The Jersey City news., 1898-10-28

was no fault of his that he was late. The
Democratic party, he said, was alive TO
the situation, and it intends to put the
State into the column Of Democratic
States For ten days he had been visiting
| the cities and towns and townships for
the purpose of meeting Democrats and
attending public meetings He said that
every meeting he attended was a complete
and perfect success. Throughout the
State he had found the party united and
harmonious. I'VE live in a Democratic
State he said, "and there is no reason
why Republicans should control It. Inc
reason why he said, that the Democrats
three years ago were swept out of power
was that the people had listened not only
to Republican managers of the State, but
those of the National Republican party,
who promised that if the Republicans
were placed in power nothing but pros
perity would follow
~ leave it you,'' he said, whether we
are better off than we were three years
ago. / recently passed through the VII
lage of oxford, once thriving commun-
ity. Two years ago Mahlon Pitney went
through this little village and told the
inhabitants that if they would vote for
Mckinley and himself the town would
be prosperous and it's citizens would
| thrive Today it is nothing more than a
| deserted village. The houses are tum-
bling down. The children are on the
verge of starvation. I am not surprised.
T saw there a banner with gilt letters,
almost faded, with the inscription, Vote
Ioi md
people did so.''
Mr. Crane said he didn't believe any
one in the State, whether Democratic or
Republican, acquainted with OXFORD
former prosperity who saw 1t IN It's pres
ent condition, would vote Republican
ticket He also said that the Repuph-
can campaign managers and speakers hao
no right to make promises they could
not carry out But" he added, they
are now making the same promises they
made three years ago.
He alluded to the charges made by
the Republican managers three years ago
of Democratic extravaganza in making
appropriations for State expenses in 1893,
amounting to s1,sO0,000 'They simply as
serted this" he said. "Yet the very first
time they got chance they appropriated
5000 600 more than the Democrats nau eA-
pended when they were charged with eX-
travagance. In 1895, their second year,
they appropriated $4l1.O00 more than the
Democrats. In 1897 the last fiscal year
for which reports have been published,
they appropriated sS21, 900 more.
Mr.. Crane said that these figures were
taken from the official reports. The Off
cial who made them up would no doubt
like to make a better showing, but ne
was obliged by the law to make a cor
rect report He had been informed by
Mr.. Daily. he said, that when the official
report for 1898 is printed it will be found
that the appropriation amounted TO
$500. 900 more than the Democrats appro-
priated any year while in power. These
charges had been made on the stump.
the speaker said. and he had heard OF no
Republican orator attempting TO refute
them. In view of these facts he could see
no reason why the Republicans should be
supported and kept in power in a State
which was nnquestionalaly Democratic 10
the core.
Mr.. Crane further said that the Demo-
Gratis had left s724,0 900 in the hands of the
Republicans. Last year they expended
that hadn't been done they would have
had no money to meet the deficiency.
AS to Mr. Voorhees, record in the AS
sembly and as Acting Governor, MT.
Crane said that that gentleman had plen-
ty of opportunity to befriend organized
and unorganized labor, but instead had
invariably antagonized both. While ne
fMr. Crane) was in the Legislature in
lala o
were introduced. He supported them all
and today seven of them were on the
statute books of the State. AS it was
late, he said, he would not attempt TO
enrmerate them ALL He simply referred
to the one compelling the Traction Com
panies to lessen the hours of their en-
ployes' labor from T. and in some in
stances, 1e consecutive hours, to 10 hours,
and today the law was in force in New
ark. The speaker closed amid rounds Of
cheers by declaring that his record was
an open one.
Ex-senator Edwards took slight excep-
ton to the epithet IAN old War Horse OF
Democracy as applied to him by Chair
man Holmes in introducing him to the
audience. He caused some little laughter
by remarking that he considered himself
a young man. But for all that he was
reminded, by the presence of SO many
young voters of campaign twenty-one
years ago in which he cast his first vote
for Samuel J. Tilden, who was cheated
out of his seat He said he had never
had occasion to regret casting Demo-
cratic vote He advised the young men
i'm the audience to do the same and march
shoulder to shoulder to the stirring music
of Democracy Mr. Edwards principal
theme, however, was Equal Taxation.
Abiding to the State money that had
been squandered by the Republicans he
said he wished to open the other pocket
and show how the money got there Ex-
perience had taught him that it was
difficult thing to spend money before 1t
was earned. In 1883 the people of the
State elected a man as Governor whose
name was never mentioned in his pres
ence without his blood being stirred, the
lion-hearted Leon Albeit, brought up in
this city and in the same ward in which
Mr.. Edwards was speaking. Mr. Abb
bett declared said Mr.. Edwards, that
if elected by the people of this State such
a thing as a State tax should not be
known, and he kept his word ("
The speaker, whose position as Corpor-
alton Counsel, representing the city in
its recent fight for equal taxation, gave
ac<s.