The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-12
DAY TO YANP
Our State Committee Chair
man Talks Joyous1y
Of the Victory.

nlghb, Allan L. McDermotC spoke thus OF
the campaign
First, let us look at the result in a
light more analytical han is furnished
by the 'hurrah' which follows the an
nouncement that victory has taken au-
other inning at the perching business and
has concluded that III banner is a desira-
bic roasting place. l have not received
full returns from all counties, but we will
take Cleveland's majority in the State at
$4,000 aud Werts' at 5000. This means
that 1900 voters who voted for Cleveland
also voted for Kean. Anything beyond
this would probably be balanced by Re-
publlcans who voted for Werts. So we
have it that 1000 voters in New Jersey
wanted tariff reform and didn't want a
Democratic State government. This 1000
includes all that were bought for Mr..
Kean, but not for the.rest of the ticket.
The Democrats, it will DO seen, are yet IN
fine majority in that portion OF the earth
formerly used as the Garden of Eden, but
now known as New Jersey.
Mr.. kean's canvass was simply ridicu-
lous. The committee having charge of
the distribution of his Doodle showed an
aggregated comprehension of New Jersey
politics that would be of little credit TO
the average boys debating club. The
literature sent out by that committee
nave cost a lot of money, but it
didn't secure ten votes in the State for
Kean.
DEFINE THE ISSUE.
1.-THE first move in Il political campaign
Is to define the issue. The Presidential
campaign was, of our to be fought on
the tariff question. The Republican State
nIpff0Pn1 JUN1 Q1nnfnd thu DIV l.Fouo NLz
Democratic State Convention met. 1t
consisted of a half column of abuse of
the administration of Governor Albeit, l
drew the Democratic platform and Joined
issue squarely by devoting three-fUurths
OF it to the indo; Sement of the Governors
administration. The Republican State
platform gave us an opportunity to di-
rect the attention of the people to three
facts:--First, In 1889. the floating debt of
the State was $500, 900; second, this debt
has been paid. and there is over 5000, 600
in the treasury; third, no general State
tax has been levied to pay That debt or
accumulate that surplus. These three
facts outweighed the Republican plat
form and all the sensational trash issued
oyer the signature of Chairman Murphy.
Il would like at this point to give a
WORD of advice to Mr.. Murphy. He did
not write the circulars issued by his COM
mittee, but his name is signed to them.
He means we'll, but he is young in the
business. He should avoid the circular
address to the people, fiend. There are
10000 OF him in the State, and he is about
equally distributed between the parties,
H CIRCULAR FIEND.
1.-The first circuia issued by the Repub-
licans gravely assured the people that the
Democratic party a IN the last three
years of its wicked career created over
three thousand State officers, with salar-
ice - q no tin n afrnt1nh m h, q fta ln~l-
of England. Then it gravely recited all
the bills which mad been introduced by
Republicans and Democrats for the crea-
ton of offices during the past three years.
None OF them was passed, most Of them
being introduced by members to oblige
individual constituents. To tell the peo-
pie of Camden, Middlesex, Morris and
other counties that the wicked Democrats
had created county district courts. with
judges and clerks and other salaried Of
icers ID easy, tut the voters naturally
asked If these things be, where are they?'
And as they couldn't find the courts they
concluded that the Republican State
Committee was fbbing.
NEXT to the abuse of Governor Abb
bett. the Republican committees and
candidates devoted themselves to yelling
coal Sc a tom The circulars issued on
this question were the most contemplate
mass of lies ever distributed by a political
committee. One of them was filled with
personal abuse of myself. The price of
coal had been raised. The Democratic
Legislature had passed a bill to allow a
consolidation of the roads over which the
coal is carried. The Governor vetoed the
bill. Now. could there be a greater insult
to the intelligence of the voter than Co
tell him that the bill so vetoed had eff
fected the advance in the price of coal2
! HI RESULT.
EsCarapkoap DarnoororS xrbA -o&ad g.
the bill were candidates for reelection.
Fifteen of them were reelected and two
defeated. The fact that coal had been
advanced injured the chances of those
who voted for the bill. and there are some
skulls so thick that they cannot under
stand that a vetoed bill mounts to moth
ing;
tory Of the bill, and a special edition of
the WORTH, containing That address and
other matter affecting State politics, was
sent TO every voter in the State, but we
lost Sonae votes on account of the rise in
the price of coal; not many. but some.
I'm Hudson. my good little friend Her.
bert Potts was posted all over as the great
man who voted against The coal bill. 1t
was simply pathetic to watch Herbert in
the campaign. He was carted all over
Hudson county and exhibited, for all the
world as they used to exhibit Tom
Thumb. He WAS labelled This is the
good boy who didn't vote with tue wicked
Democrats Before the campaign was
over people concluded that the legend
on That label should read:-'This young
gentleman voted the way General Seweil
wanted him to- Aud they went for Her.
bert and turned his picture to the wall.
We'll, the question OF that bill, as a
factor in the campaign, WAS eliminated
from the contest ia two-thtrus of the
State by the fact that the candidates were
not members of the last Legislature. In
the other districts the question was
squarely met, and fifteen Out of seventeen
members assailed for their voles on that
bill are returned.
$50 much for the Republican side. They
abused and lied, aud here and there prob
ably caught a Weak-minded voter, but the
buslness was overdone. They started off
with that Passaic county vinegar bottle,
ex Senator Griggs, who contracted bron-
chiIis in endeavoring to convince his
auditors that Governor Albeit had
burned the State House. Griggs set the
pace and they all followed him over the
Passaie Falls. This is the third time in
ten years the Republicans have tried to
elect a Governor by a Campaign of
SANDER. Chairman Murphy's splurge in
that direction should be 4 lasting lesson.
Ii he had applied to me early in the cam
paign, / would, In a spirit of charity, have
whispered to him that he conidn's win by
abusing the Democratic leaders.
STOOD ON THEIR RECORD.
"On our side we said, plainly;-'Thera
is our record; we ask for its endorsement
Aud / never doubted what that endorse