The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-11-01

FIFTH'S Meeting.
Rain Couldn't Keep Enthusi-
astio Democrats at
Home.
GERMAN AMERICANS OUT IN FORCE
Brilliant Speakers Show Up
the Republican Party and
Give Voters Good
Advice.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OUT IN FORCE

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out in grand style last evening to attend
the mass meeting held under the auspices
of the German-American Democratic Ciup
at Pythagoras Hall, Newark avenue anu
Third street. The hall was crowded 10 the
doors. over four hundred people being
present. Mr.. Louis L. Finke. one OF the
main organizers of the club, acted as
chairman. After a few selections by
Huestf's military band, Mr. Finke stepped
anon the platform and thanked the Demo
Gratis for turning out in such>force.
The first speaker was Mr.. A.. M. Gray
who showed onclusively by his arguments
that there is one party, and only one
and that party is the one that upholds the
nrinciples of Thomas Jefferson. He dWelt
al length upon the attack made by the So
called Independent Labor Party on the
reputation of Mr.. James Clarke and MI
carl Reumpler. Mr.. Gray in the course
of his remarks showed that that party
WAS composed mainly of a few wild
socialists who term themselves the In
,5enendent Labor Party. He then APP
pealed to the voters present to glance
aver the records of the Democratic party,
and especially that of Carl Ruempler and
uames Clarke. and see for themselves that
their WDTA 4d 1(CA 4
the people alone.
when the speaker was about through
4he county candidates entered the hall
and tbev received a great ovation. Mr..
R,emnler was then introduced by Chair
man Finke. The applause he received as
he walked upon the stage showed the
rsteem In which the Democrats Of the
Fifth ward hold the man nominated by
sha Democratic party to head its ticket.
Mr.. Ruempler said:-"I come before you
tonight, gentlemen. as q candidate por
Sheriff. 10 represent the Democratic part
and I assure you that If am success ful
ON the seventh day of November l will
a;scbarre the duties of my office 20 the
hest Of rny ability and for the interest Of ,
the people of this county"
Mr.. John Tracey, a popular orator fro m
the Fifth ward, said:-"I remember y asst
wear stepping upon this same platff ,rm
and unfolding the principles of the Dr. mo-
party before the members or the
Eerman-American Democratic CIV b..
then. as / do tonight. thai the
was not mainly cornpogf ed Of
Germans. buk there was also a lars} a num-
her Of the Irish race representeSf > The
speaker after dwelling upon til q hand
some way in which the voters of the Fifth
did their duty at the pref ious cleo
ton. asked them to renew II again on
the seventh day of November He said
there would then be no eau 20 for com
plaint. He showed the way The Renub-
leans when in control Of III Tegislature
last year, when. the bills b ..oughf before
the house were detrimentf 10 the cor
aug nl1tsaaatSi Suo mitted them 10
Inc eye d. GSHSldA Paw II, the Repub-
lean Gn5leL StaASss eS1 or, who is also
road. If the. bills were in favor of the
working man the word came hack .sKll
bill" and that 5il was killed at
once.
The speaker then alluded to the true
cnaraftef ~ 5vn5a J. Erwin, the OPP
poneIt u M. SasA< tuempler who, when
rs was Sn9sl faS if, not a very long
saynty ~ ba hIss a. : saloonkeepers of this
the nerve. to- strzT n before fI,e neonle of
Jersey city and : ay he was hot to blame
J, ne e 9ilE -, y ork and tn at he is in
Sundays. He 5 ! os salo in s,o pSl ng epgn of Of
the character CT the genflesnf n nominated
~ Demn1s II atic party. VI hose records
are 81 open oe qoks and CONG luded his re-
DO their dp. ty on election da y.
roa,nsv e : rice j. Stack, the candidate for
ann Slerk was greeted with deafen-
.aaaTy with the voters present could be
iSaqp y seer He said
- am II ore than pleased with the
Fls citing W aich you bestow upon me, and
I want to Say chat if I am elected to the
<ffice TO Nhlch you have dominated me
! Will cong uct the affairs of it to the best
OF my an Aty and for the interest Of the
Mr.. james Clarke, candi date for Reg
lister. xas well received VIII en- introduced.
ne Democrats of this county have
NOMINATED me foE. Register. If elected to
that office ! will perform the duties Of
1t as they should be perfofI ned, and there
will be no cause for CON lplaint at the
end of my term of ~ofices" Mr.. Clarke
then gave the gentlemen I resent an idea
of the economical govern 2ent the DEM
ocratic party has given the people of
this county since the eles .tion OF Mayor
Hoos. He showed how III e tax rate was
lowered from $3.50 per 81 900 to $2S.60 per
$1,000 and again this ye IT to $2s.40 per
$1,000. Mr.. Clarke len $ poke of the at
tack made upon him by S.he so-called In
dependent Labor Party which endorsed
his opponent He asked the voters pres
ent to look at his past record and see
for themselves if he were a friend to the
laboring man or a foe.
Anthony Brock, Assea nbly candidate
saiG.-@I can see by such a large attend
ance here this evening hat the rainy
weather could not keep you from at
tending a Democratic ma SIS meeting and
/ hope that YOU will turn out on election
day the same as you haV e this evening.
If you do / am sure we tyflp swamp our
opponents in such a manner that they
won't know what happened to them.
IT am In favor of the pesssage of the
equal taxation bill. The only way hat 1t
can be accomplished is by you. the
voters, sending men to Trenton who will
pass all bills for the benefit Of the people.
and not for the corporations. Now, gen
tlemen, there is only one party that works
for the laboring mans interest and that
party is the Democratic party What you
want to do is put forth your best efforts
on election day and not or1y elect the
county candidates upon the Democratic
ticket, but also the eleven Democratic
Assemblymen."
Mr.. James Luby showed very plainly
how the tax rate of this city has been
reduced ia the past three years under
Democratic control EIe predicted that
the rate will be reduced each year In the
future. He Shove that since Mayor
Hoos has been In charge of tthe city there
have been more schools and parks built
than during the five year term of Mayor
Wanser, and fully fifteen years bach
when the Republican party was in power.
He spoke Of the time when the Republi.
cans elected job ". Gr!ggs, who was
elected by the working class of people
throughout the State upon his promises
instead worked for the corporations. He
spoke Of the dead statesman, Leon ABB
bett, who when Governor, was the friend
of the masses, and who kept the expense
of the State 81 .10e, 900 less than they are
today under Republican management. He
dWelt at length az on the necessity Of the
passage of the equal taxation bill. and
the necessity of getting control of both
Houses next year He spoke of the per
sonnet Of the Ticket and closed his re-
marks by shown & the Democratic party