The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-17
IHE UNTBRRlFIED
.Democracy's Grand Rallies
For McGi1l and the
Whole Ticket.
THEN, ON TO WASHINGTON /!
R. V. Lindabury Places the
Campaign on a Basis
of Party Prin-
eiple.
WHAT REPUBLICANS WANT.
Hobart for Vice-President in 80
and the Spoils all the
Time.
VOTE ON NOVEMBER 5
Great Mass Meetings at Woods and
st. Mfchaers Halls Pledge
Their support with EN-
thusiastie shouts.


evening at Woods Hall, under the aus
p:ces of the Hudson Democratic Assoe-a-
tson. was a grand demonstration ara the
audience was a representative one IN
every sense. Lawyers, DOCTORS hnei
chants. mechanics, laborers, all were
t6ere and they sat beside each other
throughout the long meeting listening 70
the speeches with close attention uhat
was never interrupted except TO applaud
the candidates, or some strong point
made by the speaker.
The hail was tastefuliy decorated with
bunting, and a brass band at dlfferehI
tines played popular airs and added 10
the demonstration the sweet strains OF
music. 1t did not require the dlschars-
ing of giant bombs in front of the nan
10 attract this thoughtful and at the
Same time enthusiastic audience, for
each man there appeared to feel that II
was his duty to be present to encour-
are the speakers in their efforts to place
properly before the public the issues OF
this. unusually important campaign.
on the platform were Mr. Otto Grouse,
who presided at the meeting; r. V. Lind
alary of Elizabeth. a warm friend OF
Chancellor McGfll, with whom he dined
before going to the hall; Andrew j.
Rarr:el9lo. A. Q. Garretson, ex-Judge
Rankin. Ava A Bedell, George l.. Rec
ord. John Griffin, Philip Martin, Joseph
D. BedIe. General w. c. Heppenheimer'
Edward Lewis of Hoboken, and Assem-
Fly candidates John Wahl Queen, Joseph
P Muffin and David II. Cagney.
In opening the meeting Chairman
Grouse made bright and interesting
speech in which he sketched vivddly the
issues of the campaign.
.sFel1ow citizens and Democrats" he
said. sit is a great qualification for me
to preside over this gathering of Demo-
Gratis and it looks to me like a return
to 1855 and Democratic victory. CAP
plause.) 1t is qualification to face such
an audience of men intelligent enough
to understand the truth and honest
enough to listen to it, The issues of
the campaign will be outlined by other
speakers tonight.
'sWe are not to be side-tfacked by Re
publicans this fall We agree with
great deal that they say. but believe in
nothing they do. We propose to let
Brother Griggs and his party pray alone
and we say we agree with the Pharisee
who cried. God. 1 thank Thee; I am
not as other men are Cloud laughter)
platforms are generally made by poll
ticians for political purposes and it seems
to me they mean what they do not say
and say what they do not mean; but the
platform we stand on is not such one.
It was not made by politicians. 1t was
made by the people. (Cheers.) That
platform proclaims their wants In 1892
an army of III 600 men marched to the
polls and cast Democratic tickets that
same army thirty years ago placed in
the Executive chair of this State Joel
Parker (cheers), and the same army
placed in the same seat Bedle and that
glorious General George 3. Mcclellan
(cheers), and so on. gentlemen. the
Democratic banner has been carried to
victory by you. gentlemen. who today
are denounced by our opponents as
towards.
'Tn that army of 171.o0o men. our
opponents say they and we have found
traitor or perhaps a half dozen of
them. and that because they have been
found. our opponents cast a slur upon
the whole army. The morals of one man
or a dozen men do not make the morals
OF Il1.0o0 men. If there has been a
traitor let him be punished. If it hits
Barney Ford let it hit him, at the same
time if it strikes Hume the Republican
who used the States funds. let it strike
him. I say to the opponent, fight fair
or the people will rule you out in No
yember.
SELF STYLED PROSECUTOR.
eJohn w. Griggs has taken upon him
self the task of Public Prosecutor. He is
prosecuting half a dozen or more men
whose morals he says are bad. He does
not do this OF his own choice. His ar
raignment was found for him by the
Investigating Committee last winter, but
We say, Haven't you pigeon-holed the
indictments against your Republican
friends?' (Chcers) He has bitten off
more than ne can chew when he pro-
claims he can prove that the acts of
one traitor in the Democratic party
meet the sanction of all. Why it is to
be feared from what he says that when
Chancellor McGill is elected Governor he
will remove the State House from Tren-
ton to Van Worst Square and transform
it into clubhouse. (Prolongcd laugh
ter.)
Suppose the Republican party lined up
its leaders from Camden to Hudson, be-
ginning with it's great and immaculate
leader in South Jersey, what would the
result be?''
Mr. Grouse concluded an admirable
speech with an earnest appeal to all
Democrats to support Alexander T. Nc
Gill for Governor, and then he intro
duced ex-Judge A. Q. Garretson.
JUDGE GARRETSON,s SPEECH.