The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-29
AMENITIES EXCHANGED.
Allan MeDermott Critieizes the
Third Ticket Promoters
Mr.. Grouse Replies.

The ''World'' this morning prints a.
statement made by Allan L. McDermott
yesterday in reply to criticisms of the ac-
ton taken in filing nominating petition
for the Palmer and Buckner electors
coupled with the local candidates of
the Regular Democratic organization Mr.
McDermott says
THE utterances of the gentlemen who
pretend to be the Palmer and Buckner
party in Hudson County, when they pro-
test against the nominations fled with
the County Clerk, sad Mr.; McDermott
are simply ludicrous. Several self-ap-
pointed generals have undertaken to say
those who are to vote for Palmer and
Buckner must not vote for anyone not in
dorsed by Grouse & Co. Some of these
gentlemen offered me the nomination for
Congress on the third ticket if I would
accept it without the Endorsement of the
Democratic candidates. / am not a sneak
and | decline to enter into that arrange
ment- Mr.. Grouse speaks about the
Palmer and Buckner movement as though
it was created by half dozen Jersey
City cranks The truth is that few men
who have been voting the Republican
ticket twice a year while calling them
selves Democrats are fattering them
serves with the idea that the Indianapolis
Convention was held to protest against
the fact that these cranks have been so
long neglected. The idea of this Tooley
StIcSt adSSI0SdllUn saying VINO should or
should not go on the ticket for local Of
fiees illustrates how a grand movement
may be made ridiculous when it is both
cred by pigmies.
sented General Palmer in New Jersey
Are the Palmer and Buckner men to wear
badges inscribed:-'T'his is a p and B.
man-guaranteed by Grouse & Co. None
others. genuine?'
The gentlemen who have attempted
10 degrade the sound money movement
can, can print their tickets, but they shall
| ment a willingness to vote for chronic
| GROWERS nominated for local offices
| When Grouse, Record & Co. read the
election returns they will know what a
great deal of noise they have been MAX
ing over a very small array"
Mr.. McDermott has not yet accepted
the nomination rendered him by the Dem
ocratlc masses at the open primaries, and
he sad last night that ne had not decid-
ed what he would do When he is officials
ly Informed of his nomination he Will
make his position known.
Robert Davis, the Democratic leader.
denies. that the filing of the petition was
a trick.
7 think the people who filed it," he
safd, "have as much right to file ticket
headed by the Palmer and Buckner cleo
tors as the others had to bolt the Chicago
ticket and hold second Democratic
convention in Indianapolis. There are a
Gratis VINO wanted us to pursue the course
we did when that petition was filed. They
are Democrats who are anxious to sup
port the third national ticket and at the
same time to vote for the regular candi-
dates for local Offices. These men have
as much right to call themselves the Ma
tional Democratic party as the gentle
men who compose the new so-called
Palmer and Buckner County Committee 2
Mr.. Otto Grouse. President of the DEM
ocratic Honest Money League of Hudson
County, replied to Mr.. McDermott this
morning in the following statement:--
The men in the Palmer4Buckner move
ment in this county were in it from the
start. We dared to speak and dared to
proclaim our position; we dared to go to
Trenton and accept positions on the
State COMMITTEES; we dared to spend our
time and money to go to Indianapolis. and
dared to come out before the people in
the indianapolis organization for sound
money. We did this at time when Nc
Dermott was flirting with the local ma
chine for the local nomination He at
tempted to ride two horses while we are
in the sound money chariot alone.
Now for myself / don't pretend to
occupy any position in the fight except
that of giving my time and my money if
necessary for the promotions of the Ma
tional Democratic cause. think / may
speak for those associated with me In the
movement in this county for the asser-
ton OF true Democratic principles and