The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-25
United States Senator James
Smith, Jr., Has No Fur
ther Use for Him.
NO CASH; NO COUNTENANcE.
Tickets for the Davis Assoeia-
tion Outing Returned With
Contemptuous Silence.
Leon Abbett's Base BetraYer Gets
His Reward Barney Ford Fol-
lows the Senator's Example.

United States Senator James Smith.
Jr., of Newark has discarded Bob
Davis and in so many works has said:-
"You are traitor aud I have no further
use for you. your allies or the association
bearing your name" Barney Ford of
Newark reiterated the Senator's sentl-
ments demonstrating In this mauner
that the "stunted Democrat" of Hudson
will figure no more among the decent
element of politicians who conduct
the affairs of the State. These pleasing
denunciations of Davis were made
known the day prior to the departure OF
the Robert Davis Association on it's out
ing to College Point. Tickets for the
event were sent broadcast, and it has
been hinted that heelers and office hold
ers were compelled TO attend 1t.
Even with the compulsory tactics re-
sorted To. the effort was dire failure
as have been Davia' efforts to foist upon
the community mis- obnoxious candidates
in recent cam mUaiguS.
Tickets, as l said before, were sent to
many of the principal politicians in the
State. Four OF these are known- TheY
were United States Senator John r.
Mcpherson. Congressman George b.
Fielder. OUlLeQ OG2t6S o6uatOE Js.ue5
Smith and Barney Ford
FIELDER's REGRETS.
Congressman Fielder, VINO was In
Washington. D. c., the daT of the outing,
very tn0ughtfully and undoubtedly
cbeerfully, remitted check TO the asso-
citation for the tickets sent him, and with
it note. in which he conveyed his re-
greis for being absent. Whether ne as
Gr Tot is a question.
Ganator NcPharSon a1gn ramItEan a
check for the complement of tickets ex :.
pressed to him. There was no letter of
regret acco ompaDying the check, it is uu-
Gerstood.
THE TICKETS RETURNED.
When it came tiuie TO hear from Sen
ator Smith, there was al entirely differ
enr tale to hear. Instead of a cheek being
received for the tickets, the tickets were
returned with no explanation accom-
pauying them. This fact was reported
10 Davis and scowi overspread his
4. IL, A countenance. In the words Of
Francis Wilson, he simply "ooiled with
i'm Had he opened his mouth, fro.h
would undoubtedly have been discernible.
A knock ON the head with an axe could
not have cut him deeper. he said moth
ing, but all day long he kept up heap
of thinking. There it was in black and
While. Smith wouldn't associate with
him, and, in fact, didn't want to have
aDyLll1R more W 90 with Qln.
FORD DOES LIKEWISE.
Barney Ford sent his tickets back also
with tine same pleasing condolsnce as did
sle Senator.
HIS MANY THOUGHTS.
Davis wondered how it came about
aid then he thought of the time hs
j. veigeled Smith into dropping
$4,000 into q blackmailing sheet
wRich was published for time.
He looked little further aud the truth
dawned upon him. His treacherous deal
ings with Ex-Governor Leon Albeit.
James Smiths trusting friend. That
was enough for him.
1t all happened in 1892, when Judge
Albeit was the Democratic candidate
for United States Senator.
Davis. who at that time controlled a
few nonentities in the way of Assembly
men. threw Leon Albeit down apc
deprived him of the Senatorship. His
treacbery in SO doing aroused the indig-
nation of every decent Democrat who
knew that what Davis was in politics
was duo to the standing given him bJ
Leon Albeit.
When James Smith, Jr., saw that Leon
Abbstt had eeen stabbet In the back by
Davis, he entered the Senatorial race.
HAD USE FOR DAVIS THEN.
II was then that SGiith had some ust
for Davis. He wanted the Davis votes
Smith WAS made Senator, and the tun,
that be now whistles is After the cleo
ron Davis be --,'' to the air oi
''After the Ball." This is a bite
pill for Davis TO swallow. But IL Is not
the only one. There are more in the box
ana tie community is hopeful that D,
will soon get enough and sneak tpto the
gaseous oblivion from which he spraug.