The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-08
CHEERING FOR BRYAN
Robert Davis Association
Unfurls a Popocrat Flag
With Music and
Fireworks.
SPEECH THAT WAS SILVER
Orators Pay Tribute to William
Heller and James 7. Lillis
Plea for tqual Taxa
ton.
SPEECH THAT WAS SILVER
Orators Pay Tribute to William


Ward Democratic Associations The BAN
ner stretches across Mercer street from
the Davis club rooms. There were, it is
estimated, between seven and eight hum
dred men on hand to take part in the
ceremonies. pyrotechnic display pre-
| ceded the banner raising and an oratorical
display followed it. The chilliness of the
night air drove nearly four hundred into
the spacious rooms of the Davis Assoc
ciation- The assembly room was packed
to overf1owing and the halls and stair
ways were lined with men
At about half-past eight o'clock, John
Masker, president of the Davis Associa-
ton, called the meeting to order. Daniel
Smith was chosen secretary for the occa-
sion. Harry j. Powers, president of the
Hudson County Silver League, was the
first speaker. He dealt mainly with the
national issues and gave a dozen or more
reasons why William Jennings Bryan
should receive the vote of the masses
He characterized William Mckinley as a
tool of the bosses and declared that if
Mckinley was elected Mark Hanna would
in reality be President and manage affairs
in the interests of trusts and monopolies.
He insisted that the free coinage of silver
would give the country more money, and
consequently stimulate business, give men
| more work and better pay. He spoke
br ef1y about local issues, declaring that
inasmuch as the Democratic party is the
party of the people the local ticket should
be supported from top to bottom.
John Totten made one of his character
s-+s< * zc
the assemblage in a good humor He
handled Mckinley and Hobart without
gloves and declared that if elected they
| would act under instructions from Mark
Hanna, do everything in their power to
crush the masses of the country, who are
already, he contended oppressed nearly
to desperation. He sa d it was puzzling
thing to notice how suddenly the money
kings of Wall street had become so in
terested in the masses, worrying that
with their ballots they might bring to
themselves a dollar worth only SO cents
I'VE know our business" continued
the speaker, "and we know that what the
| money kings want is something that we
do not want. Not a man in this aud 'enee
has too much money, and imagine there
| The free coinage of silver will give us
| more money, will put new life into trade
and consequently start money in circula-
| ton. If We are to secure let up in the
| dreadful times we have been securing we
must keep out Of the White House men
| who are allied with trusts.
sour local ticket is one which should
be elected. The Republican candidates
are ringsters of the most dangerous type.
| and it is our duty as Democrats to bury
| them beneath our ballots to such an ex-
| tent that never again will they have the
impudence to enter the political arena
and seek an office of honor and trust.
| Our candidate for Sheriff, VIII am Heller
is a man of the people He is known
| from one end of the county to the other
and is trusted and respected We want
him to be elected and by hard work we
can put him where he belongs. James
T. Lillis is man well qualified to fiji
| the office of Surrogate. He knows the
/ duties of the office and those who have
had dealings with him know he can he
1 trusted. The same may be said of our
Assembly candidates. We want to re-
| turn them to Trenton with handsome
majorities. Last, but not least, wek want
to elect our Freeholders, all of whom are
| honest, capable men and men qualified 10
look after our county affairs.'
Leon Albeit made a ringing speech
He said it was a sacrilege to see the
names of Mckinley and Hobart attached
to the American flag and declared that
! their names if pinned to any flag sbould
/ h, on hA rff fse1,
| opening of the mints to silver would in
crease the value of that metal, showing
that in India in 1893, when the mints
were closed, silver was worth So cents
an ounce and forty-eight hours later ii
had dropped to 6S cents an ounce. Mr..
Albeit argued that the adoption of the
| silver standard here would cause i'm.
porters to become manufacturers, holding
that this would be beneficial to the coun-
try. 1t would increase the demand for
labor and would result in labor being
paid better wages and insure steady en-
ployment
Concerning our local ticket it is one
which should be elected from top to bot.
TOM" Mr.. Albeit went on. .sOur Assem-
blymen should by all means be returned
| ~e'' SeAA = SfA SoCiieeAtisco 4cSl winter lley
made gallant fight for equal taxation
and If we expect relief in the direction
/ of equal taxes we must look to Demo-
Gratis for it. Republicans will never give
| it to us. They are owned by trusts
When railroads and corporations bear a
fair share of the tax burdens our poor
people will be happy 1t is the rent pay
ers and the wage earners who suffer
because of the unequal distribution of
taxes. We managed to get a taxation
bill through once and / believe we will
succeed again Assemblyman Queen in
troduced a bill last session, but it got
lost or something happened to 1t when
the clutches Of Republican tools fell on
1t. Let us return Mr.. Queen and the
other members, that they may take up
the fight where they left OFF,
1 I'VE have nominated William Heller
for Sheriff, and he is a man who is inter
ested In the rights and liberties Of men.
i The present officer has not given the pub
| lie fair chance and now we demand 9
change. The Republicans have nominat-
/ ed man from Hoboken. hoping 80 gel
the vote Of that city. but they will not