The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-10

kickers the right to participate in the
deliberations Of the convention.
Judge McDermott reminded them, as
they have repeatedly averred. that their
contest is purely a local one and that
the State Convention has nothing to do
with it.
But said Noelke, in telling me the
story Of the reception, 1.-The State Com
mitteemen disagreed with him, and de-
cided to hear us. Thea" went on Mr.
Noelke, whose version l will first quote.
Judge Ranken made q speech, and ex-
Senator Rabe followed him. Both at
tackled the regular committee, one OF
the grounds being that they had, year
after year, elected and reelected them
selves to places in the committee in vlo-
lation of the rules that govern them
"Well, what was the upshot?" asked
of him.
why" he responded, 1--WE were given
seats in the convention. Ten of our num-
Der. These committeeman, whom you
see gathered about this festive board, Will
have seats on the platform. Our other
eighty eight delegates will be given seats
in the hall, and the Committee on Gre
dentials, when it is appointed, will hnally
dispose of our case"
Then Noelke passed luminous white
satin badge, with the word Hudson"
printed on it in conspicuous black letters,
to his fellows of the advance guard.
Some of the committeeman" con-
tinued Noelke, ''asked us what would be
the result if we were refused admission,
and we told them that we could not be
responsible for the detection of our con-
stituents in that contingency. That
startled them, and they invited us TO
retire TO the parlor while they went into
secret conference.
CELEBRATING THE VICTORY"
When / met Ncelke to learn the rest OF
the story he was in beer saloon with his
! fellow committeeman celebrating the
'victory" they had achieved.
When stated Noelke's version of the
committees action to Chairman McDer-
mott little later in the evening he
| for the kicking ten.
"We invited the delegation he said,
! to send ten delegates to present the mat
| ter to the Committee on Credentials.
| They will be given seats on the platform.
| Then one of the visitors remarked that
| eighty-eight more will be down in the
morning, and we agreed to give them
| tickets of admission to the hall.
| "No eighty-eight democrats" Mr.. Nc
| Dermott added, "who want to look on at
| the State Convention will be denied seats
in the gallery"
| The regulars Will occupy Hudson's
The only other business transacted by
| the State Committee was TO select Mr..
| Marsh, of Union, for temporary chair
man, and Senator Werts, of Morris, for
permanent chairman. There was some
talk about the platform, but only OF an
informal kind. That is to be formulated
by the Committee on Platform when 1T is
named in convention today.
HoNORING jim SMITH.
The Newark delegates who arrived
here tonight were as jubilant as the JEFF
fersonian kickers advance guard. The
| secret of it all was that Jim Smith Is hosts
had met Frank McDermit, the political
Ishmael as the Sunday CAL aptly de.
\ scribed him last Sunday, and vanquished
him ingloriously. The delegates were
fresh from their afternoon caucus in New
ark. Ex-Sheriff Billy Brown told me the
story of what had happened there.
"Frank McDermit stood outside the
door, he said, "asking each delegate as
he went i'll to allow him seat in the
delegation. He asked me. and like the
rest had to say l couldn't When We
got into caucus-well, you'd be surprised
at the homage paid to Smith. McDer
mit's opposition had made him popular
and given him strength, and the dele
gates just tumbled over each other to dc
him honor. They began by making hin
chairman of the delegation-the place
Frank McDermit had boaStingly said ht
was going to occupy. Then they asked
PERMISSION To pFeSeuG HIS u6ii6 W GHt
convention. He would not grant that
The vote, he said, must be first last and
all the time for Leon Albeit, and finally
they compromised the business with him
by insisting upon naming him for per
manent chairman of the convention. lie
blushingly consented to allow us to dc
that"
"But, Frank McDermit, where is hep
/ I asked.
ASK of the winds, etc." was the ex
Sheriff's response.
''But," persisted, che will fight fol-
the seat from the Third district in the
new primary tonight"
4 "What good will it do him2" was the
query that answered mine. Everything
that he hoped to have hand in doing Is
done.'
Frank will probably be down here later
in the day to make beef" before the
Committee on Credentials, but that is all
the good it will do him,
DISTINGUISHED DEMOCRATS.
| Ex-Governor Albeit did not come tC
town tonight. John Warner dispensed
the wine and cigars with princely liber
ality in his big room in the Trenton
| House.
All the honors of the evening were
| showered upon Senator Mcpherson, anC
| he held leVee in little room at the head
| of the stairs in the Trenton House til
| early morning He was in excellent
| spirits His eyes were bright, and he
| predicted the election of Governor ALBEIT
| by rousing majority.
| Miles Ross was another conspicuous
| Democrat who took rooms at tine Trenton