The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-25
CLASH|NG METALS
The Gold Cause Making
HeadWay in Many
States.
JERSEY LEADERS IN CONFERENCE
Proceedings Of Last Nights
Session in This City
Third Ticket De-
manded.
CONVENTION In PHILADELPHIA
Tom Platt Out of the Race for
Governor of New York
Flowers for Mrs. Bryan.
CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA

A number of sound money Democrats
met last evening in Taylor's Hotel. Dr.
Leonard j. Gordon was chosen Chairman,
and sad the manner in which the sound
money movement had been received
throughout the county was such as to
greatly encourage those who were en-
gagged in It. The members of the Pro-
yisional State Committee have sent out
l65 invitations to the meeting, and the
recipients of ali but five of them had re-
piled expressing their approval of the
movement and willingness to participate
in the work of helping It along.
cry came from beyond Mason and.
Dixons line appealing TO this State to
help them. The only way in which those
States could be saved from Bryan and the
silver heresy was to give them an honest
money Democrat to vote for The same
could be said of Indiana, Illinois and other
middle Western States. The participa-
ton of New Jersey in the nomination of
third ticket would place her in line
with those States and hold her to true
Democracy.
Mr.. George Record moved that it was
the sense of the meeting that candidates
for President and yice-President should
be nominated at Indianapolis and that
convention be urged to use every means
at Their command to bring about that
result. This brought on a general dis
cussion which was participated in by
almost every one present Dr. Perry
Watson said that when, the project of
naming a third ticket was first broached
he did not think it wise. So dangerous
did the silver movement appear TO him
that he had made up his nird to vote for
Mckinley and Hobart, though he had
been Democrat fer twenty years and
always supported the ticket. But in
thinking the matter over he thought that
q third ticket would be wise and New Jer-
sey Democrats ought to be given an OPP
portunty to vote fer an honest money
man OF their own party.
DIR. Watson was of the opinion that the
third ticket would aid the sound money
cause in the South by securing a large
number of Democratic votes which would
otherwise go to Bryan. 1t would also
preserve the Democratic organization and
keep New Jersey in the Democracy. Mr..
John j. ktumpn could not see how any
Democrat could vote for Mckinley. The
republican candidate, he said, was begin
ming to ignore the money question and
direct his attention to the tariff. If he
was anything of statesman he would
know that he could not accomplish any
thing in his. protective policy except
through a dicker with the silver Sena tors.
He favored the nomination of a third
ticket; it would give strength to the hon
est money movement and would formu-
late policy for the future.
Hudson county was not SO we'll repre-
sented in the movement as it should be-
owing to its size, said Mr.. Otto Grouse.
He advocated sending as large delega-
ton as possible to the mass convention
which meets at Trenton tomorrow at one
o'clock. No credentials We're necessary
as being a mass convention any one in
sympathy with its objects could attend
and take part in its proceedings. That
led to discussion as to the best meth
ods of securing the attendance of a large
delegation, and 1t was finally decided to
send out circular to well known gold
Democrats inviting them to attend the
convention. 1t will be held in the Taylor
Opera House, Trenton, at. one o'clock
and those who take the eleven o'clock
train from New York will arrive in Tren-
ton in time to attend the convention. To-
morrow the Pennsylvania Railroad will
sell excursion tickets to Trenton for the
sare one way. These tickets will be
good to return on Saturday. 1t was then
resolved to form permanent organiza-
tion for the purpose of keeping alive the
sound money movement, to be known as
the Hudson County Democratic Honest
Money League. Mr.. Grouse was appoint
ed Chairman of committee consisting
of two others to be appointed by himself
to perfect the organization of the League.