The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-11-03
DEMOCRATS ON TOP.
Much Rejoicing at Yester-
days Rebuke to Repub-
lican TreaChery.
LEADER DAVIS VIEWS
Republicans Much Chagrined at
the Clean Sweep-What Prom
inent People Say.

morning over the Democratic victory OF
yesterday. While everybody who knew
the pulse of public feeling was perfectly
convinced that the Republicans would pc
whipped, few imagined that the defeat
would be so complete.
1t was exceedingly comical to hear the
explanations of Republicans They pooh
poohed the election and said that II
wasn't worth fighting about. Next year,
they said, would see battle and Re-
publican victory. One member of the G..
o. P. was frank enough to say
How in thunder could we expect to win
with such ticket? Great Scott! man,
did you ever see such a collection of self
styled reformers, Mugwumps. boys and
petty ward politicians? OF course, with
such tools Sammy Dickinson works"
AS for Mr.. S. Dickinson, the individual
referred to, he, of course. expected a de-
feat and knew all about what was going
to happen-he did. The better element OF
the party represented by Judge Blair,
Flavel, MCGEE, Judge Douglass, ex-
Mayor Wanser, James H. Love and 9th
ers, expressed surprise that all the seats
should come to the Democrats. They
hoped at least to capture two or three.
Leader Robert Davis was, of course, de-
lighted with the result, and in conversa-
ton with News reporter said:-'Tne
people saw that they wanted change,
and they voted for the real friends OF the
people. They got nothing from the Re-
publicans. The taxpayers have decided 10
try the Democrats again and see II they
can get anything from them. Those bills
for the relief of Jersey City and HUDSON
County will be the first to be introduced
in the next Legislature. Although we are
in the minority in the House and in the
Senate. we will get our rights or the ma
jority will have to depend on the cor
porations. 1t has got now that there are
so many blackguards upon the stump
that the people take no notice OF their
actions, except to condemn them Inc
Republicans put such men on the stump
as Goldenhorn and that snip Carey, VINO
blackguard everybody. All they can talk
is blackguardism. They can't give any
facts to support their statements. Our
party has not attacked the character OIL
any man who was candidate. II the Re
publican party sees fit to put them up, 1t
is their fault. not ours.
This is going to be a hot Legislature.
We have nothing to lose and everything
to gain this election.
From the appearance of the vote and
the registry here it seems that the repeat
ers that formerly came over from New
York were held there this time and
couldn't get over. The journal has
been bowling for years about the Demo-
cratic repeaters and ballot box suffers.
1t shows from this vote who was working
the repeaters. From now on the Com
mittee will watch anxiously the people
who register next spring and fall and fol-
low them up. We have got line on them
now for the first time in a good while.
eve thank the people of Hudson County
for standing by the party in this fight,
and hope that they will do it next fall.
If we don't try to do what we have pledg-
ed to do we hope the people will turn
us out as they have the Republicans" !"
Mayor Hoos said that he was not one
bit surprised at the result. The people,
he said, could always be relied upon to re-
buke negligent servants.
City Clerk O'DonneM whistled softly
and winked his other eye when a member
of the News staff spoke to him. To
him. an old parliamentary hand, the vic
tory was no surprise at all, but he, of
course, was immensely gratif1ed at the
sweeping vote.
William M. Midlige. President of the
Board Of Aldermen, was much pleased
with the Democratic victory in Hudson
County and the State. He said it showed
that the people were getting tired of the
false pretenses of the Republican party
and have made up their minds to return
to the Democratic fold
'"Too bad it rained yesterday" said Po-
lice Justice J. Herbert Potts. I'VE could
not get our vote.''
Beyond this he did not like to talk OF
the election at al. He expressed much
sympathy with Robert Williams, Presi-
dent of the last Senate, who was defeated
for reelection in Passaic County.