The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-23
EHLLY'S BAD RECORD
He Bowed to the Crack of
Davis Whip at Trenton
and Did as Thomp-
son Wished.

veutfon will meet tomorrow evening TO
nominate q can iidat, to represent the
district In the next House OF Asse bly,.
to succe id Hugh A. Kelly, who so ably
misreprssented Ehe districs iu the bad
some talk OF relominaring Mr.. Katly aud
SLOWING him To succeed himself. His
friends admit that he did not make the
representative the district Is entitled to
have, aud that hi. reco.d was not . ne
that a straightforward dem ocrat should
be proud OF; but they plead that ne
should be given an opportunity to redea IN
himself and kesp The promises to serve
the best Interests OF his constituents
which he so solemniy made to The con-
! venrion which nominated him last fall.
There is not a man IN the district who
would take a maj Ia his employ without
requiring from him satistact Dry recom-
msndations as to mis- ability to ill the
position he seeks and his loyalty % those
who employ him. A member OF Assem-
bly, Is essentially the employe OF the peo-
pie of bis district. They engags him to
&c TO Trenton aud for them watch their
interest and sndeavor. by all the honor
able means at his command. 20 secure
sue legislation aud SUCH legislation
only as will be to their best advantage.
KELLY's BAD RECORD.
Furthermore there IL not u business
man In the district who would have
taken into his employ q maa whom he
had once engaged and found false TO the
trust reposed in him. Such a man is
MIR. Kelly aud thec convention would do
we'll to consider carefully what sort of
recommendations Mr.. Kelly could offer
to the citizens Of the Fourth district II
be should again be recommended to them
by this convention for the position of
representing them in the Assembly.
II Is a homely and somewhat trite. but
none the Iess true saying, that a man Is
known by the company he. keeps, aud II
you want to know O far au employe Is
toSbe trusted. ascertain what class OF
men he associates with.
LAST winter in all legislative matters
Mr.. Kelly was associated Win the worst
elements of those shameless bosses.
lobbyists ana other INSCRIPTIONS In
dtvIduals who attempted to use the
Legislature as a sort OF catspRw
to pull the Mica hot CHI estnuts from the
fire. no matter what disgrace and infamy
hey brought upon the fair name of the
State of New Jersey; no matter 10Y
much irreparabls damage they did the
Democratic party or how 1agrantly the
rights and interests Of the Individual
LEGISLATOR constituents were lramplsd
npon.
BOWS AT Fl CRACK OF DAVIS WHIP,
One of the worst OF tnese persons who
haunted the Senate and Assembly cham
beFs last winter. and h1ttered about the
corridors of che State House like
soma bothersome pestilencs WAS
Robert Davis. II was he
who, TO protect his own selfish Interests
by deals with other bosses as unscruDul-
Gus aud shameless as himself. cause | to
be- passed over the Governors veto those
~ rt nsx s.s n 0fr shiloh fAny fro n
Mayor Wanser the power to carry out
those reforms which tia people of Jsrssy
City employed him TO undertake.. Mr..
Kelly was one of the closest associates
Davis had IN the Assembly. He was
always ready to leave his seat, and
sneaklng to al ant room, u K his orders
| from the little slave driver. Davis WAS
seer fitting about kelly's desk and
whispering into his ear, whenever one
of the Infamous maasures. which made
the Bad Legislature SO notorious from
| Maine to Florida and Saus Francisco TO
New York. came up for discussion.
He seemed to hold some secret power as
potent AS hypuotism over the member
from the Fourth. On every measure
which came before the house Mr.. K4lty
| acted and voted as Davis demands ID. On
all the measures to curtail Mayor Wan
ser's power he ssrvilely voted as tbs self
appointed boss OF Hudson ordered.
| solemn pledges 10 Dis Constilu6 utS: 10Y
atty TO the Dsrnocrstic party aud hls
authorized leadsr. Governor Werts. were
nothing to Mr.. Kelly whei GO ufrouted by
| toe will of the Little tWrecker Of the
Hudson Democracy. WITH no. regard for
| the duty he owed the people Of his dis
trIct or the party that made him. Mt.
| Kelly, at tina crack OF the little slave
drivers whip. abjsctly bowed his head
aud subnlssiysly did rs he was told
TO do.
HAND IN GLOVE WITH THOMPSON.
Mr.. Kelly was also nand III glove with
BILLY Thompson and his gang Of gam
! blers. When Tom Flynn took his seat iu
the Speakers chair, ike a jockey bsstrid-
ing his mount. n rode the Assembly
rough shod over the constitutional
rights of the people. what did Mr.. Kelly
dor DID be protest with his voice and
vote against such revolutionary
proceedings? Did he in any way
attempt TO ave the interests
of his copstituents which he had
promised SO faithfully. TO conserve, from
being trampled under the hoofs of the
racers? Not a bic Of IL. His voice W 6
silent. aud every time the ioll was called
his vote ;yas recorded ON tue side OF bne
peoples cue mies.
Such are the recommendations Hugh
A. Kelly will lay before the cltizsns of
the Fourth district IL the convention
should present him to Them for rhe
position of representing them In the AS
sembly, and what the answer of the
people will be TO the application 20
sans man can doubt. RI