The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-22
PANGBORN'S FIRST SPEECH
He Tells West Bergen Re-
publicans What a Par
ticularly Good Man
He Is.

Major y Y Panehorn Renublican
,,o,,,;,,aa a.. f.,,,e.sssv,s,, ,,a,5a bis t;,s+
iioiiAiiieS ~ NoiiSl eSs isiii' iieue hiS ~ p
campaign speech since his speech OF ac-
eeptance at q mass meeting in Fraternity
lIy.,1 w. r,,ra 51,,,a,. ..,x,a
iaA' west berseh' last iilshl. 1hefe were
seventy eight persons present including
reporters senocfats and landsmen.
essoroa r4n1l calJad fla n,aatina, IL order
II 1.sT,I-s
ana Alderman GeoTge beckef WAS ap-
pointed chairman
Howard Grfffiths spoke on the necessity
OF getting ol{ the run hepupilcan vote.
IN New y ofk ne SAID ze0 votes
caused the defeat OF James u blalne.
he dWelt upon tAe Ilatlondl issues any any
spoks ~ lshsll On tlie otdte aAu ioseei
~ 7uss. r. es4asa, aaag7;as,+ "a.
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ne ~ ~, : ,i,
taankea ms nlegnpors 5or tns HolililIieiSit =,
sitb
IL I5e5o,T,es;lIa fs,1l7ad I3ntf1l everv-
hsJs ssi.sSg Searv He tifseljssed ali me
fss,1es vvhicf IA ~ heen brought forward
in This cfl1npaien After talking twice
as long as any of the other speakers he
took his hearers into his confidence and
told them why il was he was SO long
winded.
sslVhen t begin to think he said, 1.-THE
thoughts come so rapidly that 1t seems
as though they would never stop.
When he did stop the band played
America and then Alderman Decker IN
troduced Major Pangborn as one OF the
founders Of the Republican party dele
gate to the convention that nominated
ever licked Dewey.
Major Pangborn was greeted with
cheers. He said
Your chairman remarked in opening
The meeting that we had bad weather to
contend with tonight Ii we had no worse
elements than the weather to contend
main sailing Bnt there are other ele-
n s,,+ q 1,a :, elements that we must meet
,,Sys sa,.,c,ea rI,,e,e isl the element of
Den Democratie blind partisanship, the ele-
~ q al,1as y,aa
iens s ~. u = ~ ~ l,+ ~ f,.ae s,S1s,.
i9r olilee, .Hs nc
laloc5 allo s,., s..;., ,sosr,eot ha
StaHa tue weather VIII eils.. @ y i9sSsse M
Iore US am noe ulscoe.iassu a. q. n .tie
small Hunoer present tolis nj ( II m lhe
forty-seven years STAGE tne hepupLeall
more the little meetings that | have adj
dressed than those where l have stood
before TO- eco or IS coo persons. 1t is the
dutv of each man here TO multiply him
self as MANY times as possible on elec-
tian days NOT by voting more than once
himselfs but by influencing his neighbors
VIZ III .,il1 al,.,,a M, Z saw word
+,st " y rearsop.l have never been an
off;ca saelxer + have nrefered 10 be in
flenendent and the man who accepts office
L ,Snle,. a certain OBLIGATION which does
NOT leave him entirely free to do as he
chooses / only accepted the nofnina-
ton at the solicitation Of my friends and
because / was told that / might be of
service at this time II / can assist in
pulling down the normal Democratic
majority in this county and contribute TO
the triumphant election of Foster M.
Voorhees, + shall be satisfied ! am satis-
fed that Mr. Voorhees, will be elected.
When / was asked to take the nomination
said I would only do so on condition
that it was rendered me. by an unanimous
vote of the delegates | said thai II any
other man wanted it he was welcome 20
it. said that ! would neither eontripute
TO the campaign fund or give , 70 any nan, nan.
would not BUY votes II % coula get asla lnenl
in blocks at one cent q plock, l 1eiiehe tte
that the man VINO , puys 9 WOES tsi;e,.e e,ie
meanest eliizen W. liz ans bis INV Vote IS the
lhat .aIa l,, lae ns lnsh .;tirs MI se'is '''s
next lseanest ci.i1eh. 81 hstu,ean
issue N 1l,a1 Vas e~er tbe
asesop sng smo to denv what was good in the
rs 'l, ~ ,,s,.tv have q great many
81 s,a,1ds Who are Democrats. and
tbev q. ID perfecfiy right to vote that way
If they are sincere in their convictions.