The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-17
POPS WANT 10 FUSE
The New Jersey Contingent
Holds a Convention
in Newark.
STATE CONTROL OF BREWERIEs
Novel Temperance Proposition
Platform Adopted and Com
mittees Appointed.
STATE CONTROL OF BREWERIEs
Special to the Jerser Cstu Neacs.

Aa,r - ,aoe -rha Nav
IerSav Pora,,ssss ~ st.ts ranven-
| ZION asserohlad cartad for tha sn7,,dnt-
ment Of PressdenftaI F,ecfors ont ne Ma
fioraaa ttckeH sat,,n5av affarnaon aeleaafed
n tbe ponpnst etafe rommttfee the nower
ri annoint S,eb a,artars IL oanontraf ron
with an ofner ..manev reform elements
IN the state Inct6enfalrv ! platform Was
! sdopsed re-asserttnr sha Pona,1istie doc
| tr:ne. One or tuo Of the delegafes rock j
shy at the .ssoba b1pss, or .sslybsidized
press. ard the converafion became in
VOWED IN 4 long wra nrIe over The, liouor
| question. b,,t fsza.,v 5srarross,ed 10 5ron
It as 4 d-as,aerous s,1b4ect vhen more vital
issnres were before the naon,le
The convention was held In an upper
| room over T. AeteI stetter,s restaurant,
No. s4 Broad street There was some
misunderstanding about the exact place
at which the convention was to be held.
A report had been published that it was
to be at the Essex T,vcea,m ana 4bis ar
casio,ss sar,a 49, = M ataar - q
- a1Iaa ICY = le salleitiis =
the delegates They finally got together
before neon, and proceeded with the
business az 80 norran.san
- = cotHshsiodl-
Aitogefher there were emily about fifty
delegates present. and. excepting Essex
county ana 4 few of fbe n-eigsbor;ng
cocnlles there We're vacant seats instead
OF delegates. Mercer and Cumberland
counties had dslegates ,rsssn+ srd - Al
camden, out the bulk Of the delegates
were from Essex county
Thomas a Proe,sar ~ r,,mnar,ana
ca,s-r sS,a4.a - Sulaoeslaa1
county, chairman OF the State COMMITTEES,
called the convention to order. Mr.. Proc
tor was made Temporary Chairman and ].
vi P1erser, OF Glen 5dge, was elected
temporary Secretary. William B. Ellis,
of Trenton, offered prayer. The follow
ing committees were then annainfea-
vasnssafs- harvey. T. a Wal
lace, William B. Ellis, William Russorn,
]. 3. Homer.
Platform and Raso,,rsion- Et,1tsr
10 8 raus.-su - 49,.
". u. ieriince, Z. J. Whitehead, ]. v.
P4lson. J. c, Conover. (.
Permanent ORGANIZATION and RulesLI
ID p,ahamon ASs~- -
f1aussiis lAofnas SneW, George W. COT
lard.
Pending the report Of this committee
a recess was taken until 2.30, when the
Visiting delegates enjoyed the hospitality
OF the Essex delegates at a lunch
y 15Sn ING cohventloh F~econyened at 2-39
ths Gganlllt.es on rsdentiais reported
Llae mere we're no contests. me COM
pea suaIIeisI oIgahLzatlen rec
Yen5 s1. go Z dLefs "a fihe-
eanventirn an I . p a Z ne
fary. These gentlemen were duly eieetsS
TIE Committee on Resalutions rhaTl se-
ported. ana with a few mT,imncrnsnf
changes the platform reported. and as
finally ado9ted. was as elbows
We, the Peoples Party Of New Jersey
In convention assembled IN the civ Of
Newark on August Is. 1895. cordially IN
dorse the platform and noruffleas al thA
Peoples Party National Convention at
C1 r N-.. T-l-~ m 4oaa
Believing that frequent elections Of
Senators and Assenhfyneu will best sub
serve public interest we oppose the pro-
posed constftutionsI an,er7rnsnfs nav Ia
fore the people of the STATE Of New Ter
sey fengthenGng the tenure of thes4 CT
fees.
We favor more stringent laws regulat-
ing the organization OF corporations which
never have taxable assets within tha
State.
We favor stringent laws to prevent the
and other err blowers
We regard women as citizens. and
therefore favor the recognition If Aheir
right to suffrage, and Wyoming.
Colorado and other States for thar al,
vance in this direction
We oppose the cartros ~ aha s+.to
watershed by private cornorati,rs ~
Before the platform was adopted as a
whole two or three At tha daIagetas ~
TEMPTED 70 have frcnrnnrafs ~ r. 49,.
IN which thew had sonna sna,;al $500
One of These related ~ .tha ho,,or 49, ffo
There seemed tn he n,t 81 m,,ch ahiao
tsrn to fha lio,,or Ira f5c f-ss1f H. Jees.
ahflitv If stafa contraI or nr,ra.H us.sa
vyJat agfta,taJ tha doiaga.os TSn VIZ
rarol;ns TO- ~ e Inc south
49, va a~uyvcateu.
or.nss ss4a ~ sariaes VI SOUTH
az Se rorraS ~ 49, mllosu lusselon nau pet
issuas hefdrs ths m-rv ~ nnpoeean
~ TolJFaSl lre suulsIrs- Dsiegaee Is.
tba ~ 1870, ~ 5000, ueclareu Inat
gna,ld ,ri,,re ~ saugl questioh
vote u-hieh he $500 msua e,e Gerindn
$500 ~ loasns euuu = uroushI
fteEsr Dataaa ~ y .Ae rnes saver
tha,,sh+ $3.50 nupprns, q
5ao ~ %hs ueSs.oh was . vftal one. He
e,shfp. me peer Is now polluted. ne said.
anu unuer state ownership II might be
Ppsslole % at leasl get good beer. Mr..
AID mat IT was his opinion that
she would rather pay the State
LOT the peer tney drink than an Individual.
I'len mere was a discussion over the
phraseotogy OF me resolution that had
peen presenesd ms resolution declared
IN lavor OF STATE control, and one dele
gate SAID It should be ownership. He said
the Interstate. Commerce Commission
mao peen appolnted to control the rail-
roaas, u condit1ons had been reversed
ana the railroads. controlled the Commits
SION He wanted MOI misunderstanding
about the control of the liquor business.
The entire discussion was brought to a
close by one delegate insisting that a
standing vote should be taken on the
question of whether the liquor issue should
be raised at all, and out of the fifty dele