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

He said:-"I feel in coming before you
that / am coming before my neighbors,
and 1 feel that / can talk to you as one
neighbor to another. (Applause). came
here tonight to advocate the election Oh
another neighbor and to see if there IS
any good reason why any one should
refuse to support this neighbor at the
polls. (Cries of None. Judge.') In a
recent convention of nearly LVoo
men, every man present voted to nom
ate Alexander r. AIcGil for Governor.
| (Applause).
1T is said there is no harmony IN the
party, but that looks to me ike mar
mony. 1t certainly showed great oeal
unanimity, and it seems to me that these
delegates, representing every section Oh
the State, indicated that the harmony
in the convention extends over the state.
| So much for the nominee and now as 10
| the man, although it appears haraly
worth while to say anything about MN.
I have known Alexander T. McGin for
twenty-five years intimately IN puplic
and private life. His first public trust
was when he was sent to the Assembly
where he performed his duty Well He
was next appointed Prosecutor, ana IN
| that office he did his duty fully, never
1
| to be guilty and never depressing the IN
nocent. AS Judge he was fearless, and
merciful where mercy was due. This
high office of Chancellor is filed by him
| as it never before was filled, because he
| is in all respects competent for the
Office. In his public life up to this time
he has performed his duty. There is no
speeial praise deserved for that,
| for every man should do his
| duty but when we find
man who performs his duty, it is only
natural that we should trust him.
Therefore it is proper that we should pre-
sent Alexander T. McGill to you and ask
vou to vote for him for Governor. cloud
cheers).
EVERYONE MUST VOTE.
sIt is your duty to vote election day,
and no citizen has right to stay away
from the polls" continued Mr.. Garrett
son. '"The reason Democrats lost the last
two elections was because they stayed at
home. No man has right to say. Well,
my vote won't make much difference,
and I won't VOTE In this campaign we
are met with the statement that you
should not vote for the Democratic can
didates. The reason given is because
some Democrat has turned out badly. Is
that any reason why we should not vote
for a good man? If some Democrats are
bad men, don't vote for them. Vote Tor
good men. That is political reformation.
Now we say here are good men nomi-
mated, and we say it is your duty to
vote for them, and if by chance any
bad men are nominated, it is your duty
not to vote for them, but you should
not taboo the good men. To do that
would end all political parties. 1t is nee
essary to have political parties. but you
can never have them if you are going
to vote against the good men because you
have discovered some bad ones. The
elections of the last two years have been
lost by the Democrats because they
STAYED home and failed to vote. They
thought some of the candidates We're
bad. These Democrats ought to have
voted, but they should not vote for a Re-
publican when there are good men on the
Democratic side.
NICE OBJECT LESSON.
tsGentlemen, I think you need only to
1ook at the acts of the Republicans in
the Legislature and the city boards to
cause you to hesitate before voting for
a member of that party. During the last
two years the Republicans have princi-
palIy been employed in putting Demo-
Gratis out of office and putting Repub-
licans in. Is there any difference in the
city government? Is there any difference
in the condition of it except the Repub-
licans are in and the Democrats out
At this point Senator w. D. DAILY en-
tered the hall and he received an en-
thusiastic ovation as ne walked up the
side aisle to a seat on the platform.
When quiet was resumed Judge Garrett
son continued
Last winter the Legislature passed
bill over the veto of the Governor, legls-
lating out of office all of the Common
Pleas Judges in the State. Since the
foundation of the States government
these Judges have been appointed by the
Governor, and to elect them is an eX-
pertinent that had never been tried, not
even in regard to District Court Judges,
who, when the Office was created, were
appointed by joint session, and later by
the Governor, so that you can see the
tendency has been since the foundation
of our government to put the appoint
ment of the Judges in the hands of the
Governor.
sLast year the Republicans passed an
act to take this appointive power away,
and why? I submit to you that it was
to get more offices for themselves.
MORE REPUBLICAN SINS.
ssDuring the past session of the Legis-
lature the Republicans tried to dismem-
Der this county by adding to Essex a
portion of Hudson. They thought Essex
had a sufficient Republican majority to
overcome the Democratic votes in the
Harrison and Kearny sections and IIud-
son county would be greatly strength
ened by the loss of these Democratic
votes That scheme was prevented by
Senator DAILY (Great applause.)
81 don't know that the city govern
ment is more economically run now than
it was five years ago. said the speaker,
reverting to more local matters, "but
I do know that in Newark one of the
Republican members of the Street and
Water Board recently declared that it
was more corrupt now than ever before
but tllst is no reason why a Republican
AS to the Republican candidate. 1 be-
lieve him to be good man in his place,
but that is not in the Governors chair.
| Much laughter and applause.l
81 believe him to be honest, able and
a good lawyer, and if he chooses to de-
| fend horse racing as lawyer he has a
| right to do SO, and we should not criticise
him for that. But as to his political
acts as Senator we have a right to dis
cuss them. Mr.. Griggs, it is reported,
| said in Hoboken that he was in favor of