You hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear these words I say to myself, 'That man is a Red, that man is a Communist!' You never hear a real American talk like that.

Political reformer
Hague broke ties with "Boss" Davis in 1906 over a difference of opinion on a candidate for appointment to the city Street and Water Board. Hague and another deputy Frank Hagueriff Thomas "Skidder" Madigan claimed that they had seen Dugan in Jersey City on the day of the alleged offense. President maker
In 1932 Hague a friend of Al Smith backed Smith against Franklin D.

Frank Hague (January 17 1876 – January 1 1956) was an American Democratic Party politician who served as the mayor of Jersey City New Jersey from 1917 to 1947 Democratic National Committeeman from New Jersey from 1922 until 1949 and Vice-Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1924 until 1949. Hague's personal influence extended to the national level influencing federal patronage and Presidential campaigns.