The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-04
POLITICAL EXHIBIT.
The Interstate Fairs Show
of Statesmen Draws the
Biggest Crowd Ever
on the Grounds.
100000 PEOPLE PRESENT
The Executive, Legislative, Military
and Naval Departments
We're Present.
NEARLY.5O,Ooo PEOPLE PRESENT
sneeial to the Jeysey city Nsars.

Special to the jersey City Nsars.
TRENTON, Oct 4, 1S95-The mana
gers of the Interstate Fair at Trenton
have displayed much genius in obtain
ing rare and unique exhibits to attract
the people to their grounds and thelr
sheckels of gold and sheckels OF SILVER
into the Golfers of the association. But
thew never secured more attractive OF
nav;np exhibit than the one of State
officials, politicians and prominent men
Of the state which they produced yes
terday.
The Association grounds are colhiiiooi,
Gus, and it takes a tremendous cro"u
to make them appear crowded. estei
day it was no easy matter to make one ,
way along the Midway" or IN the Vucin-
ity of the grand stand with any oegree
of comfort.
The managers say that $4,000 people
nassed through the turnStiles, anu III
that number they say they 90 hot ~
clude the notables who came on .ne
sfe,. ble,, comphmentaries.
There is no doubt that that estihiase y
coract The Pennsylvania Raiiroao
lsent trains moving between It's Two sta-
lions in Trenton and the grounds IN sucil
rar6d succession that the tracks looheo
as though they were occupied py oie
long train. +avad
rhe local Traction Company was taAee
10 its utmost capacity to proVioe iies..is
of Transporting to the GROUNDS ~
t1,.onos that came from Trenton anu
r,o,red into the Capital city from piie
,,oints on the other side of the Delawaie :
reached by the Philadelphia ana heauins
spoad Some of the rattle traps Wiieil
thew resurrected and put INTO use
t,.ai1ars were as good a CURIOSITY as .ne
,,o+r;fiad woman or the two pooieu IVY
ths+ were exhibited on the Mlo"aS'
A MYSTERY.
,, +bav ever kept together anu
taoa the strain Of the multitudes Whlch
sto,,,ad away upon them closer thah sar-
$50 i, hox. not to mention the Wear
o,,d +ear of the pumping and rattilns
~ Jordan like road to the grouno
- ono of those special dispensatloIls ol
Providence they so careruiiy -
in resolutions of coincidence. pes.ues ...a..s
the roads leading from all unec'ioii9
during the early part of the Gay "eie
enveloped in a cloud of dust Whlcn coiii, .
pletely hid from view the Vehioie9 -
all STYLES. ages and descriptions WIZ
noured steadily into the grouhos.
was a great day for the fakir.
The pretty rosy checked young lauy
and her roses successfully wlthstooo inc
attacks made upon them by pelsplra-
tion-was more precise than ever IN iiei
description of the most WonderIul GU
iosity of the Fair. the petrlnea W.
man. perfect in every detail, the hVins
nictures were livelier than during any
nrevious day of the week; the parhers
ba rked louder; the frankfutters slzzleo
and spluttered with more VIII Inc
horses, cattle, sheep and every one coii,
neeted with the show looked prlS1it anu
chipper and unfeigned joy spread oVel
the countenances of the exhibitors as
they thought of the dollars anu GEMS
that vast throng meant to them.
Every exhibitor, fakir and Snowman
was exceedingly happy and Jupliahi' pu.
their joy was not marker conpaieuu y
with that of President John Taylor ana
Secretary John Muirhead, for they potii
agreed that it was high water THURSDAY
and the greatest politicians day IN tne
history of the Fair. Even Elisha B.
Gaddis. who is King of Gaddls
Hill. which is the historical knoll IN the
State Fair at Waveriy, wnere podi.sciaids adS
have gathered for score OF years, az az
,,ifted he never saw SO many prominent
men gathered together OUTSIDE OF con con.
yention. There is line OF tents ia4cl,lS 4S
is the politicians stamping ground. Ihey
all gathered on the green, except When
the clouds of dust drove e,. tnem tbnooFs tnoassi
The tent sre aga aea df 5f hesa tents @ the
hospitality that prevails within is OF the
DlvefA GENERAL sEWgELIh Wg1Msh ARRJiy5ds A1IsPliysd the
officers of the association by arr!vlng
about 1 o'clock, for pressure OF business
has caused him to announce al awaV tnI' bt the he
weather and the crowd We're too tempt
ing and he walked into Secretary Muir
Elias S. Ward. who was Essex candidate
for Governor, arrived about the same
time Governor Werts and United States
and came out together in an open car
riage. Candidate Griggs, with Garret
Hobart, General WanSer, Mayor or Jef-
ed a trolley car, while Secretary of State
Kelsey acted as cicerone and paid the
fare, because he hung on the back plat
Former State Treasurer Gray, General
Heppenheimer Judge Albert Hoffman
and several unknewns came on out WITH q
by. o'clock and the handshaking began
John. w. Griggs who can give any man
IN the state points OH AdIUSllaklllsS,
ner that won admiration. He probably
would be shaking hands yet except that
State Comptroller Hancock, 2S a direc-
tor, collared him and informed him that
he was hungry, and the candidate fecol-
wandered off to the particular tent dedi-
Gated to chicken croquettes and toffee
He sat down with Governor Werrs while
Senator Sewell and Senator Smith broke
bread together, t was tirst-class
did not contain ketchup.
JERSEYS ARMY AND NAVY.
AT the end of the line was tent very
gaily festooned with national colors 1T
was for the arnly and navy. 1t was sup
posed to be Governor Werts' headquar-
ters, but 1T was hard to keep him at
on the latchstring that hung on the out
side. 1t took six walters with spiked
coats to frTigate the warriors as they
came off the dust begrimed fair ground
Among those who rendezvoused here was
Major General William S. Stryker Brig
adler General Richard a. Donnolly, Brig
adler General w; G. Heppenheimer, Col
Sterling. all of the Governors staff. Gem
eral Donne1ly's staff was represented by
Colonel Cyrus F. Loutrel, Colonel w. H.
Farley, Colonel George p. Olcott, Cap
tain Samuel Armstrong, Paymaster Col-
onel John G. Owens, Of Rifle Practice De
phant represented General Plume's staff.
General Wanser, with Major Bedle,
Major Robert l. Hopper, represented the
First Brigade staff. Colonel Thomas s.
Chambers Lieutenant Colonel Franklin
Gauntt, Major William M Palmer, Major
skirn. Of the Second Brigade on the.
Ground Colonel Samuel " s. Muzzv.