The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-30
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to take place shortly.
ROUS|NG RALLY.
Third Ward Club Starts the
Campaign = Hoos'
Speech.

The Third Ward Democratic Club held
| rousing mass meeting last night at IT'S
| clubhouse on Sixth street. grand ms
| play of fireworks was given, and band
OF music rendered lots of lively airs IN
! front of the clubs headquarters At
| eight O'Clock, when Freeholder McNally,
who presided, opened the meeting there
was notSa vacant seat in the club rooms
and crowds thronged the Railways and
| even stood on the porch outside trying to
| hear the speakers.
| Mayor Hoos was the first speaker in
! trodueed. He said:-.T have been hon
ored by holding the office of Mayor OF
this city for the past two years and | feel
/ Very proud of the support received from
i the Democratic party. During the past
| two years, as the records will show, the
Democratic party has lived up to It's
/ pledges promised the people at election
Our records are an open book. The
Republicans have been making accus-
| ations that the laborers have not been
paid as promptly during the Democratic
administration as they were during their
term of office. When the Democratic
| party came into power two years ago
| we found large debt had been incurred
for water, supplied to the city by the
East Jersey Water Company. We were
obliged to pay this debt and that was one
of the main reasons that caused the tardy
payment of the laborers.
Eve have tried to collect the water taxes
as promptly as possible, and have met
with success The Finance Board ap-
pointed by Mayor Wanser, and which
served one year under my administration,
never made any effort to reduce expenses,
and didn't seem to care how it used the
I city's money.
when Chief Engineer Fowler died we
had to buy the city maps for the sum of
/ s15. .OC0. We found that these maps Wnica
should have been the property of the city
belonged to an individual citizen. Tnat
amount of money which we had to pay
out. could have been used in repairing the
schools which was very badly needed
This expense had to go under the tax levy
and that accounts for its increase
1T rests with the people to decide II L
am deserving of second term II, DUR
ing nv two years service as Mayor, 1
| did NOT perform my duties faithfully and
| honestly, the people will say so on elec-
| ton day.
The Mayor then spoke upon the candi-
! dates for Street and Water Commission
ers. He said: Mr. Sullivan is what they
term white man." The Mayor then re-
/ lated little conversation he had with a
Republican friend few days ago, ana
said in reply to my question as TO MI
SulIivan's chances, he said that there
was no question of doubt that he would
be elected and BY a good majority. As to
| Mr.. Heintze, he is SO well established IN
| the minds of the people that there is no
| need of consideration, as the people know
| the man and his ability to take care OF
| the office if elected.
This closed the Mayors first address OF
the spring campaign. The applause that
followed when he stepped from the plat
form was deafening.
Addresses were also made by Counsel
| lor John Griffin, Corporation Attorney
John Wahl Queen, Counsellor Eugene
Leake, ex-Alderman Loesel, ex-Alder-
man A. M. Henry. ex-Police Commission
er John p Feeney and Counsellor A.
NfeMahon.
| The committee in charge was:-James
N. Davis, Albert Loesel and John H.
OBrien.
The following resolutions were intro
duced by Commissioner James N. Davis,
| seconded by ex-Police Commissioner John
| Ps Feeney, and adopted by the Third
Ward Club.
whereas, The term of our worthy
Mayor, the Hon. Edward Hoos is about
| to expire; and
Whereas, The services he has rendered
the taxpayers of our city has been marked
| by a sincere and honest desire to do all
he could for the people and for the best
1 interests Of the city; and
ssWhereas, He has always shown a de-
sire to benefit the tax payers and
property owners and in the important
/ matter of the water question has given
the subject the greatest care and watch
fulness before affixing his signature to
that instrument. He has further shown
his persistent determination that this
| contract should have all the necessary
| safeguards around it to protect the source
of water supply from pollution now or in
the future and for this he deserves the
hearty thanks and gratitude of all citi-
| zens; therefore be it
| Resolved That the Third Ward Demo-
cratic Club tender to the Mayor our
| thanks for his faithful service. his hon
4 esty and integrity during his administra-
| tion and we commend the Democratic cam
| didate for Mayor the Hon. Edward Hoos,
to all our citizens as worthy Of their
support: and be it further
RESOLVED, That we fully indorse and
| approve the Democratic administration
of our city government during the past
two years and pledge ourselves to sup
port the candidates for Mayor, Hon. Ed
ward Hoos; for Street and Water Com
missioners. Ferdinand Heintze and John
sullivan: for Large, William
F. Midlige, and for Alderman in the
Third ward, William G. HoWeth; also
the other candidates of the Democratic
n.r+r in every other ward of our city,