The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-17
CHEERING REPORTS.
Democratic State Commit
tee Receives Callers
from the Counties.
GRIGGs' TAIL CART oRAToRY
Working People Not Deceived by
Republican Promises =
Bright Prospects.

to the prospects of the c~hiNpdlsh
throughout the State. 1t was the general
exxpressiongof the committeeman thai the
campaigning efforts and utterances OF
Mr.. Griggs. the Republican candidate
were really helping rather than hinder
ing the Democratic cause. This OPINION
was shared by many we'll known visitors
who called at the State Committee
rooms, among them being Henry S. List
tie. of Monmouth county; Carman F.
Randolph, of Morr;stown, who is a son
of Ex-Governor Randolph. and a bright
campaign orator; Judge Robert S.Wood-
ruff, of Mercer county; Judge William
Daily, the brainy Senator from Hudson
county Judge Charles S. Norris, of Long
Branch; District Attorney John Beck
man, of Perth Amboy; Prosecutor
William B. Gourley, of Passaic county;
Assistant United States District Attorney
Thomas O,Brien, of Morristown, and ex-
Congressman Thomas Farrell, of
Gloucester county.
GRIGGS AND THE WORKING PEG
PILE.
Mr.. Farrell had considerable to say
concerning Candidate Griggs' relation to
the working people of New Jersey. His
remarks are timely, in view OF Mr..
Griggs' campaigning trips in the South
ern counties this week, and particularly
| among the glass workers of Cumber-
land and Gloucester counties, who were
visited by the Republican Gubernatorial
| candidate on Monday and Tuesday. The
ex-Congressman's remarks will also have
weight, because he is the man who EN-
ancipated the glass blowers of South Jer-
sey from the iniquitous store order sys-
tenn. He was elected to the Assembly
from Gloucester county, although it is
strongly Republican, and later sent to the
Senate. When he was elected to con-
gress he defeated General Robson, the
Republican candidate. in the strongest
Republican district in the State, the
Second. This was all due to Mr.. Far
| relrs popularity with the laboring people.
Mr.. Griggs will find it very difficult
to deceive the working people of South
Jersey, in view of his practical repudia-
ton by the organized labor of his own
county,, said ex-Congressman Farrell.
LET us look at Passaic, his home u
ty. In all the calculations of Repub-
lean prophets, immense figures are Civ
an to show what Passaic will do for
her 'favorite son. AS a matter of fact,
Mr.. Griggs. is not popular in Passaie
county. The wage-workers of the coun-
w QlSlTuSL QGIIl. hey AIoW uidb AS -
and always has been merely the legal
tool of a lot of rich clients who have
invested their money in those artificial
persons known as corporations. In 1873
| and 1876 he was elected to the Assembly.
and his constituents were so dissatisfied
with him That they defeated him when
he ran for a third term in 1877. In 1879
Carrot A. Hobart, who is now
theoretically pushing Mr.. Griggs'
canvass in the hope Of being made a
United States Senator. was the Repub-
lean ominee for Senator in Passaic.
and he was elected by a plurality OF
1900. In 1882 Mr.. Griggs was elected
Senator by a plurality of 1879. and in
1885 he was chosen Senator by a plu-
rality of S57. The wage-earners OF
Passaic county have examined Senator
Griggs' record. They have considered
the scorn and contempt with which ne
treated the bill to make Labor Day a
legal holiday. AS a m OF the
State Senate this same John w. Grlggs
strongly opposed the creation OF the holl-
day known as Labor Day. He could
see in it neither rhyme nor reason. he
could not see that it gave a dignity to
labor unsurpassed by any enactment in
the history Of legislation. He then
could see only the side of the employer.
Now he is asking the -wage-earners OF
New Jersey to give him their votes.
There were only two votes cast against
the bill making the first Monday OF
September a legal holiday. One OF
these was cast by Senator Griggs. On
the 9Th of November Mr.. Griggs will
find that the wage,earner OF New 1er-
AleLkWaaYYs FAvoRED CoRPoRATIoNs.
Mr.. Randolph had also, something to
record while in the State legislature
John w. Griggs served two wears IN
the Assembly and six years rs d n tne
porations and passing bills to put the
control @atsa 81 a syndicate thai is now OPP
pressing the large cities of the State.
There IS not a law on our statute books
remotest evidence that he entertains the
slightest sympathy for the small prop
State. He knows this. and leaves his
W record severely alone. Arguing
points instead that haye no bearing on
entities him to a Democratic vote and
m maTls1 n thae og aRay to fr rupn f hlm. 5epu0iean
QUESTIONS FOR MR.. ,GRIGGs.
A prominent South Jersey lawyer, who
paignGng conducted by Candidate Griggs
as an insult to the intelligence of the
people of New Jersey. "He is going up
and down the State asking for votes"
continued this gentleman, because in
1899 election frauds were committed in
Hudson county. Those concerned in
these frauds were Indicted by q Demo-
cratic Grand jury, tried and convicted
by a Democratic petit jury, and sen
fenced by a Democratic Court. Can Mr..
Gr.ggs show why, on this record, any
Democrat should vote against Chancel-
lor McGsl? Mr.. Griggs also wants
Democratic Legislature passed acts
legalszing netting on norse racing.
What has this to do with the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor, who, as
Presiding Judge of the Court of Errors
and Appeals, declared the act of 1887,
passed when Mr.. Griggs was a member
Of the Senate, to effect similar legislation,
to be void? Mr.. Griggs wants votes be-
| cause he says that the Legislature of
| 1892 tried to legalize the coal combine
But what reason Is this to urge against
Chancellor McGil, who destroyed the
| Combine in a decision that was praised
| and commended all over the State? The
| acts Of a few individuals do not con-
| stitute the platform of a party. Cham
| cellor McGill Is running on his own rec
ord and not on hat of any other man,
| and the bitterest partisan on the Re-
| publican side has not been able to even