The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-27


4 and Bergen made no nominations.
When Burlington was called, Prosecu-
I tor E. P. Budd took the floor and said
Gentlemen of the Convention:-For
nearly a quarter of century the state
of New Jersey has had an uninterrupted
! line of Democratic Governors and think
| / make known the sentiment OF the deie-
i gates here assembled when l say that
those Governors, compared with the Gov
| ernors of any other State, stand head
| and shoulders above them. But in all
/ that long line of Democratic Governors
! not one has ever been taken from what
4 is technically known as South Jersey.
! Time after time the delegates from South
| Jersey have come to Trenton, have pre-
! sented their man. able men, men OF apll-
! ity, before this convention, only TO De
put off, and asked to wait for more
convenient season, and nominee was
| taken from the northern part OF the
State.
Notwithstanding this we have given
our best time and energy to the success
and for the benefit of the party. And
so at this time. when we realize how
| important it is that candidate should
be selected who would be a man to at
| tract the support of the masses of the
1
Burlington county felt that they had a
candidate that would fill the require
| ments of this occasion, and SO a large
proportion of the delegates that stand
here today representing Burlington coun-
ty were elected and came to this con-
vention for the purpose of putting in
| nomination one of our honored sons
| But when we came here to Trenton and
| found that there was a sentiment rising,
| as it were, from every part of this State
| from every section and from every coun-
| ty for one man to be our standard bear
| er and leader, the man for whom we
have been striving in Burlington county
| said, will not be a candidate.
"I value the Democratic party and its
| success too highly; I do not want to
| stand in the way of the nominee de-
| manded by the people, And so Burling-
| ton county has come to this convention,
large majority TO present the name
| of the Hon. Clifford Stanley Sims as
their candidate for Governor, but at his
request. and standing here today, l say
! that he desires that his name be not
presented to this convention, and he
desires me to ask the delegates from
the different counties who have pledged
| themselves to his support to join with
| his delegates from Burlington county,
with all the delegates from Burlington
| county united for the first time in his
! tory for thirty years, in support of that
| peerless statesman, our eminent Chan
| cellor, Alexander 7. McGll.'
DAILY NOMINATES M'GILL.
| When Camden was called Chairman
| Thompson said that Camden wished SEN
| ator DAILY of Hudson to speak for her.
Amid loud cheering Senator DAILY walked
| to the stage. His presence created much
enthusiasm Three cheers were given
for "Bill DAILY" and then the Senator
said:
"Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of this
Conventional congratulate the Demo-
cratic party upon this outpouring of its
representatives from one end of the State
to the other. 1t indicates to the people
of this State that the Democratic party
is unconquerable. 1t indicates that the
party that has ruled the destinies of this
State for the past thirty years propose
to continue to rule them, and coming
from a county that has added much to
the property of this State, in giving it
Governors that have made it famous
throughout the length and breadth of
the land, we do net hesitate to come
before you today united with Camden,
and present another of its sons for the
distinguished position of Governor of this
great State. (Applause.)
fifty years ago there was born of
honored ancestry in the State of Penn
sylvania a boy, one of New Jerseys
adopted citizens. Born of an ancestry
learned. dgnified, coming from a people
that has added lustre and fame to our
that family, in the year 1854, they
of the State, Alexander I. McGill.
(Appause)
Educated in Old Nassau, his father
one of its most distinguished professors
in the school of theology; coming from
that great Presbyterian church, the
Presbyterian faith, educated under him.
do you wonder today that he occupies
the distinguished position of Chancellor
of our state? When but young man he
year 1854 in those trying times when
the great war Governor Of our State,
Joel Parker, was at tne hem. Edu-
w. Scudder. at Trenton, under whom
he fgained that education which, in con-
necton with what he was taught in
Columbia College. has made him one of
the foremost lawyers in the United
States; His ability M in in that early ags
was recognized by the people of nv
county. recognized in the little city of
Bayonne. which made him its corpora
ton counsel. Although IN small city,
his ability was being tested the citi-
zens of the First Assembly district hon
ored him with the nomination for mern-
ber of the Assembly. He was elected in
the year 1874 and succeeded himself in
1875. That was a trying period in the
history of the State. The constitutional
amendment had Just been adopted ST
ting alongside of him In the Assembly
was the lamented Mcdonald and other
distinguished Democrats. His ability
was called into play by framing general
legislation under the amended constiti1-
ton After he retired from the Legis-
lature George B.. Mcclellan, (applause)
New Jerseys illustrious son, whose
fame has extended throughout the
length and breadth of the land, recog-
nized in Alexander T. McGill sufficient
ability to put him in charge of the
criminal department OF the county of
Hudson. and he was made prosecuting
attorney.
STRICT ATTENTION TO DUTY.
'Nly business frequently called me in
the courts of my county, and well do I
remember his efforts in the prosecution 4
of criminals. Well do / remember how
faithfully, how honestly he performed
the duties of his office. Cases of mag
nitude were intrusted to his care. and
with ability second to none he carried