The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-27

has been distributed by the League in
all 6S5, 600 Republican pamphlets. THIS
has required considerable work as the
method adopted for the distribution was
TO mali each pamphlet to individual ad-
Republicans in the several counties of
the State.
OF the Republican speeches made by
Congressman and Senators during last
OF the Deadly Parallel written by
Senator Stokes, 10000 copies We're sent
secretary in his report. In all a total Of
10000 Republican campaign documents
We're distributed to the voters in 1894.
HIGGINS NOMINATED.
When the, enthusiasm of the Hudson
men over this report had subsidized, the
Secretary called the roll for noinina-
tiols for President. Bergen led !, off # by by
aner let it go again. They yelled ana
shouted. swung their hats and waved
the small flags they carried for at least
Camden had no nomination. .Bill"
Cole slowly unwound his tail lank figure,
and declared in his Yankee twang that
Camden had a candidate Immediately
a dozen or more Camden men got
around the refractory William. and he
soon subsided. When Essex was called;
Essex had no candidate.
Yes. she has too" exclaimed Assem-
blyman Benedict jumping to his feet
"There's going to be no gag law in this
delegation. and, | noninase Abram
Lower of Ocean"
with look Of triumph at Mr.. Mott
When Hudson was reached every
body jumped up With Higgins name on
getting them quiet. and was about to
pass on to Hunterdon when he spied
G. Frank =; Sutherland stan1ing r IN the
given to Frank against the protest of
several VINO said they dinn'a @ane 20
hear any speeches.. But Sutherland in
sisted. upon exercising the grea- honor
he expressed it, of placing Mr. Higgins
in nomination, and away he went. Frank
is a, good speaker. if you DOM care
much what he says, and he went on for
some time telling how the choice of
Higgins as President Of the League
would elect a Republican Governor next
fall
MURRELL NAMES LOWER.
There were no nominations until Mon
mouth was reached. and then Murrell
went. to the bat. He expauated upon
him by making him Chairman OF a dele
black men from GLORIOUS OIL Mon-u-
seat on the winning coach by stopping
all over Sheriff Tofey and declaring that
If there We're more John j. Toffeys in
Gratis feft. But the farmers, the brawny
handed son of toll of OIL Mon-u-muth,"
and he was a farmer himself, wanted a
farmer in the Presidents chair. He
would therefore nominate Ahrarn Lower,
than whom a mere honest conscientious,
etc. ETC., man never existed.
'lGive US Abram Lower. gentlemen" he
yelled. land We'll elect your Republican
Governor next fall
There, We're no more nominations, and
the ballot was taken; Camden and
to vote for Lower and before the roll
call was finished it was apparent that
Higgins was elected; Then Camden
made the break to Higgins and Mercer
followed. Then Mr. Lower moved to
make Higgins election unanimous, and
Murrell and half the Hudson delegation
seconded it, while the others howled and
shouted. Messrs. .Varney, Lower and
Murrell were appointed to escort the
newly elected President to the stage,
emerged from the wings with him, the
hand took a whsck at Hail to the
Chief" ard the Hudson delegation went
withstanding his ardent declaration that
he he, was not a talker but 2 worker. He
son oa anS anS they IN his bad yon dogS things in Ha
promised to what Older and more ex-
Der.enced men could not do-make the
TROUBLE BREAKS OUT.
. The election OF vice presidents was
taken taken Up fpr neat @ and then there vas
a first class cause of disturbance. Each
Congressional district by the constitu-
ton nsal,daad had the sn right to name one vice
Assemblyman Lewis T. Derousse. When
the. Second district was called Thomas
T, ., Turner was named; Turner is a
Windsor Hotel. He is quite a politician
and for some time past he and r. Henri
Herbert, a colored cigar manufactnrer;
leadership of the Afro-Amerlcan voters
of Mercer county. Both are fine looking
men and almost white in color.
toned Herbert. who was with the
Mercer delegation, was on the floor.
''As a colored man I desire to protest
against the nomination of Turner he
cried. "Its an insult to every colored
voter. The man is not here and has no
right to be named here for this Office.
ton. I nominate Edward R. Davis. a
respectable whiteman."
Bill Foley of Burlington SAID that
Turner was the nominee of the caucus
and the delegation should stand by
him.
cation supported Turner and insisted
upon Davis being named. An understood
young mulatto, with an immense white
choker, shot up like g jack-in-the.,box
some one pulled his coat and he dis
appeared.
me widest nu OF d tlIHe .IoJioWeu
bert and SAID hard things about him.
but they got as. good as they sent
from Herbert's followers. Everybody in
the Mercer delegation began yelling at
the top of his voice and addressed each
other instead of the chair. while the
others looked on and laughed: Finally
it was resolved to allow the district to
go out into the lobby and try to come
to some understanding, while the con-
vention went on
The scene in the lobby was a repeti-
of strife were waited through the open
doors. Although regulations for YER
acity, political honesty and the like were
ruthlessly slain no blood was spilled
The district delegates came back and
reported that they could not agree, and
Colonel Chambers, the chairman, named
but Abram wouldn't have it. Then it
was suggested that the. convention
choose the vice president but tbat was
declared out of order, and Mr.. Higgins
finally found a way out OF the dith-
Guilty by suggesting that the roll OF tne
district be called and each club vote for
its candidate This was done and Davis
won hv a vote of 1872 to S1s, whereat
the Herbert faction took turn at
making the welkin ring.
HJrDSON's COT.ORED BROTHER
WORKED UP.
While the Mercer delegation was gin
the lobby the convention proceeded with
the selecting of the vice e-presidents
When this was ended the coinrad brotner
made more trouble Jesse Williams of
Hudson made kick because there Were
no coiored men on the list. He declared
his side was not getting the recognition
It deserved and he made plea for Mes
senger Merritt of Mayor Wanser's office
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