The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-30
M'rgLL'S
THOUSANDS
Greatest Political Meeting
Ever Held in This County
at Woods Hall Last
Night. :,
M'ADOO'S GREAT SPEECH
True Patriotism and True DEM
oeraey Inspire Tremendous
Enthusiasm.
NATIONAL POLICY INDICATED
The Monroe Doctrine Upheld-Re-
publican Hypocrisy in State
Politics.
NATIONAL POLICY INDICATED
Judge stevens, Louis ". Booraem
and Mr.. Hendrickson Contribute
Eloquent Addresses.

Eloquent Addresses.
Perhaps the greatest political meeting
ever held in this county took place last
night at Woods Hall. It was the second
mass meeting of the campaign, under
the auspices of the Hudson Democratic
Society, and it was a wonder. Woods S
Hall will seat fifteen hundred people,
taking in the gallery. The people who
got Seats last night, were not over one
half of those who got into the hall, and
the crowd who never got inside the door
made a mass meeting in themselves.
But wonderful as it was, the meeting
was less remarkable numerically than
for the tremendous enthusiasm displayed.
Every mention of President Cleveland
brought cordial rounds of applause.
When Chancellor McGill was mentioned,
the audience fairly went wild.
The hero of the occasion was William
McAdoo, who came from Washington to
help carry for the Democratic ticket the
county where his earliest political tri-
umphs were won. 1t must have been
matter of pride to him as he faced that
great audience to learn how firm is his
hold upon the hearts of Hudson county
Democrats. 1t was a scene not to be
forgotten when he stood up to speak.
Cheer after cheer shook the hall. Hats
and handkercniefs were waved and old
time constituents shouted greetings to
him from all parts of the room, and
reminders of the days when he himself
was a candidate for the suffrages of
Hudson's voters. The scene lasted sew
eral minutes before Mr.. McAdoo was
allowed to go on with his speech.
in oil a o.
narkable one. The entire array of speak
ers was worthy of the splendid audience.
Louis " Booraem, one of the largest
property owners in Jersey City, discussed
the local issues; ex-Judge Frederick R.
Stevens, of Newark. and Charles E.
Hendrickson, of Burlington county, ably
Get forth the reasons why the welfare
of the State rested In the election of
Alexander T. McGill, and Mr.. McAdoo,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, de-
voted his attention to the national i'm
portance attached to the election in this
State. His speech was that of a states
man, and in this report 1t Is published
verbatim.
THE MEETING OPENED.
Otto Grouse presided. When he called
the meeting to order and glanced about
the gaily decorated hall, he was greeted
with hearty applause. On the platform
with him were Secretary McAdoo, Judge
Stevens, Charles Hendrickson, Louis v.
Booraem, General Heppenheimer, John
J. Voorhees, and W. A. Barriklo. Mr.
Grouse said
'eThis enthusiastic and demonstrative
mass meeting means to me the election
of Alexander T. McGill. 1t looks like
old times to see this crowd and the same
old gang Throughout the State the
Republican party has circulated das-
tardly circular which does not contain
one atom of truth. and which is a cow
ardly lie. This has been done secretly.
We are prepared to meet the Republican
party and to discuss the issues of the
campaign only. These issues are Demo-
cratic principles against Republican prin-
ciples Democratic success means that
the candidates will vote for equal taxa
ton, so that corporations will be COM
PEELED to pay the same proportionate
taxes that we as citizens have to pay.
We charge the Republican party with
breaking its pledges to the people. We
charge it with having given Newark the
rottenest government in the country, and
we charge it with having expended near
ly one million dollars for City Hall
cation. We defy the Republicans to an
swer these charges. We have asked
them repeatedly to do so, but, thus far,
not one of them has been answered.
A TAXPAYERS VIEWS.
Mr. Grouse first introduced Louis v.
Booraem, who said
81 take great pleasure in coming here
tonight to speak TO you and attempt to
explain the local issues of this campaign
with which I am familiar by long ex-
perience 1t will not require a long
memory to remember that the interests
of the people of this city have always
been antagonized by corporations, which
have grasped about all that the city ever
had worth taking. John w. Griggs, the
Republican candidate for Governor. rep
resents the corporations. Alexander T.
McGill. the Democratic candidate for
Governor represents the people"
Mr.. Booraem Described the geographic
cal position of this city and county
dwelt on the magnificent water front
the city once possessed and declared that
nature had provided more bountifully
for Hudson county than for any place
he knew of. lie went on
How do you enjoy this land? 1t is
my native land and I with the others
a Garden of Eden had it not been for
grasping corporations. But in every
Eden there is a Satan, and to this one
came a Satan in the shape of corpora
tions and the imps of this Satan are
the lawyers in his pay. In New York,
the Legislature gave to the city of New
York its water rights, and today 1t is
leasing these rights and receiving large
revenues from them.
.As to the question Of water, which.
like everything else that is good. nus
been given Us by God, how is It now2
It Is case Of stand and deliver. It is q