The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-18
PRESENTING NAMES.
How the Three Candidates We're Put
Before the Convention.
Special to the JERSEY City Ne.os.

TRENTON, Sept Is, 1sS9-The scene in
the hall when Judge Fort took his
chair was an animated one. AS an honest
chronicler of facts, am forced to admit
that such a crowd never saw gathered
before at a Republican State Convention.
1t was asea of heads wherever you looked
Even the galleries were crowded to suf-
location. The throng on the stage was
SO dense that two or three of the reporters
could not force their way in; the aisles
were blocked; the lobbies jammed.
1t was solid mass of human flesh from
the woodland scene that backed the stage
to the street doors.
When strains OF approaching music
reached the ear, every one turned his
head in wonderment as to where it would
pack itself away. There were only six
| darkies in it, but the convention had to
suspend operations while they marched
through the lobby and up the staircase,
filed right along the balcony to the second
flight of stairs, and up, footing their horns
the while, and down in single file to front
seats in the gallery.
"It was all so NATURAL" commented Re
porter Cleary. '"They seemed to know
that their place was. in the niger
heaven"
SHoULDERED HIS CRUTCH.
Atlantic had no nomination to make
when she was called on the roll of the
counties.
Burlington" said Camden's chair
| man, will nominate the next Governor
of New Jersey"
When Burlington was called, dumpy
little veteran, who was referred to as
Colonel Kirkbride, sprang to his feet. He
had one of the red Grubb badges pinned
to the lapel of his coat. He had been
chosen to make the big nominating
speech. He first felt that he ought to re-
sent the insinuation that. Grubb is not q
Jerseyman. He insisted that he had
been born in Burlington, and had
| been resident of the State all his life.
Then he went into the Generals war
record, and like Goldsmith's veteran
"Shouldered his crutch and showed how
fields were won" again, while the dele
gates, mainly recruited from the ranks OF
the Grand Army, went into frenzies of
One of the MCGOWAN claquers got an
opportunity to steal a neat little march
upon him.
"Who," asked the doughty little
Colonel, sis the man who can rally the
Republicans of New Jersey to his back?''
Frank A. MCGOWAN" rang out from
the rear OF the hall. The convention en-
joyed the intrusion and broke into laugh
ter and cheers.
NOMINATING MCGOWAN
The roll of the counties was called; one
after another announced mo nomina-
tionI' till Mercer was reached. Then the
venerable General Rushing arose in his
seat, to put MCGOWAN in nomination.
The length of his speech aroused the
fears of the MCGOWAN friends, and he en-
phasized so many other names in his ad-
dress that the question of whom he was
putting before the convention became a
serious one. When he finally let the
name of MCGOWAN fall, the galleries
shouted at the top of their lungs. Every
shout is said to have cost MCGOWAN two
dollars.
The name of John Kean was put for
ward by Mr. Voorhees,. His speech was
not as long as the mustache in which he
has disguised himself since met him in
the Legislature last winter.