The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-10
WAS A DULL AFFAIR
A Spirit of Depression How
cred Over the Wanser
Clubs Excursion.
THE MAYOR K ILL
He Goes Home on a Train and the
Disappointed Politicians Try
to Make Up to Sheriff Toffey.

disappointed P0lltlClauS ITy
to Make Up to Sheriff Toffey.
The second annual excursion of the
Wanser Club took place yesterday to
the great satisfaction of the many who
had made preparations to attend it. The
time of departure was advertised fer
nine O'Clock. but owing to the unpro-
pitious and threatening weather the
steamboat and two barges did not leave
Morris street dock ultil two hours
later. At nine o'clock the weather.
looked so much like rain that hundreds
who We're prepared to accompany the
axcursionists unpacked Their lunch
baskets and determined not to go. The
sun soon after burst through the mist
and clouds and many of these people
then repacked their lunch baskets and
hurried to the boats. which in anttcipa-
ton of such action had been kept wait
ing.
When finally the whistle of the Laura
NJ. Starin footed an order to Let go the
mornings. and the ban on each barge
began playing dance music, the party
of excursionists comfortably flle5 the
barges and steamer and everyone seemed
to be particularly happy. OF the num-
her on board. by far the greatest portion
were women and children and the very
oppressive atmosphere did not seem to
affect their good nature. Dancing was
continuous all the way up the Hudson
to Oakdale Park. near Hastings, and
during the hour and a half passed there
the ambitious dancers sneered at the in
tense heat and kept up an interchangeable
600 rob FOR ,,1oo Trbfs "a n,,t;,,.I
until the excursion got home at eight
o'clock.
MAYOR WANSER Ill.
1t was a little after nine O'clock when
Mayor wanser, accompanied by a num-
Der of personal friends, went on board
the harges. The Mayor seldom INDUCES
in dancing and he did not go lp stairs.
Re locked i'll and complained of not feel
ing At ell well. The committee of ar
rangements made him as comfortable as
possible ON the lower deck of the
steamer. which was sheltered by a can
vas awning and for an hour he remained
there. He felt worse from the time of
his arrival, but with his we'll known
pluck and determination he remained
at his place so long as nature would
permit him. and was then forced to re-
tire to a more secluded portion of the
boat. where he remained almost alone
until the boat reached Oakdale Park.
He was then escorted to the railroad
depot by Sheriff Toffey and two or three
others, and returned to this city as
rapidly as possible.
The illness of the Mayor was not gener-
ally known and even the politicians who
were on board, with the exception of
TWO or three. were kept in ignorance of
n fnnr tIntft HI C IInnnr bod q rfa1 for
home on the train. This unfortunate
Illness was a great disappointment to
these the polit ] sa 1sv They e had hoped tSs to
eral freedom that an excursion provides
and this they were unable to do. To an
impartial observer of these Republican
BLOCKING AROUND THE MAYOR.
When it was observed thai the Mayor
main gangway. they Immediately dis
covered that there was no other spot on
board 50 pleasant That is. a certain
factions of Republicans on the excursion.
The City Hall coterie consisted of Hor-
ace H. Farrier. w. w. Farrier, Henry
Brinckmann. Joseph S~hehi.ngberg, sam
Blakey and Alexander Dusenbery. The
other faction surrounded Sheriff Toffey,
deck, and In this, group were Aaron 8.
Baldwin. Assemblymal Henry Nutz-
aor p A M,febsIl aaa a a9 : Gr Tbe sb Ed5
faction in the Republican party was
conspicuous 10y It's absence, for Colonel
4 Marlin ?; P PineF. Billy E soas anS y. oth Mpollil Hey.
senants of the city Treasurer did, not at
tend the outspg. TIE Mayer sis did not talk
politics ss+s at al; ana n Wbef not e abie age
BECAUSE Of his III health or Discrimination
20 take part in slate making is not
Covered the feet, however, and converse
sion was. therefore, of a social nature.
When the Mayor withdrew from the
Sheriff Toffey, and remained with his
100, politics went slow. The chances Of
Aaron S. Baldwin to succeed James H. |
O'Neill as Surrogate were languidly dis
.,ussed. and resulted In a way that kept
Baldwin in goo nuInor; 6 =; Chris
same office or for that Of Sheriff were
also talked about. but inasmuch as Mr..
was absent. no one said that he thought
Mr.. Christie would defeat Mr.. Baldwin
FOR the nomination for Surrogate. Water |
however, for the statement that the
Democratic party would nominate ev-
Water Register Cornelius Healsy for
0of'o HARD MAN TO BEAT.
H will be a hard man to beat s.,r
Dusenbery, for he will run under the
is s Gisereet hHesyii ITSELF I'll. said i s Nothing 1ssAs "bu'
sawed Wood.D |
Among those who attended the ex-
cursion besides the gentlemen mentioned
were:-aFreebolder Piercy. Captain Jack
Graham, Lawrence Broder.ck. .Lohr
Rumsted. Alderman Abraham Fl. Wilson
PRANK +. Higgins. President of the S+ate
Republican Leaeue; Abraham Van |
Reipen. David Miller. Theodore Smith
George Sehaaft; Edward Maxon, Alder
Never, John Vile. Louis H. Broome. |
Daniel Harper. Edward n. Nartir
George Black. Frederick Klein, William
hamon A. b. Cosey. Henry Clements.
William Twaits. Robert Fussel William |
S5evens. CAPTAIN Robert Martin. George
Ronhsde. Eben r. Rogers. George Ran
non. Frederick Bnchmanr, J. p. Miies
=. i. Kaiser. I. Mcfnerney and Daniel
Perine.
sioners Harding. Patterson and Kaiser
rot the excursion, they having gone
there by rail.