The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-10-23
OLD HORSESHOE AROUSED
Large Throng Cheers for
Seymour, Smith and the
Local Ticket.

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4! A very enthusiastic Democratic meetlnB
was held in the Horseshoe last night. un-
lder the auspices of the Dennis McLaugh-
lin Association. It was preceded by q
parade through. the principal streets Of
that section of members of the Second
! Ward Club and other Democratic organi-
| lzations Ex-County Clerk Dennis Me-
Laughlin marched at the head Of the pro-
cession. This in itself aroused much en-
thusiasm.
! The meeting was held in the assembly
room of the associations apartments In
the Park House. Nearly eight hundred
loyal Democrats crowded into the roons.a
The meeting was presided over by Mr..
I Patrick J. Connolly. Just before the
| meeting commenced Democratic Mayoral-
| ty Candidate George I. Smith entered the
room. He was escorted to the platform
| by Mr.. Mclaughlin amid the enthusiastic
cheers OF the audience and introduced as
the first speaker of the evening He said
he was greatly pleased when he received
an invitation to address the meeting. He
ialluded to the long and illustrious list Of
Jersey City's Mayors and declared that If
elected he would try and carry out the
principles of the best of them. He said
he favored improvements and the build
ing of plenty of schools and taking prop
er care of school children. He believed
in street improvements and believed In
keeping them clean, and promised that 4
elected there should be no cause for com
plant on that score.
p. Anthony Brock. candidate for Alder
man-at-I.arge, touched briefly on the is
sues of the campaign and euiogized the
Democratic candidates.
Mr.. Brock was followed by DR.. w. G.
McMurrer, who spoke on State issues
principally
Ex-senator William D. Edwards. a
member of the association, who was given
splendid reception. followed He said
he had not been making speeches in this
campaign because he had not felt well
enough "But,'' said he, when ] re-
ceived the invitation to speak here tonight
remembered the old Horseshoe and its
true hearted Democracy, thought I
might do some good in sowing seeds OF
party health here. This is hot cam
paign both in State and city. We should
do what we can to uphold the principles
we believe in. The Republicans are con-
ducting a peculiar campaign. During
their administration they have expended
the States money lavishly. Now they
say, Elect us again and we'll spend
more .
Mr.. Edwards referred to the thirty six
years Of Democratic administration in the
State. 1T cannot be denied he said,
"rhat they were fair economical and wise
administrations He said that during
last year Of Democratic rule in the State
d s1,7sO0Oo was expended. The Republicans
said they would cut this down and econo-
mize. They did economize as you see. The
following year they expended ST. 900 and
went us 100000 year better
4 Mr. Edwards spoke of the Ama1gamated
Railroad law which the Republicans en-
deavored to pass and which was vetoed
by Leon Albeit. 1T was never vitalized
or laced upon the statute books he
said.
He also told of the efforts of the Re
! publicans to take away the rights of min
ority stockholders Franklin Murphy, he
declared. has little sympathy for wage
earners. When he, Mr. Murphy decided
J to build a home in Newark, he wouldn't
allow State mechanics to work on the
} job, and would not even allow local men
to bid on the job. Mr.. Edwards said he
believed laboring man was as good as
any other man.
: Il do say we have right as men Of
Jersey City" he said, ITO band together
: and stand for man like James M. Sey-
mour If elected he will govern as he did
as Mayor Of Newark Do you hear any
one say he didn't manage the affairs Of
Newark well? he asked. IF he did not
we would have heard of 1t across the
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Mr. Edwards said he takes pride in this
) city and its charter ."This may be- said
I he because assisted the late Orestes
Cleveland in framing it, He said he was
proud Of the list of Jersey City's Mayors,
mentioning Charles H o'Neill, Charles
seidIer, Gilbert Collins Orestes Cleveland,
LIP. f. Wanser and Edward Hoos-a list
cf illustrious men.
II "The expenditures of money for this
city is greater than for the expenses Of
the Stale government The city spends
s22, 400 COG. including interest on bonded
debt. We take in and expend more mon
ey than any banking, trust company or
railway company. Taking this into con-
sideration, don't you think it takes a
{ business man to look after the city Do
t you think it wise to elect man capable
j / Of earning only $50 a month? say moth
!, ing against Mr.. Smiths opponent. He is
good man in private life. But we must
/ elect d man who will give an adminisfra-
ton like Mayor Hoos He has laid cor-
rerstones for nine public schools We
j ought to vote for Mayor whose quaii-
: / fications are rather of the living that Of
: the dead If we wanted to build ceme-
; terry we'd know where to go. Who do
you think you ought to vote for2''