The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-17

acquitted I was Counsel in one case,
that Of the printers. They consisted of
two Democrats and two Republicans;
when the case was in Court the Prose
cutor said there was no evidence against
the Democrats and they were discharged,
and the two lonely Republicans had to
stand trial. and the jury found ver-
dict of acquittal without leaving their
seats in this case. (Cries of shame ,
That is. believe. all except Barney
Ford. and he has not been tried or he
might be acquitted too. (Much laugh
ter)
SHAM REFORM
"Only last week one of the Republican
| Commissioners of Newark said openly
that the city of Newark has the rot
| tenest government of any city in the
Union You who live in Jersey City
know that all honesty is not in the Re-
publican party, and that very strange
contracts sometimes are made by the
Board of Public works. Mr.. Griggs
says he is Republican of Republicans
Mr.. Griggs trained in with local option,
and if he thought that was right he had
a right to do so. but when he found that
local option did not make him popular
explaining, and now he is an up-to-date
nineteenth century candidate. (Roars of
lauglhter.) He said in Hoboken, so
learn. that he liked horse race
81 wonder if he ever got a hundred to
one shot?" shouted horsey man at the
rear of the room, and everybody yelled.
81 don't know what hundred to one
Shot is.' retorted Mr.. Lindabury, with
smile, ''but whatever it is, we will give
1t to him in this campaign (Applause.J
II don't know whether the race track
is an issue now or not, but Z suppose it
is when they put up Hoffman as a can
dfdate, and Mr.. Griggs, who is Pro-
hibitionist in the country and beer
drinl1er in the city. vouches for him..
Mr.. Lindabury closed his speech by
saying the nominations in this county
for members of Assembly We're the best
ever made. and to "crown it the party
has put forward it's most foremost citi-
zen, Alexander T. McGin." prolonged
cheering)
ENTHUSIASM FOR M'GILL.
Senator William D. DAILY was the next
speaker. He congratulated the party on
having SO large a meeting at the open
ing of the campaign and on the outlook
for victory. He said he had just spoken
at another large meeting, and the day
before he addressd a great and enthusi-
astic meeting at Trenton. The enthusi-
asm for Chancellor McGill was great,
the Senator said. He said the tributes
paid Chancellor McGill by the preceding
speakers covered all that he could say
and he endorsed them.
'.The Democratic party" said the SEN
ator, was shattered and defeated in
every part of the State last year, and
there were only six Democratic Assem-
blymen and five Senators in the Legisla-
ture. Both branches of the Legislature
were Overwhelmingly Republican. They
said they would give you an administra-
tion free from partizanship, but I have
yet to see a more partizan Legislature
Notwithstanding their promises
The Senator related the history of the
effort to oust from Office twenty-one
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas
in direct violation of the Constitution,
and told how he had opposed the act
which the Supreme Court later de-
nounced as unconstitutional. The Sena-
tor also referred to the efforts of the
Republicans to abolish the Board of
Arbitration and Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics to the injury of the laboring man,
for the purpose. as they declared. of saw
ing $11 900. Mr.. Dalysspoke of the fight
he had made to prevent this and told
how the Democratic minority had
finally defeated the Republican majority s
blow at labor
ENEMIES OF HOME RULE.
Referring to ex-senator Griggs' record
on the labor question. Mr. DAILY said that
Griggs and one other were the only