The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-29
SHAM REFORM.
Republican Hypocrisy Exposed
at a Meeting Of Work
ing Men.

| A workingmen's Democratic mass meeting
was held last evening at the New York Bay
House, Greenville, and over 200 labering
the fact that the meeting continued over
three hours, the audience almost to man
remained until the meeting was adjourned.
The meeting was a most enthusiastic one,
every mention of Chancellor McGilps name
heing greeted with cheers.
Mr.. Gabriel Thompson was chairman of
the meeting and he introduced as the first
speaker Mr.. Clarence D. Atkinson, of Bur
ington County. Mr.. Atkinson said
''For the last two years the people of this
State saw fit to place in power Republican
Legislature which gained its prestige through
cry of reform. How did it fulfill its prom
ises? 1t carried out reform to such an alarm
ing extent that to-day there is not shadow
of it. The Republicans have argued that the
passage of a arace-t track law was great pub
lie calamity and moral wrong. They said
| that it sank every mans soul who voted for
it; but in this very State the only man who
gave his vote over the Governors veto in
man. of Atlantic County, Republican, the
very man they have nominated this year
Doesn't this demonstrate that the party is
hypocritical?
EXPENSIVE BOOM.
"This same party promised us economy in
State government. What did they do as
soon as they went into powers They ap-
pointed a committee to investigate. The
committee examined books, vouchers and
records, paid Mr.. Corbin $50 day and spent
in all over $4,000 of the peoples money
Then they turned the matter over to the
Mercer County Grand Jury, and the jury
indicted some other persons. The result is
that every man stands to day acquitted So
that the committee labored in vain and the
people paid $4,000 for Voorhees, guberna-
torial BOOM"
Mr.. Hendrickson, also of Burlington
County, was introduced as the next speaker,
and while he was delivering his address
Senator William D. DAILY walked into the
room. Some one in the rear of the room
cried ''Three cheers for Senator Daly,o and
they were given with will that made the
trolley wires jingle. Mr.. Daily soon after
made his address. He said among other
| things
II came not here to pay any tribute to
myself. 1 have lived here nearly 45 years,
| being born among you. I come here to ask
you to support the entire Democratic ticket
1 have but to say that from evidences abroad
in our State there'll be no doubt that the en-
tire ticket will be elected
TRIBUTE TO M'GILL.
s'Need pay any tribute to Alexander T.
McGill? He has lived here in this county
for nearly quarter century. The party
trusted him in the halls of legislation, it hon
ored him as Prosecutor Of the county, it
honered him by giving him the highest judi
ciaT position in the county, and it honored
| him by giving him the highest judicial posi-
1 ton in the State. That in itself is enough
for any man to support him for Governor of
| the State.
1.-THE Republican party when it went into
power two years ago gave us non-partisan
| boards so that the responsibility could not
| be fastened upon the party. The party
| promised to make a reform and give us an
| economical administration. In 1892 under a
| Democratic Legislature the expenses were
| 81, ,603, 900. In 1898, under the new Republi-
can Legislature, these had increased 81, ,743, !
| 600, and in 1894 we find further increase to
| 81 $50 900. These figures cannot be disputed
| [ was a member of the Sinking Fund Com
mission, and entered my protest, but it
ayailed nothing To day the expenses have
reached s., 331, 600 This is taken from the
report of the Comptroller. have time and
again protested against illegltimate expendi-
ture but it mattered not. The expenditure
was made for party prestige"
After short address by Mr.. Edward
Hoos the meeting adjourned.