The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-11-06
H0T-SHOT In THE EIGHTH,
Philip Pattb.rg Presides at a
Large Democratic Gath
ering.

Notwithstanding the rain and the fact
that Republican mass meeting was
going on within a stones throw, the
Democratic mass meeting at Pohlmann's
on Saturday evening last, was big and en-.
thusiastic. The rain, OF course. spoiled
the parade, but the Democracy OF thai
section of the district gathered and lis
ened to several very eloquent addresses.
The meeting was called to order by
James L. Lillis, who named Philip Patt-
berg for chairman. Mr.. Pattberg was
unanimously chosen, and was enthusi-
astically applauded as he made his ap>
pearance upon the platform, as was also
Pattberg thanked the audience very much
for the honor conferred upon him, and he
introduced General Heppenheimer as the
first speaker.
POSITION OF THE STATE.
General Heppenheimer said it was moth
ing new for him to address democratic
meeting in the old Fourth, now the
| Eighth Assembly district, whether, ma
| tional, State or local issues were involved
| All were involved, he said, in the present
campaign. 1t had been claimed that Stan
| ton was the nominee of the ring. Every
| body who knew him knew he was no
mans man. The speaker reviewed Stan,
| thoroughly published during the cam
paign. In Trenton Colonel Toffey was
known as a member of the SeWell ring
| He had obtained all his positions through
| the grace of Sewell, even thatof Sheriff.
Mr.. Sewells object in nominating Toffey
was simply to strengthen his own chances
of being elected United States Senator.
| Sewell wanted to get there to do the bid
ding of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
| pany.
| The speaker reviewed ex Governor
Abbett's great fight for equal taxation
| and, through the taxes which railroad
| corporations had been forced to pay into
| been wiped out and the State had to its
credit in bank S724, 900. No State tax was
| levied The railroad companies wanted to
| be relieved OF that tax All they cared
| for was to swell their dividends and re
ceipts and land their passengers in New
York.
The, General maintained that it was to
the interest of every Taxpayer of the dis.
| trict to elect also the Democratic candidate
for Assembly, and his allusion to DR.. Stout
brought forth cheers and applause He
appealed strongly to the Democracy to not
assist, in tying up the hands Of Grover
Cleveland There was nothing honest he
maintained in the Republican party
promising protection on one hand to,
saloon keepers and on the other support
of the so-called Moral Reform movement.
That was attempting to obtain office
under false pretences. Ii the party needs
reforming let the reform be ACCOMPLISHED
within the party lines >tApplause)
The Generals alluSion to George Brack-
ner's candidacy for Coroner also brought
| forth much applause. He cited the fact
that when he ran for Coroner before, his
vote in the district exceeded even that of
Grover Cleveland. and he predicted that
George would again adofn the position he
| once nlled SO faithfully. 4
DEMOCRACY IN NEWARK
George S. Duryee of Newark, State Com
missioner of Banks and Insurance. was the
next speaker. He callea attention to the
fact that the Democracy offthe nation had
| put Grover Cleveland I'M the Presidential
chair, and the Democracy Of New Jersey
| had put Governor Werts in the Executive
chair "The majority.of the people of the
| United States, said the speaker, 'shave
put their trust in the Democratic party.
Democracy in this county to do anything
that " ould act as drawback to the head
of the nation and the head of the State in
administering Democratic government.
Cleveland's s Drst act was to courageously
face the financial condition of thecountry.
Congress was called together to face that
condition. The Sherman law has already
been repealed and wiped of the statute
books, and we now have d staple currency
with which we can face the world. Zap
plause.) This State under Democratic