The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-10
RECEPTION TO GRIGGS.
ofieeholders Gather at the
Union League Club
Last Night.

| giant Indulgence IN printers INK, rech-
| less prodigality in one cent stamps and
| the compromising of the city and county
employees, the Union League Club manag-
| ed last night to give John w. Griggs,
the Republican candidate for Governor,
| quite a respectable send-off in its club
| house on Van Worst Square.
| Invitations were sent to every known
Republican in the State, and then for
| fear anyone had been overlooked every
club association or other organization
| that was known to have cheered for
Griggs at any one time since the con-
| vention was also specially invited. This
| succeeded in bringing together a throng
| which. like Griggs' majority, varies con-
| siderably, according to the estimator.
| A conservative man, who cannot be
| carried away by music, flags hoorahs,
salads and othes concomitants of can
| didate's reception, says that at least
| 100 people shook the hand that drafted
| the amendments that killed the equal
1 taxation bill. How many times the pro-
| cession passed the reviewing stand and
| the same man shook hands with the
| ceptionee, the conservative man is not
prepared to state
The mob began to roll in early, and
were promptly decorated with large
| Griggs badges, and the citizens spent
| the time in admiring the decorations of
| the reception room, which were, indeed,
| handsome. The Stars and Stripes pre-
| dominated, and woven into all sorts Of
| artistic designs almost completely hid
| the bare walls. AT the front was the
| flag of the State, with those two fair
Jerseywomen, Liberty and Prosperity,
| whose faces wore a look of weary dis
| gust before the evening was half over.
AN OMINOUS INCIDENT
AT eight o'clock the ''up to date can
| didate" arrived, and the committee lost
| no time in hgstiing him out of his hat
portrait of John Gopsill to receive the
crowd, which, finding that the throat
dusting agencies We're for the chosen
few only, was becoming impatient.
Just before the trouble began a large
American flag fell from the ceiling and
TIED tried to Gu, curl Itself up on the floor il
to look upon the scene of hypocrisy
about to be enacted.
Mr.. Griggs is striking his colors early.'
remarked a Prohibitionist who had been
ROOM
The band struck up;-
He never saw the streets of Cairo.
On the Midway he had never strayed'
And the pump handle act began
For two solid hours the mob filed by
the candidate. who was ably supported
by Reception Committee composed of
Flavel McGee, Chairman; Judge j. Blair
Gilbert Collins, John A. Walker, ex-
Judge R. 3. Seymour, P. f. Wauser, Mayor;
Z =, Bacon. Frank b. Jones, George F..
Alderman H. Hill, Colonel S. D. DieSin,
son and Brigadier-General John Ram
THERE WERE SPEECHES.
The candidate smiled that winning
smile of his. and cordially informed
every man that he was never more de-
lighted in his life than he was to meet
him. When everybody in the room had
shaken his hand as often as he Pleased
there was commotion around the re-
ception group, and some one said that
speeches were being made.
The din and clatter which the surging,
chattering mob kept up made it impos
vicinity of the group to hear what was
said.
Judge Blair was trying to make him
self heard and when when sons some one ota Woaia fr
second, and then such scraps as these
would float out into the half
Great Repubican-State House frauds
-vietory-eae rations1,Uni991n League
Welcomes Chancellor McGill-Next Gov
ernor of New Jersey"
Then Mr.. Griggs was seen to bow and
smile while the mob howlsd, those In the
hall not knowing whether they were
shouting for McGill or ,5riggs. The
cried out hush and Mr.. Griggs square
rugged jaw was seen to be working as
though he had a grudge against
Of a speech oozed out into the hall, the
purport of which was that he thanked
everybody for everything; the prospects
looked bright and were growing brighter
every day, and he was sure to be the
next Governor of New Jersey.
CROWD DISSIPATING.
Then the Reception Committee, began
to Shoe home the 'lloy policy as Max
Salinger would say, while the better ele-
rnent was given a tip that there was
more to follow, and that the following
process would take place IN an upper
chamber The hoy" got onto this
somehow, and it was eleven o'clock be-
fore they would leave the place. They
were finally all gotten out, and d., then while
the band took a whack at There's only
one Griggs in the soup for me- the
chosen few went upstairs and recelyed
a very palaltabe menu, When coIee
and segars Were produced the pana dole
fully walked into .r
'Don't you remember sweet Alce Ben
Bolt.' and broke up the omclai part OF
the reception. To get correct lst OF
of those present OBTAIN lst OF
the officials ana ennp1Ioyes OF me guy anu anu
county ana you WI com come pfssety ts near
wfFe;E a . Evertson. W. H. Turner. J. J.
ETwl3 Ei " w W lii Farrer
!. II. Fenner, j. W. Harrison, 4. Fen,