The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-10-16
REPUBLICAN CLUBS.
Some Remarkable Speeches at the
Conyention-The Negro in
the Fence.
Special to the jersey city Ne Us.

TRENTON. Oct. 16, 1891. Major Pang-
born made lively speech to the Conven-
tion of League Clubs yesterday. He de-
fined the wants of the party. which
seem to be want of Office, his speech
being sort OF dramatization of the letter
he sent last week to the Constitutional
Convention in your city. He was warmly
applauded, of course, because the Majors
hippancy is always thrown off in a chip
per style that suits people who think 1t
worth while TO listen to him.
Judge r. b. Seymour. who represented
Hudson on the Committee on Credentials.
made speech at the afternoon session,
aud was attentively listened to. He told
his hearers about thatold, but ever fresh
matter, the political conspiracy in Hud-
son county,"
During the recess there were two little
family quarrels. Some negroes wanted
10 be recognized by having one of their
number made vice president. The claim
was contested, and the negroes went
away threatening vengeance.
There was also q little trouble with the
Committee on Resolutions on matters
touching Blaine and Harrison, but this
was patched up and report agreed upon.
Colonel P. Farmer Wanser was select
ed to represent Hudson on the Committee
on Resolutions.
Ex-Speaker Armstrong of Camden
wearing Ia big blue Republican badge
twenty tunes larger than the blue badge
of temperance he wears, made the report
from the Committee on Resolutions. He
said he knew and was glad of che fact
that the resolutions he would read would
be swallowed by the convention without
a dissenting vote.
The first resolution was message of
congratulation to Secretary Blaine on his
return to health.
The other resolutions commenced by
sending greetings, but no offices, to the
Republicans OF the State. The country
was congratulated for being blessed with
the administration at Washington. The
cause of protection was then admired and
was said to be necessary to the future
happiness of the country. MI. Harrison's
idea about currency was applauded Inc
return of the Democratic party to power
in both houses of the Legislature was re.
ferred to as "the dark pages OF history"
and because the Democrats took what be-
longed to them made the authors OF the
resolution very angry.
SOME FARCJCAL OBJECTIONS.
The resolutions were most ludicrous
when they stated that the recent State
buildings ordered erected by the Leglsla-
ture were erected without bids or con-
tract and were paid for by "unhely
drafts"
The Werts Election law was condemned
as pretense, being nothing but bull
wark around the crime against suffrage.
The resolutions continued in their
hatred by saying that an armed army
could be tolerated, but the insidious
purposes of Governor Albeit were simply
awful, and then wound up abruptly by
an appeal to young men to vote Che
ticket of the Republicans.
Unless the Democratic party was de,
feated, the resolutions foolishly saidl
s.free government would be q thing of
the past
The resolutions were adopted by a ris-
ing vote, all the would be officials Of the
convention getting up, and those who get
up were all the delegates present.
E. w. Saunderson of Hudson, one Of
the secretaries, was thanked by rising
vote for his efforts in behalf OF the League
and in helping to establish it from the
first meeting.
There was contest for the delegates
to the National League Convention. 1t
resulted in General w. j. Sewel of Cam-
den and H. A. Potter OF Essex as dele
gates, and Foster N. Voorhees, of Union
and Senator Cranmer of Ocean as alter
mates.
President Gaskill was then reelected
President of the League. after he had
been nominated by all the counties, and
in nominating him nearly every county
got his middle name wrong, which was
the only thing in the whole convention
that made the good natured President
angry. The nomination was made unani
NOUS after long, lean. Bill Cole of Cam
den got up and shouted that Mr.. Gas
kill had the making of a governor in
him.
Ex-Congressman John Kean. Jr..
Chairman OF the Republican Executive
Committee, was called on for speech.
and the handsome and rich politician
responded His delivery is like an Epis-
copal minister's, ana he quosed Latin like
a raw college graduate. He worked him
self into quite heat In declaring that the
horde of rascals at the State House should
be driven out
The venerable Alexander. G. Cattel, of
Newark, then made the best and most
temperate speech of the day, and was
loudly applauded. He said he was elected
to the State Legislature on the same
ticket which elected Grandfather Harri-
son to the Presidency. II am no longer
young" said the speaker, which caused
long and lean Bill Cole, of Camden, to
exciaim, "Come off," and another dele
gate, "God bless you" The venerable
speaker closed with the hope that he
would live until New Jersey went Re-
publican, and he closed saving:-
Lord, mine eyes have seen Thy saliva
tioD, let Thy servant depart in peace.
Then Captain Jack Graham got up to
speak, aud the convention left him alone