The Jersey City news., 1898-10-28
CRANE IN HUDSON
Made Speeches in Jersey
City, Greenville and Ho-
boken Last Night.
RECEIVED WITH ENTHUSIASM
Imperial Hall Packed With
a Cheering and Atten-
tive Multitude.
COLORED VOTERS A FEATURE
Eloquent Speeches by Candi-
dates Ex- Senator Edwards
Col. MurreI and Others.

The Democratic ratification meeting last
night. at Imperial Music Hall, emphasized
the fact that lower Jersey City is intense
ly Democratic 1t was splendid meet
ing. The big hall was crowded with
jubilant Democrats. Michael B. Holmes
presided He made a short but eloquent
speech, and announced the following list
of vice presidents
James Hopper. John Denver, Henry Rap
pei William Flynn, Thomas Kiernan,
Henry Heidi, Andrew Barricklo, Joseph
Fox, Frederick Kopf, F. W. Schenck,
Alfred Cox, Mayer Brody, B. Digheri M
Singer, John Murphy, 3. Hartnett'
Patrick McArdle, Joseph Benjamin.
George Logan, James G. Haskins, Will
lam Budlong, Sr, DR.. Cravin, Martin,
Dewitt, P. Coyle, P. Callahan, P. German,
= William Bruning, DIR. Benjamin Edge,
William Golden, George w. c. Phillips, T.
Craney, p. J. Doyle James Hennessy. j.
w. Greene, Peter Smith, Samuel Smith,
Peter DAILY. Anthony Baker, P. Turley.
David Dougherty Hugh Dougherty, Will
liam Knoblow, h Nierstead, Richard
Buch, Thomas Hickey Frank Moran, r.
Duff. William ]. Moran, NJ. Doyle, James
E. Kelly, Jarvis s. Warderhill, John
Shaughnessy. Robert Norton, P. Kelehar,
William r. Laird Robert Irving, Charles
Carroll. B. Behmedick, f Henry O'Rourke,
Thomas Goulard, James McCarty. Henry
Hinterman, William Reardon, Gus Whit
camp, Sydney Barr Alex Kantrowieh,
D. g. x. Dickinson, James f. Cannon,
James Hetherington, Thomas Egan, Enoch
J. Smith, Roland Bourne, Ernest Well
G. A. ]. Worlake William It. Sullivan,
John L. Kelly, Henry ]. Adelong. A. A.
BedeI E. Blumenthal. J.. Fischer, VIII
liam Winberry, William n. Baron, E.
Vockroth, P Buckery, Joseph Perlmuf-
ter, James Coyle, NJ F. Cronin, r. A.
Daily, Tohn J. Duffy, Paul Decker, VIII
ham Day, John Donnellan, John Mullins
John o. Donnell. P. E. Martin John Nc
Carty, Frederick Wolbert, John Nevin,
Joseph Meyer, S. t. vanarsdale, Simon
Mayer. Mayer Wolfson, George Hornung.
William Bush, Edward Perlberg, George
Luhrmann, c. v. Valiant, Thomas A
Ke1mann and William A. Farrell.
The chairman, the vice presidents and
the speakers occupied the gallery. The
issues of the campaign were discussed
In a mastery manner by ex-senator Will
liam D. Edwards, Senator William D.
DAILY. Candidate for State Senator Allan
L. MeDermott, Lawyer John r. Bowen,
Candidate for Assembly Maurice Marks,
and. later, by the Democratic Guberna-
torial Candidate Elvin w. Crane. One
of the big incidents of the meeting was
the appearance of nearly 100 colored men,
known as the Keystone Colored Club, who
marched into the hall in body, headed
by drum corps. Colonel Murrel, the
famous New Jersey colored orator and
heretofore a well known stalwart Repub-
lican, was present, and made one of the
principal speeches of the evening. The
Colonel completely convinced everyone in
the audience, white and black, that he was
animated by no other desire than that
of seeing that his race got fair play and
retaliation upon the Republican man
ayers for their duplieity and shabby
treatment of the colored voters during the
past thirty years. He presented facts and
proofs that were indisputable to back up
his assertions. His lashing of Voorhees,
for his duplicity in dealing with the re-
quest for the mastering in of a eolored
regiment in this State, when Mckinley
issued his call for volunteers in the re-
cent war with Spain, opened the eyes of
even those who thought they already
knew something about the bunco game
that had been played for years on the
colored race. He stated his facts SO elo-
quently and produced proofs to substan-
tiate them so Systematically that the au-
dience grew intensely interested and APP
plauded and cheered him TO the echo
The speeches of Mr.. McDermott and Mr..
Daily were along the lines of the argu-
ments they have so eloquently made
daily reported in the columns of "The
Jersey City News Mr. McDermott, in
his mastery manner arraigned the Ma
tional Republican administration for its
conduct of the war with Spain, dealing
sledge hammer blows against its incom-
petence, and appealing to his hearers TO
arouse ana wipe the stain of Algerism
from the flag Of the United States if
they would preserve the Republic He
appealed TO his audience further to vote
for the Democratic candidate for Con-
gress from this district. who would join
in the demand for a complete investiga-
tion with no partisan whitewash.
III just as mastery manner Mr. Daly
revealed the rottenness of the present
State Republican administration, and
asked that Democratic Senator be sent
to Trenton to stem the tide of corruption
and extravaganza which has character
lied that administration during the past
three years He presented facts and
figures to substantiate his arguments
These he defed any Republican orator on
the stump. or the Republican press to re-
fute
ii was late when Candidate Crane ar
rived. The train which was bearing him
TO Jersey CITY had been DELAYED He sent