The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-10-27

man. He did. however, prophes,
la Black Tuesday for the Repub
licans on the eighth day of No
velnber Before taking his seat he an
nounced Democratic meeting under the
auspices of the German-American Club,
of which Gustav Klinginstein is presi-
dent, to take place in the hall on 0c-
tober 81. when DR.. Anderson. honorary
president of the United German-Ameri-
can Democratic Clubs Of New York,
would be one of the speakers.
Congressman Allan Benny, who was
given an ovation when he entered the
hall. was given even a greater one when
introduced to speak He said the cam
paign had reached crisis. He exploded
his opponents (Larshal Van Winkle)
assertion about the city not securing a
new Post Office until a Republican is
elected to Congress and how it will re-
quire a Republican Representative to
bring about bridge over Newark Bay,
from Bayonne to Elizabethport. As TO
the Post Office matter, said Mr.. Benny,
a committee Of Congressman had come to
Jersey City to investigate and had re-
ported in favor of new building, and
action on Congressman McDermott's bill
was in such shape that the foundation
of the new building will have been laid
before Mr.. Van Winkle can take his
seat. As to the Benny bridge bill, Mr..
Benny said, it had already passed the
House and was now before the Senate.
Mr.. Benny said he had even scanned
the Republican papers to find some criti-
cism of his record in Congress and had
been unable to find any. He said he
noticed big placard of Mr.. Van Winkle
in which he declared that if the people
elected him he would hold up Roosevelt's
hands.
Il guess" said Mr.. Benny, that Mr..
Roosevelt is strenuous enough to hold up
his own hands. But my opponent prac-
tically declares that he will hold up the
Presidents hands whether the President
is right or wrong. If every man that's
sent to Congress is going to do what
the PresidentNis is going to tell him to do.
what is the use of electing a Congress? :?
daughter and applause.) | SUPPORT the
President when l think he is right and
WON'T support him when / think he is
wrong. When I go down there l go
down to think and when the time comes
when | must register my vote without
thinking ] want to get out / believe
ina large nary, but a small .arpaE. When
we have foe to fight we've always DEM
sonstrated our5prowess as soldiers and we
can muster as good an army as any other
nation from our $4,000, 900 of people.
''The President needn't worry about
Democrats not standing by him when
the nations safety or honor is at stake
When in the Cuban crisis it was found
that we must fight Spain and Mckinley
said this is the American proposition, we
Democrats, like all Americans, stood by
him to a man. / have never missed a
roll call in Congress. but when go down
there | don't merely 80 to follow behind
the band. If Democrats can get into
power the first thing we are going to do
is to take the tariff off of beef. (Tre-
mendous applause) We're going to com
pei the railroad and other transportation
companies to charge the same rates for
transportation of freight and not allow
them to favor one class Of individuals
at the expense of another. Out of
$500,000 appropriated by the Govern
ment to Investigate criminal trusts. only
one or two of 593 trusts have been prose-
cuted-that of the Northern Securities
case and the Salt Trust. It seems some
men may steal s4e,ooo,ooo and get off
with a fine Of $1,000, and if other men
steal loaf Of bread they are sent to
jail for sixty days."