The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-10-17
FACANISM
RlDDLED
Congressman McDermott
Dissects the Republican
Campaign Book.
A VOLUME OF HOT AIR
Elks Hall Crowded to Over.
flow With Voters Who
Cheered the Speakers
Enthusiastically.


What is conceded on all sides to have
been the most magnificent campaign
meeting ever held in this city was that
held in Elks' Hall last night under Dem
ocratie auspices. The big hall could not
accommodate the great throng attracted.
1t was found necessary to hold an extra
outdoor meeting and nearly a thousand
voters were addressed by numerous
speakers in the open air. The great
crowd inside. including the gallery filled
with interested women, were listening to
Former Mayor Hoos and the eloquent
Congressman Allan L. McDermott as
they dissected the Pagan administration
and exposed fthe hypocrisy set forth in
the Republican campaign book. The
great audience. wash study.
A sea of intelligent faces greeted those
who occupied the platform. 1t was more
like church congregation than is usua@<
" seen at political gatherings, except
that the auditorium was packed with vo-
ters alone. 1t was dignifed audience.
1t hung upon every word that escaped
from the lips of eloquent orators, and
only at such times, and they were fire.
quent. when expositions of the falseness
of claims of the Republican administra-
tion were made sudden yolleys of ap
plause and cheers that shook the staid
old building exploded.
Twice it grew wild and that was when
!, Mayoralty Candidate Murphy appeared
upon the platform and when he advanced
to the front of the platform to read his
letter of acceptance of the nomination.
Men jumped to their feet, many of them
mounted their chairs. They cheered and
frantically waved their hats, while the
women in the gallery waved so many
handkerchiefs as to remind one of the
4Od1H VI q uiiloWy sed- AAelS HStS many
school teachers in that gallery.
The meeting was called to order by
Democratic Leader Robert Davis, who
also received most fiattering ovation.
Mr.. Davis alluded to the remarks of the
speakers of the recent Republican meet
ing in the same hall concerning what
Mayor Pagan and the Republican party
had done for the poor people, and said
he would leave it to the poor people of
the city themselves as to whether they
were any better off at the hands of Mr..
Fagan and his administration than at his
own (Mr. Davis's) personal hands and
former Democratic administrations.
Former Mayor Hoos met with fat
tering reception. He exploded many of
the boasts and claims of the Pagan ad-
ministration in the same manner that has
won him so much applause all through
the campaign. The audience knew that
his two terms as Mayor preceding the
election of Mayor Pagan enabled him
to uncover and remove many of the false
impressions thrown out by the Repub-
lican campaign book.
Congressman Allan L. McDermott was
at his best He spoke for over an hour.
Had he been arguing some great case
before the Supreme Court of the United
State or speaking in Congress upon some
great national or international question
it is doubtful if he could have put forth
a greater effort. Yet he was calm and
deliberate in all his assertions and had
the facts and figures at hand to back
them up. His challenge to Mayor Pagan
hitherto made public to give the public
his reason for vetoing the resolution
designating hlm as counsel to continue
his fight for the possession of the foot
OF Thirteenth street, was reiterated with
force. He was by no means abusive of
either Mayor Pagan or Corporation
, Counsel Record, but his unfolding of
facts, especially in relation to that case,
was a revelation to most of the audience.
No. he was not abusives He simply
fred some thirteen inch shells into their
camp. He said in connection with his
challenge to the Mayor that if he, the
Mayor would publicly divulge his reason
for vetoing the resolution appointing him
associate counsel in the Thirteenth street
case he would argue the case before the
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