Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-15
1000 Essex Jefferson
Day Diners De-
mand Popular Vote
Upon Measure.
BANQUETERS HERE HAIL
MR.. NUGENT AS LEADER
Distinguished Speakers Pay
Tribute to County Democ-
racy-Memorial to LegisIa-
ture Signed by All but Ten.

glowing tribute was paid to the
Democracy of the county and its
leader James r. Nugent. by more
than q thousand Democrats who
turned out to the Jefferson Day din
ner held at Kruger Auditorium last
night. petition was circulated re-
garding the question of jury changes,
and in the vast throng of Democrats
present there were only ten that were
not In favor of having referendum
clause attached to any bill which
may be drawn at the special session
of the Legislature
The signers of the "No-referendum"
clause were led by John Rhodabeck,
OF the Eleventh ward, a member OF
the executive committee of the Wood
row Wilson League.
The overwhelming number of sig
natures in favor of a referendum
being attached to a jury bill was
great tribute to Mr. Nugent. who
fought tooth and nail to have the
Legislature adopt a bill which would
give the people the right to decide the
matter.
Many Speakers Respond.
In addition to Mr.. Nugent, who
served as POSTMASTER, the speakers,
in order were James d. Moriarity,
chairman of the Democratic County
Committee; Congressman Henry ID.
Clayton, of Alabama; Congressman
Edward w Townsend and Walter |.
Mccoy of this county; former United
States Senator James Smith, jr, and
Mayor Jacob Haussling.
Congressman Eugene F. Kinkead,
who was down on the program as
speaker, was unable to be present,
but sent telegram regretting his In
ability to be present.
Mr.. Moriarity introduced City
Counsel Nugent as the POSTMASTER
of the evening Mr.. Moriarity
prefaced his remarks by thanking the
members of the committee for their
loyal and sincere support of Democ-
racy in this county and its leader, Mr..
Nugent.
'I particularly. in behalf of the
members of the committee, want to
acknowledge with deep apprecia ton
and pay a tribute to the masterful
and intrepid leader of the Democracy
of Essex county, James r. Nugent,'
he added.
Nugents Name Acclaimed.
Loud and prolonged applause
greeted the mention of Mr.. Nugent's
name and the speaker was forced to
stop for few minutes while the
band struck up the tune of For He's
a Jolly Good Fellow" Mr.. Moriarity
then proceeded:
"All men who achieve political
prominence become objects of attack.
Their greatest accomplishments are
belittled. Mr.. Nugent's opponents
have descended to personal vilifica-
ton of him: he was assailed and in
suited in hostile newspapers; enemies
by base and contemplate means
sought to discredit him; but his
energy and leadership and honesty
have gained for him the respect of
all fair minded citizens. and under
his counsel and guidance Democratic
success was accomplished. We are
proud to acknowledge him as a
leader
MIR. Nugent Acknowledges Tribute.
In reply Mr.. Nugent thanked the
members Of the committee for the
praise that had been bestowed upon
him through their chairman
1T is only once a year" said he,
that / have the chance to thank the
Democrats of the county for your
loyalty t. me as your representative.
II have had the shonor and the
pleasure of seeing this great organiza-
ton rise from the ashes of defeat
and take on new life until we saw the
Dem '"acy triumphant in this city, in
Oranee, East Orange in this great
State of New Jersey and in the
greater United States. Not little of
this great triumph is due to the 10y
atty and earnest support of the Es-
sex County Democrats.
"They are progres yive in the right
sense as we know progress in politics.
These progressive policies which have
been inaugurated and which will con-
tinue to be inaugurated in this State
have issued out of and from this great
Democratic organization.
II have been busy for the past two
or three months in trying to take care
of the interests of this great city in
the Legislature. I have had the loyal
support of eleven members of this
titNeh yOnhS iliCH
that every citizen of this city and
county was proud of, and who sup
ported loyalty every proper PROPOSE
tion that was put before them.
mo man in politics knows better
than / do what kindly support means.
What the people must have in politics
can only be accomplished through
Organization, through men whom the
dangling of an Office before them can
not deviate from their proper course.
"No Matter what Carping Critics Say"
''It does not matter what the news
papers say of us, no matter what is
the carping criticism of men whose
minds only run in narrow grooves,
who build themselves up by putting
Others down, who destroy, not con-
struet, and who cannot conceive that
there is county organization which
has not blot on its escutcheon and
which has not betrayed public trust.
That's the organization that we
telong to, that is triumphant in this
county and that will ever be tri-
umphant-7this battling Essex County
Democracy that our city. county and
state is proud Of If in year our
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