The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-13
ALLAN Benny
FOR CONGRESS-
Thanks the Ninth District
Democrats for the
Nomination.
REPUBLICAN, FALLACIES
In His Speech He Dsnounces
Trusts and Coal Barons
and Favors Tariff
Revision.
REPUBLICAN FALLACIES

Allan Benny was formally nominated
Saturday night at the Ninth Congression-
al Democratic convention, in Donohue's
ball, on West Side avenue. Notwith-
standing the furious rain the delegates
showed up almost in a solid body. John
Erickson presided, and T. G.. SPENCE
man was secretary. The roll had been
previously called by Secretary p. J.
Murphy, of the Democratic County Com
mittee.
The motion to make Mr.. Benny the;
nominee was made by Thomas B. Met
tam, the Bayonne Democratic leader, and
seconded by John Thompson.
A number of prominent Democrats
We're among the delegates. United
States Commissioner Michael I. Fagen'
Edward O'Donnell the Eleventh, Street
and Water Commissioner James S. No
Ian, the Twelfth, Former President Of
the Board of Education John J. Null
vaney, the Ninth.
Committeeman Hoffman and Nolan
were appointed tellers and the vote was
cast by the secretary. There was much
enthusiasm when Mr.. Benny was escort
ed to the platform. Before Mr.. Benny
was introduced Chairman Erickson eulo-
gized the nominee, saying he had watched
Mr.. Benny's political career and invari-
ably found him the friend of labor. With
coal at $50 ton and beef at thirty
cents a pound he felt sure that the
nominee would have an excellent chance
to make his mark
MR.. BENNY ACCEPTS.
Mr.. Benny received an ovation when he
rose to speak. He called attention to
the fact That he had on three occasions
represented his constituents in q law
making capacity. and thanked those in
the district for giving him at his last cleo
tion more votes for the Assembly than
any of his colleagues on the ticket He
accepted the nomination gladly, saying
MIR. Chairmen and Gentlemen of the
Convention:-I thank you, and, through
you, the Democratic voters of this dis
trict. for the honoryou have just done
me in nominating ne for Representative
| in Congress from the Ninth District of
this State I accept the nomination
with full appreciation of the honor it
carries with it, as well as its duties and
responsibilities. / assure you that if
elected, as l fully expect to be, shall,
to the best of my ability, perform the
| duties of my office for the equal benefit
| of all people of this district and of the
country"
Mr.. Benny charged the Republican
party with pursuing policy of CEN
traiization while shouting the country
was overfowing with prosperity and de-
nounced the beef trust and the action of
the coal combination. He Continued
MINERS CHEATED.
ssIn the midst of the Republican revel-
ry, from the bowels Of the Pennsylvania
earth came the cry of 147,000 miners
that, with three-fourths of the neces-
saries of life having increased and con
tinuing to increase in price, and with a
system in vogue Of weighing the coal dug
out by the miners at SO much per ton,
which cheated the Miners, it was essen
tial that their daily pay be increased,
! their hours Of labor decently shortened,
and the coal they mined be properly
weighed. What shock to the poor
owners!
How could these requests be complied
with when the coal mining companies
had to make from the profits of these
miners work sufficient money to pay a
certain fixed percentage upon their capi-
| tai stock and upon the capital stock of
the coal carrying railroad companies all
made up of certain number of millions
value in the shape of mines and railroads
and other properties and many more
millions of absolutely nothing but paper.
And SO the requests were refused, as
have been refused doggedly, persistently,
/ brutally, refused, every effort at arbi-
tration or settlement of this coal strike
which is inficting and will infiict untold
misery upon millions Of innocent human
beings.
Mr.. Baer, the spokesman for all the
mine owners, says that God in His in
finite wisdom has given these mines over
! u lew SiiristidA StHtieAneH 10 10 Win
just as they choose. For my part I
believe that the Almighty never intend
ed his people in this country to be de-
pendent upon the Christianity of Mr..
Baer for coal, upon Mr.. Armour for beef,
upon Mr.. Rockefeller for oil, upon Mr..
Morgan for permission tq cross. the seas,
upon some other gentlemen for the priyi-
lege of riding across the land, but that
we, Gods creatures, are dependent only
| upon Hih for the right to live, and thai
/ to live we should work; that work should
and would be plentiful for every man if
things on this old globe were properly
adjusted.
PRESIDENT DELAYED
4 Amy proper effort by the RF4sident
or the Governor Of Pannsy lvania to settle