The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-06
OPENING GUN OF THE CAMPAIGN
Sixth Ward Democratic Association
Opens the Campaign In LAFAYETTE.

Sixth Ward Democratic Association
Opens the Campaign In Lafayette.
The Sixth Ward Democratic Association
opened the fall campaign in vigorous
manner last night in Shipman Hall, La
fayette. A large and enthusiastic crowd
was present. Fireworks were shot off
before the meeting, and when Alderman
Kelly, the presiding officer, raped for
order shortly after eight o'clock the hall
was packed The president opened the
meeting with a short address, outlining
the issues Of the coming campaign, the
overmastering issue of which, he said
was the fight which will be waged during
the next month and at the coming session
of the Legislature against the railroad
corporations of this State to compel them
to pay more equal rate of taxation. He
touched on the recent decision of the
Supreme Court declaring the Macarthur
act unconstitutional and congratulated
Mayor Hoos and the rest of the present
city officials on the successful outcome
of the suit, believing, az he did, that the
administration would now proceed to give
Jersey City one of the best administra-
tions it has ever enjoyed. He especially
commended the Mayor for his efforts to
compel the railroads to disgorge the back
taxes which they have been withholding
from the city, and which made the burden
of the taxpayers so much heavier to bear.
Mayor Hoos' administration was en-
Enthusiastically endorsed, and so was that
of the new Street and Water Commission
ers.
A long letter and resolution was read
by Alderman Kelly in regard to a bill
which will be introduced in the next
Legislature compelling all corporations of
this State to pay the wages of their em-
ployes weekly, instead of monthly as now.
The following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That the Sixth Ward Demo-
cratic Association, in meeting assembled,
unanimously indorses the wise, conEerva-
tive and business-like administration of
Mayor Edward Hoos of Jersey City, and
also the efforts of the Democratic Street
and Water Commissioners in endeayoring
to reform the methods which have OBJ
tanned in that Board during the past few
years; and that a thorough investigation
be made into the workings of the So-called
reform administration, and that the eff
secure for the taxpayers of this city such
a wise, prudent and economical expendi-s
ture of the peoples money as will result
principles of the Democratic party, with
out which government hys the people
would be a nullity; also be 1t
Resolved That at the coming primaries
we support those candidates of the Demo-
cratic party for the Assembly whose char
acter. capability and general fitness for
these offices qualify them to worthily re-
present the people Of this city and county,
and that during the coming session Of
the Legislature they be found fighting for
the interests of the people of this city and
county in favor of a more equal rate of
taxation; the weekly payment by all cor
porations of the wages of their working
men weekly instead of monthly; and that
they do everything in their power to up
hold the interests of the Democratic
party, and to fight against all such parti-
san and vicious legislation of the Repub-
lican party as the monstrosity known as
the Macarthur act, passed by Republi-
can Legislature and just declared uncon-
stitutional by our highest court-the oper-
alton of which would have deprived the
people of two great municipalities of the
right of suffrage a right guaranteed by
the United States Constitution.