The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-10-24
ONT: FOR KEAN.
Allan McDermott Answers
the United States
Senator.
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Hoboken Democrats Turn Out
to Greet Their Candi-
dates.
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Allan L. McDermott paid his respects
to United States Senator John Kean in
Hoboken last night, in answer to attacks
made against him by Mr.. Kean in the
course of Mr.. Kean's stumping tour in
this county. Fully 1850 people assembled
in Quartette Club Hall at the call of The
German-American Bryan and Stevenson
Club Az 'HThe News predicted the hall
was too small for the audience. Standing
room could be found nowhere and when
the band started and the speakers began
to arrive cheer after cheer went up from
the throng.
Mr. McDermott came in late. AS ne
made his way to the platform he was
given three rousing cheers When it came
his turn TO address the gathering the APP
plause was repeated. Mr.. McDermott
looked as though he had something to say
besides his usual campaign arguments
and he also looked ready to say it.
After referring TO Senator Kean's
"sputtering remarks on trusts, Mr.. Nc
Dermott continued
1T is charged that am interested in
trusts and as a candidate it is my duty
to answer it. 1t is not true. 1 was coun-
sci for the American Sugar Refining Com
pany. That was in connection with my
professional duty, and if 1 am elected l
will be your counsel in Congress. cloud
applause.) l do not believe in bringing
professional duty into politics.
Mr.. McDermott then explained how
trusts were formed, how they crushed
competition and how they suppressed the
working man by creating a monopoly of
the industries which made employment.
He characterized United States Senator
Sewell as a friend OF the trusts and con-
tinued:-
Mr.. Sewell represents in the United
States Senate the Pennsylvania Railroad
and no one else. His contemporary, John
Rean, out in Elizabeth, had a rich aunt
and some other rich relatives who wanted
to see John do well. They put their heads
together and bought him seat in Wash
ington and labelled him United States
Senator. cloud applause.) 1 challenge
the Republican party to refute it, and
those who know will support me when l
say that there is not young man TWEEN
ty-one years of age in. the State of New
Jersey, who is not a lunatic or in Jail,
who is not better fitted to represent this
State in the United States Senate than
John Kean of Elizabeth. cloud applause.)
Mr.. MeDermott spoke at length on the
Philippine question, and said he believed
that their purchase was the greatest gold
brick transaction in the history of ma
tons There sis absolutely nothing
there he added, ito pay this country to
hold them, even leaving imperialism out"
He spoke of expansion as the ruination of
empires and said that it was sign of
weakness in Great Britain today. Eng
land he said, was waging one of the
most unchristianlike wars in the world" "
AT the conclusion of his speech Mr.. Nc
Dermott was given three cheers. When
the noise had subsidized a young man
stepped to the front and handed Mr.. Nc
Dermott a newspaper clipping, asked if
he stood the same for Bryan now as he
did in 1896 The audience listened for an
answer and Mr.. McDermott without a
moments hesitation replied:-
In 1896 the issue was entirely different,
and exercised my right as an American
citizen to vote as I pleased. Before I
would surrender that right to vote against
a principle which l believe to be wrong I
would invite the God that gave me my
tongue to still it in death" cloud ap-
plause.)
made speech in German. His remarks
were principally upon expansion and our
relations with foreign nations
He said:-"If Mckinley is reelected the
army will be doubled, not because we
need more men but because we will need
more money. We are drifting to a state
Of militarism. The Republican policy is
for the United States to become the lead
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but military. To achieve this we only
have to initiate European powers and that
costs money. We have a mice country
here, a healthy country, there is enough
here for all of US and ten times more than
enough"
The speaker concluded by saying that
he was once a Republican, but had left
that party because he believed there was
an effort in it's ranks to revolutionize the
government on European pattern or on
the basis of military despotism.
Sheriff William Grell of New York
launched few slaps at Teddy Rose
welt; what "a great man he Isl and what
great ideas he has
'One of these big ideas of Teddy's.'' con-
tinued the speaker, was on the liquor
question. When he was Police Commits
sgoner he wouldn't give Germans their
beer. At that time there was nothing on
his mind but policemen and saloons. He
enforced the law on the poor people and
got enough for himself to drink at the
club. He got on San Juan Hill, but If
it hadn't been for the colored regiment
me would never have come down. While
he was up there he says he saw some of
those poor lean Spaniards running about
and shot one in the back. I don't believe
he was near any fighting" (Applause.)
In referring to our attitude towards
England regarding the South African war
the speaker said:-
What has England ever done for us?''
(voice, nothing but insult us.'') "How
many Englishmen who settle here become
citizens of the United States? Not one
in thousand
At this moment short stout man in
the rear Of the hall jumped UP from his
seat and in a strong cockney accent
shouted:-"Tm one out of the thousand.
Tn an Englishman by birth though and
proud of it,
Robert S. Hudspeth. candidate for Sena-
sor, addressed his remarks to the young
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