The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-25
MR.. GRIGGS WASN'T THERE
ESSEX REPUBLICANS WoULDN'I
HAVE HIM ADDRESS THEM.

An Exciting Scene in a Mount Holly
Commissioning a Republican Candidate
-E. II. Green Made N. j. Distric'
Judge.
There was a Republican mass meeting
in Newark last night. Ex-senator John
w. Griggs had been billed as the chief
speaker ON the festive occasion; but he
was NOT on hand, and ~ex-Judge William
T. Hoffman turned up in his stead.
Griggs has been making strong temper
Ence speeches in Lower Jersey. The
other night he made his appearance in
Elizabeth and hit the cause between the
The Republican State Committee took
him to task; but he told them that if they
were not satisfied with his speeches they
could get some one else to speak for them.
SIIe had been billed for the Newark mass
meeting. The moment the Newark Re
ppblicans learned of the Elizabeth indis-
crstlon, they set up a great howl against
his Nappearing on the platform at Their
meeting. Prohibition diatribes might do
well enough in South Jersey, but they
would knock things endwise in liberal
Essex cohnty.
The State Committee paid heed to their
protest. and so it was that ex-Judge Hoff-
man was substituted for the bitter Pas
sale Senator at last nights meeting.
The Republicans of Camden county yes
terday at the Assembly conventions nom
mated Major Franklin G. Woolman in
the First district, John Harris in the Sec
ond and Joel kirkbride in the Third.
Major Woolman is a graduate of Prince
ton College. a member of the lander
county bar and major and judge advo-
cate OF the Second Brigade. Mr.. Harris
/ q n 1nOIi.xT offnpnny tc nnlinffnT nj tho
Board of Chosen Freeholders and has
served two terms in the Assembly from
the Second district. Mr.. Kirkbride is a
wealthy farmer, president of one of the
banksein Camden and filed the Office OF
County Clerk some years ago.
The Judge Said He Was Liar sooy.
The court room at Mount Holly was the
of an exciting episode yesterday
koon during the trial of the Aaron
son case. The rumor was current
street that Judge B. p. Wills, be-
HON the case was being tried, vas
tally interested in the conviction of
Efendant from the fact that ne (the
Le) was connected with the Royal In
Eance Company and the Home InSur-
Zee Company, both of which were doing
Ill they could to bring about a conviction.
y Before court adjourned Judge Wills
brought up the matter in the presence of
the jury and denied that he had any in
terest whatever in the case and said he
was not at all biased. He also intimated
that Mark Il. Sooy, counsel for the de-
Tense, had been instrumental i'll circulat-
ing the report.
The words were ne 0 N uttered han
Mr.. Sooy sprang to his feet and denied
Indignantly the truth of the charge, at
the same time defying the Court to pro-
duce anyone to whom he had made any
such declaration.
Judge Wills said he had received the in
formation from Lawyer Atkinson.
Mr.. Sooy again denied it. He said he
had said nothing more than he had re-
marked to Judge Wills privately at the
noon recess and he condemned the Court
"a sne nefcesS manner en- Tor bringing sueh
argument was over the lie direct had
passed several times, but no blows were
struck.