The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-11-01
ARTIFICIAL
APPLAUSE
Hoboken Republicans, Des-
titute of Enthusiasm,
Substitute Stage
Thunder.
NOISE CHEERS MANNING
One Speaker Uses Toy Big
Balloons to Show 100 Men
What He Thinks Of
Trusts.
NOISE CHEERS MANNING

James d. Manning made his second
bow to Hoboken Republicans at mass
meeting last night in Odd Fellows Hall
The feature of the meeting was the
method employed to arouse enthusiasm.
The speakers couldn't do this, but the
managers of the meeting were deteminr
ed to have some noise. They got it With
the assistance of the stage manager OF
the hall.
The stage is fitted with modern treats
rical paraphernalia, chief among which is
a large sheet-iron ''thunder-makern This
was used with great success in supplying
artificial applause for the speakers when
the audience of 129 persons failed to be-
sympathetic. AS noise-maker it proved
the most effective thing yet introduced in
the campaign in Hoboken.
USES BALLOONS.
Joseph Krem, one of the speakers,
helped along the vaudeville tone of tha
meeting. He illustrated one of his argu~
ments about trusts with two toy balloons,
that took the shape of pigs when inflated.
He brought the props" on the stage
with him, and inflated them before before
beginning to talk. One of the pigs rep
resented the commercial trust, he said,
and the other the political trust. Ts
then INDUCED in long harrangue against
the political trust, and concluded by Civ
ing twitch to the tail of one of the pigs.
1t collapsed with squeak, and he re-
peated the same performance with the
commercial pig.
Neither the Democrats nor Respon-
sible for the trusts, he said, and both
would collapse in time just like the bal
looms.
This long object lesson in political
economy was somehow or other lost on
the audience, for there was no applause.
The stage manager, however, shook the
thunder maker and the hall was soon
full of noise.
APPLAUSE THUNDER.
When the applause subsidized Krem
said tn Congressional candidate, Man
ming, was one of the best men that ever
lived, but he was not appreciated, The
people would make a big mistake by
electing McDermott The speaker didn't
eAp1alH MHeTelu Tie ullSldke WOulQ lie.
Manning made the same address he
has been using since the campaign start
ed. He was trying to conduct clean
canvass, he said, and he believed he was
going to be elected. There was a great
outburst from the thunder maker) when
he said this.
MY career as a lawyer in Jersey
City is too well known to be rehearsed
here he continued, ''and / can only
add in conclusion that consider MYSELF
as well qualified to fill the office of Con-
gresham as McDermott ever was'' (pro-
longed applause from the thunder
maker).
TOFFEY FORLORN.
The most interesting address Of tAu
evening was made by oClonel John Js
Toffey. Il didn't seek the nomination
for Sheriff" he said. "and didn't want
it. l don't know why 1 was nominated,
and l consented to become a candidata
simply because the party wanted me.
You know my record as your Sheriff in
the past. / will promise to live up to
that record if elected again.
I'm no speechmaker and won't troubla
you to listen to me further genuine ap~
plause).
Grand Jury Clerk Clark, Assistant
Prosecutor Vickers and James Doughs
erty We're among the other speakers.