The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-12-30
1t WAS A BOOMERANG.
The Best Speech at the ANTI
Albeit Conference Praised the
Governor.

There was a great upheaval Of political
virtue at Taylor's Hotel yesterday after
noon. Those two great apostles of all
that is good and beautiful IN politics;
Mayor Larry" Fell. Of Orange. and
Judge "Willumn R. Rankin, of FJersey
City. with about twenty-five kickers on
general principles, met and settled Gov
ernor Abbett's senatorial ASPIRATIONS to
their own satisfaction at least. Among
the patriots in the room was Mr.. De
Lancy Cleveland. who it was said was a
cousin of President Cleveland.
Assemblymen Wright and Dupuy, Of
Bergen, and Timothy Barrett. of Essex,
were also present. but they took par
ticular pains to have it appear upon
record that they were not there as SYM
pathisers with the object of the NEE ting.
and were to take no part in the proceed
ings. w. A. CotJsr. a picturesque gen.
tIeman from Pennington with q byronic
front and q flaming red neck
tie presided, and the trouble be-
gan with a discussion concerning
the admission OK reporters after an invi-
tation had been ent to every New York
anu h6tbtN N1ly n0WHpdpCl OiANCs " AOA
several of the opponents OF the good n
teautiful, politically speaking. had freed
their minds upon the subject. one gentle
man from the rural districts wanted to
know II there were any reporters outside
waiting to get In. because II there wasn't,
the meeting was only wasting time dis
cussing the matter. He looked very
much chagrined when told that they
were already present, Z sat down amid
laughter. A resolution was finally passed
inviting the newspaper men to be
present.
A resolution declaring Governor Albeit
an unfit person to be United States Sena-
tor, was introduced by r. w. Guthrie,
and had the effect of a red rag up a mad
brit Esverat-Gs-ehose ~presunt hair
purged themselves OF the spleen they had
against the Governor when they were
Knocked almost speechless by an eIo-
quent speech by Judge w. E. Skinner, of
Hoboken. Tho Judge said that Governor
Albeit was one of the ablest men in the
country. and had done nobly by New
Jersey. He should not be set aside or hts
claims to further honors be considered
lightly. He WAS one of the greatest
political orators OF the day. and during
the last campaign the Judge had heard
him make speeches which were master
pieces of political oratory. He was all
right up to the last Legislature, and why
SuOulQ 1e u0 buEueO uOWA 1Of oue Ills
take? He earnestly declared that when
they turned down Governor Albeit they
turned down the ablest man they had.
What was needed now was able, gifted
men in The Senate, who would support
President Cleveland and his tariff reform
policy. Il
Governor Albeit made a rousing speech
nominating Cleveland at Chicago, and
he has declared that he Is imhued with
the principle OF Tariff Reform. The
Judge wanted to hear some reasons for
running down the Governor. Men de-
clared that he ought to be defeated; that
he was not fit to be Senator, bnt they did
not tell in what particular he was
William A. Linn, a jealous young man,
| who occasionally writes politics for the
EUenGng Post of New York, and such
politics TOO, attempted to be funny, and
tried to belittle Judge SINNERS remarks
by attributing them to the zeal of a new
convert, and the Judge squelched him so
efectually in about Two minutes that he
went into his shell and didn't peep again
once during the rest Of the meeting. The
managers of the meeting were surprised
at Judge SINNERS remarks, al they did
not intend to have anyone among them
who was not rabidly hostile to Governor
| Albeit.
There was some further discussion, and
then at the suggestion of the chairman,
the resolution was rendered as to state
that those present were opposed to,Gov-
ernor Albeit for Senator. rs
ID. MEG. Means. J.. B. Probst, j. Fl.
Laird, G. r. Forbes and S. B. Patterson
were appointed a committee to prepare a
| memorial to the Legislatures, setting
forth their objections to the Governor. IS