The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-14
TIE PEOPLES VICTORY.
And Leader Davis Says the
People Will Get All the
Profit From It.

Leader Robert Davis was in his Gus
tomary mood this morning. He showed
some signs of WEAKNESS from the labor
of the campaign, but he greeted his
Friends cordially.
There were callers at his Office as ear
~ as eight o'clock. The first mail
brought him congratulations from all
sides. With callers he declined to dis
cuss the victory of the party, declaring
that his private business will engage his
entire attention for several weeks to
come.
To a News reporter, however, he
Nsaid:-
sThe result of yesterdays election
was about as / anticipated. Not only
did Democrats turn out in full force and
30 their duty, but Republicans were with
our candidates. That is particularly true
u property owners.
ut is perhaps unnecessary for me to
say that our victory shows that people
were tired of the conduct of public affairs
The campaign of the Democratic party
was a gentlemanly one. Not one Of your
candidate INDUCED in mud singing. Ger
tain newspapers took occasion to assail
me. What those papers said were the
customary campaign lies. They had no
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be untrue. That they had an injurious
effect upon the Republican candidates is
an assured fact. I do not. propose, how
sver, entering into a controversy with
any newspaper. The election is over and
the people were victorious. take no
credit whatever upon myself.
= am an out-and-out Democrat and /
worked earnestly and honestly for sue
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isfied."
There were on the stump for the Re-
publicans certain men who claimed to
nave been Democrats at one time. They
attacked me and they attacked our can
didates. They may nave called them
selves Democrats, but they were never
Democrats at heart. They left our party
because they could not get offices. What
they had to say about me and about the
Democratic candidates did our side a
great deal of benefit, and it strikes me
that in future the Republican party will
not engage them to address audiences.
"No honest man has any use for a
%turncoat of the calibre of the men I re-
fer to.
ITO the public / wish to extend my
hearty thanks, both in the assistance rem
dered me personally and to the help that
was given our nominees.
Such promises as were made l feel
convinced will be kept. If the adminis-
tration of public affairs under Democrat
ic rule is not satisfactory, it rests with
the public to turn the Democrats out.
Honest government must be given Jer-
sey City, and / am sure that it win be
forthcoming with Mayor Hoos at the
helm. Some papers and a few Republi-
can orators during the campaign took oc-
casion to announce that Democratic vic
tory meant the return of the same old
gang to power. We will see what it
means.
Our overburdened taxpayers are look
ing to Democrats for relief, and if it can
be given, it will. Our candidates
have no knowledge of the city's financial
condition, but if by retrenchment the
abolition of sinecures and so on we can
afford relief, such relief will be forth
coming. There is no doubt in my mind
but what the gentlemen elected yesterday
will put men in charge of public affairs
just as competent just as honest and