The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-10-08
FIRST VOTERS
LEAGUE
Young Men of the Third
Ward end Vicinity Form
a Black Association 4
GREAT MEETING LAST NIGHT
Eugene Kinkead, Candidate
Rooney and Lawyer John
Milton Explain the
Issues of the Cam
paign.
GREAT MEETING LAST NIGHT
paign.

One of the most interesting meetings
held in the present political campaign
was that under the auspices of the Third
Ward Democratic Club, at the clubs
headquarters in Sixth street last night,
at which league of young men of the
ward and ward vicinity, who are to cast
their first vote at the coming election,
was formed. 1t was Democratic in
spiration. Over sixty-fve young men
joined the league. They crowded the as
sembly room and listened to heart to
heart talks by Eugene Kinkead. Assem-
bly, Candidate Archibald Alexander,
Otto Wittpen, Candidate for County Su-
peryisor Lawyer John Milton, John f..
| O'Neill of the Surrogate's office, Assem-
blyman James Hamill and others.
Michael j. Walsh presided.
Before the permanent, officers We're
elected most Of the speech-making took
place Eugene Knkead's arguments
We're very effective. There was no att
tempt at oratory on his part. He adj
dressed the young men in conversational
tones, and at times when arguing some
special point asked to be excused when
he found his voice was getting beyond
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young men the benefit of his study of
questions, National and local, that should
interest every young voter. He called
attention to the fact that there was not
yet a recreation ground in the city where
young men can go and play baseball or
football, and indulge in other games that
make them sturdy citizens. He alluded
to one about to be completed in the Hud-
son City section, but said there was no
reason why there should not be several
such places He said he was not criti-
cizing the present city administration,
| but added that the reason why there
/
were not several recreation grounds even
before the advent of the present admin
them. He suggested that they frame a
/ petition and submit it to the Street and
Water Board-to get Thomas f. Rooney,
who is candidate for the Office of
Street and Water Commissioner, to draft
such a petition for at least couple of
such recreation parks, and see that men
were put in office who would see that
they get what's coming to them.
Mr.. Kinkead explained the subject of
equal taxation clearly to the young men.
He explained the city's great indebted
ness and cause.-The absorption by the
railroads of ratables. the tax upon which
is but $5 per LOCO, while private prop
erty OWNERS are obliged to pay $27.5O per
/ 81 600 ratahles. He told Of the gallant
fight Leon Albeit made in the direction
/ of equal taxation. what he accomplished,
and how he was blocked by a Republican
4 Senate in not accomplishing more.
/ Charles Black, the Democratic candidate
for Governor, he said, stood upon the
same platform that Leon Albeit did.
He told of the fight against equa
taxation made by Senator Gardner al
the dictation of the late General Sewell
who was at the head of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad in this State, and of The
reward Gardner got after spending sew
eral terms in the Legislature by bein4
sent to Congress for three terms TIL,
Republican party, he declared, was no
sincere when it promised equal taxation
and that such a promise is an insult t
the intelligence Of all who know tha
the Republican party is the party O
trusts and corporations. Il have studiee
this question: he said. Sand if has
not would not stand here and attemp
to guide young men who are to cast thei
first vote
4 Mr. Kinkead told his young hearer
that General Sewell backed Stokes jus
as he did Gardner and made him Sena
4 tor for the same reason, and that Stokes
the Republican candidate for Governor