The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-30

GREATEST FAIR DAY YET
Over Fifty Thousand People
Attend the Inter
State Fair.
AN OVATION FOR ALBEIT.
John Kean. Jr., Shakes Hand
With the Populace and
General sewell
Smiles.
AN OVATION FOR ALBEIT.
Snecfa1 to the .Ierseu 1utu Mans

TRENTON, Sept. 80, 1S92.-He who in
vented Governors Day" at the Jersey
fairs, whoever he may have been. builded
better than he imagined. The man who
first conceived the idea of bringing to-
gether at a country fair all the big guns
OF b ,th political parties where they could
see and be seen, aud owe crackers and
cheese and lemonade discuss the political
situation without the animosities of the
platform, was A genius.
For many years the day has been the
leading feature of the Waverly Fair, and
when a number of enterprising gentle
men got together and organized the
Great Interstate Fair. one of the first at
fractions they iutroduced was Governors
Day. Yesterday was that occasion. aud it
was one of the most successful
of the kind ever held in this State. Such Il
crowd was never seen at Il JERSEY fair
before. AS early as seven O'Clock the
county agrlculturists began to pass
through the gates in the same old carry
ais aud one horse rigs" in which they
used to go TO camp meeting twenty years
ago As the day passed on and the trains
began to arrive the crowds steadily in-
creased and by three O'Clock over sc. 600
admissions had been registered BIZ the
turn stiles. The visitors distributed them
selves over the sDacious grounds admired
the horses and cattle at q safe distance;
pulled wool out of the sheep and scratched
tine backs of the swine with their canes
and umbrellas. They watched The agri-
cultural impliments a1 work and ate in
dlgestable griddle cakes made on the pre-
misses and new and improved mince
meat on crackers.
THERE WERE NO FAKIRS PRESENT. OH, mol
They watched a greasy Italian in red
flannel tights dance Il war dance, and
gave up their dimes willingly to crawl
into a stufy little building and see the
biggest steer in the county.
With opeu eyes n mouths they gap
ed at a muscular woman who played the
bagpipes while a frowsy clown snuff1ed a
badly demoralized breakdown. Then
they gave up more dimes to go behind the
canvas and see a double-1eaded colored
girl, who was making her positively last
appearance before going to the Chicago
FAIR, sew on two sewing machines at
once. Then they bought peanuts and
bilious looking popcorn aud went over to
the G n stand to watch the races and
harass their digestions.
While this was going on the politicians
were assem- bling over on Quality Row,
just behind the SecreJary's Office. There
they were met by President John Taylor,
Secretary John Guild Muirheid. Colonel
A. r. Kuser, yelling Slckels and w. II.
LiuUuTR, WIZ We1COueQ bH6m 10 bUe
CrOwds, and saw that they were properly
refreshed after this pilgrimage. About
the first to arrive was john kean, Jr..
and if John is as far ahead in the guber-
material race as he was in the handsnak-
ing races yesterday, he will preside over
the New Jersey building of the Worlds
Fair next year. Fides Achates Foster
Voorhees, las at his elbow as usual, and
John came through the handshaking or
deal unscatbed.
THE POLITICIANS OUT IN FORCE.
Governor Albeit was early on the
ground. He came all the way from Hart
ford, where he made a great speech for
the Connecticut Democracy the night
before. He was somewhat fatigued by
the Journey and aid not look as well
phys cally as he did at Waverly. Never
theless he was in good spirits and talked
and chatted with mis- friends in his usual
manner. His private secretary, Lon
Albeit. was with him ard showed him
self to be as popular with the visitors as
his distinguished father. General Sewell
was on hand very clipper and friendly.
He shook hands with everyone who called
HIM General, and made all the country
men believe that he was really glad to see
Them. The affable William BEETLE. his
secretary, was always near him. while
long, lank Bill Cole, the Republican
terror of Camden, kept at his heels like &
faithful dog.
The handsome Dulk or Robert Adraln
moved in n out among the rhroug with
the Chesterfieldian grace which SO cha
racterizes the Senator from Middlesex
He warmly grasped the hand of all the
politicians and joked with them just as
though there hadn't been a guberna
torial convention III the last ten years.
Those politicalpatricians, the State House
officials, drove over TO the grounds in open
baroucbes and when they arrived they
looked as though they had been spending
a week III a graham lour mill, SO thicR
was the dust. The financial twins, Treas
urer Gray and Comptroller Heppen
heimer, SAT- side by side in a carriage and
ON the opposite seat 10 them were Adju.
rant General Striker and Quartermastel
General Donneliy looking, without theil
gold lace and feathers, not a bit like lh'
mighty warriors they are.
PLENTY OF MILITARY MEN,.
Staff officers We're abundant on every
hand. There was Colonel John Var
> Cleef with the little poem that caused
judge Werts to accept the nomination
"1 a ia IA boom de ayes" Colonel Early, a
fat and jolly as ever;Lieut.-Col. Loutrelle
AID Mayor Albeit. But as none of then
appeared in uniform they were ''shy' OF
much Of the glory as Colonel Earl,
would say.
The gathering was essentially a Soutt
Jersey one and few pubic men from th,
northera part of the State were to b
seen. Surrogate O'Neiil and State Prison
Inspector Max Staples. however, snool
hands with the politicians and then wen
over to the grand stand to bet ponies o
beer on the races. Colonel Toffey an,
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