The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-07-05
OUTsPOKEN
URQUHART
Republican Leader in
the Horseshoe En-
dorses the Inde-
pendent Move
ment.
THIS is The Time FOR IT
No Principle at Stake in the
Fall Eleetion;, Only the
Gangs Pockets to
Be Hurt.
VICTORY NOT POSSIBLE
But a Big Enough Vote Can
Be Polled to Purify the
Party-Some His
torical Points.
VICTORY NOT POSSIBLE

Ex-Boulevard Commissioner Robert
D. Urquhait is the latest recruit to the
army of honest Republicans, who favor
the overthrow of the Dickinson w oolley-
Fry combine. and believe that the time
is ripe for an independent movement that
will accomplish that result.
Like AlcEwan, Baldwin. Landlfne
and other former active party WORKERS..
whc have been turned down by these
so-called leaders, the principal objection
10 Mr.. Urquha1,t seems to be that the
people trusted him. No one who remem-
bers his remarkable run for Assembly
in the old Horseshoe about eight years
ago doubts his strength. He was de-
feated by small margin in a district in
which ordinarily half dozen Democrats
could run at one time,
URQUHARTS GREAT VICTORIES
Nor has Bob Urquhart's remarkable
victory of 1896, when he was again a
candidate for Assembly, been forgotten.
He led his two colleagues in the Assem-
bly, ticket from 400 to 800 votes, VIII
liam George Nelson, who has since also
been turned down by the machine, being
second.
Three years ago Mr.. Urquhart was
put on tile ticket for Boulevard Com
missioner. Tt was conceded that the
Democrats would elect their two candi-
dates and the question was whether Ur-
quhant or Louis Stubenvoll. whom the
machine wanted, would be the minority
n,
strated his strength by winning hands
down.
The Republican machine then wanted
him to manufacture political capital for
them by objecting to everything that
his Democratic colleagues did in the
Board. Mr.. Urquhart said that if there
was anything wrong he would Willingly
expose. it, but he fruthfully stated that
fhere was nothing in the administration
of Boulevard affairs by the Democratic
majority of the Commission THAT was
open to criticism.
MACHINE DISAPPOINTED.
This was not what the machine want
ed. Their idea of the duty of the min
ority representative was to do the Jour
nal'' ace, that is by innuendo, by insinua-
tion and by direct falsehood, to besmirch
the character of his Democratic coll
leagues. For his failure to do this the
mandate went forth that Urquhart was
not to be allowed even the courtesy of a
denomination.
But the gang was afraid of him, They
knew hisstrength and wisely nominated
as his successor his intimate, personal
friend, John Rotterdam. Urquhart
would not oppose Rotterdam no matter
how bitterly he felt towards the lead
ers."
At the last election Col. Dickinson
showed his appreciation of Urquhart's
political strength and sagacity by ask
ing him to take entire charge of the Gu
bernatorial and Mayoralty campaigns in
the Horseshoe. Despite the treatment
he had received at the preceding cleo
ton, Urquhart did as requested, with
the result that the largest Republican
vote ever cast in the Shoe" was return
ed on election night
Then the gratitude of the gang which
has made the Republican party of the
County disorganized mob. was shown.
Urquhart was turned down in the Coun-
ty Committee, and those recommended