The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-07
DEMOCRATIC POLICY.
State Committee Resolves to
Ignore Silver During the
Coming Campaign.
Especial to .eThe Jersey City News."l

Especial to 'The Jersey City News.
LONG BRANCH, Oct. 7, ls97.-The
State Democratic Committee met at
A Ayon-by-the-Sea and devised plan of
campaign for the November election. 1t
consists principally of determination to
make the contest on State and local
issues only and to ignore the money
question and other features of the recent
national campaign.
The conclusion of the committee and the
line upon which the campaign will be con-
Quoted will be set forth in a circular
address to be issued to the voters of the
State by a subcommittee consisting of
Colonel E. L. Price and Senators DAILY and
Kuhl
Colonel Price, chairman of the COM
mittee, presided at the meeting, and
among the members present were Sena-
tor Richard S. Kuhl, of Hunterdon;
James W Lanning of Mercer. Charles L.
Rogers of Ocean, William B. Pugh of
Bergen, Oliver 8. Kelly Of Middlesex and
Charles Roden of Cape May.
The first action taken was determine
ton to issue an address to the voters of
the State outlining the position of the
Democratic party in the coming political
contest. 1t was decided to leave the task
of compilation to special committee. and
the chairman remarked that he desired to
have the opinion of all the members as
10 what the address should contain.
Representatives Of counties were asked
for an expression of opinion, and all
agreed that the fight should be made on
State and local issues only and that the
money and other questions of national inn
portance had no place in contest OF it
self purely local.
Senators DAILY and Kuhl directed the at
tention of their colleagues to the opposi-
tion made by the Democratic minority in
the late Legislature to the passage OF the
anti-spring election law, because it COM
bfned local and national issues. The
Democratic party had always contenoed, loee,
issues should be considered ana acteo
upon Independently OF each other. To
inject national issues into the coming
contest would SAVIOR of stultifying Demo-
cratic precedent in the State. That was
the general idea and it prevailed:
The address in consequence Will be
general arraignment OF the Kepuplican
party for its alleged 1nismanagement Of
State affairs and failure to keep. faith
with the people regarding their platform
PROMISES. The Republicans viii also pe
arraigned for the enormous Increase IN
the municipal indebtedness of the State,
made possible, 1t lis claimed, by reckless
legislation in that direction.
Comprehensive measures for the aboli-
tIon Of grade crossings, municipal owner
ship Of all national franchises such as
the water supply and the control Of RI
narian lands and more rigid tax laws
ihat Ina will tend to disclose invisible corpor-
alton property, are among the principles
that will be advocated
The meeting of the State COMMITTEES
xsss i,s.ld' Immediately after the arrival OF
re % Esssex County Committee at Avon
The Essex committee was met = at ne
s,,5 an address of welcome Was delivered
bv is,'e C. - Meyer Zulick. After the address
f'e entire party, numbering. about 700
nartook of a clambake, while the state
fsommittee was in session