The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-17
HUDSPE:TH is CAME:
Candidate for State Senator
Makes a Hit Answering
a Foolish Question.
FIFTH GIVES HIM AN OVATION
Rousing Meeting Held Last
Night at National Hall
Political Notes.
FIFTH GIVES HIM AN OVATION

There was great outpouring of Demo-
Gratis of the Fifth Ward last evening to
attend mass meeting at National Hail,
Brunswick and Sixth streets, given under
the auspices of the Fifth Ward Demo-
cratic Club. 1t was one of the biggest
gatherings of voters seen at any meet
ing this campaign. Previous to the rally
a parade. consisting of the following clubs
was held throughout the ward headed by
Mr.. Joseph Sharkey, who acted as grand
marshal:-F1fth Ward Democratic Club;
John O'Brien Association, Tilden's Nc
Cormack's. P. J. Smith, John Allen Light
Guards, Frank Damato and John Colli-
gan. They were greeted with a blaze of
fireworks all along the line of march.
The spacious building in which the
meeting was held was crowded to its
utmost capacity with an intelligent aud
fence that listened attentively to every
speaker.
Counsellor John J. Tracey acted as
chairman of the meeting and fulfilled the
duties of his position admirably. Those
seated on the platform were:-Assembly-
man Leon Albeit. ex-Judge Robert S.
Hudspeth, M. B. Holmes, Assemblyman
A.
semblyman P. Anthony Brock, Howard
r. Cruise, of Burlington County: Mr. A.
Ernest, James Donelan, Mark Sullivan,
Louis L. Finke and George H. Huneker
The vice presidents were:-
Patrick ]. Healy, Edward Ruff, Hugh
Meehan, Patrick O'Connor, Patrick Nc
Govern. James Tumulty, Chas. Maxwell,
Patrick Gilheany, John A. Tracy, Pat
rick McGovern, Michael Sprouls, Philip
MeGovern. Philip Tumulty, Jos. NJ. Igoe,
Michael Kane, Richard Bambrick, John
McGrath. Michael McDermott, John
Nolan, James ]. Sheehan, James Cos
grove, Stephen B. Halstead, Terrence ].
Cullen, John Egan, George L. Geraghty,
Thomas Dinnegan, Frank Damato,
Antoni Loori, David Harper, Joseph
Burke, Philip Seeden, Christopher P. Nc
Cormack, John Jaehtman, Robert Thomp-
son, Samuel Wiley, James Kirk, John
Pryor, John Haliigan. A. Mccormick
the first speaker was the Hon. George
A Honecker who said:-'It gives me great
intelligent audience. Such meetings as
that this city will be found in the Demo-
Il am always pleased to discuss the
issues of a party that is honest and is
not full of misrepresentation. I
will admit that all virtue is
not in the Democratic party. Both
sides have taken advantages, 1 will admit,
but the Republican party of today and
that of the past are two distinct organ
izations and today they are dominated by
Mark A. Hanna. Your inherent rights
are at stake in this campaign. At pre-
sent we are in the hands of a few people,
increasing the wealth of the rich and i'm
poverishing the wealth of the land"
Mr.. Honnecker then proceeded to trusts.
He said:-"If every dollars worth of as
sessed property were sold at the present
day it would not zring the price at which
it was assessed. Today we have 5000. 900
people. OF this number 10000 control this
number of people, or four-ffths of the en-
tire wealth of the land
Ex-Judge Robert S. Hudspeth spoke in
his usual forcible manner. and denounced
trusts and the Republican party.
AS Mr.. Hudspeth was about to address
the audience voice in the audience
yelled. Are you a naturalized citizen?''
maker out, but Mr.. Hudspeth said,
Don't put him out officer. If he is
naturalized I will answer him in a few
minutes
Mr.. Hudspeth then said, when I ap-
peared before you this evening I felt
that l was in the house of friends"
The speaker was interrupted by cries of
"You bet you are,. You're all right,
judge and the audience applauded and
yelled itself hoarse.
81 now feel that 1 am still among
friends, but, gentlemen, to that gentleman
who asked me If / am naturalized citi-
zen, want to say that / was born under
the same flag that he was, and when I
came to this country I renounced that
flag, after I became an American citizen,
and I have been for Old Glory from that
day to this, and will never leave it."
These remarks were received by the au-
dience with tremendous cheering that
lasted five minutes.
The man who asked the foolish ques-
tion got out of the hail.
Judge Hudspeth was given an ovation
that will never be forgotten in the his
tory of the Fifth Ward Chairman
Tracey proposed three cheers for the Judge
and they were given with good will by
every man in the house.
The rest of the speakers who enlight-
ened the audience on local. State and
national issues of this campaign were:-
Freeholder candidates, Michael b.
Holmes. Louis L. Finke, Assembly candi-
dates John A. DENIM. Leon Albeit, Jr.,
p. Anthony Brock, Maurice Marks and
w A. Ernst, James Donelan, Mark Sui
Ivan and Howard r. Cruise of Burling-