The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-27
TICKET TO WIN WITH
Democratic City Committee
Officially Announces the
Candidates.
NOW FOR ENERGETIC WORK
The Nominees Inspire Confidence
and Success Is Freely Pre-
dicted-The Platform.
NOW FOR ENERGETIC WORK

Iii thtS1tS l1dli n4fis anu O4AiS-e-A-I
named the following candidates.
Ald.erman arge-Edward Hoos.
Street and Water Board-Dr Mortimer
Lampson. Daniel Y. Lewis, Edward Van
Houten. Charles Boltwood and Stephen
L. Harvey.
The committee pledged its support to
all the candidates and then adopted by a
unanimous vote the following platform
THE RESOLUTIONS.
The Democratic organization OF this
city recognizes the fact that the voters
tives or declarations, but by sincere
and honest oesire to reform the admins
tration of their local affairs. In this be-
Eef We confidently appeal to the people
to support the candidates of the Demo-
cratic party for the following. reasons
L Mayor Wanser was elected on a plat
taxes. to light and clean our streets, and
to bring. about better condition of
ton to the fact that our taxes have not
been reduced, that the lighting of our
streets has been diminished instead of
With fifth, and that there has not been
a single measure OF reform inaugurated
under the. present ADMINISTRATION The
inability of the present Board OF Street
and Water Commissioners to ceal in an
Intelligent manner with the water prob
lem ,,;,: is simply gitiable p tha ers. irst.,ca
adopted specifications for new supply
Of potable water, which were subsequent
a. gadopted atfaaT them on i91i the ground that they
were devised in the interest of favored
water syndicate.
tions was framed, which has been pro-
nounced by the most authoritative en-
g.neering publication. in the country the
"Engineering News" to be monument
to the ignorance and incapacity of the
men who drafted It.
We call attention to- the fact that the
of -ir1lri rirlc- ha 1T1a
by reason of its vile color and viler
stencil, so intolerable during last sum
aa mer that Judge r dippn;sott was eoai eom
charge to the Grand Jury. That upright
and learned magistrate must have be-
lieved that this condition resulted not
but from criminal Vaccinations on the
part of persons Interested in creating
Of new. water supply. Two days after
this judicial intervention the water again
became normal and potable. change
8. The record made by the Republican
party IN the Legislature is equally vici-
ous and indefensible., That party latt
fall elected six Assemblymen on plat
form by which 1t was pledged
H.-To reduce ferriage fares.
Ills fenforce equal taxation.
- JET faassasG sstha rail d~trse}ss
tSN Fcreate State Water Board.
House was one fixing the price of gas
at one dollar thousand feet in cities of
the first class.
was to authorize the authorities of
first class cities 10 compel railroad com
panes to elevate or de5ress tnear tracks, ,o IS
reduce the ferriage between this city
and, New York to two cents.
The fifth bill introduced was to sub
ject railroad and canal property to To-
cal rates of taxation the same as private
property. Each and every one Of these
was overwhelmingly Republican in both
House. What do the people of Jersey
City think of Republcan performance
as eontrasted with Republican, promises?
The unsoid riparian lancs of this State
are estimated by the Riparian Comnis-
SION to be worth an annual rental of
recommended that these lands. instead
of being sold. should be rented SO as
to produce this revenue.
The Governor approved the recommen-
dation in his last annual message. The
Bradley bill provided for carrying out
in obedience to the orders Of the cor
porattons,S which expect to buy these
lands for much less than, their real
For the first time in the history of
New Jersey the judicial office is now
made, the spoil and sport of politics. The
veto of Governor Werts an act which
takes from the Governor the appoint
en and of ese ggees OF eef
The policy of our State, as expressed
in our Constitution, has always formed
an appointive judiciary, but the Repub>
lican party in its hunger for the flesh
settled. policy and have eragged the er,
the voting booth for the purpose. OPEN
" avowed by them on the floor OF. the
Senate. Of securing Republican judges;
for office that they even passed bill
to take from Judge Lippincott the power
to appoint the constables in his own
our Republican Sheriff.
4. The interests of labor have been
fore As the Nsa York sRe we
says, ''The measures demanded by
labor organizations to procure fortnightiy
ley employees. making an eight-hour day
for employees upon public works; all such
acts were ruthlessly slaughtered"
payers of Jersey City to the fact that the
recent sales of residences within the city
sow a. az aarm,g GENERALIZATION nsn N 5hs
for purposes Of taxation mas been raised
alo mayor Wansers Wan % %admln.straation. la % and the
amount collected In this city this year
S Is eatsr ter than baIory was o ss
city. A comparison Of the years 1884 and
1894 shows the startling progress that
haye MAGE to%sgds DpopsTy ths Be- sasea grastca
COMPARED with 1854, the ratables have
been Increased over s2o,oNo 600. producing
over s600,000 OF taxes To this increase
should be added over s20oGo0 received
from the taxation of railroad property,
end over $200.000 received from increase
of license fees. This shows ire income
of Jersey City to be over 81. 900 coo more
than It was ten years ago Notw.th-
standing this fact, the millions of dol
lars which have been collected during
the past three years under the Martin
act have been used to pay the expenses
Of the city government. This may be
reform, but II leads to bankruptcy.
The Democratic organization and can
didases on the Democratic ticket are
pledged, If this tieket shall be success
efficient administration Of our municipal
AFFAIRS and to remedy the abuses which
have SO long existed and still exist. In
the condlct of our government. The
names and character of the candidates
furnish the strongest possible guaranty
TO the people that this pledge will be
carried out The men who have been
19laced in nomination are not politicians.
They are m an who are prominently 1denti-
fed with the bus ness interests of Jer-s
sew CITY. and who have in iivi iu, lly2 taken
prominent part aside entirely from poll
tics in advoc atng. urging and support-
ing every movement having Tor its OBJ
iect the remedy of existing abuses A
list of their names constitutes IN Itself
a strong platform.
IT IS Al STRONG TICKET
The commit teemen believe that the
ticket is strong one and that t VIII be
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