The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-21
Tried to KniTe DR.. MeGill
In His Well Known
Sneaky Manners
Rad A DIRK FOR STANTON, TOO.
Glen" Gordon Held the Weapons
A Hudson Society Mars
Story Of Wednesdays
Election.

contest for the President of the Hudson
Democratic Society, whether he did
all IN his power to elect DIR. Gordon or
kept his solemn pledges to secure votes
for DR.. McGill. This was followed by
the statement that The NEWS could tell
those who were curious upon the subject,
just what he did, and As many have
taken pains to class themselves among
''those who are curious upon the sub.
ject," THE News will show how
the little un, who. 'whatevers his
faults are never goes back upon
friend and who, whenever he once
gives his word always keeps 1t, no mat
ter what happens, "as the sycophauts who
criuge about him say of him. sneakingly
and treacherouslY worked for the eisc-
tiou of DR.. Gordon and the establishment
OF all he represents in the society, there
by betraying most basely not only the
mau whom he had given his solemn
pledge to support, but the regularly
nominated candidate of the Democratic
party as well.
A CLUBMAN's STORY
One of the most prominent members of
the Hudson Democratic Society met a
reporter OF THE JERSEY CITY NEWS last
evening aud in the courseIof converse
tion upon the recent election at the club,
said
"This talk that certain broad ply
lactered pharisees in the society are
indulging in just now about the political
sanctity of Lem Gordon and the anti
podal tniquity of Doc McGill, makes
me exceedingly drowsy, as well as every
other hater OF cant who is acquainted
with the inside history of the hight for
president OF the club. Now, was In
that fight and you can rely on what l
say as being straight as string. When
the election of officers began to draw
near. John McMaster, Billy Heppen-
a committee to make combinations, as has
been the practice of the club since fts
organization. They agreed that ID c.
McGill would be the bsst man for the
position undor the existing circunl,
stances. and they went to him and asked
him to take the nomination.
He refused. aud suggested that
they nominate Len Gordon.
GORDON WOULD NOT DO
1.-THE committee said that wouldn't
do at all. Gordon was entirely out of
the question. He wasn't straight in his
Democracy. and could not be relied upon.
At the present time it was necessary that
some one should be In the chairwho WIS
known to be steadtasu and back. boBey,
and the committee though McGill was
that man. After some further talk OF
this nature Doc consented aud%was
placed in nomination. There was some
mutterng among the gentlemen who
daily thank God they are not as other
men, but that was to be expected, and
things went along at the CLUB the same
as usual. Ff&,5l
Pretty soon, however, vel wRssa
McGlll man, you know-discovered that
a movement was on foot to run Lem
The scheme was being worked on the
quiet, and the plan was to keep shady
would be sprung upon the meetings
backed by enough votes to put>Tit
through. The crowd was alsosto, prevent
the passage of resolutions}by the club!
endorsing Stanton's nomination.
"Well. when we got 'on to this little
scheme, we didn't let much heroage
vegetate under our feet. We held a
was this sweet scented little man, who
thinks he runs the politics as
we'll as the Jail of Hudson county.
He had come to US and said that he was
going into this fight to help Doc Nc
Gill. He had no use for Len Gordon.
He had tried him once and found him
false, and although McGill had always
fought him and fought him hard, he
would rather support a man who. he
knew. would do what he said he would
than one who, he knew was false. We
laid out sort of plan of campaign aud
went to work with a vim. It wasn't
long before we discovered that
IDENTIFY acquainted with our plans and met
all our moves with counter move.
Whenever We had man piedged to
US secretly and no one but those in our
councils knew il, we found that by some
hook or crook the Gordon men soou
found it out aud began to work upon
our man accusing him OF all sorts of
political crimes In supporting Doc Nc
Gill.
DAVIS THE BETRAYER.
ut was evident that somebody was
giving our plans away to the other Side
and 1t soon became just as evident that
it swas Mr.. Bob Davis the little
fellow who never went back on a friend
or broke his promise Whatever doubts
on the subject which fingered In the
mind of any of MS was dispelled by
lirtle circumstance which came to our
notice In a way which precludes any pos
slbility OF It's being anything but correct
Davis. while engaged in the little m is
sionary work which. we now know, be
was doing for Gordon. met mem
Der OF the club, man who II he was
intimate enough with to be cour
f1dential, and in speaking Of
the society's election, asked him who be
was going to vote for. The man replied
that ue was goiHG TO vote for Len Cor
dop, and was STARTING In to explain to
Davis why he was going to do so wnen
Bob Interrupted him:-'That's all
right said Bob Pm voting that way
myself. but Fm supposed to be WORKING
for McG.ll'
THE CLUBMAN BECOMES DIseUsTED.
I'VE had a clear majority of fifteen
votes on the night before the election,
that Is. we had that number p edge d to
US. aud the question is. what tip
did some of our men set
or how did the other side
know who our meu were so as to get ut
them and briug them over TO LEM
Davis, tell you, Is the man that be-
trayed us. aud don't see any other rea-
son he could have for doing so than a
desire to put out au anchor to wind ward.
Instead of going out aud working man.
fully for the regular Democratic ticket
he seems to be pantc stricken ami Is try
inCito ssaye his own littie miserable hide
by sacrificing those who hxvs stood by
him. He hoped by joining forces with
Len Gordon not only to Law out
his old and dangerous enemy, "Docr
Meg H. but to prevent the passage
OF The resolution endorsing stanton.
Then he would go 10 Toffey and sho
him what a terrible black eye he had
given Stanton by Keeping the m ost In
fuential political club III the county
from raIifying his nominations; conviucs
him how he would knife St4ns
ton ~ he did Allan McDsr,,