The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-06-08
PEOPLES ONLY
SALVATION
Voters Must Rid the Stateof
Cooperation and Boss Rule
Il They Would Purify
Politics.
REPUDL GAN SELFlSHNESS
Party Now in Power, D =clares
Mayor Kenny. Works
Solely for Advancs of
Private Interests

Mayor Edward Kenny, Of East New
ark, whom many Democrats would Ike
to see nominated for Congress in the
Ninth District two years hence, made a
speech Tuesday night to the Jefferson
Club. of Newark, Of which former sena-
tor JAMS Smith. Jr.. and all the prom
inent Democrats of Essex County are
members, that will create talk ali over
the State fur many days to come. Mr.
Kenny has the habit Of saying what he
means, no matter whom it hurts. In his
address he denounced political bossisln
and declared that the State Of New Jer-
sey is ruled by corporations. He was as
severe on Democrats as he was on Re-
pablcans and said tie only salvat.on f9r
the people was 70 rid The State q corpar-
at:ea rule and bsssism III beta par les.
This is part Of Mr.. Kenny addless:
II IS all very well for Us as Demo
Gratis to dip into the past for inspiration
and to dwell on tie memories Of Thomas
jefferson, the father of the Democratic
party; party Of Andrew Jackson. tile pre-
server, and of Samuel J. Tilden, who re-
vived Democratic ideas IN the minds of
the people.
But if we are to sueceel we must
live IN to-day and in tomorrow; We must
open our eyes 10 what Is going on aboat
Us: we must liise Jeifss~an. Jackson and
Tilden. be party Of progress and
pasEy Of assertion, not merely a party Of
negation.
"The trouble with the Democratic par
II, 70 my mind. is that number of men
IN this State and in other parts of the
United States, not being Democrats i'm
bued with Democratic and Jeffeesonian
principles, but being actually Repnbli-
cans and actuated BY Hainiltonian ideas.
and masquerading as Democrats fer the
purpose Of delivering the party over to
private Interests, are banded together and
joined with The enemy to deliver over the
party and the votes Of the party for the
furtherance Of private corporate infer
ests to the deriment of the pubic inter
ests and the destruction Of tie Demo-
cratic party.
For the furtheranee Of their purpose
the New Jersey bosses of both parties
have 50 shaped the election laws as to
arnasculate the power Of the people ana
to strengthen and perpetuate The power
Of the bosses. To such an extent have
they done this that except in rare in
stances every man elected to office oc.
eup.Cs lis o.iaial position bx tAe favor Of
the loss.
He knows that. and knowing thai any
feture preferment depends on his oEedi-
ence TO the ord Rs # lie boss. he strips
and denaeiss himself of lis manhood. ha
emaseplatei himself aud bends h's neck
to and becomes the sesf Of the boss in
oraer 10 gather to himself the thrift that
follows his contemplate fawn'ng.
III was that sort cf thing 1T Trenton
frem 1891 to 1894 that killed the Demo
cratic party in this State AMI that w Il
keep it in the minority as long as the
boss system IS permitted to rule the
palty
This hoss system permeates the RE-
! psb.icsn party completely. LET Us look
! at shs suIts Of II in the recent SIS ion
Of tie Legislature. The work and the
cctisns of tie Legisiature id nat re.
spoad 70 the w;sles of The pc pie and
tha good Of the State Indeed. the good
ef the people was ignored and the rights
Of The State were bartered.
Members Of the Legislature. hound
Is the chains Of preprietorship Of their
es-masters, showed themselves to be
hloedless craven, spineless things. in
Fea Of men real, true men. The
enrse Of this State at this time is the
Iroa rule Of bossism and the trueulsnt
xdihg 70 the arrogant orders Of the
bSses'
Describing the Essex delegation in
tlse last Legislature sIr. Kenny said that
tle eleven men comprising II showed
themselves % be spiritless. iellied things,
ready b bend ele pregnant hinges Of