The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-18
A CANARY
Seed TICKET.
-lajor Anderson Gives
Flavor to the Repub-
lican Campaign.
SCENES In THE CONVENTION.
A Local Option Convention
with a Liquor Chairman
specfal to the 1erseu citu Ne,es.

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TRENTON, Sept IS, 1Ss9.-"So the Canary
Seed Candidate winsl' quoth MAJOR
Anderson at the close of the Republican
State Convention yesterday afternoon.
Canary Seed Candidate" +" put in some
one who overheard his remark" Why
Canary seed2"
.'Well," the jesting State Comptroller
explained, ''Isn't canary seed bird
grubs"
The Majors bon. mot at the expense of
the candidate whom he had been In
fiuential in placing at the head of the
State ticket will doubtless stick through
out the campaign to Burd Grubb, and the
canvass will probably go down into the
history of the State as the Canary Seed
Campaign"
1t may interest your republican readers
to know that General Burd Grubb is the
reputed owner OF six millions of dollars.
1t was that that the Republican managers
were after, probably, when they put him
into the race. 1t will no doubt buy q
good deal of canary seed, but not enough,
they may rest assured, to tempt the
Democratic bird out of the bush.
COOLER ON THE SIDEWALK
Major Anderson's excellent bit of poll
tieal fun served to remind some one to
whom it was told of another bright sally,
made by General Sewell on Monday
night. The General kept open house i'll
his famous quarters in the Trenton
House all night The air was exceedingly
oppressive ] and handkerchiefs and fans
were i'll great demand. With the throng
there finally rolled into the room a thick
set gentleman whose heavy German face
surmounted a suit Of gray. He made his
way at once to the General and for want
of something better to say, remarked, as
III, r.@z, nlos.l n ,, h
chief, that it was pretty warm in the
room.
eyes" the General answered with quiet
sarcasm, ''it's cooler on the sidewalkp'
Mr.. Siegfried Hammerschlag took the
hint, and during all the rest OF the night
ceaselessly recommended the sidewalk for
GOODNESS to those whom he met.
If General Sewell's icy thrust was
prompted by the fear that Mr.. Hammer
chlag's purpose in hunting him up was to
ask his aid in getting upon the State
Committee, he need not have dealt it.
Mr. Hammerschlag assured me that he
did not want to be on the State Commit
Hudson county delegation did not want
him to be there, either, had nothing
whatever to do with his disinclination.
1t only assisted him to make up his
mind when to make his disinclination
public. James r. Young did not find it
n necessary W say tHtsu lO eiNh WduO "
get there. He just did want to get there,
and he hustled till he had done
it, to the surprise, doubtless,
of ex-Judge Rod. Seymour.
1t is not impossible that this result was
''arranged'' to propitiate the faction Mr..
Young represents in the local party.
A COINCIDENCE.
Frank O. Cole was one OF the con-
spicuous men at the meeting of the Hud-
son delegates yesterday. He put himself
in position of prominence-by standing
on a chair He led the Pangborn> fac
tion's little diversion for recognition. 1t
did not amount to much. Hammer
schlag, who belongs to that side, managed
to get on the Committee on Credentials;
but ne went there only to see his side
knocked completely out The conven-
tion, at the solicitation of thes committee
seated all OF the Ramsay and Seymour
men.
incidentally Mr.. Cole said that he had
not come down to act as temporary pre-
siding officer of the convention. mol"
he remarked, II declined that as soon as
received the despatch from Toffey and
Ramsay, informing me that | had been
selected. It was late when received the
despatch; my telegraphed declination
did not reach the office till it had closed
and it could not come on till morning."
He declared, by all that was good and
holy, that his declination was unsolicited,
and that he did not know, when he sent it
that the State Committee had decided to
replace him with someone else.