The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-27
LAST nights SCENES.
Gathering Of the Republican
Clans Active Slate
Making.
Special to tl.e Jersey cit5 Nelrs.

TRENTON, Aug. 27, 1S96.-The cheers
of the Democratic gold bugs for the stir
ring speeches of their convention had
hardly died away yesterday when the
Republicans began to arrive in town for
their convention to nominate Presidential
electors which will be held this after
noon. They did not come in any great
numbers, but there We're enough of them
toward evening to crowd the corridors
of the hotel. Among the first comers
was United States Senator Seweli. who es-
tablshed himself id his old room 100 oi
the Trenton House, and prepared to re-
ceive the leaders from all parts of the
State. Governor Griggs soon followed
him, and during the early evening there
was a constant stream of Republican
statesmen, big and little, passing between
the two rooms. Among them were
John Kean of Elizabeth, Speaker Louis
t. Derousse of Camden, Assemblma
George H. Tice, prominently mentioned
for Sheriff Of Middlesex county Major
Edward ]. Anderson, State Prison IN
spector; William Beattle of Camden. AS
semblymen Martin Roll of Union, William
A. RICHTER of Morris, Asa Francis of
Monmouth, John King of Passaic, Senator
William M. johnson of Bergen, Edward
S. Stokes of Cumberland, Charles Herbert
of Middlesex, Representative Mahlon Pit
ney of Morristown, John Y Foster of
Newark, Elias s. Ward of Newark, Col
| Sheffield Phelps of Bergen. Elisha B.
| Gaddis of Newark David Baird Of
| Camden
The State Committee met in the even
| ing. The Executive Committee made a
report on the contest in Middlesex county
Thomas Strong and John Conger both
claimed the seat in the committee from
that county. The committee decided in
| favor of Mr. Strong. Reports were re-,
ceived from the various members upon
the political situation in their respectiv.
counties. and the prospect of carrying
them for McKinley and Hobart.
The general tone of the reports was
most favorable, and the concensus of
opinion was that the State would be
carried by the Republicans by an even
larger majority than last fall. The
! main ground for this was the large num-
ber of Democrats who, each member
said he knew would vote the Republi-
can ticket.
The South Jersey members reported that
there was very little silver sentiment
among the farmers in that section Some
of them were talking silver. but what
ever detection there was among them
was more than balanced by the Demo-
Gratis who would vote for Mckinley.
Richard Reading for Hunterdon said
that the Democrats would carry that
county. The silver craze was too strong
among the farmers of that county. AL
though the same state of affairs existed
to a certain extent in Warren, De WNt
G.. Blair, the committeeman from that
county, thought Warren could be carried
by the Republicans. 1t was the general
impression that when the farmers of the
northern section OF the State. who APP
peared to look with favor upon free
silver, having iynbued the impression that
free coinage would produce plenty of
money and better times became better
acquainted with the question their views
would change. 1t was resolved to begin
at once the work of placing the arguments
for sound money prominently before the
farmers.
were completed, Governor Griggs win be
both temporary and permanent chairman.
The probable electors viii be.-
At large--John It. Dryden. President Of
the Prudential Insurance Company OF
Newark, and Samuel Gray. of Camden
one of the counsel for the Pennsylvania
Third district-Adolph Mack. Somerset.
Fourth-A. r. Whitehead, Morris.
Fifth. Hui Browning, Bergen
Sixth--John o. Ball, Newark.
Seventh-George f. Perkins, Jersey City.
Eighth-Ernest Ackerman, Union.
In the Second district either Colonel
George Washington Roebling. OF Brooklyn
Bridge fame or Samuel K. Wilson. both
of Trenton, will be chosen. Mr.. Wilson
is in the Lead but he is an extensive mill
owner, who has made himself unpopular
with the workingmen by frequent re-
ductions OF wages, and the leaders fear
the effect his candidacy will have upon
fItrl ~o5t <xP "a r.