The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-07-29
THE DUKE" FOR MAYOR
A New Candidate for the
Honor of Governing
Greater New York.
He IS JOHN POPE HODNETT
Who Believes BE Owns Central
Park and Will Live in a
Castle in the Middle of 1t.

A0AA anu uAAt AN
Castle in the Middle of 1t.
a new candidate for Mayor of Greater
New York has appeared in the person OF
the Hon. John Pope Hodnett, the
founder of the Labor Party in the United
States" Mr.. Hodnett will announce his
candidacy and present his platform 10
the people alta monster labor demonstra-
tion to be held at Salter's Casino. at the
Hudson County Boulevard and West
Fifty-frst street, Bayonne, on Sunday
mex That place has been chosen for
the meeting as Bayonne-is a favorite re-
sort for the laboring class of New York
ers on Sunday and they are the people
Mr.. Hodnett wants to reach. Over 10000
circulars announcing the meeting have
been distributed. throughout Hudson
county and New York city. Explicits.di-
rections are given for reaching the
Casino from New York. The circular an
nounces Mr.. Hodnett in these glowing
terms:-
Mr.. Hodnett is the Labor and Demo-
cratic candidate for the nomination for
Mayor Of Greater New YORK this JAIL tau,
York he will undoubtedly be dominated
by the Democratic. Convention for next
viii be elected beyond any kim of doubt
when elected he will be a man, like Jack
son. in the White House, who VII 90
right by all the people; restore confidence
and bring back TO the American people
order and. universal prosperity, ana VIII
be hailed by all the lpSesople as cb sheir s ae3
slavery. Hurrah for Hodnett! the friend
of honest labor and the-founder OF the
Labor Party in Arnericai
No living man has done for the -Amerl-
can people what Hodnett has done IN
the last twenty years of his public NE.
He is the most eloquent and most fear
less orator and lawyer in America today.
He has devoted all his past life TO the
interests of the American people, and he
should be President of the United states,
Here are some of the problems he will
touch on in his speech at the mass meet
SFfrst-The money question as it is and
as it should be.
the United States over the money power.
.tThird-The Civil Service Act disfran-
chising all h workingnen Of A .Ife e
"Fourth-The United States has power
independent of any other power on earth
to declare what shall be the legal tender
in the United States and to supply the
American people with American money.
Appended TO the call for the meeting
are the name of a number of prominent
Jersey Cit and Bayonne lawyers, also
some names of persons of doubtful iden-
tity, such as r. Guy & Son, Uriah Snod-
gress and ~Philophilas Hoap. These
gentlemen form the committee of invi-
tation and arrangements. The chairman
is Lawyer James T. Madden of Jersey
City. while Eugene J., Davis of Bayonne
is secretary.
The coming meeting is much discussed
among the lawyers in lower Jersey City.
Nearly ali of them have received invi-
tations and many of them have had their
names printed as being on the committee,
with or without consent. Most of them
will not journey to BayoHne on Sunday
TO hear Mr.. Hodnett's Grafton.
Twenty years ago Mr.. Hodnett gained
a national reputation as an orator and
as a Fenian agftator. In the Blaine cam.
paign he lie excellent service in behalf of
the great seatesman, speaking through
out the United States and everywhere
drawing immense crowds by his power of
oratory and his skillful handling of the
issues then before the people. He was
well versed in law and practised in the
United States courts. Under the Harri-
son administration he held an important
position in the Treasury Department at
Washington. He now lives in Brooklyn,
where he practices law.
Mr.. Hodnett was always an enthusiastic
geneaologist and in late years he has de-
veloped evidences of insanity on this one
point. In all other respects he is acknowl-
edged by all who know him to be a bril-
liant man He firmly. believes and never
he is the Ineai descendant of the Duke
of York. He will talk entertainingly for
hours on the English mobility and fn9se
his assertions have found that in most
instances they are accurate as to the
merest detail. His claim to the title. OF
Duke of York is Of course a delusion, but
to his own mind he has firmly established
his right to it. -
was also a lineal descendant of the
original Duke, and in his. opinion, the
nition. For some time he has been press
ing his claims en- the Federal authorities.
In his estimation the proper thing for the
Park, erect in its centre a magnificent
castle and present it to him as the heir
to the illustrious title the Father of Our
Country could have used If he had only
known it and if his democratic spirit had
not rebelled at the suggestion. 1t is this
enter heart and soul into the scheme Of
the proposed mass meeting on Sunday
next. That he will make a stirring and
rational speech on that occasion no one
who knows him doubts for an instant.
He will announce himself as has been
told. IS a candidate for the nomination
with the caution usually exhibited by
those who are afflicted as he rs he will
real motive in seeking the nomination.
What his motive is he confdSd to a
friend a few days ago. He believes that
the Government would nave long ago
satisfied his claims and turned over Cen
trial Park to him If It had been able to
purchase the property from the sity of
New York. Whenever an effort has been
made to buy it the New York authorities
have interposed serious objections and
have placed insurmountable obstacles in
the way. He would become Mayor of
Greater New York for the sole purposes
of turning Central Park over to the Gov
inner that it might in turn be pre-
scented to him.
Mr.. Hodnett has sent Invitations to the
mass meeting to President Mckinley,
Governor Griggs, Mark Hanna, Mayor
Strong and celebrities and politicians all
over the country.
A SUSPICIOUS PERSON,
sJames Cooper, of No. II Colgate street,