The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-10-10
A CLEAN Man.
Colonel Wanser Nominated
by the Republicans
to Be E1ected.I
FAXED CONGRESSIONAL FIGHT
Tom McEwan in the Lists to Help
the Grand Struggle TO Down
the Davis Ring.

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! The Republican Convention, which was
held yesterday afternoon in Woods Hall
was a very tame affair. Iu fact it was sc
tame as to be monotonous. and the way
| in which the nomination for Congress
went a begging was very dispiriting in
deed. The only outburst which resem-
| bled enthusiasm was the cheering which
| greeted Colonel Wanser's name. The
delegates began to arrive at the hall early,
and as soon as there was enough present
the various districts held caucuses Many
of the leaders were absent, but all the
workers and engineers of the ma
chine were on hand. State Treas
urer Toffey sat with the Fifth district
delegation aud Postmaster Dickinson
| looked after ssde boys" from the Third.
| General John Ramsey was nowhere to
| be seen, but Johnny Brennan, flushed
with his victory over the Republican
annex to the Ring. was there with con-
| siderable more than the usual majority
Ex-J udge Rod" Seymour was chairman
of the Second district delegation and ex-
Collector Jimmy Love sat near him.
Lawyer Peshall, the coming chancellor,
| NJ. L. Rosenberg, and the extremely mod
est jurist Ewald. all lent dignity aud
wind to the Sixth district contingent. The
ancient educator of Hoboken, the vener-
able John Reid, led the Seventh district
stalwarts, while scattered among the
other districts were all the lesser lights
Of the Republican machine.
There was c9nslderable delay in getting
under way and 1t was twenty minutes
after three O'Clock when Mr.. Gilbert Col
lias advanced to the edge Of the platform
and said 1.-THE hour has arrived, fellow
Republicans, when it becomes my duty
as chairman Of the Republican General
| Committee to call you to order"
THE CONVENTION OPENS.
| Secretary Thomas McEwen called the
roll and it was found that number Of
the delegates were represented by alter
mates: Among those were Flavel McGee
aud Alderman Macarthur: It took con-
siderable time to get the fnll straight
and then Mr.. Collins announced that the
| chair was ready to hear motions. Colo
mel Sam" Dickinson moved that the roll
OF the counties be called, and that COM
mittees on permanent organizations aud
district, be appointed, which was done
with this resHlt:-Qn perm8nent organi-
zation, Samuel uolmah, James H. Love,
Thomas Leather, William H. Fqrman,
Walter Dixon. George Griswold, J. Honn,
joseph Parker, Jr., A. T. Baldwin and
FRANK lTdSK. Ou RESOLUTIONS, a DfAm
Post. John Ii. Fenner. John A. Walker,
e. A. Ptingsten. John p. Lsndrine, G. j.
Peshall, d. j. Hulshizer, A fred Heritage,
Cornelius Kiel, Jr.. and Dr.. A. w. War
den.
Young lawyer Ewald obtained reeog-
milton from the ehair and proceeded to air
himself. He wanted sithree members at
large'' added to the Committse On Reso-
lutions by the ohair. He said thai the
committee was most important ons and
could not be too carefully selected Mr..
Ewald was about to launch forth in a
flight of eloquence when his youthful i'm
petnosity was sqnelched by Chairman
Collins depreeiatOry comment on his
motion. A recess of twenty minutes was
taken to allow the committee to prepare
their reports, aud the delegates Sought
the basement Of the hall where corps of
white apf9nea statesmen ministerea unto
therH,
When the convention reassembled the
Committee on Organization reported Gill
bert Collins for chairman and Thomas
McEwen for secretary.
Mr.. Collins remarked that he was not
a member Of the convention, but he
supposed he GOULD preside ana begged
someone to put the mntian. FRANK O.
Cole came to his rescue and after the re-
port had been adopted with faint cheers
Mr.. Collins said
II know you will relieve me from any
sneech making 40 / know Won arc any
;,s,,s - ,,rrcoa /, h,,a;,,.s I.sae e'1;e -
ably informed that the Democrats have
nominated Mr.. McPhiilips.n
The Committee on Resolutions had not
appeared vet and, after long wait Mr..
(,ola n,nvad that tho roll af iiutrinta nc
- lIad 10, ,,o,n;no tions fars ~ nv, =;
ss II, y y rsstsit;t NS = ~. u ctIn. tnis
uIoHRnu GnttHe " M44u ~ ms tHet Win
the pertinent quarry WnEpaer they had
been called there 10 nominate aman to
be elected or beaten. This query some
what staggered the delegates and pro-
duced painful silence, which was
broken by Chairman Collins mild reply,
TO be elected. OF course"
THE CLAP TRAP PLATFORM
The Committee on RESOLUTIONS then en-
tered the ball and John Walker read the
resolves. TheY were the Asnal Hepp bill
can clap trap. They upheld Harrison's
milk and water administration. Reeds
desp0tle Hsurpatlon OF power while they
condemned the patriotic course of the
Democratic minority In Congress. The
only redeemlng feature about the plat
form was the vigorous denunciation of
the ring as follows:-
Whereas, BY the reasonable actions Of GER
tain persons who pretend to have acted on be-
half Of the Democratic party, and OF candidates
nominated py 50 called regular Democratic con.
noin9 - e ~ H,dae last da me
ured With fraud and the wishes Of legal vot ers
overborpe by criminals engaged in hailet box
stuffing, repeating and false counting;
Resolved That the most important question
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