The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-21

aspirants." said Governor-elect Griggs,
| with laugh.
mentioned the new Chief Executive clos
ed up like sphinx and would not init
mate in the slightest degree what his
large number of prominent persons,
both Republican and Democratic, paid
their respects. to Governor-elect Gr;ggs
was among the first to call and had a
pleasant chat with his successor. John
Kean Of Union. Sheriff Toffey of Hud-
Thompson of the Senate, and Speaker
Derousse of the House, Senator Foster
N. Voorhees,. Franklin Murphy. Comp
Postmaster Lalor and many others were
among the callers at the room of the
Governor-elect. For each caller the in
coming Chief Magistrate had a pleasant
word.
At six, O'Clock Mr.. and Mrs Griggs
went to the residence of Charles E. Green,
State street, opposite the State House.
where a dinner was given by Mr.. Green
in their honor.
The dinner was magnifcently served.
and the table decorations, which were
composed of American beauty roses in
masses and ribbons, were arranged with
Mrs Green, whose well-deserved dis
tinction as a hostess places her among
the foremost in society's ranks, displayed
much tactfulness in seating her guests
at the table, thereby adding greatly to
the enjoyment of all,
twenty-five, were Governor and Mrs
Werts. Chancellor and Mrs. McGin
President Francis and Mrs. Pat,
Mrs. Oliver S. Carter of Orange, presi-.
dent of the Bank of the Republic of
New York, and Samuel Gray of Camden.
charge of Secretary of State Kelsey and
Mrs. Henry c. Kelsey, watched the pro-
ceedings of the Assembly from the ladies'
gallery.
The general feeling last night was one
of d isappointment. None, Of the, crowds
soss hsd rooms fo apaf TrSe rnd tnere
1lesls We're croWds row S at the ne State State House but
they We're largely Trenton people out to
seer the decorations, and when they went
were deserted. The hotels and restau-
rants were, comparatively speaking. as
quiet as the crave and the f b
were at the Perrywig ready to lombard
the town. Fred Katzebach was the only
happy one among the Bonifaces because
Lafayette College, and they made noise
enough to awaken the. dead.
pie around Henry Gruber was con-
spicuous by the look of astonishment he
wore He appeared to have Just discoy-
cred that Colonel Toffey is likely, to be
appointed Clerk in Chancery; and he don't
think Grggs will give another office like
the Inspector of Workshops and Factories
which he is after. to Hudson.
Judge Seymour was around as modest as
it was possible for the man to be who
delivered the Hudson delegates to Griggs
and so made him Governor. Justice
Potts was among the few who stood in
the Trenton House Hall and heard the
Lafayette boys sing. and Colonel" Jack
Graham gave everybody to understand
that Ed Woolley was no good anyhow:
Colonel Toffey was always to be found
in the neighborhood of Mr.. Griggs room,
and was as ignorant as ever of any
news.
1t was chilly enough to produce pneu-
mona in Room 100. 1t was thrown open
as usual and William Beute. Major An
ner and Loudenslager were there. but no
one came to see them It was pretty well
known around town that General Sewell
would not be here until TODAY.
1t was said that the smallness of the
throng was due to the great lack of free
transportation, and that the crowds would
be here today when the specials were run.