Bridgeton pioneer., 1888-05-10
STATE CONVENTION.
Work Of the New Jersey Dem
ocrats Yesterday.

TRENTON, N. j. May 3.-The Demo-
cratic State Convention which met
here to-day to select delegates to the
National Convention in St. Louis was
entirely harmonious Whatever strug-
gle there was over the selection of
delegates took place outside the Con-
vention hail.. During the Convention
proceedings there were only two or
three little bursts of feeling, and those
had no weighty significance.
The Convention was a unit for Cleve-
land. The platform, which was unani-
mously adopted, endorses his admins
tration and reiterates his declaration
in favor of revision of the tariff. 1t
was this unanimity of feeling with
respect to the Presidency that doubt
less kept in comparative control thetw
rival factions that were represented in
the Convention. One Of these wings
was led by United State Senator
Blodgett. and the other by ex-Gover-
nor Albeit.
Blodgett was here all day, and
viewed with evident satisfaction the
struggle which his friends made to
secure him party recognition by elect
ing him as one of the delegates at-large.
Albeit was not here at all, but his
interests were looked after by clerk in
Chancery McDermott. The State
Committee spent most of last night
trying to patch up the quarrel be-
tween the two leaders. Albeit, how
ever, is said to have declined any COM
promise by which Blodgett would be
made his associate in the National
Convention, and finally the State Com
mittee gave up its effort as fruitless.
The recognized slate, however, was ex-
Governor Albeit, Governor Green,
Moses Bigelow, of Essex, and Senator
Philip P. Baker, of Cumberland, for
delegates at large. There was not
enough strength in the Blodgett wing
to secure him a place among the dele
gates, but there wes in it abundance
of vitality . make an ugly fight in the
Convention if the leaders so deter
mined. The result shows that the
leaders saw the folly of such an ex-
hibition, and Blodgett's spokesman
(ex,Assemblyman Pintard, of Mon
mouth) contented himself on the floor
with making fervid appeal for
harmony. The majority of the Con-
vention appeared not to be in the
humor for advice from Monmouth,
and Pintard sat Gown without com
pleting his speech.
The result of the ballot was to give
Blodgett only 1853 to GIL for Albeit,
578 for Green, 444 for Bigelow and 394
for Baker Charles s. Ridgway, s. G.
Smith, Senator Mcpherson and Assem-
blyman McDermitt had also been nain-
ed, but the two former withdrew be-
fore the ballot and the others after
wards. The triumph of Albeit and
the rest of the slate was greeted with
cheers. The following distrist dele
gates were chosen:
First district-Georga Pfeiffer and
John Summerill.
Second district-GarretD ID. W. Vroom
and Isaac H. Adams.
Third district-Miliard f. Ross, Thos.
N. Mccormack. ID
Fourth district-Nelson Pidcock and
Johnson Cornish. Ag
Fifth district-William B. Gourley
and Samuel B. Taylor.
Sixth district-William Harrigan and
George A. Hartford.
Seventh district-Edw. F. G. Young
and Peter Hauck.
The Convention was called to order
by Allan McDermott, of the State Com
mittee, in the Taylor Opera House at
noon, and Charles H. Winfield was
chairman throughout, E1Asseiably
man Barrett, of Newark, Albert Hop
per, of Passaic, and Edwin Rainear, of