The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-25

why the band should rave undertaken
God Save the Queen at suen aSiinle
no one win venture to advance. an ex-
| PLANTATION. The band master was pre-
vailed upon TO desist. lie did 1t with re-
luctance. Mr.. Erwin's voice was IN
steady. He moved about uneasiiy, cast
ing frequent glances at the eenlng d.
though expecting something to drop on
| him. He said it gave him pleasure to
be at the meeting. All the speakers
seemed to be CONFUSED Win J ple tbdsN -
FlaveI MeGeev{slt is with great pieasuie
| / appear here roan
Congressman Fowler-"lt is with Keen
| pleasure j appear here
Foster voorhees-'It is with a feeling
OF great pleasure etc.
Major Pangborn-"My pleasure y IN
When Mr.. Erwin recovered from the
i stage fright which had apparently selzeul
| him hi introduced Flavel McGee as cnall-
| man. The audience decided TO pc com
| fortably miserable and accordingly se1tieu
| back in the spacious pews. M. McJee
| noticed the movement. He Dit ms up
| and then made the declaration tnat the
| Democrats are doing their utmost 70
| dodge National issues and fight this cam
| paign on purely local and State issues.
| He made some reference to FRAUDS COM
mitted in this State, to the hnances ~ ~
| the country. and finally the rejection OF
Democratic government in this state
Mr.. MCGEE apologized for having Occur
| pied the time of the audience whlie thefe
were QlSl1llS ulSle0 uiCi l
There are speakers here VINO are
| fresher than 1 am" said Mr.. MCGEE
modestly.
Congressman Fowler was introduced.
| He got a cordial reception. He made HIM
| self popular by raising the American rag
and saying, Il believe in this flag, in the
patriotism, of its red, the purity g o. F us
saying this he was ap~plaudeas Inc III
gresham called attention to the fact that
New Jersey had been loyal since 1910, =.
serve American industries. IN 1872 y nau
voted for purity in public office by eiee6.
ing John w. Griggs Governor, n iP ny
that greatest of all statesmen, William
Mckinley. This remark was cheered
HAS the Democratic. party pesn lrann
about its position before the AMERICAN
people?" he asked. II defy any Demo
Graf in this vast ~assemblage TO tell me
what the vital principles alluded 70 IN
mo one rising" he continued, II assume
that no one knows. The vital principles
clause is a bunco game pure ana si1aple.
They have nominated one. Crane for GOV
ernor. He thinks he is running, but ne e
not. Every intelligent Democrat ana
every intelligent man Knows tnaI N.Y.
voorhees,, and there is not one Democrat
who does not know that the state senate
Will be Republican That belng me case
how can they expect to carry out the re-
forms they promise. 1t is IN the Assem-
bly, fight where the d~eveltry is concealed.
Their object is to return James smith 10
the United States Senate
AT this juneture the Congressman real
lied that his audience was trea OF pom
teal buncombe. He switched ana toIq
he mentioned the name of Robert Davis
in some disparaging way. Fol- his trou-
bic he was Kissed and loudly too. HAS
anyone" he said, pointed the niger CT
suspicion at Foster Voorhees, or at the Re
publican administration? The Democrats
ak of reform, but their reform is a back
ward
Branching off again he said:-sI admire
w. D. DAILY. He is square. He mas con
v~ictions, ana is not afraid to express his
opinion. There would be a square issue
ii he had his way"
At the mention of Senator Days name
at least a hundred men clapped their
time it looked as though there would be Z
ampede for DAILY. That Congressman
Fowler was ratified by the break he made
was apparent. He got away from Eos
an hour endeavored to explain the money
question on which heeis a crank. his
talk was interesting to some, but to the
audience it was most tiresome. His hear
crs showed their displeasure by yawning.
Mr.. Fowler caused an outburst by making
a lengthy allusion to Admiral, eDeWeys
glorious victory. He kept the audience
awake by declaring the stars and stripes
will always float over Porto Rico. he
said the Nicaragua Canal will be one OF
the beneficial results of the late unpleas-
antness with Spain, and p~rophesied that
d merchant marine will be established SO
that the sun will always shine on the
Stars and Stripes. About the disposition
of Cuba, he was not certain, but he 1nl,-
mated very strongly that this country Will
not keep the island.
All these things Were interesting, but
the people were there to hear what reason
the Republican candidates have for asking
to be elected. He made an appeal for the
Republican nominees declaring that a vote
for them would be a vote for MIR. +
ley, who governed a mighty army, clothed
and fed il and demolished spain Wllaln
10 days. The applause that followed the
Congressman's close did not disturb ths
foundations of the Tabernacle.
Mr.. McGee took twenty minutes IN
which to introduce Major Pangborn. He
said the Republicans had paved q miles
of streets under Wanser's administration
and several other things which a-a iiot
elicit any applause from the audience.
Major PangDorn was given the recep-
ton of the evening. The people howled.
then stamped, cheered and clapped their
hands: the band worked. and finally three
mighty cheers were given, and they were
given with a viii. The Major was touched
mot for any of his valuables-but the
ovation astounded him. Such a well
come,t' he said. ought to warm a heart
older and colder than mine. l am CRATE
full" Continuing, he said
ION November 8 all citizens of this
State who are legally qualified electors
duty of each of them to exercise that
privilege, of casting the ballot of an
American freeman.
Which falls as silently and still
AS snow1akes fall upon the sod,
And executes the freeman's will
AS lightning does the will OF God.
sIt is the duty of every such citizen to
vote at popular elections, and it is a
moral as well as a political obligation, be-
cause every citizen is a constituent part
of that aggregate American sovereignty
which in its last analysis is responsible
for the execution of the law, the admins
tration of government and the public well
fare. We are assembled here for the pur-
pose of helping each other to ascertain
and to determine how that duty shall be
performed at the coming election. Ger
tain things may be ascertained without
apprehension that they can successfully
be contraGicted. They are political axi-
oms. Every man should vote in accord
with his honest convictions, and only in
that way which he sincerely believes will
be for the best interests of himself and
his fellow citizens. A man who votes
against his own honest conviction as to
his duty is dishonest to himself and
grossly abuses his privilege and power
of citizenship. A man who votes without
himself having any conviction, on the
mere impulse of partisan feeling or at the
dictation of any boss, is not worthy of
American citizenship,
Al this juncture the band disturbed the
proceedings with an assault on Yankee
Doodle" The cause of the trouble was
made known a few moments later. Foster
Voorhees, had arrived. The reception ac-
oordod him VIZ mt a nafphH IN the 0np