The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-07
PATERSON GONE WILD
The Fact That the New Gov
ernor Lives There Has
Turned tie city's
Head.
RED FIRE AND y NOISE
-Garret A. Hobart Exercises His
proprietorship Over the New
Chief Executive.
LAST NIGHTS sERENADE
Special to the Jerscv Citv Nears.

Specia1 to the Je7sev C3tv Nears.
PATERSON. Nov. Z, 1S93.--Paterson is
| stark raving mad over Griggs. 1t is not
| John w. Griggs personally whom they are
| raving over, for no where is he better
| known as the ''steerer'' in Garry Ho-
| barts political green goods business than
| here, but it is the fact that their obscure
and hitherto despised city is the nome
| of the Governor that has turned their
| heads 1t is rather conlical to observe
| the effect which this has had upon the
average Patersonian. He looks upon IL
as a sort of material advantage, and is
already talking about the boom it Will
give the town. He sees in the future
crowds of men moving into the vacant
houses; he sees the black smoke pouring
from factory chimneys which have stood
with tight closed mouths for the past
decade; he sees dwellings spring1ng up
like mushrooms on the sand lots in the
suburbs, and he beholds with unfelgned
joy jump in the price of real estate
which has simply driven him crazy, and
the only reason he can give for his vision
is that Paterson is the home of the Gov
ernor So he decks his home and place
of business with flags, and at night ne
hangs out Chinese lanterns on the outer
wall, throws wide open his shutters,
raises the shades as far as they VIII
go and burns gas in manner Whlch
makes the gas company stockhoider rup
his hands in glee. He burns req nre
in front of his home and sends forth ms
small boy to make the night bldeous
with a tin horn of sllril1 and ear split
ting propensities. He places conspicuous
ly in his store windows flag bedecked
Grftr yv1
the Governor-elect look like everything
from the retired burglar to correct
English coachman.
Last night was probably the qu1etest
night Paterson has ever seen. that is,
in point of noise and disorder. 1t had
been arranged to serenade the Governor
elect and in order to get up aus large a
crowd as possible all the Republican
clubs in Newark We're invited to join
the Patersonians.
NEWARKERS WE'RE LATE.
1t was arranged that they should reach
Paterson about 9 o'clock and they were
to be met at the station by the Paterson
clubs, after which they were to parade
through the principal streets and there
serensde the new Governor at his home
in the fashionable part of the city
TWO Thousand tlChttS were ioSuCu AZ
Newark and as an extra inducement
each man was promised a seat in the car
if he would come. The Erie is the only
railroad between Newark and paterson
and everyone, expected that the Newark
people would come by that route.
But. instead of that, they took the
Delaware, Laclzawanna and Western
road from Newark, ran down to the
west end of the tunnel through Jersey
City Heights, where they were switched
onto the main line of the road and
whirled out to Paterson. Many wondered
at this round about Journey which not
only took more time than the Erie, but
landed them away out on the outskirts
of the city. This wonder ceased, how
ever, when Mr.. Griggs' connection with
the D. L. & w. was remembered.
1t was after ten o'clock when the par
aders reached the main portion of the
city.
EVERYBODY ON THE STREETS.
Early in the evening the entire popula-
tion appeared to be on the streets, to-
gether with large sections of the resi-
dents of Passaic, Rutherford and other
nearby places. They were very en-
thusiastic and gave vent to their en-
thusiasm in cheering everything and ev-
erybody, yelling themselves .loarse. blow
ing tin horn shooting off fireworks and
burning re lights. For some time they
were kept in excellent numor by the
clubs and companies which went by to
the formation point
But after awhile these disappeared, and
the crowd grew weary Of waiting. About
ten O. clock the rumor spread through the
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