to take
the pulpit i'll Plymouth Church, Brooklyn
He was asked several Questions ana an
sWered them readily. Finally he was asked
to define the Trinfty. The minister
Thought n,omsnt and then S id That is
a very heavy question aud I'm very
small man. So il is with the tariff and
me"
The speaker then went into the record
of the Republican party in this State.
Tine Republican party asks that the
reins OF government be turned over to
them," he said. "and they should advance
some very good arguments For twenty
five years this State has had a Democratic
Governor. and If the Democratic party is
worth n rap she Will have it for twenty
five years more. I'll never believe III It
people i'll our own party will prove
TRAITORS" Loud cheering
The speaker then told now the Republi-
cans had control of b tn houses i'll 1885,
One of the first things they did was to
strip the Democratic Governor of almost
all the power which the people had en-
trusted him with. They said that If it
had not been for the Constitution they
would have robbed him OF every other
power.
REPUBLICAN FRAUD.
"The Republicans point to fraud in
Hudson" the speaker said. well, there
were frauds and we are all sorry for
them. But should they, who have fraud
in their own bosom, talk about frauds?
Have you forgotten the glgan ic steal of
the Presidency in 1876? Then you re-
member. how u Republican majority of
the Senate stole Edward f. McDonald's
seat and seated Mr.. Stuhr. If that wasn't
fraud. don't know what I'm talking
about"
The speaker then dwelt on the record
of the Democratic party. He told how
the $500, GOO debt, PILED up by the Repub-
licans, had been wiped out under Demo-
cratic rule and d balance of $500, 900 piled
up in the Treasury. He said that the
State of New Jersey today was the envy
of every other State in the Union, and
Democratic government had made her so.
Mr.. Adrain then characterized the coal
issue as big bugaboo, and said that the
statement that the Democratic party was
responsible for the increase in the price of
coal was tine sheerest nonsense, and ad-
vised all present to read the statement
sent out by the Democratic State Com
mittee.
After Mr.. Adrain had finished. Assem-
blyman O'Neill in a neat speech intro
duceu Hugh A, Kelly and hoped that
every memper of the association would
take off his coat ON Election day and
work for the election of Mr..
Kelly. MIR. O'NeiPs manly speech
brought down the house. After Mr.. Kelly
appropriate remarks. Mr.. O'Neill again
took the floor. and made one OF his char
acteristic speeches, which provoked the
widest enthusiasm.