The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-30

people have groqned for years under the the
;ndsr the leadership of Judge Pancoast;
organized a committee of one hundred
for the purpose of btinging it to an
under the direction of the Supreme
Court which has brought to light Slch
corruption that had it appeared IN Ilen-
bees and the other members Of the IN
vegtigating Committee wouid have
blsnched in holy horror: no,.ina+oe
Cooper d. Hatch, a leading citizen for
Mayor and with the aid OF the best n ele-
ment in the city, Irrespective OF poll POI
licans nag counted him out like
the Republican orators. say the wicked
Democrats always do in Hudson Inc
than disguised with this and propose
% manifest their disgust by supporting
Chancellor. Me Gill. A large mass meet
he largest auditorium in the city, re-
Gently, for the purpose of ratifying the
nomination of the Chancellor. 1t was
gotten up by members of the conlIait-
tee and managed by them. Judge Pan
coast presided and eulogized the Demo
ar1t0SNSERVATIvEs FOR M'GILL.
Camden has a large element of old con-
7~ervative citizens, men who were among
the early settlers of Camden prominent
Camden, and leaders in the commerce OF
tbs section. Disguised with the man
ner in which the local affairs OF the stare
an county have been conducted BY the
Republicans, these solid substantial men
have entirely abstained from taking any
part in politics of late years.
This fall. however, they are openly ar
rayed on the side of the Democratic tick
eft. In Chancellor McGill they recognize
a man of sterling worth and sincerity OF
purpose. whose election promises an ad-
ministration of the State affairs in a
dignifed n statesmanlike manner, and
q publication of local affairs 50 far as it
lies in the power, of the chief magls-
trate to bring it about j.
This element was well represented at
the Paneoast meeting the other lay.
There is another large class of citizens
VINO are at heart Democrats, but Who
have through various causes become
fukewarm. These. too, are all enthus-
iastic this year and working for the DEM
ocratic ticket. In bringing about this
encouraging state of affairs, the county
ticket nominated by the Democrats has
played an Influential part. The nominee
for County Clerk, Charles a. Mann, was
an ~elector on the Cleveland ticket, and is
one OF the leading citizens of the county.
The nominees for the Assembly are Lind
sey NJ. Garrison. brother of Justice. Gar
rison of the Supreme Court; Frank M.
Tassey, a prominent Camden citizen.
and Charles T. Shane, of Pensauken; a
farmer of much influence with his fell
low agrfcuituIfSta-
There are many Republicans u~nidenti-
fed by the machine h are going to
vote for McGill. in fact n of the most en-
fhusiastic supporters the Chancellor has
he was cited to appear before the Court
of Chancery not long ago, and as the
in the right, he did not deem it neees-
sary to engage a lawyer. He says when
the day came he went UP to Jersey City
and appeared before the Chancellor.
and as attentively as though he We're
Sam Gray himself" (Mr. Gray is the
leading lawyer in South Jersey and
M'GILL THE MAN THEY WANT.
II tell you exclaimed the Republican
enthusiastically, otter telling this story,
and I'm doing all I can to elect him
The Republicans are having considerable
trouble to keep their colored brethren
can citizens in Camden. and heretofore
they have been identified with the Re
publicans. But this fall, A B. Weed
intelligent colored men who are striving
to relieve their brethren from their Sec
ond bondage, by, cutting the chains Of
lican party, rave been doing good work
in aInden. They have shown the col
ored men how the Republicans are max
claims for. recognition are in
and pointed out to them that the only
political recognition their race has re-
ceived has been from the Democrats.
Their labors are bearing fruit and the
Chancellor will receive more colored
votes in Camden than any Democratic
contrast to this Generalization among
the Republicans is the manner in which
the Democrats are working night and
day to pull as large a vote as possible
for Chancellor McGiil. The party is
thoroughly organized and q COMPLETE
canvass of the county has been made in
fact it is the best canvass the Demo-
Gratis have ever made. Arrangements
are complete for bringing out the entire
vote on election dav and properly man
in every voting precinct in the county,
n the Democratic managers are con-
fdent that they will keep Griggs's ma
jority down to $500.