The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-15
FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER Is, 1893.
This paper is Democratic in principles and is
Independent in its pieses on oil local questions.
The Issues of the Coming Campaign.

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The Republican papers are in a
state of mind over the issues on which
the election for members of Assembly
in all the counties, and Senators in
seven, are to be contested this fall.
They seem to differ in opinion; but
they all agree thai the bird of hope
perches on a very high roost, and
that if they are lucky and wise and
honest and true. to slightly modify
the old song, they may once more
gain control of the lower house of the
Legislature.
These hopes are the natural out
growth of the record of the Bad
Legislature, and it would be false
was no foundation for them. It is
the duty of everyone who wishes for
Democratic victory in the coming
struggle and for continued Demo
cratic supremacy in the State to face
squarely the situation created by
Billy Thompson, Jim Smith and Bob
Davis, last winter, and consider by
what means the evil they have sown
may be trampled down, and a harvest
of success garnered by a better ele-
ment of the party.
The first duty of the Democratic
nominating conventions will be to
throw overheard every one of the
periured sceundreis who m%isrepre-
sented the party and people in the
Bad Legislature. In this county
there are two great public crimes to
be punished. One is the betrayal of
Leon Albeit: the second is the effort
to reverse the verdict of the people in
the Wanser election by means of the
infamous law for which Senator Daily
stood sponsor. We frankly say we
have little hope of returning an old
time Democratic delegation to the
Assembly from this county if the
gang who committed these crimes
be nce again placed before tine
people. We can see nothing but
defeat for such candidates, and ii
the Davis gang should WELD influence
enough to force their denomination,
there can be no doubt but the effect
will be disastrous on the party for
tune.
The case is not dissimilar in other
counties. Every or almost every
community in the State has a valid
grievance founded in the record of
the Bad Legislature. The people are
more aroused than usual, besides, and
if the traitors and eorruptienists come
up for Judgment by the ballot box,
we have no doubt they will get all
they want of it.
What, then, is the Democracy to
do, to have a fair chance of cleo ting
its candidates.
It must nominate a different sort of
men.
1t must place before the people
clean men, brainy men, men of posi-
ton, men whose character and record
will be guarantees that they will not
take brides, will not be bossed by
bob" Davis, and will make the pub
lie interest their are during their
term of service. In the last Legisla-
ture, we doubt if Hudson County had
a single Democratic Assemblyman
who was capable of comprehend ng
n meaning of the bills he intro
duced. We are sure there was
not one whose power of expression
was adequate to the explanation of
their meaning ON the floor. There
was not one who in any way, shape
or manner did credit to the county,
and we would come pretty near strain
ing the truth if we said there were two
in the lot who were not a positive dis
grace.
Now. Hudson is not made up of
men of this sort. We have had in the
past men who did honor to the county
-of course it was before Bob Davis
was boss. We have had Allan L.
McDermett, William McAdoo, Michael
]. 0'Denneil, Isaac Romano, John @.
Besson, r. s. Hudspeth, w. @. Hep
penheimer. Thomas F. Noonan and
George A. H~eapey-to mention only
few OF the mere notable namss-to
represent SECTIONS Of this county. and
II the Democracy chose, it could
have an honest. ahls and aver bril
liant representative in every district
OF the county every year,
II q few men Of this stamp be
placed on the ticket this year, the
Republican plan ct campaign will ba
kEecked into q eecked hat. The re-
cord of the Bad Legislature will
cut no figure az en- issue.
The campaign wilt be waged
on bed Eseek political Prinei-
ples4Stata aaancssa he taxatian Of
the railroads an the sams basis as
other property owners, and other
great questions of stass policy, With
the tariff and other national issues ia
the reserve ealumn, With men who
nre above wraRs daiRg an the ticket.
the tedffsnees af their predecessors will
be 9 baekngmher To- which ma voter
will pay any attention.