The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-08
bright do things look. at present for the
Democratic party.
GREHNVlLLE ABLAzB.
Democrats Of the Seventh
Ward Enthusiastically En-
dorss Their Ticket.

tion none has been as SucceSSlul as that
held last evening in the New YORK bay
House, Wilkinson and Ocean avenues. The
hall was filed to its utmost capacity ana
the gathering was very enthusiastic
one Fully two hundred people were
present when the meeting was called to
order The Seventh Ward Democratic
Club, headed by a brass band marched 10
the meeting from the clubs home on the
Boulevard and Greenvlle avenue. About
seventy-five men were in line and the club
made a fine showing.
The first speaker of the evening was
4 Assemblyman Benny, who said that the
Republicans claim that this election is OF
no Importance for there are only few
Aldermen and a Street and Water Com
missioner to be elected this spring. The
election is of Importance, and Demo-
Gratis must win to be successful in the
fall A good deal depends on the result
| this spring, and a large majority means
| much larger one in the fall. Mr.. Ben
ny then drifted off the local politics and
spoke about the Cuban affair. He said
| he thought that the President was thor
oughly honest, but that he was drectea
by Mark Hanna. "A man., he SAID.
that By virtue q ppnery hat noi6T STbed the
members of the Legislature OF the stare
Mr.. Benny spoke about the destroying
| of the battleship Maine. The American
| flag he said, has done anything pnt
protect the American people, and | think
| that the American flag will be the issue
fol 1900. We will put the party IN power
! that will protect the American people,
| and that party is the Democratic party
Lawyer Maurice Marks followed with
short address. He said:-"We had a Leg,
| islature. but what did they do? l will
| tell you what they did; they organized
| a smelling committee to blacken the
| character of good men; Why dld they
not go to Camden? When they were
asked that question they said that they
| could not, for Camden was a Repupilcan
| county, but we will go to Hudson ana
| blacken the character of men 1T has taken
lifetime to build up Gentlemen, on re-
| Election, can you vote for the Republican
| party? 1. say you cannot, and l, there
| fore, tell you to cast your vote for the
| Democratic party.
| cellent work for the party this spring.
spoke next. Among the things he SAID
Il remember with considerable pleasure
! the last time 1 addressed your clubs On
! that OCCASION as there were no other
| speaker.rI had to fill up the time, but To-
night there are many waiting TO SPEAK
| to you so. therefore my remarks neces-
| sarily are, to be short
"The other night, through the, columns
| of the newspapers, you were undouptediy
| amused at the interesting clTcuIIlSldICS VI
| a man who has been bound hands and
| feet by the enslaving influence of corpora
tions, who has allied himself with mono.
| polistic interests and In eontraventlon OF
| the public good, on an occasion OF feslvl-
| ties rendered to the man who has self
| ordained himself as the next Governor OF
the State eriticizing and daring to cast
| a reflection upon the integrity of a man
whom the people have watched grow into
/ the leading lawyer of the State, a man
| who had the courage to stand up and fllng
1r1rif
resenting one Of the most vicious pieces
of partisan legislation that ever emanated
| from the legislative halls of this State,
and by his superior knowledge of the law
! block the progress and stamp out of ex-
| istence their nefarious scheme. refer
to Allan L. McDermott. (Applause) How
such remarks as were made by the pre-.
siding officer will truly reveal the hypo-
crisy of the Republican party.
Gentlemen, nothing need be said in
favor of our candidates.: their regulations
| leads your ticket is thorough repre-
| sentative business man, a soldier and in
| every sense of the word a gentleman.
| (Applause.) He leads in all things, even
| Alderman and Constables and Justices
! throughout the city, in qualifications they
stand head and shoulders above the
| nominees of the other party. (Applause.)
| believe that we ought to use as much
care in selecting an Alderman as in
choosing the Chief Executive of the city
| -
.fWe had reform ESQ called In this city
several years ago and while We reaped
no other benefits from the Republican
rule of our city. at least we have pronted
| by experimental education. We have wit
| messed under their regime the most reck-
| less expenditure of the public money Tor
public improvements. We know that tney
bought thousands of dollars worth OF sup
\ plies that were stored away and never
used. We know that they asphalted our
streets and paid dollar more per square
ward for it than any other city. We
know that they came very near blasting
| the financial credit of the municipality
| by smuggling in, illegally, a contract with
a water monopoly having as iss oIncers s
| also an Attorney General; company
openly robbing our municipalities, mem
acing our free institutions. Applause
| The contract that the Republican Water
| Board made is So shocking and infamous
1 that as long as it exists there Will be a
| deficit in our water department. we
know I say, these things, and on the last
election we had partial vindicatfon and on
! the 18th of April there will be another
opportunity of showing by your woes
your disapproval of their perhdy Cap
Mr. Ieake then spoke of the Cuban
question and said:-ssWe don't assume to
tell the President of the United states
what he should do; that would pc ciae the
| height of presumption. He ls the Cnlel ed
| Executive of this nation elected by the
people, and every honest cltizea t ~ bsn nTuhe he
| does act that he has the support of %
100000 people. (Applause) But let every
! Sensible man. whenever any OF tneSe
| neaceat-any-price fanatics seek to pre-
! sent their inconsistent arguments, put
| hefore them the true condition OF the
case Whenever the ministers urge tnat
peace is the only true religion, let them
! know that the plough shares which were
beaten into swords in the hands OF no.
| Bile patriot, made the best weapons OF
warfare Tell that sometimes peace IS
| dishonorable (Applause) But the
| hand of destiny Is on that island. l be-
lieve in destiny. I believe that the time
has come when the insults. to those stars
and Stripes {App1ause) will be avenged;
In connection with Cuba we have received
no lss than five direct insults from the
| insolent hands of the sons of CASTLE,
j Alexander Young followed Mr.. Leake,
and his address, although short, was de-
cidedly interesting. He spoke about the
work done in the Legislature, and said
1 that had it not been for the Hudson dele
"a tion there would have been no legis-
he said. 1--WE can win without resOrting to
/ such tactics. If our party sticks to the
/ ticket as l am sure it Will. we can
| win easily. Elect your men locally and
i in that way you can greatly strengthen
sva,,r marty in the county and in the State
A II is important that you elect men TO
office who will represent you and who will
| consider your interests and not elect men
who will not consider you and Who nave
i office holders Do not elect men who have
/ no time to benefit you after you have
placed them in office, but men who will
stick to you and work for your benefit.
4 4 Asspfnblyman James Murphy followed
4 with an interesting address. in which he