The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-07
BERGEN DEMOCRATS ALIVE
Rousing Meeting Of the As
sociatio1l-- George G. Ten
nant and Others
Speak.

The Bergen Democratic Association held
an enthusiastic meeting last night in its
club rooms, at Monticello avenue and
Brinkerhoff street. There was large
attendance Much progress was made in
the matter of arranging for series of
lively campaign meetings and rousing
ratification meeting on the eve OF the
election President Frank Gormley pre-
sided. Daniel Smith, as chairman of the
old Campaign Committee, reported bal
ance of 1880 from the campaign funds
collected in the spring. George Tenant
reported for the Campaign Committee re-
Gently appointed that it was acting in
harmony with the House Committee and
hoped to have the club rooms repapered
and painted and put in first-class condi-
ton before the next meeting.
1--WE anticipate said Mr.. Tenant,
some of the old time meetings such as
we had when Chancellor McGill ran for
Governor We are on the track of Mr..
Crane for rousing ratification meeting
in Bergen Hall. Much work will be done
son the club rooms this week and hope
it will become the home of Democracy on
the Heights. | want to repeat now open
ly what | said at the last meeting OF this
association After consultation with those
high in the councils OF the party am
cratic Association has the approval of.
the County Committee and will have SO
long as it works along the same lines
as at present.
John j. Ryan of the Ninth Ward Dem
ocratic Association, who is also a mem-
Der of the Bergen Democratic Associa-
tion, said that he, with Daniel Y. Lewis
and Michael Corcoran, had been appoint
ed committee to confer with the Cam
paign' Committee of the Bergen Demo-
cratic Association with view OF cooper
I'M mol
meeting a big success He said that a.
Similar committee would be appointed
frozm the Ninth Ward Nest AssoeiatioHs
Michael Kennedy was elected financial
secretary, and on motion of John Knoel-s
Ter all outstanding obligations of mem.
bers were wiped out and Mr.. Kennedy
books
After the business of the meeting had
been transacted there was speech maxi
ing. Lawyer Tenant was the first one
called upon. He said" My speech maxi
ing is generally work. However, when
! am about my business ] like to gather
facts to present TO my fellow members
of the Bergen Democratic Club Our
good Republican friends say that Elvin
W. Crane is not known. John w. Griggs
was not known until he was elected and
then he became known throughout the
State as the man with the Klondike
smile from Chilcoot Pass. Voorhees, has
acquired the same icy manner. When
the workrnen went to him to ask him to
appoint two men who understood their
needs as members of commission he
did not even want to meet the delegation
and after granting them q short inter-
view he utterly disregarded their wishes.
The workingmen will remember that on.
Election Day. Elvin ". Crane is a diff;
ferent man. He is known throughout the
State as an able lawyer, one who has
served as Prosecutor of Essex county for
eight wears, with honor, and who today
has not a dollar outside of his salary as
Prosecutor. He will have the vote of.
the labor men.
Mr.. Ryan spoke in terms of highest
praise of Mr.. Crane from the standpoint
of a man who has known him for many
years. The association will meet again
next Thursday.