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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
THE PRESS ON GRIGGS
REPRESENTS A STATE TAX.
From the Dover Index Dem-)

From the Dover Index (Dem-)
The Republican State convention,
which met Yesterday at Trenton, proved
to be more of a circus than was prognos-
ticated for it by its bitterest oppo-
nents. The outcome of the three ballots
necessary for a choice out of the four
leading aspirants. Kean, Griggs, Voor-
bees, Ward, resulted in ex-senator John
w. Griggs of Paterson, being made the
nominee. Mr.. Kean was BOWED ous-ne
was a squeezed lemon-and that upstart,
Senator Voorhees,, being his
The A.. P. A. sahoence'' represented Sen
ator Rogers pull, while Mr.. Ward of
Essex wasn't in it.
Mr.. Griggs has some elements OF
strength about him that can't we'll be
ignored-there are matters of record in
his career which will be hard for him
or his friends to explain away. We refer
more especially to his advocacy and vote
for the Local Option and High License
law. This was considered such a BAD
Trims against his being nominated that
Republican Committee of Essex county,
said he would lose this county If he was
selected as the Gubernatorial candidate.
His nomination means North Jersey
.'True American well says. and our
people know what that means, as there
is said to be a scheme on foot TO soppie
up all the water ways in this section, in
Guiding the Rockaway River. rms, II
successful. will result in the shutting
off of Dover's natural sewerage outlet.
Meanwhile it behooves our people to be
up and doing or else Griggs and MS
Water Syndicate will lay US on the shelf
as far as sewerage is concerned.
Mr.. Griggs is a railroad and corpora
ton lawyer, being one Of the chief ceun-
,elors of the Delaware. Laclawanna &
Western Railroad Company. Hence if
the people want to have q State tax
John w. Griggs Governor, along with a
subservient Republican 'tfeform' Legis-
lature, like the State has been blessed 81
they'll set it. Then those wise tax
laws making the railroads and corpora
lions pay their taxes. which was engin-
eered through Al adverse Legislature
by Governor Abbett's pluck and perse-
verance, will be wiped off the statute
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
DRANK WINE FOR A WAGEI
Five Gallons Consumed by Three wen
and Two Now Seriously bIi.

re- ab0
Special to the Jersey City Ne,cs.
yINELAND. Sept. 2, 1Ss5.-Two Ital-
ians. who started out on Thursday night
to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary
of the capture of Rome, and then drank
five gallons of wine within an hour on
a wager. are in danger of dying. A third
man. who did his share of the drink
ing was not affected in the least.
Philip Venischo. Amelia Mengenlgon
and Paul Calischo. three farmers living
a few miles out. drove into East Vine
land Thursday night and went to a hotel
where a number of their countrymen
had orange to meet and celebrate the
anniversary. Considerable wine was
drunk during the evening and the crowd
became hilarious. When this stage had
been reached. a wealthy wine maker
offered a wager that no three men in the
room could drink five gallons of wine,
which he would supply, within an dhour.
The three men named accepted the wager
and the f~orfeits were posted.
The wine maker leftdthe 9hotesa went
home and procured five gallons. of his
into bottles and the men sci abott their
task. In fifty-two minutes the last drop
of wine had disappeared and the three
Within ten minutes after the wine had
been consumed, Venischo was taken
sick, His face became pale and he COM
planned of pains in the stomach. Finally
he appeared to become paralyzed, and
his blood appeared to cease to flow. He
was unconscious when a physician reach
ed the hotel. Mengenigon showed SINH
lar symptoms five minute later.
The physician pumped out the wine
from both and worked over them all
night. They recovered somewhat before
morning. but the doctor said they were
still in danger of death.
! Calischo. who drank more of the five
gallons thar either of the others by a
bottleful, as he drank his share before
the others. and took a half a bottle from
each. was not in the least affected by his
excess. save to become drunk.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
A CLEAN CAMPAIGN ANYWAY

From the Hoboken Evening News Dem.)
Whatever explanation is the correct one,
whichever the Boss would like accepted,
1t can scarcely be denied that the Repub-
!ican party has put its .'best foot for
ward, in the nomination of ex-senator
Griggs it has set up the choice lof its
oablic men. Had it been the 'faiS field
and no favor" fight claimed for it. Griggs
would undoubtedly nave been the man.
He is clean and he is able. With Griggs
N one ticket. and such a man as Lip
pincott or McGill on the other, the cam
naign will be a stand UP fight between
the two parties, with personalities elm
mated from the arguments.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
NOTICE 70

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners on
fnMPTRovEEMENT OF wAvERLY STREET.
from Palisade avenue to Oakland avenue:
to the provisions of Chapter III of the Laws
of 1895, and in accordance with specifications
Blank forms of bid and agreement of sure
ties must be obtained at the office of the Chief
Engineer. corner of Jersey avenue and Mer-
Ger SUES ISMATE OF duANTiTIEs.
About 1000 cubic yards of earth excavation.
About $3.50 square yards of asphalt paving.
About 100 lineal feet of curb stone.
About 1,I2o lineal feet Of reset curb stone.
About 8 manhole heads to be reset.
Time allowed for the completion of the work.
thirty 800 working days.
The making of the above Improvement and
award Of the contract therefor will be sub
property liable to more. than one-half the
assessment therefor on the basis Of prelimi-
nary sketch.
Proposals must be enclosed in sealed en-
velopes, endorsed Proposals for Improvement
of Waverly Street" directed to Mr.. John
c. Kaiser. Chairman Of Committee on Streets
and Sewers and handed to the Clerk Of the
Board in open meeting when called for in
the order of business relating to sealed pro-
posals.
nor will a substitution of ~surettes be allowed.
The Board may. under the provisions Of the
act above cited, exercise its right to releet
any or all proposals.
to Section l. Chapter 1874. of the Laws Of 1891.
under the terms whereof no contract shall
be binding upon the city or become effective
or operative until the bondsmen offered by the
contractor have been approved as TO suficlency
by this Board. and as to form by the Corr
poration Counsel. the President of this Board
having power to examine the proposed bonds
men under oath.
BY order of the Board of Street and Water
t. BoUToN.
SAS
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
NOT MERELY A STATE FIGHT.

From the Jersey City Journal" Rep.)
The political campaign. inaugurated
on Thursday by the Republican party
of this State in its convention. will have
an important bearing and influence on
the greater political contest of next year
in the field of national politics, and this
is a fact of which no Republican in
New Jersey should be unmindful.
y This Republican campaign
for Griggs and a Republican State vic
tory. should be conducted with close
and constant regard for the relation
which. its result win have TO. and the
influence it viii exercise upon the presi-
merely a State fight on which we are
about 70 enter
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
ALWAYS M0E0POLY's TOOL
From the Trenton True American lper

From the ,Trenton-True American Dem.)
job w. Griggs is a lawyer of high
standing and a gentleman OF ability. His
ability did not keep him from urging
local option against his own judgment
and at caucus demand; and mis- legal at
tributes have been placed at the disposal
of the Delaware and -Lackawanna rail-
road; and the water monopoly.
he would make a very fair Republican
Governor, but there IS no possible reason
to expect that as a Republican Governor
of a Democratic State he will not be just
as subservient to boss rule and caucus
control as when he was in the House of
Assembly and in the Senate
In fact the wisest politicians are those
who question Sewell's opposition to
Griggs, and who see that Griggs had
made his terms before he entered the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
WILL REVIVE AN OLD ISSUE.

From the New York World" Dem.)
His one great mistake when in the
Legislature was to advocate the curtail-
ment of personal liberty. In 1888. when
he was the leader of his party in the
Senate. he assisted to draft and pass a
high license. local option law which
brought about actual prohibition in sew
eral counties and threatened to accom-
plish the same result in most of the
others
AT the next election there was an up
rising of the people, the obnoxious act
was repealed by the Democrats and
Griggs and his party scarcely secured
a foothold in the State House again
until 1893. five years later.
His nomination now will doubtless re-
awaken the old issue, and the campaign
may be fought on lines similar to those
in New York.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
MEANS A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR

From the Camden Review" (Dem.)
The Republicans have not nominated
their strongest man for Governor. John
w. Griggs stands only for the extreme
views of his party on those questions
which nave resulted in sumptuary legis-
lation. In the upper end of the State, ne
will lose all the strength his party mas
apparently gained in the past two years,
and South Jersey is not especially inter
ested in his ambitions. We agree with
the view openly expressed by the Essex
another Democratic GoVernor.n
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
THE TROLLEY AXLE BROKE.
spccioitothc JerNfy CryNears.

GLOUCESTER CITY, Sept. %, 1885,
While trailer car No. ?, which was drawn
by motor car No. 10, of the Camden,
Gloucester & Woodbury. Trolley Com
pany, was crossing the long bridge over
Timber Creek at six o'clock last night,
the front axle broke when near the
draw. The car was crowded on the
front and back and every seat was filled
by passengers from Washington Park.
There was great excitement as the tide
was at high water and there was no
way for the passengersito getgoffi Other
cars that got on the bridge were also de-
layed for an hour until the car could be
pushed on the turnout. No one was in
iured.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
LooTING ABBETT's M

From the Camden DAILY Telegram
fRep.o
To Mr.. Griggs the taxpayers of New
Jersey are indebted for the laws which
levy upon corporations a sufficient sum
annually to relieve them from any bur-
then to meet the ordinary pense of
the State. Ex-Governor Albeit at
TEMPTED to approximate his work and
claimed credit for its conception. but
every one who participated in the legis-
lation of that year or who was familiar
GriggS the credit which was his due.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
ATLANTIC CITY FILLED.
thousand of Visitors Seek Refuge
from the Heat.
Special to nc JcrstU Gag Neus.

SDccfut 10 Inc jersey Jug NefS.
ATLANTIC CITY. Sept. %, 1895.-The
gweltering heat of Saturday night and
this morning was rhe means of sending
down thousands OF visitors yesterday
who were literally driven out of the
city. They came down over the several
railroads with coats and hats off n
collars unbuttoned to seek a Whit OF
salt sea air and rest under the numerous
shade ~pavilions along the grand boule-
ward. or wherever they could obtain a
breeze.
Formally was thrown to the dogs.
People were here to cool eff and so
they did. 1t was warm here in the
early morning, with a very light breeze
stirring. But in the afternoon the
balm came-a splendid southeastern
breeze prevailed. and many of the visl-
tors remained here tonight to enjoy It.
Saturday was one of the warmest Sep
TENDER days on record and Sunday was
not much OF an Improvement.
Several excursions Swelled the crowds
up at the Inlet and many went out in
the sail boats on the water to eaten a
hraeXA.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
E WE'RE sTAYERs.

From the Newark Evening News
Rep)l
1t is a fine tribute to pay to his lieu
tenants and to the rank and file of the
Griggs forces. to say they never wav-
cred. Under conditions of unusual stress
they stood unf1inchingly for the man of
their choice. So firm and so steadfast
was the attitude of the Griggs men be-
fore and after the first ballot that it
seemed as if the moral sentiment which
prompted their election to the conven-
ton had been transmitted to them and
rendered them invincible.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23

ture. There are MANY other things more
important than excise matters, which
the Police Board will have to attend to
in the future"
This is a remarkable change of front.
Does it mean that the liquor men have
been dragooned into line for the COP?
Was this the object of the late crusade?
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
WAS he A o ToOL2

From the Passaic Daily News (Rep.)
His part in helping his party to put
the Local Option bill through the Legis-
Iature should cost him no votes. The
German-Americans who alone are ex-
pected to oppose him on this ground, will
no doubt be fully reconciled by the ex-
PLANTATION that but for the fact that the
bill had been made a caucus measure
Mr.. Griggs would not nave Interested
himself in It at all. A close friend of
General sewell Is authority for the
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
THE INVITATION OF THE STREAMS

From this summer the whole earth be-
came to the boy. as Tennyson describes
thelotus country, "a land Of streams"
In schooldys and in town he acknowl-
edged the sway of those mysterious and
irresistible forces which produce tops at
kites at another, and bind all boyish
herts to play mumble-the-peg at the
due time more certainly than the stars
are bound to their orbits. But when
vacation came, with its ANNUAL exodus
from the city. there was only one sign
Century.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
RoBBING Il DEAD.
From the New Brunswick Freedonian
(RepA

FT0m the New BrunsWlcK F%reedoniln
(Rep.)
He never owned a boss or wore a coll
lar. He always did his W thinking,
and acted from the dictates of his own
conscience. He has been a Republican his
while life long, and a good one, but he
has never been a machine politician or
the creature of a ring. His honesty is
unquesttoned, his ability conceded, and
his backbone is not of the india rubber
variety. The people owe him a debt of
gratitude for the passage of the Railroad
Taxation law, which has freed the State
from a direct tax, as well as for many
candidate, and will make an ideal Cover
nor
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
he IS a REPUBLICAN.
From the Paterson "Evening News

From the Paterson sEvening News,'
(Dem.)
Mr.. Griggs is a Republican. and HI
represents the Republican party. No
doubt. he is c-onscientiously convinced
that Republican principles present the
true scheme of government AS a mat
ter of fact the principles of both parties
are good enough. But principles are
not practice. and it is against the prac-
tees. of. Republicanism hat we contend.
We want to see legislation in favor of
labor. and such Legislation the late mall
odorous Republican Legislature refused
to pass when 1t had power.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
BRAVE IN DOING EVIL.

From the Elizabeth DAILY Journal
(Rep.) !.
He has the courage of his convictions
and the ability to express these convic-
tions intelligently to his fellow-citizens.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
PUBLIC NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the Commits
meet at their office, in the building occu-
pied by the Board Of Street and Water Com
Ger street, Jersey City. N. j., on Tuesday.
the LIST day OF October, 1895. at 9 o'clock in
the forenoon, to appraise and determine the
value of real estate to be taken and damages
which any owner OF such real estate or OF
any interest therein may sustain by reason
of widening to the full width of SO feet.
DE KALB
between Westside avenue and the Hudson
County Public Road.
AT which time and place said Commissions
ers of Assessment win hear all parties in
terested In said Improvement who desire to
be heard. before them on the value OF lands
to be taken and the damages the owners OF
such lands may sustain by reason Of such
Improvement.
HUMPHREY w. CARR,
MICHAEL SCHULTZ. JR.,
CORNELIUS ]. CRONAN,
Commissioners of Assessment.
Dated Jersey City. September 18th. 1895.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23

AN ORDINANCE FOR THE RELIEF OF
Michael Dwyer in construction of bay win.
dows on building situated at No. 126 Bright
street.
me Mayor and Board of Stree. and Water
Commissioners of Jersey City. for and on
behalf of the municipality of said City, do
ordain as follows:-
Section First-That Michael Dwyer be and
is hereby granted permission to construct and
maintain bay windows in building to be cons
structed and owned by him at No. 1875 Bright
street. which bay windows may extend from
the second to the third story inclusive of said
building, and beyond the line of Bright street
two (2) feet six (6) inches, any ordinance to
the contrary Notwithstanding. The work to
be done under the supervision of the Inspector
Of Buildings.
Passed September 10, 1895.
RICHARD BROWN.
President.
Approved September Ii. 1895.
P. F. WANSER,
Mayor.
GEO. II. BouToN,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23

statement that Mr.. Griggs' version of
the matter is entirely justified by it's
history; that he had no hand whatever
in initiating the legislation. and helped
caucus Bound him to that policy. SaThe
fact is" said the gentleman, that the
local option measure was of General
Sewel's individual inspiration, and the
himself has no hesitation in
that he alone is responsible for
its enactment -
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
eLoUoEsTBR COUNTY REPUBLICANS
Special to the Jerscu city Nsrs.

WOODBURY., Sept. %, 1885,
The Republican nominating election, UNI
der Crawford county rules, was held in
Gloucester county yesterday. The only
fight was for Assembly, in which Solo
mon H.. Stanger, of Glassboro, received
about 800 majority over ex-Mayor p. Q.
Watkfns.o of Woodbury.. In this city Wat
while al Glassboro Stranger came off with
a. big majority.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
A MYSTERIOUS FIRE AT BRIDGgToN
Snec;;oI to the .Jerseu CituNeWs.

Special to the Jersey CltgNeVs.
BRIDGETON, Sept. %, 1S95.-The gro
Gerry store and residence of F. E. Stew
ems caught fire early yesterday morning.
The flames originated mysteriously in
the cellar. Before the firemen could ex-
tingu;sh them several hundred dollars
worth of groceries stored in the cellar
and all the parlor furniture were burned.
The fire ran up the partition to the sec
nnd Story.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23

a champion Of the first order could have
held the line unbroken and saved the
party from defeat and disaster. The
work Of John w. Griggs during his
eight years of service in the Legisla-
ture, during which he stood lncontesta-
bly, the chief of his party, earned him a
not only as an almost match
less political leader. but, as a statesman
a household word throughout New Jer-
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
sTooKToN,s DOG OAToHER's WORK

Special to the JERSEY City Neeos.
STOCKTON, Sept. %, 1S95.-The dog
catoher's ordinance having expired on
the goth inst, Dog Catcher Brown has
made the following report:-Dogs, cap
Der of dogs killed. 80.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
Griggs.

This is what Passaic county thought
OF Griggs' record as Senator:-In 1889 it
elected John Mallon, the first Democrat
who had represented it in the Senate in
fifteen years.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
TIE SHADOW OF GUS HOBART.

From the Newark Daily Advertiser
.(Rep.)
Mr.. Carrot A. Hobart looms up with
prodigious size to-day. 1t looks as If
Passaic were casting it's shadow clear
over into Camden.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
A STEPPING STONE FOR HOBART.

From the Bergen County Democrat CD
The nomination of Mr.. Griggs means a
straight out and out fight, and is the
preliminary movment of G.. A. Hobart,
as chairman of the National Republican
Committee
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
MONDAY. SEPTEMBER %. 1895.

This paper is Democratic IN principles
rnd is Independent in its Uieus ?" @' '0ea1
questions.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
A GOOD GAS PRODUCER,

From the Morris ~Jerseyman' Rep.).
We shall have a good deal more 10 say
about him as The Campaign progresses.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
crirrs a caueus Toole

we are amazed to see the defence
that the Republican papers are putting
forward for John w. Griggs' course IN
respect to the Blue Nose bill of 1888, We
are still more astonished to see them
attributing that defence to Mr.. Griggs
himself. We do not believe it emanates
from him. and if he is the man he is
represented to be, he will speedily dis
claim 1t.
Tne plea put forward is that Mr..
Griggs was personally opposed to the
bill. that he considered it a bad and
impolitic measure; but that ne sup
ported it only because it was endorsed
by the caucus of his party.
This certainly puts Mr.. Griggs in a
miserable position. It represents him
as smothering his conscience and stulti-
tying his intellect at the crack of the
party whip. What becomes of the hon
esty. rhe independence. the pure sense of
conviction for which this gentleman has
been so highly laudsd, and which even
"a. U- =
his opponents have been willing TO con-
cede to him2 Is John W. Griggs a man OF
his own mind or IS the tool of a boss or
a. caucus? This is the new question
which his indiscreet friends have inter
jected into the campaign?
Indeed, we feel like rushing to the de-
fence of Mr.. Griggs against his Re-
publican m~aligners. We are sure he
would rather be beaten for Governor
than misrepresented in this way. and We
confidently expect to see him come out
fairly and squarely for active war
against the liquor traffic as a main
plank in his personal platform
A REFERENCE to the history Of 1888
will show tina Mr.. Griggs was not a
mere dumb conserving party to the high
ncense-county-option bill. He made the
fight for the measure. He spoke for
it; he log-rolled for it. When influential
Republicans on the outside tried to argue
with him against it, he waved them aside
with that cold and naughty olShiey ior
which he is famous. In his campaign
speeches in the fall of that year he viru-
1ently upheld the measure, heaping OBJ
loquy upon the Democratic party because
it favored the more liberal ideas subse-
quently embodied in the Werts law. Mr..
Griggs was at the same time counsel Tor
the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
Railway in it's fight in the courts to es-
cape taxation. Between the two strag-
giles his time was pretty well occupied
trying to grind out the liquor traffic with
one hand while with the other he sought
to free the dear railroads from bearing
any share of the expenses of State.
That was a great year for John w.
Griggs.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
HELP WANTED.

CANvASSERS WANTED-L STERN,
BERG No: So Newark avenue. Cloth.
ms on Credit
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
questions

THE nomination of Mr.. John w.
Griegs has set the buzz-saw of The Jer-
sew CITY News a-humming.-"State Ga
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23
with it.

Yes. n you had better not monkey
with it.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-23

Dated Jersey City. September IS. 1895.