The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-10-18
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Mr.. Hudspeth. / guess. is the Oldest cf
| the bunch.
Now / think you people ought to make
/ a good showing. Your ward has got what
patronage could be given to 1t and think
/ you ought to be satisfied. There is one
4 thing you can depend upon. The Repub-
|licans would never have picked up one
| OF you people for candidate If they had
thought they could elect him. We don't
lput any man up to be knocked down. We
are out to win.'' Cloud applause.)
| Lawyer Joseph NJ Noonan injected his
| usual broadside Of wit into the meeting.
He eulogized the Democratic candidates
and said that James M. Seymour had al
ways been in accord with the labor class
of this State He continued Tive heard
that Franklin Murphy at one time worked
as ship carpenter. His last job must
have been on Noah's Ark. Since then
! he has never done anything but cut the
icoupons off his bonds He got the Re-
publican nomination for Governor and
paid for it like little man. The price
was pretty high but Franklin wanted to
have ii. All rich men have their hob
bies. and Franklin's hobby must have
Governor
Record and Speer as three of our some=
what eclipsed planets who have wandered
OFF in the Republican party. "
| my friend Carey he continued, "a
deserter, made the nomination speech of
Mr.. Record. another deserter. 1t seems
! to me about time for the Republican or
ganization to retire. Those guests cost
our party Just three votes. Mr.. Carey
ought to be called nominator-in- chief, for
he also bobbed up at the Republican City
/ Convention and nominated the candidate
| for Mayor"
! Speaking of Mr.. George I. Smith, the
! Democratic candidate for Mayor, Mr..
| Noonan said: HE doesn't go around a.
night waking men UP and saying For
Gods sake vote for me-. Mr.. Pagan has
| a platform of his own. There are two
planks in it. poverty and religion. Well,
poverty is no disgrace. God save US if
it were If poor men are wanted why not
lsgo out upon the highways and byways
and pick out two absolutely impecunious
hoboes? Gaughter.) Since Mr.. Pagan
made a recent trip to an office down on
| Montgomery street don't think he is rs
poor as he used to be. As to religion 1t
| is q asdisgrace to any man who has the au-
dacity to introduce it into politics. Every
man has right to worship God according
! to the dictates of his conscience. No man
has ever dared to make religion any part
/ Of the issues of his canvass but Mr.. Fa-
/ gan. The gentleman, believe, is in the
undertaking business. 1t is no disgrace
! He will be prepared for his political
| funeral
| Colonel Robert G. Smith, candidate for
Street and Water Commissioner, made an
address eulogistic of the ticket. He said
| that Republicans never found fault with
the Democratic administration unless i'm
mediately before election. Everything
the Colonel said gave satisfaction to the
people When he mentioned the name Of
Joseph M. Sharky, the Fifth's candidate
for Alderman, there was burst of ap-
plause Mr. Smith concluded by saying,
There is no section in any city where
the keynote is struck so keenly as it is
when the name of the local candidate is
mentioned. know Mr.. Sharky and 7
hope his election to the Board of Alder
men will be the stepping stone to high
err career.
| Mr.. Sharky then got up. He was greet
ed with cheers He said that he had work
ed for hours preparing speech and since
the meeting began he had been listening
to it being delivered in sections by the
other candidates. He said he now could
not attempt any more than repetition.
1--WE been told, continued Mr.. Shar-
key. "that if / want to be elected would
have to make house to house canvass.
Well, the office isn't anything like as inn