The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-11-07
DAVIS TALKS.
The Hudson Democratic
Leader on the Results
of the Election.
HELLER's ELECTION A TRIUMPH
He and Lillis Won Through
Sheer Personal Merit and
Active Effort.
ASSEMBLY LGss LAMENTABLE
Difficulty of Splitting the Ticket
Did lt-Efect of the
Silver Idea.
SHARP WORDS FOR sLANDRRERs
Mr. Davis Challenges Minute Enves-
ti$atIon of His own Record
And mr. gelier's-Re-
count, BluG.
SHARP WORDS FOR sLANDERERs

Leader Robert Davis. of the Democratic
Iarty in this county, in speaking this
morning about the result of last Tues
days election. said
Il consider the election of William
Heller and James T Lillis a great victory
frhey are both good men. better men than
were nominated by the opposite party
and for that reason they were elected.
am sorry our whole ticket was not
elected. It is not my fault that it was
pot. but as usual men upon whom we
Mad depended failed US and some of our
fnen knitted US.
THE Republicans are making great
big bluff about a recount. 1 say it is
bluff because I know it to be one. The
men who are bowling loudest about a
want anything of the kind to take place,
because they are the ones who would be
hurt. I want to charge right now that
can produce before any court in this
State men who will testify that the Re-
sziael hlieans attempted to bribe them. Ny
hen were election officers whom the Re-
publicans endeavored to get to falsify
the election returns in order to make the
Republican victory more sweeping. I
also have information that the Repub-
abcans tried to get at the boxes. I
make these charges because the press
and pulpit seem to delight in charging
all that kind of business to me and to
my party. say now that 1 court re-,
count and if one is made believe that
the result will be beneficial to the Demo-
cratic nominees who were defeated.
For six or seven years 1 have been
assailed by the pulpits and by the press.
but I have not WINGED now wish to
state that my time will come I be-
friended the friendless once and I will be-
friend the friendless always. When the
men who were really responsible for the
acts of the men who trif1ed with the
ballot boxes, deserted them in the hour
of their need, went to their assistance
and I would do SO again. We are all
human.
While the press is up for review
would like to call the attention of the
public to the sudden change of heart of
the New York World Three weeks
before election that paper was with us
and then in almost the last week of
the campaign it went over to the other
side. Why was that done, I ask2 What
prompted such a change? Any honest
man can see and understand it all readily
For my part I would suggest that the
managers of the New York 'sWorld'
make an investigation as to what caused
the sudden change. The manager of the
New Jersey edition probably has some
excuse, some explanation to offer which
would interest the head men.
1T was noticeable fact that all the
New York papers which had New Jersey
editions attacked our candidates, par
ticulariy Messrs. Heller and Lillis. It af-
forded me great pleasure to learn that
they were the men elected, because in ad-
dition to the assaults of the newspapers
the pulpits were against us. In face of
all that opposition we won our men, and
probably because the people knew that
what was being charged against them
was untrue. The Law and Order people
Were against our candidate for Sheriff.
and I want to inform these people and
the pulpits now that our candidate did
not make saloon canvass, nor did he go
from place to place making pledges of any
kind. Sheriff Heller goes into office un-
pledged and defy contradiction when I
say It
7 defy any man to point the finger of
reproach at me for any official act. I am
not ashamed Of any act I ever performed.
and it would be well If every man who
has held public Office could say the same.
viii wager now that my office and my
books when was Sheriff were kept in
better condition and on a more business
Ike basic than the present management.
The victory Of Messrs Heller and Lillis
due to the fact that both are popular
en-, and both nade hard fight. Their
ENDS also nede q fight for them Had
nhsy pursued the course they did they,
would have gone down they sent