The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-20
GRIGGS F0R GOTERNOR.
The Unanimous Choice of New
Jersey t pub'ioa1s.
THREE BALLOTS ARE NECESSARY


l'""N ""' t.'e OFT ihn Party fH"n H"'
Brcn sctn a. s.uI ar Gathering ru1
over T,,..., .....
TRENTON -Ut al. - The Republican
static CON un m.0 h.n Yesterday uuI
nominated John W. Gr'rr,, of Union
county. eE start. senator and prominent
lawyer for governor.
Because of .ha fac. that the Republicans
are very hopeful of success This Iu.I thg
convention attracted tl tha ciw more Of
t1' rank and H..". tnH party th1u has hnau
seen gt similar gathering forever twenty
years. and lH"o was genuine rlH. 0n
the part o. half dozen gentlemen toso-
cure Che coveted nomination which finally
zen to- Mr. GHgr- ou the lhlrl ballot.
His chief competitor was oE-N0nrross.
man John Enau. Jr.. who uus the candi-
dato a9uiu7. Governor Wau- three years
years ago. Iho others Dun Uha race were
blias ID. Ward, pr-.leutof the Prudential
insurance company 3D.. N.vgrIl State som
ltor Foster NJ. Voorhees, of Union state
senator Maurice N Rogers of Camden
and Congressman John y. Gardner of At
lantic. all O.. them having almost equal
strength with the exception of Gardner
who polied only twenty three votes on thp
first ballot and was then dropped sheriff
. TOfey, of Hudson. although not caudi
date, received the vote of one Burlington
/ county delegate on each of the three bal
lots.
Upon questions of national import the
/ platform says; 1--WE rcalhrm our devotion
TO the national policy of our party; our
opposition to any attempt to impose upon
this country debascd or deprecated cur
rency, and our firm beliSg in the wisdom
and benehconce of a tax upon imports
which will afford protection to American
industry and adequate revenue
The convention was called to order by
/ Franklin j. Murphy the chairman of the
state Republican committee, i'm Taylor's
Opera House, which was packed with a
crowd of delegates and shouting friends Of
the candidates
On recommendation of Chairman Muir
ply, Congressman Mahlon Pitney was
made temporary chairman and he was
escorted to the platform, amidst great ap
plause and cheers, by Garrett A. Hobert,the
Griggs supporter, and Senator &c. Stokes.
of Burlington county
The committee on permanent organiza-
ton recommended that j. Frank Fort, of
Essex, be chairman Eugene Emley of
Passaic, and senator Thomson, Of Somer
set, escorted ex-Judge Fort to the plat
form. At the conclusion Of the speeches a
roll of the counties was called for and the
naming of representatives on the commit
tees on resolutions, organization and
credentials
Grggs was formally nominated when
Passaic county was reached in the roll
call by Colonel Joseph w COngdon, who
eulogized his favorite as a distinguished
lawyer and man of the people, For Sus-
sex Lewis Van Blarcom seconded Griggs.
William H Corbin, chairman of the
Union county delegation, announced that
that county had two candidates. Con
gresham Fowler YVES first introduced.
and he named Senator Foster w. Noor-
hees. j Martin Roll, Of the same county,
named eX-Congressman John kean, Jr.,
also Of Union and the nominations closed.
Before the balloting began MiddleseN
county presented claims for two additional
delegates based on new wards in Perth
Amboy and after some debate this was
allowed. One more delegate was also al
lowed Essex county for a new ward in East
Orange These additions increased the
membership of the conycu ion to S47, max
ing 424 necessary to % choice.
The first ballot result'l Griggs, 294;
Kean, ,207; Ward, 1853; Voorhees, -; Rogers,
70; Gardner %; Toffey, blank I. On the
second ballot, the Atlantic county delega-
tion dropped Gardner the vote resulting:
Griggs, 33S; Kean, 24s; Ward, 1866; Voor.
hees, 60; Rogers, 30; Toffey 1. The Essex
t county people wanted the chairman to
: pass their county on this ballot, but he de-
clined to do so, and they thereupon gave
their 154 votes to Ward, us on the first bal
lot
The third and last ballot was taken
amid much confusion, although Chairman
4 Fort, by his firmness, prevented any mis-
understanding Of the vote of the various
counties. At The conclusion of the roll
call there was a scramble to change the
vote of nearly half the counties. On the