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

has expended in its last fiscal year
over 81 000, 600, therefore we call upon
the people OF Hudson county to elect
a Republican Sheriff. as the Republi-
can party alone has shown that II can
ed. place in the office Of Sheriff men
| who will draw Grand Juries which
will insure the people of this county
to the extravag gance OF the Board of
Freeholders will be employed to cur
| tail that extravagance ana to keep the
Boards expenditures WITHIN proper
and reasonable limits.
AS the best interests of the people OF
this county will be conserved by the
election of Republicans Tor County
Clerk. Register and Coroner, the noini-
nees of this conven ton for these three
offices are commended to the entire
party, and to all others who have the
welfare of the county at heart-
The political history OF this stare
has shown conelusively that in the
success of the Republican party neS
the only hope of good and econoanlGasl ga
government and freedom from the
abuses that have characterized the ad-
ministration of State affairs by 9sVJa lsllloa
cratic officials, therefore, tne sulll@So ~
of Republicans and all others VINO
prefer good government 10 the pioset-
fufion Of public office to private gam,
is asked for the Assembly nominees
We condemn the action OF the
Democratic officials OF Jersey CITY N
trying to ruin the legitimate priVase
business ta o. iaW.spasln es,zens are Of opposite
political faith and pledge ourselves ~
Secure legislation that VIII pI,s'Vene pre- s
any such abuse OF p's[s,,, poWssa, ate to ennsiilct
their private business Wlihout
ference so long as the law IS not eTans
gressed. ~
every honorable means to procure inc
enactment OF laws. both State and na-
tional. which shall secure to tne WEE WEE
earners throughout the. United states
a worlx-day Of uniform length and 70
women and children working in CON
nection with machinery, hours OF a.
Dor which shall be eonQ1;,,a, eonQu1G;lve ~ usi.
moral. physical and intellectual wei
fare.
my, ain't that peach! exclaimed oiis
when the report was read
aReeular facer for the Democrats: saio
another. 80. ...a u,bat If II
aoes ns,rp the Grand Jury's powers !!
VIA Wars the constitution between friendsY'
.lere's the Credentials Commletee'
iAs aGuess It's got brain fever said 2
voice behind him, and everybody laughed
beartilv as the iuckless committee nled
in, headed by Martin. Finck VINO iooAeu
as If he had just made RAID.
ssNcGee. McGeer' roared half a dozen
mon an the right of the chairman, ana
Hudsons Chauncey Depew grace1uily rose
and bowed his thanks
Get on the PLATFORM" yelled others;
and Mr.. McGee walked to the head OF
the room and faced the convention re
began by demanding action rather than
words and proceeded, in his nnlsneo way
to dress up old platitudes In new gar
ments cover the beam in the Republican
eve and point out the mote In the Demo
cratic visual organ. He dilated on ine
Importance Of the approaching re eieS.,vn Sai'rt
House and the Freeholders. lie was care
full not to mention anything about the no
torious combine! Oh, no; that would
never do! Being an awkward tnang %
ignored its existence. Then Mr. McGee
travelled into the land OF law ana JUS
tice and talked Of the duties OF Sherins
juries. The Judges, he said, were as
naught If grand juries couldn't be found
to indict, and then he calmly claimed dor
the Republican party all the nonesl
both grand and petit This sentiment was,
of course, cheered. Once have Demo
cratic bench, sheriff or jury and pubic
property was in danger. ne SAID IN eI-
wasn't ali the lengths that these terrible
Democrats went to; they were even re-.
sponsible for Justice Knapp's DEATH
"The fountains of justice in the hands
pure" he said, with a mental reserve
that there had been so few Republican
judges in the State that they hadn't had
chance to pollute the fountains. he
ticians and even sometimes made mis-
takes. Yes, it was quite possible for
them to err.
Gee claimed that distress belonged to
Democracy; didn't they begin with the
same letter? While prosperity belonged
to Republicans because it didn't Of
course, he didn't say anything about
naf QnnfhpF 6ll
topic When claiming for President Nc
Kinley and his administration all the sue
cess of the Spanish war, the battles Of
Manila and Santiago. Mr. MCGEE judi
ciously didn't touch the awful misman-
agement of the war by that same ad-
ministration; the starving Of the soldiers,
the appointment Of sons of somebodies.
Sternbergism, Eganism and Algerism IOh,
dear MOI these were morbid hallucina,
tions Of a diseased Democratic mind.
With a final whoop for the disgraced
Mckinley Cabinet, Mr.. McGee sat down,
amid cheers from the politicians and
those who thought they were.
Nominations for Sheriff are IN order"
said Chairman Goldenhorn, with a Wig
being called. Chairman Blakey asked R.
D. Taylor to make the nominating speech
for Erwin. which he did With one hand
in his breast a Ia Mr.. Pecksn1ff the
the> Ninth warders by telling them that
they should nominate Erwin because they
were always fighting. Mr.. Erwin, of
course had all the virtues, as SO, too, his
brother, James s. Significant silence of
the Greenville faction at this), and If they
elected him, he would help his brother,
and his brother him. Let brotherly love
continue, was the close of Mr.. Taylors
speech.
Yells from some parts of the room fol-
lowed this nomination, while the Christie
ties, Fagenites and Basseftes smo,te their
breasts and rent their garments.
Second. Third and Fourth wards fell to
Wanser nudged William Speer, and that
gentleman put In Mark Fagen's name for
nomination. The speech was witty and
clever. He certainly gave his party
sound and wholesome advice, which 1t is
scarcely necessary to say they will dis
regard, when he, quoting Termyson's S
lines, said he hoped they WOULD
dead selves to better things
Speer, too, lauded the Republican ad-
rninistratfon, damned the Democrats and
was afflicted with Mr.. McGees forgetful-
ness about Republican mismanag genent,
corruption and Hannaism He also praised
Fagen as a Freeholder, but went about, -
as the yachtsmen say, when dangerously
Democrats for dissensions, and one ward
cheered him. the only ward in the room
without them. He closed by praising
Fagen, and while Woolley, Wanser, Finek,
Kaiser, Weastell and the smaller ducks
in the puddle quacked, Col. Dickinson sat
puckering up his eyes, and occasionally
winking at some one in the. Erwin crowd:
the first ballot was reached: Erwin, 104;
Fagen, 70; Christie. Il; Basse. IA.
''rhe requisite number, III for a choice,
not having been reached, / declare that