The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-11-08

M'ADOO IN HOBOKEN.
Ex- Assistant Secretary Of
Navy Speaks for
Senator DAILY.
HAULs ALGERIsM OYER GOALS
Contrasts the Treatment Of
Soldiers With That Of
the Navy,

For the first time during the campaign
in this county, William McAdoo, ex-As-
sistant Secretary of the Navy addressed
a Democratic mass meeting in Lyric
Theatre, Hoboken, last night Mr.. Nc
Adoo delivered an eloquent speech in
which he brought the Republican adj
ministration to time for the general mis-
management of the army. Mr.. McAdoo
got a hearty reception as he stepped out
upon the stage. There were several
women in the audience and they Joined
with the men in rendering him rousing
welcome. He said in part
IT came here this evening, first, because
the people Of Hoboken have been kind,
and were very generous to me when /
occupied public Office. and because still
think myself their servant; second,
come here on the personal solicitation Of
Mr.. DAILY, and, lastly, to address you as a
citizen. 1t is evident that within the past
week tremendous hints have been going
the rounds that the Republican party will
meet with defeat and the leaders We're
the first to recognize this The attitude
Of the Spanish Peace Commission is
sure sign of Republican defeat. The is
sues in this State affect the Common
wealth. The Republicans say that there
is no direct issue and that the Demo-
cratic party doesn't discuss the actual Is
sues. What are the issues? The issues
are practical questions, not academical
questions. I have heard Mr.. Crane speak
and have heard him pile up records of
the broken pledges of the Republican
party in this State.
How this war was managed is of IN
terest to every citizen and tax payer. 1t
has been one stretch of criminal incom-
petence throughout the war. In the be-
ginning the war machinery was rusty and
antiquated. There was no attempt made
to establish a military such as exists in
the military countries of Europe. The
machinery should have been up to date,
but instead the system was antiquated.
While admit the inefficiency of the ma
chinery, the President with one stroke of
his pen, could have reconstructed the en-
tire machinery. They knew nothing,
and despite the Franco-Prussian war,
war that shook the earth, they learned
nothing The Germans in that war, so
perfect was their organization, construct
ed machine that could almost walk
and talk.
ssTo have a good army it is necessary
to have well fed and well disciplined men
and you're got to see that they are trans
ported we'll Last summer, while I was
walking along the east side of New York,
came across a regiment of NeW England
boys who were crowded aboard ship
there awaiting transportation. They
were crowded aboard that ship like 50
many rats They were given Raines law
sandwiches and when they wanted 20
know why they were not being transport
ed to Cuba, they were told by their Off
GERS that there were 500 Spanish war
ships waiting off Sandy Hook to eat them
up, or that there was a fleet of twenty
five torpedo boat eatehers off Princess
Island
aIf this war did nothing else, it put
down two things. it put down sectional
ism and demonstrated that the people of
this country would not continue to be
abused. And it has also been shown that
the American people have not got their
noses buried so deep in the sand that they
cannot see wrong doing. This was a war
Of the common people and it was ap-
proved by every monoplist and small
minded person. At first the Republicans
claimed all the glory for the war, but
when Algersm came into view they said
that it was not Republican war
"Our fathers, sons and brothers were
called out and mobilized. and afterward
taken to a swamp at Chickamauga and
to Chattanooga where the ground is
rocky save a thin sheeting of earth. The |
of the Republican party re-
CURED the attention of the Republican
leaders SO much that they forgot the
geography of the United States. We
shall not forget the treatment of our
brave men Why didn't the marines die
at Guatanamo? Because the Navy De- |
partment was handled magniicently; |
every man that went away well came !
home well, and not like our soldiers, who
came crawling home like fies on the first
Of December
Mr.. McAdoo scored the Administration |
for appointing as Brigadier Generals men
whom he STYLED sons of somebody and |
sons of nobody He also spoke of the |
manner in which the soldiers in Cuba I
were given improperly cooked food, and |
of how they were put aboard ships with !
horse DOCTORS He had hardly finished I
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