The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-30


of 1902, the men and women and children
who, living in famine and opposed by
capital unlimited, fought glorious fight
for the rights of every working man and
every working mans wife and children
on the face of this earth.
''Where are all the promises as to re-
ciproeity made by Mckinley? Buried by
the Republican Senate! Where are Nc
Kinley's and Roosevelt's solemn promises
to our little sister Cuba? Buried by
Republican Senate and House? The Re-
publican party is opposed to Theodore
Roosevelt. Republican trusts and mon
opolies will not permit the sacred Repub-
mean the downfall of what james G.
Blaine immortalized as the conspiracy
of greed and avarice.''
''In discussing the tariff Republicans
disregard all rules of logic. In one breath
Senator Dryden assures us that we can
and do undersell all other nations in the
markets of the world, and in the next
breath he warns us that these defeated,
cowed, European manufacturers, who
talk and dream of nothing but the
American peril will swamp us if we
but touch hair on the head of his sa-
cred tariff. Does Senator Dryden ima-
gine for an instant that the American
people can be humbugged by such argu-
ments? The American workman should
have higher wages than the European
workman, but with his superior skill and
superior machinery. combined with our
unparalleled natural advantages, he
really works cheaper than the man of
any other country. He should have more
than he gets.''
MIR. SHEPARD SPEAKS.
Mr. Edward M. Shepard was intro
duced by Chairman DENIM. 1T GER
tainly seems.' said Mr.. Shepard, ''that
the Democracy is very much alive in
New Jersey, judging by this large audi
ence at this late hour. The Republican
Party has been in complete power since
1897. During Mr.. Cleveland's first
term the people witnessed an admin
istration of economy and ability, with
every function of Federal Government
dealt with honestly. The prosperity of
the country which began in 1897 before
the enactment of the Dingley Bill, was
the result of many causes
'.The Democratic administration of
Mr.. Cleveland left the treasury full to
oyerhowing. During his next admins
tration, which was witnessed by hard
times, the result of the disgraceful adj
fninistration of the Republican Party,
there was no money in the Treasury. I
dohbt today if the prosperity is as wide
spread as it ought to be.
PROMISES BROKEN.
''The Rel sblican Congress is under
indictment. There are several counts in
the indictment. President Roosevelt
said in numerous speeches last summer
t'sat CONGRESS- had dealt unjustly with
Cuba. He said Congress was under obli-
cations to Cuba and they should be full
filled He also spoke of the trusts and
said these great industrial combinations
were evils, but when pressed for an ex-
PLANTATION he remained SILENT
Mr.. Shepard said the tariff should be
reduced, that there should be equality,
that all should have fair chance and
that is what the Democracy stood for
On the platform were:-Senator Rob-
ert S. Hudspeth, John J. Mulvaney,
Commissioners Heintze, Hauck and No
Ian, Alderman Peter Ehrhart, Joseph G.
Duff, John E. Carlock, Edgar A. Vree-
land and John J..Treacy.