The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-27
TOFFEY'S KITE TAIL
The League Convention Said
to Be in the Interests Of
Hudson'S Sheriff.
COLORED BROTHERS PROGRESS
He Becomes a Turbulent Factor
and the Source Of Much
Trouble.
Chilling Reception of E. Burd
Grubb's Name fer Gov
ernOr.
spscin1 TO the Jersey cstu N1s.us.

TRENTON, June 27. 1S95.-"Who is to
blame for yesterdays miserable hasco
at the Taylor Opera House yesterday! :"
is the question that leading Republicans
are asking each other today. Many OF
of them are inclined to jump upon the
Honorable" Joseph H. Gaskill, as the
Burlington man delights to hear hlmseiI
called They say that his management
or rather nismanagement, OF the league
is what has brought it to the miserable
condition it is now in and that the man
ner in which he has run things has SO
disgusted the local leaders that they
wouldn't send delegates to the conyen-
ton. That something was wrong was
plainly apparent by yesterdays gather-
ing. In fact, there would have been no
convention at all had it not been for the
Hudson contingent. its unbounded en-
thusiasm. and red coated band OF yea
lous<|but misguided musicians.
The Republican League Of New Jersey
has been queer institution from Its
birth, and has always been the tail to
some one or others kite.
1t was all but dead a few years ago
when General Sewell took it up and gal
yanized it into a semblance of life. He
put Gaskill at its head, and made out OF
it tail to the Senatorial kite which he
was then flying. Now that he has got
what ne wanted and has paid Gaskill
for the services he rendered with the
Burlington County Judgeship, he has
abandoned it to its fate. The fact that
q large delegation of Hudson men all
shouting one way came down here yes
terday on a special train, had hired for
them the second largest hall in the city,
where they were regaled with substan-
tial lunch, has led many to see another
politician looking for tail to his Kite;
and the fact that this same Hudson del
egation at the convention forced the
election for President of Frank J. Hig-
gins. Sheriff Toffey's right hand man,
leads that same many to declare It's
Gubernatorial kite they see, and the
flyer is Hudson's genial Sheriff.
TOO MUCH FOR HIS WHISTLE.
It is thought that the Sheriff paid too
much for his whistle.
Reports from the various counties
show that League enthusiasm, except,
perhaps, in Hudson, is away below par.
Nevertheless, some of the more sanguine
see in Frank Higgins an energetic, level
headed young man, who may be equal TO
the herculean task of galvanizing the
old corpse Should he do SO, there is no
doubt that he can make the organization
a most potent factor for his chief. But
not for Governor, the knowing ones say,
for using the language of Senator
Ketcham, the nomination of John Kean
is set to music. and it's no Sunday
school hymn, either.
Taylor Opera House has witnessed
some great conventions in its day and
its elaborately decorated walls have look
ed down unon some of the highest old
times that a political convention ever
produced but few of them can surpass
that of yesterday. The chief source. of
particularly that man and brother who
made Jersey city his base of operations
at one time and who is known as Colonel
Murrell. The Colonel Is now a 'braWny
son of TOLL a farmer, that is he says he
is, and brings out spasmodically small
newspaper somewhere in the vicinity OF
vention with half dozen Afro-Amer-
cans, whom he introduced around as the
delegation from Monmouth. The Colonel
was as pugnaciousiy rhetorical and pa
triotic as ever. He lost no opportunity
of getting in a cheer for the old flag
and asserting his loyalty to the ,Repub-
shed the last drop of his ample hearts
blood: The Colonel has enemies Al az az
gressive men have; and the he CoioneI.s $ $
Jersey City he posed as Democrat and
for time was supposed to be working
among his race in the, interest, Of the
party of Jefferson, Jackson and C1eye-
land This the Colonel denies in his most
positive manner and asks for just one
glimpse of the man who says SO in a
manner that makes your blood run frap-
woKING FOR LOWER
The Colonel was all around yesterday
morning whooping things up for AS
senblvman Lower for President and sue
ceeded in gaining some votes for him.
"A school boy with bent pin on his seat
could not have been more restless than
the Colonel was during the morning ses-
sion The routine proceedings gave him
but little opportunity to say much. but
he made the most of that opportunity. In
the afternoon he was in his glory and
had a great time.
Everything went along smoothly enough
at the beginning of the session. The Com
mittee on Credentials reported that 142
clubs were represented and there was no
contest Then the Committee on Resoln-
tions got in its report and Joshua Mat
lack. Jr., Secretary of the club read his
report. In order to make a good showing
his report covered the period from Feb
ruary. 1892, to date. The number of clubs
and their membership by counties he
said were:-