The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-27
F|FTH'S RATIFICATION.
Enthusiastic Mass Meeting
Held In st. Bridget's
Hall.

The Democratic mass meeting at ST.
Bridget's Hall in Mercer street last night
was honored by a visit and speech from
each of the leading candidates on the
Democratic ticket. These speeches were
not harangues. They were the utterances
of business men who don't spend their
time in manufacturing platitudes, but who
understand the business of the county.
Each one of the candidates selected for
his especial fitness for the performance
of his duties, representative of a great
party of common people behind him,
spoke his little speech inside of three
minutes Each asked the support of the
Democratic voters of the Fifth ward.
They defed the shafts of Depublican cal
umny and the darts of paid orators and
simply promises as man to man that if
elected to represent the people in each
of the Offices for which they have been
respectively and duly nominated they
would perform those duties in a manner
satisfactory to all. What voters want
nowadays is pledges and these voters Of
the Fifth ward got last night.
Mr. Reumpler said:-"If elected, and
have every reason to belive I will be,
1 will perform my duties as a Sheriff Of
this county in such a manner that If any
of you will have different opinion Of me
after 1 have entered upon the duties of
that Office BY that I mean 1 will perform
the duties of that office in a thoroughly
honest and conscientious manner.
Maurice Stack followed Mr.. Reumpler.
He said he was glad of the opportunity
to stand before the voter sof the Fifth
Ward. ST thoroughly understand the
duties of County Clerk" he said. "and
1 promise you that If elected to that
Office, I will perform its duties as you
would have them performed.
James C. Clarke, candidate for Regis
ter, said:-"If elected Register I will per-
form the duties of that office to the best
of my ability and to the credit of my
party"
This does not mean that the Demo-
cratic party of Hudson county has run
out of oratory. 1t has orators to burn.
Some of the most brilliant were seated
| on the stage at ST Bridget's Hall last
night, and they made brilliant speeches.
The meeting was presided over by John
Hamill, an aspiring political orator, whose
efforts were commended 10y competent
| judges 1t was opened by Freeholder Nc
| the orators on the stage from the aban-
doned attempt to probe alleged ballot
frauds in Hoboken. After a count 1t was
discovered that the howl of fraud came
| from badly beaten candidates and each of
a dozen ballot boxes showed that the
vote was as it was determined by voters
| 1t should be.
1t was declared by one of the speakers
| that "every man who has spark of
freedom in his heart will realize that Carl
Reumpler is all right. We have one
Erwin in this county and don't believe
that the greatest gastronomic system in
the county could stand another" The
same speaker declared that Fisher was
political accident.
| Counselor John Griffin showed that
during the Democratic regime the county
bonds were taken up at least on a par
with United States bonds. He referred
to Freeholder McGovern, who was spok-
en- of In the last campaign as "a colt,''
but declared he is now "a swife horse in
the race" Mr.. Griffin advocated the pill
ing up of such Democratic majority
| as would insure the choking of the enemy.
Mr.. Young went into national politics
as is his wont. His satire on the claim
| of Mckinley for bringing about the great
crops which God Almighty blessed the
country with was one Of the telling
points.