The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-29
P0LI1ICS AND RACES.
The Two Leading Attrac-
tons at the Inter
state Fair.
CROWDS CHEER GOVERNOR WERrs
Two SeriOus Accidents DO Not In
terfere With the Trotting
or Slate Making.
CHEER GOVERNOR WERrs
Special to The jersey city Ke.es.

Aoe@1 NJ PVSRAV bAS 8NSCe dAA
distributed themselves thrOu:h the
grounds. The grand stand, which has
been greatly enlarged since last summer.
was filled before nooa and an hou later
seats co commanded a. price which would
have filed she heart OF q New York
ticket Spectator with ecstatic Joy. To
make ones way through. the quarter
stretch was a worse job than Try
ing to get through the crowd.
Of women that hesiegsd The
big diamond In the Tiff luy exhibit at
the Chicago Fair. II there is oRe thing
the South Jerseyman likes it yin horse
racing. He aud his wife will join the
I procession that journeys up to Trenton
each winter. at reduced rates. and be-
seeches the Legislature, for the sake of
their homes. their daughters aud every
thing else. not to ,ss laws legaliz Ing
race tracks and gambling. ana then,
when u IA mer around, they go to
Mount Holly. Treaton and tae other
kick. aud scramble unssemly for a good
position to see the races. Thus it hap
psned that the first places on the ground
to hll up were the grand stand. the
quarter stretch aud every other spot
from which a view Of the track could be
obtained.
BLOOD DID NOT MOVE THEM
Calvrey, the eight rope performer, fell
q distance of ninety feet and was carried
away @ quiverinK mass Of broken bones
and mansled flesh. Young Stewart, the
poor little jockey from gluten berg, was
thrown frsm his horse and carried to ths
Press tent on a cot moaning with pain.
Still the good people held their seats
until the last race was run and the
blatant book maker had shouted his
last odds and started for the city.
Those who could not get into the grand
stand crowded the bars and emptied
sheckels into the capaoious pockets OF the
various fakirs who pitched their tents Ia
all parts OF the grounds. The horse. cat
well crowded during the daY and every
thing indie ated that there would be a
large surplus in the associations treas.
ury at the close of the season.
10 the right of the track aud separated
therefrom By a large patch OF green
sward, stood : row Of tents v%ariously,
Treasurer" For tue exclusive ass of
the reception committee" Press"
Superintendent" and the like.
The space In front of these
tents was roped off and at varieas inter-
walls along the ropes were littIs signs
reading Private" Inside Of this en-
closure was another crowd, which was
ss attractive In its was rs any other ex-
hioit. 1t WAS composed Of ths leading
Politicians of the State aud In it WAS
almost every leader. state aud local,
from his Excellsucy Governor Werts to
His Washup. Johnny Kelly, Coroner from
Burlington.
Governor Werts arrived early In the
afternoon accompanied by Celoasl Kussr
and other ,membsrs Of his staff and re-
nQtVnd AN Anfhnalaefip raNantian Ho
was put into a carriage and driven
2round the track while the baud played,
'.Hail to the Chief" The vast thronR
shouted and cheered until 1t was hosrse.
GENERAL sEWELL's REAPPRARANCE.
Generai Sewell was conspicuous In the
his re tnTn from the Grand Army
snctmpment at Indianapolis and the
Chicago Fair. It was she same old
General, ana he looked over his glasses
with the same sharp piercing eye before
which more than cue badning Rspubli-
can statesman has quailed. The General
was attended by u large numoer of his
a big red rose in his buttonhole. stood at
the General's right and received almost
as much attention as the great mogul
himself The republican Siamese
twins. ex-StRts Treasurer Toffsy and
ex-Comptroller e. j. Anderson were
there Of curse. Colonel Toffsy was
frequently addressed as SHERIFF by
those who wanted to be particularly
courteous. but as he has been Sheriff OF
Hudson and entitled TO the title, he never
moved a muscle and the shot went wide
or its mark. EX-United States Marshall
Budd Deacon, who Is one of the most
faithful fellows the good Camden Re-
publican has. converSed anicaoly with
mis- successor. Colonel Pfeifer. and ex-
Judge William T. Hoffman. Dick Read
Ing, another violent Sewell man, and
member of the state Republican Com
mittee, an a number of lesser Repub-
lican lights, wandered through the Gro wd
and frequently disappeared to-, examine
the private exhibits in the reRr of the
tents, OF which they were judges.
The Republicans all seemed to be in
tho dumps over something and the
general kept then under his glittering
eye all the time. A South jersey Assem-.
blymau. however, managed TO ut out of
the focus of the dictatorial optic and uu.
bosomed himself.
: us there any reason to believe that the
Republicans will carry the House next
fali?" he began. mot a bit of it,. The
Republicans are going into the campaign
on the old line Of sentiment. which has
lost everything we have tried for during
the past few years. Sentiment Is all
right, but organization is much strongsr
In politics; and organization is just what
we haven't got. It's all well enough for
The State committee to issue It's goody
goody lnauifes toes, but nothing Will be
accomplished until we have q better
organization"
(which might begin with the State
Committee itself?" suggested a by
stander.
Exactly" said the Assembly nau as
he turned to assure a republican from
the northern part of the State that the
Republicans wouid carry everything
down his wayiu the fall.
CONGRESSMAN FIELDER's RECEPTION.
Tners We're Three Congressman present:
Messrs. Flelier. Cornish and L1udeus-
lager. Mr.. Cornish has put Oh much
conversational dignity since he went TO
Washington and called one of his con-
stltuepts down. for addressing him by the
old familiar tern Of "Jonhst,' an appel
laifon, the use OF which he formerly en-
cournged when a Senate and Warren
politician. Can it be that Mr..
Cornish proposes to retire from politics?
Mr.. Fielder met with a hearty r.cep-
ton and was frequently asked about tue
situation fu Hudson Billy Thompson
was around much TO the surprise Of those
VINO kne the situation in Camden and
wondered how it was hat he could
break away when his interests were III
such jeopardy at home. Judge Howard
Csrrow, one of the leading lawyers of
Camden, who win probably be AIKEN up
by the decent democrats of the county
for Senator. also attracted much atten-
tion. Speaker Tom Flynn found more
interest in the good things OF the race
TRACK than the political discussions in
quality row. Among the other notables
presenI were:-
Senators Perkins OF Burlington, Skirm