The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-23
OLD BERGEN WAKES Up
Enthusiastic Democrats Form a
Permanent Organization.

A large number of Democrats from the
Bergen section of the Hill met in Ar
canum Hall last evening for the purpose
of organizing a Democratic Club Mr..
George Tenant called the meeting to
order and ON motion of Robert Casey,
James Luby, editor of 1.-The Jersey City
News" was elected temporary Chair
man and George Tenant Secretary.
Mr. Luby thanked the meeting for the
honor conferred upon him, especially as
it had come to him so unexpectedly. He
had come to the meeting because he was
a great believer in organization. Moth
ing could be accomplished in business,
politics or religion without organization
The district represented at the meet
ing comprised much of the wealth, the
brains and the enterprise of the city, be-
cause it was essentially a residential
section. Yet in spite of that, that banner
district rolled up the same Republican
majority year after year. That was not
because the Democrats OF the dlstrlct
were less faithful to the principles OF
Democracy as expounded by Grover
Cleveland and by David B. Hill, but 1t
was because they were not organized.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
After the applause which, greeted MT:
Luby's remarks had ceased, Mr.. carey
offered these resolutions
,Fhe Democratic citizens of the Bergen
district of Jersey City, assembled for
Democratic Club, do heartily ratify the
nominations made by the Democratic
party for the coming election.
We stand ready to fight again the issue
made by the Republican party on the
tariff question. We freely endorse the
administration of our President, Grover
principles have led him on in the true
path of tariff reform and a pure currency.
We believe unfinchingly in the principles
he set forth in his well known letter to
Congressman William l.. Wilson, and
strongly approve the uprightness of that
great representative, who stood by his
party's principles when severe illness
threatened his life.
We look to the people of the State of
New Jersey to elect a Legislature which
will send to the National Senate one who
will stand for the interests of the peo-
pie and refuse to be the tool of great
trusts.
publican party in it's local administration
hypocrisy which characterize it in both
State and National affairs.
publican party to introduce questions of
a religious nature into the canvass, as
such were buried long before the civil
Democratic party and its principles and
express the hope that our .governr -
will continue to be guided by the l&
of the people.
In talking to the resolution Mr.. Carey
yehemently denounced the A. P. A.
movement. He said he was opposed to
Introducing into the politics Of the day
an issue which died before the war in the
hearts of all true Americans.
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Mr.. Carey's remarks were loudly ap-
plauded and Mr.. William H. Speer, Jr.,
spoke4to the resolutions in his usual forci-
bic manner. He did not agree with Mr..
carey that the A, p. A. clause should so
into the resolutions. Not because he
favored knownothingism, but because it
was we'll known that all Democrats were
y ion Of the first principles of American
liberty that no plank on that subject was
neoessa1y. Ar. Speel then spoke for