The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-10-18
B HARRISON'S BOOMLB4
Nurtured III New Jersey
by General William
]. SeWelI & Co.
THAT FUNNY LEAGUE SESSION
Blaine's Friends Didn't See the Lit
tie Joker Until Too Late Will
Seek Vengeance Later.


self. The history OF the gathering, as
read between the lines, emphasizes the
fact that the more General w. j. Sewell
and the Administration men attempt to
gag the Blaine admirers, the more en-
barrassed the Harrison boom becomes 1t
was an out aud ont Sewell convention.
The music came from Camden, the gavel
with which the rulings were made was
presented by the Camden delegation. The
resolutions were written by General Sew
eli's first lieutenant in Camden. ex-Judge
e. Amber Armstrong. The Camden con-
tingent were backed by Gloucester, and
they had more than enough votes to
check any trouble. President Gaskill.
who has been going up and down the
State attending ali the Republican con-
ferences in the interest of harmony and
unity. wrote his address to suit the cir
cnmstances. He dfsobeyed his instruc-
tions only in one particular, and that was
that be referred to James 6. Blaine, but
did not mention his name
Ex-Judge E. Amber Armstrong, who
helps General Seweli do his thinking. sat
up all night and drew The resolutions. It
was settled in conference who was to be
the Resolution Committee. A number of
the men who were slated for the Commit
tee on Resolutions SAT up with him: New
ark was not represented. The only per-
son from upper Jersey was Judge Ulrich
of North PlainAeld. Secretary Sander
sou, who was one of tue papas of the
League, was allowed to sit down stairs In
the reading room keeping his own COM
pany. 1t was only an informal confer
euce. SO they said, but he was not invited.
It is said he did some kicking, but it was
OF no avail During the evening prior TO
The convention it was announced that 1t
was General Sewelps intention to have
Joseph H. Gaskill again elected Presi
dent. He was at the head OF the Camden
delegation, and his wishes were to be lib
orally supported by votes. The Glouces-
ter county delegation, which was large,
paraded with the Camden clubs. and set
up its standard in that haunted political
chamber, room 1902
ANTI-SEwELL GRANTS.
When the Burlington delegation ar
rived they had a company OF extremes.
The an5i-SeweH giants were On hand.
Nathan w. G. Hayes, the candidate for
Senator; Cashier Nathan Haines. Editor
James 2. Logan and Louis Kite, private
secretary to General Grub, wore the
badges of the Edgewater Park Club.
They came up with blood in their eye,
and beneath their Sunday coats each car
ried a big knife to use in lifting the Gem
erals scalp Seweli was represented by
Postmaster Samuel Phillips who
knocked Hays out two years ago. and so
brought about the present fractional
squabble. He had with him several dele
gates from the Burlington City Republi-
can Club. Among them was w. J.
Bruce. who was General SewelPs private
secretary when he was United States
Senator. The presence of this Burlington
City delegation soon inspired trouble. It
was discovered that some of the members
of this old defunct Republican Club had
quietly held a meeting the night before
and elected the delegates
Cashier Haines declared that the club
was dead and the delegates Illegal, and
fight was made to keep them out of the
convention, which was done until after
noon when they slipped in and were
recognized. The Burlington delegation
at once made a search for Frank Ma
gowan. They had fourteen votes for him
for President. The ex-Mayor had come
on the scene early in the morning and it
seemed, from the way ne acted, that he
was candidate for the Presidency. The
@ amden delegation, it is said, frightened
him. When Essex arrived a number of
them wanted him to go into the fight, but
there was too much OF the cut and dried
arrangement to suit him.
After the delivery of President Gaskili's
address, ana it was found that Blaine
was ignored, there was more pressure put
on him to jump into the fight and be the
ment he gave them was to wait uutil next
year. The Newark delegates were howl
ing mad when they heard that the
resolutions are out ana out Endorsements.
They besieged the Resolution Committee
and wanted a new plank prepared
and inserted which would show
New Jerseys appreciation Of Blaine.
and also an endorsements OF the
Newark Germans who had stood SO faith
fully by ex-Con2ressman Lehlbach in the
recent MayoraltY contest Judge Arm
strong became very warm. and had he
not been devout chnrchInan would no
doubt have sworn. Then it WAS given
out that the fight would be made on the
floor of the convention and this threat
brought down the highhying Sewellite-
He consented to a separate resolution con-
graduating Blaine. He would not allow
it to be incorporated in the regular reso-
buttons because General Sewell intended
rison by way of making him feel easy
about New Jersey when the resolution
was ready.
BLAINK's FRIENDS AT SEA
Many, knowing that it was Harrison
convention, did not know whether they
had right TO enthuse- 1t began slowly
but it grew rapid aud noisy. It was the
only genuine outburst Of the day. It
continued for several minutes and the
Newark Indians could be heard giving
their war cry, while the boss drum man
kept up good round of cheap thunder.
The Blaine men felt happy, for they had
exerted themselves. 1t put them in good
humor Tor the rest of the day.
General Seweil did not join in this OUT
burst, neither did his Secretary nor his
man Friday, Budd Deacon, who sat alone
ON the stage. The General looked at mis-
watch and tried to recollect when the
1ext train left. He had all during the
mornine helped along in the applause
when Harrison's name was mentioned.
His big round, fat hands were in posi-
ton 10 come together whenever he caught
the cue Shortly after the Blaine out
burst the atmosphere of the hail became
oppressive and he left and caught Cam
den train.
The next black eye he received was
when the election OF delegates TO the
National League was under consideration.
He was the choice OF all of South Jersey
but Burlington. Ocean named the hand
some Senator. George +. Cranmer. who de-
clined. but was taken up again. when
the counting Of the ballots. showed that
there were not two alteruates named.
General Sewell received 81 votes, and III.
A. Potter of Essex "a Burlington county
refused to vote for General Sewell. The
delegation was headed py General w. H.
James, and although he tried TO avert
ha 81, n hing he mad To do IA he trsa hid