The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-14

| Conroy. He was still more pleased, how,
ever. when a motion was carried tha1 al
A committee, consisting of Messrs-
| James r. Lillis, 7. H. Spengeman, John
| r. Feeney, NJ j. Pagan and Michael T.
1 Coyle, was appointed by Chairman ErlcA-
son to notify such of the candidates as
I were In the clubhouse of their nomlna-
| ton. Messrs Ruempler Clarke, Stack,
1 VolIers, Walscheid and Rice were found
| and were escorted to the convention hall
| The committeeman were In high feather
| and each candidate as he ascended the
| platform was given an old time Demo-
| cratic reception. Before any OF the nomt~
| nees were introduced Mr. Conroy, the la
| Dor representative, was given the priyl-
| lege of the floor.
Il am here, he said "as the represen-
| work, all union men. We selze fair play
| and protection and we know we can get
| 1t from the Democratic party. am not
| here tonight so much in the interests Of
| organized labor as / am to pledge our
! support to those men whom we have tried
| and found not wanting. In the lead IN
! this class is the Democratic party, can
| didate for Register. Mr.. James e clarke.
He has been the friend Of organized labor
| and the men know It and appreciate It.
The same may be said of your candidate
| for Sheriff, Mr.. Ruempler, and also OF
I County Clerk, Maurice J. Stack. AS for
! the Assembly nominees we fele that when
we are oppressed we may look 10 them
for assistance and not look in vain.
Mr. Conroy departed after having ex-
pressed himself so friendly disposed to-
ward the nominees. Speeches from the
! candidates were called for and Mr..
Ruempler was introduced first.
II scarcely know how to thank the
Democrats. OF this county for the honor
they have conferred upon me, he said
81 appreciate 1t keenly. 1t pleased me to
see what a handsome majority was given
me at the primaries. and 1t gratifies me
this convention. l had an opponent in
! this race, but ! hope he is not mad.
worked hard for this nomination. We
do not want any party differences. II
was once said / would oppose a man be-
cause he beat me. That was in 1894.
was beaten but ] turned In like good
Democrat and worked just as hard for
the successful candidate had I been in
the race myself. ] hope Mr.. 1elleT VIII
do the same for me. Ii / am elected
will discharge my duties fearlessly and TO
the best of my ability. l have been criti-
czed / understand, for the actions OF q
person over whom ] had no control and
for whom l can IN no way De neid Ee-
This shot is supposed to have been
directed at Mayor Hoos. Continuing MI
Reumpier said:-"I viii not forget the
not forget the party that will elect me
when enter upon the duties of the Inn
porsant office Of Sheriff
Leader Davis said:-"Mr. Zeller is not
here tonight, / am authorized to SPEAK
for him John Zeller IS a personal 1rlena
L
loyalty He Is a Democrat from head to
foot He made his run and from this
time on he will be found fighting for the
success of the entire Democratic ticket.
No fear need be entertained about what
John Zeller'S course viii be lie Is
good honest Democrat.
The defense Of the defeated candidate by
Leader Davis caused zeller to come in for
a round of applause. Mr.. Stack was m
troduced by Chairman Erickson in his
inimitable style as the candidate Tor the
Inn
Three cheers for Hoboken were given
when Mr.. Stack stepped forward The
his debut in politics as a speaker he was
ratified. There were few In the conyeal-
tion who had never had good look az
the young & eandida1e ela5eated neeIs today @ 1T It
is a marvel. Mr.. Stack thanked the COL
vention for comforting such. an honor on
duties iIlti Of the County Clerks Office, and i
elected he promises to dlscnarge thein
The lion of the occasion was Register
Clarke Everyone in the room knew MIN
and he was given an ovation that WouiQ
have unnamed any man wn9 mas hos =,
gone through the red hot political ngnts
Sentions Ven Is.a as has he. Mr.. Clarke had de-
termined look on his face AddresSlhs
the chairman he said:-"l am aware that
we have a hard campaign before US,
am aware of the responsibility that rests
upon me as one of your county candi-
dates. I thank you for the nonoI you
have conferred upon me. Ii am elected
/ will remain the same Democrat that
am today. The duties of the Office to
which I seek election is manifold l Will
discharge them to the best of my ability.
[ viii at least do nothing of which any
man who vote will ever feel ashamed
Of While we have hard campaign be-
fore us feel that victory IS IN tne ar.
and work together honestly and fairy
there will be no doubt Of our election
Gentlemen. I thank you: \, l WIN VI !. not betray
the trust you have Feposed In me.
It was a Clarke convention for keeps.
Assemblynan Walscheid was next intro
duced as one of the law makers. = am
tunately we wee not given the opportun-
ity to make laws last winter. we nope
for better results. this time Had we been
permitted to make laws last winter our
party platform would have been a diff
ferent document by far. There would
have ben no need of pledging ourselves
that to the people Of this State. We would
also have remodelled the riparian laws
and secured for this couny her proper
riparian rights. However we were IN the
minority and all we can do Is to go right
along and fight for the people, | believe.
and so do all my Assembly colleagues pc
lieve in the principles OF Democra1tlc ana
every plank In our party platform.
THE appearance In our midst tonight
Of a representative Of ORGANIZED labor
wage. earners Of our county look for as
sistanee They win find that they have
pinned their fight to the proper party.
Oar Leader has our party well organized
here and If as much is accomplished in
other parts of the State as we accom-
niish here, Democracy will be able TO do
something for the people of this great
State We must stand together and work
together If we do that ! predict that
our county ticket will be given a ma
jorlty that will equal. If not accede. the
handsome vote rolled up for Elvin w.
Crane
Brief speeches We're made by John Vol
lors, Edward Rice and Leon Albeit. The
last named gentleman arrived at the con-
vention late.
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