The Monitor-register., 1896-04-17
REPUBLICAN STATE CONvEN.
TON.

oBART MURPHY AND KEAN SELECTED
AT LARGE-MKINLEY's MANI CHEERED
THE DELEGATION WILL 90 TO ST.
LOUIS observation-disclosures PLATFORM
FOR SOUND MONEY.
The Republican State Convention, held
In Taylor's Opera House, Trenton, yes
terday, TO elect delegates to the st. Louis
convention, was notable for its enthusi-
astic character, its harmony and also its
failure. to instruct the delegates chosen to
vote for Mckinley. The sentiment of
the Convention was undoubtedly in favor
OF the great Ohio protectionist, but the
desire OF the New Jersey Republicans to
secure the nomination of Garrett A.
Hobart for Vice President of the United
States, led them to send delegates West
without instructions. Unhampered and
unpledged, they will be free to bargain,
dlcker and trade on Hobart's interest.
fledged to Mckinley, they could not
prosecute their work so well. The dele.
gates, through their chairman, Senator
Sewell, promised, however, to support
Mckinley if that seemed to be to the best
interests of the party, and, whatever
Hobart's fate, the party in New Jersey
will not be betrayed by it's represen-
t~atives.
The Convention was called to order
at 1870, by Chairman Franklin Murphy,
OF the State Committee. The appearance
of Governor Griggs in one of the boxes
was the signal for an enthusiastic out
burst of applause. The prayer was
delivered by Rev. DR.. Dixon, of Trenton.
1t embraced an eloquent invocation in
behalf of the struggling Cubans.
After the reading of the call and other
preliminaries, Senator Edward Stokes,
of Cumberland county, was named as
the temporary Chairman of the Conven-
ton, and he made an eloquent and i'm
FASHIONED speech, touching upon the
prosperity of the nation under Republican
administration, and concluding as fol.
lows:
SAT the first tide of victory in this
State We went to the county of Camden
and took a distinguished citizen, who
had never faltered or wavered in the
darkest hours of Republicanism and sent
him to the United States Senate, and we
are proud of that fact. Last year we
went to the county of Passaic and took
one of her distinguished citizens aud
made him Governor of the State and we
are proud of that fact. This year shall
we not repeat the experiment and go to
the city of Paterson and select another
distingui shed son in the person of Gar
rett A. Hobart for the Vice Presidential
chair2 With this end in view and await
ing assumed honors for New Jersey, we
speed our delegation to St. Louis. Let
us send them not as messengers, not as
mere automatops, with sealed i~nstruc-
tions, but as plenipotentiaries with
powers and privileges commensurate
with their mission and sacred trust.
Proud of u party, proud of its
great names, proud of its achieve
ments, we confidently await the verdict
of next November, certain that this nation
will be given over to that political organ
~ization which will carry it on to a destiny
worthy of it's past"
John Y. Foster was elected secretary
of the convention, and committees on
permanent organization, resolutions,
credentials and rules were appointed.
After the appointment of these com
mittees the convention adjourned for one
hour.
The Convention resembled at $50
o'clock.
The Committee on Credentials reported.
The report was adopted.
The committee on permanent organi-
cation reported in favor of continuing the
temporary officers of the Convention as
permanent officers.
This report was also adopted. The coun-
ties now named the State Committeeman ,
and also their selections for vice. presi-
dents of the Convention.
DELEGATES NOMINATED.
The Convention ratified the nomination
of State Committeeman, and, in the
absence of the Committee on Rules, the
counties were called for the nom nation
of four delegates at-large to the St. Louis
Convention.
Half the counties in the State named
Senator Sewell, Garrett A. Hobart, John
Kean and Franklin Murphy, and, on
motion of Senator johnson, of Bergen,
the ir nominations were made by accla.
nation.
For alternate delegates.at-large the
following were nominated: Clarence E.
Breckenridge, of Bergen; Barker Gum
mere, of Mercer; II. G. Loudenslager, of
Gloucester, and Charles Reed, of Somer-
set.
The district delegates, 81 far as deter
mined, will be as follows:
First District-Georg Hires and Robert
P. Hand.
Second-Ferdinand w. Ro ebling and
Captain A. M. Bradshaw.
Third-John W. Herbert and T. Frank
Annlebv.
Ea.u,h o...v NJ,
NA's0 anu n DiAt
Kelsey.
Fifth William Barber and Joseph
Ouackenbnsh
S;xth conu.
W DO heid to'
day at Newark.
Seventh-Samuel Dickinson and Thos.
McEwan.
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