The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-11-01

Mark M. Pagan, the Republican candi-
date for Mayor, continued his handshak-
ing canvass last night at Phillips Hall
and Just $50 men and boys shook his
hand. The reception and entertaip-
ment, as the session was billed after the
fashion of circus, was just an ordinary
nsass-meeting. with a mediocre singer as
a side show, but the aristocratic .recep-
ton and mass meeting term was tackled
on because the effort was made in the
Ninth ward, and the managers of Mr.
Pagan thought it more catchy than the
old term because of the locality. The
MayoraIty candidate had as his escort
Captain Jack Graham, disgracefully
discharged from the Fourth Regiment;
Ed Mitchell, Crer at the Court HOUSE.
ard Thomas Miller, VINO acted as chair
man. John Landrine was also present,
but he had little TO say. He only re-
Gently returned to the Republican camp
and as yet he is not on the inside"
Actual count showed that the handshak-
ers numbere 660 Several Democrats
who were present out of curiosity did not
go through the performance and liberal
estimate of the audience is 500 people,
more than a dozen being women and at
least fifty boys. The seating capacity of
the hall according to the owner is at the
most 500.
The registration of the Ninth Ward this
wear is over 3,100 More than 200 of those
at the meeting does not live in the ward;
which leaves at the most $50. Thus it is
shown that about 16 per cent. at the
most, of the voters of the Ninth Ward
were at ~the meeting. They gave Mr..
Fagan as vociferous welcome as 500
people can Chairman Miller, Prosecutor
Erwin, Marshal Van Winkle and George
Decker said it was the biggest meeting
ever held on the Hill
The speakers laid bare the cloven foot
of Democracy and unveiled the sanity
wings of the Republican party and prog
nosticated the most crushing defeat of
the Democratic ticket, but not until a
young man with a poor voice had sung
two songs of dead heroes while he threw
pictures on canvas.
Mr.. Pagan was the chief attraction and
he was announced as about to appear
half dozen times before he did SO, con-
yeniently late, that he might enter with
burst of glory amid the plaudits of the
crowd.
Bob McCarter, brother of Young
Tom McCarter, the State Senator from
Essex who created a scandal at the last
session of the Legislature with his foul
mouth, was the first speaker. In addi-
ton to begging the newspapers to quote
him as saying that George 7. Smith, the
Democratic candidate for Mayor. was
yesterday seen talking with two con-
victs, James Mannix and man named
Sullivan" McCarter said
Essex County sends to you her greet
ing and begs Of you to put your shoul-
ders to the wheel and roll up majority
for the local ticket and for Franklin Mur
ply Mr. Pagan is young man who is
known throughout the State. know him
we'll, and want to say that he is man
81 was about to say a boy-of ability.
FIe is a nice young man of the people.
He has no father-in-law and he has no
record Hike Mr.. Smith. but he will give
you good government. He will raise the
dignity of the saloon trade by appointing
an Excise Commission so that saloons
may be run honestly and saloon keepers
may hold u9 their heads like other
tradespeople. We have a number OF sa-
looms in Essex County, and they are all
right, God bless them'
Then In glowing terms McCarter told of
Franklin Murphy's record Of public ser-
vice.
MI. Murphy lives opposite me q 4 ! see