The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-25
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!, WINNERS
With Great Enthusiasm the Demo
cratic Convention Ratifes the
Choice Of the People.

mittee, reported the result of the prirna-
ries, and formally placed in nomination
the gentlemen who We're chosen on
Thursday night for their respective Of
fees. The convention formally declared
these men the candidates of the party.
1t took three district conventions each
composed of the same men, to do this.
Each convention named a committee
to fill vacancies. That having charge OF
the county ticket is composed of Maurice
J. Stack, John Harmon. Thomas Met
tam, NJ. l. Fagen, Thomas Herlihy, E..
A. Rice, James G. Clarke, Thomas
Burns, Christopher p Smith and Louis
Diehm. To the other vacancy commit
tee these We're appointed: james Nc
Govern, NJ. J. Kenny, P. H. Murphy,
Robert Thomson, Edward Whalen, F..
H. Spengeman, Nicholas Burns, Charles
Birdsall, Edward Barr and George Hoff-
man.
On behalf of the Campaign Commit
tee of the County Committee Mr.. Robert
Davis presented this PLATFORM
THE PLATFORM.
The Democratic party of Hudson
County, in convention assembled, conf
dent that an enlightened public opinion
will eventually result in the administra-
tion of public affairs according to Demo-
cratic policies, appeals to the people of
Hudson County at this time and makes
the following declaration of principles
We denounce the policy of the Repub-
lican party which has resulted in the
power given to trusts, to unreasonably
increase the prices of the necessities Of
life while at the same time they refuse to
those who labor to produce those necessi-
ties their fair share of the profits of pro-
duction. We believe that had the bills
introduced in the Congress of the United
States by Hon. Allan l.. McDermott
been passed, the power of trusts over
the production of the country would have
been diminished, and that the power of
organized capital to cripple the power of
organized labor would have been restrict
ed. We pledge our candidates for Con-
gress to vote for such measures if elected.
We denounce the policy of the Repub-
lican party in the administration of the
affairs of this State. During the time
that party has been in power the crdi-
nary running expenses of the State have
been increased almost 81 100000 year,
without adding one dollars worth to the
permanent capital of the State. The
policy of that party with regard to school
affairs has been to take from the munich
palities of the State the right to govern
themselves and to place it in the hands
of few irresponsible officeholders at
Trenton.
COUNTY ECONOMY.
We commend to the people of Hudson
County the conservative, economical and
wise management of the affairs of the
County under the administration of Dem
oeratic Boards of Freeholders. We par
ticularly commend the administration of
the affairs of the County during the last
two years, under which tens of thousand
of dollars have been added to the perma-
nent capital of the County without the
increase of County expenditures, the
bonded debt of the County has been re-
duced almost 100000, and serious epi-
demic of smallpox was handled in a way
to excite the admiration of health Off
the attempt of the Republican party to
compel return to the former system Of
cumbrous Boards of Freeholders, and
charge that this attempt is made for the
sole purpose of procuring partisan pat
ronage, by the election of a few members
of the Board.
We commend the administration of the
Department of Public Works of Jersey
City under Democratic rule. The man
agement of this department under the
present Board of Street and Water Com
missioners has resulted III saving to the
city of more than 100000 in a few
years. The extravaganza of the last Re
publican Board of Commissioners left the
present Board a legacy of 100000 and
more of unpaid debts which has been
paid off, and outside the payments to the
East Jersey Water Company ON con-
tract engineered and foisted on the city
by the last Republican Board, the run
ming expenses Of the department have
been reduced.
REPUBLICAN EXTRAVAGANCE.
We condemn the policy of the present
administration of affairs in Jersey City
for its extravaganza in the departments
controlled by its own partisans, and It's
parsimony in matters of benefit to the
city; for the breaking of many promises
of reform and progress in the establish
ment of new hospital, of new high
school, of school accommodations in the
Third Ward. of.a new No. 10 school. OF
new No. II school, of the extension OF
the city's parks, and the improvement OF
Grand street.
We condemn the gross partisanship Of
the present administration to the detri.
ment Of the public good. evidenced by its
prevention Of the erection of a new fire
house in Lafayette, the management Of
the affairs Of the Police Department, the
grab for patronage on the part Of the
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