The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08


and its Morristown. 1t is the State across
which the Father of his country led his
fallen hopes more than once; the State in
which occurred the times which tried
mems souls When it hecame necessary
Tor New Jersey to come to the defense
OF the flag, 5000 more men responded
\ the government called for. TIL men
of this loyal State of New Jersey who
went forward to give up their lives If nee
essary We're more in number than those
the British government arrayed- on the
Held Of Waterloo. Jersey blue the eoun+
try over is a name for loyalty and a
name Jerseymen are proud of. In matters
of education, our State is pre-eminent. Its
colleges, universities, theological semin-
aries and its public schools all make It's
name illustrious. In it's natural progress
no Jerseyman has cause for shame. Its
people are virtuous and law abiding. We
are proud of our State, her traditions
and her people, and we sincerely pray
that the two names ON her escutcheon,
Liberty and Prosperity may accompany
her during the years to Gomez The Gov
ernor sat Town amid cheers n APP
pEause.
Don't you know that the deel men
voted against you last fan, Governor2''
asked Mr.. Niece. IF you had given us
that bipartisan police bill we wanted we
might lave been able to overcome thar
The Governor made no reply to this
shot, but gazed v%acantly into space while
Mr.. MCGEE introduced Major z. K. Pang-
born, who, he said, rocked the cradle Of
the Republican party. The Majors text
was the Republican party and was
one of his old time assaults upon the
Democratic party.
Among other things the Major said he
thought that if those in authority at
Trenton had done more for Hudson coun-
ty the people might lave lone a little
better under boss rule. He claimed Ina
the Republican party had achieved more
for the welfare of the people than any
other party. 1t was the party of free
soil, free speech and free people from the
beginning. But he was convinced that
they could not live in the past. He
predicted that those present would be
called upon to face grave responsibilities.
He feared serious disaster for the Re-
publican party. No Republican should
question the cause which led to the
recent war. Nevertheless all Republic
cans would not support the administra-
ton. If only the opposition outside the
party was to be met it would be safe,
but not all the party would support the
administrations expansion policy.
The Major favored standing by the
party. He did not believe that the Unit
ed States Government, under Mckinley,
would ever give up one jot or little of
anything which it had acquired during
the war. He did not think tt 1t the
American flag had been unjustly raised
anywhere or would be unjustly hauled
dow. The Major regretted that Con-
gress had not done anything to our err
rency question, which, the Major thinks,
needs tinkering, and then he pitched into
Mark Hanna for electing a Democratic
Mayor of Cleveland. Hanna had no right
to defeat the Republican party, he said,
because some one had thrown a brick at
him. The Major pleaded earnestly for
harmony in the party and said that if
they could secure that they would win
victories as they used to.
A very witty address,, which kept the
guests in roars of laughter, was next
delivered by Job e. Hedges, who was
private secretary to Reform Mayor WILL
lam Strong Of New York. 81 was al
ways impressed with New Jersey-in a
degree he began, as he arose to speak
on THE Pleasures of a Reform Admin
istration,' but ] was never impressed
with its greatness until tonight. She won
the Revolution, saved the Union and con-
quered the Spaniards. I admire Cover
nor VOORHEES, because he is a trustee of
honor, to which the G-overnorship is sub
sidiary. I admire him because he comes
from Elizabeth. I was born in Eliza
beth, but terminated my residence there
in six weeks. I admire him because he
is not married, which convinces me that
he has roubles of his own. I did not
know that dead men voted until | came
over here. In New York we vote live men
often and early"
Mr.. Hedges h told some amusing in
cidents of his experience as Mayor
Strong's secretary and concluded with a
serious address on his subject.
Edward G. Whitaker, ~ex-Chairman of
the New York Bar Association and Dep
uty Attorney General, spoke briefly. He
was introduced as a Tammany Hall man
and said he hoped that no one would
tell Richard Croker that he was there.
Tit speech-making was brought to a
close by Creswell Mclaughlin, who spoke
IN THE Vagaries Of Politics. In his
usual felicitous manner.