The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-31
AVE NJ EVAN !!
Honest Tom and Slick
Sam Will Represent
the G. 0. P. at
St. Louis.
COLONEL ToFFEY TURNED DOWN
The Republican County Convention
Lays Mckinley on the
Table.
COLONEL ToFFEY TURNED DOWN

Ing Wnen une Old DELL began to jingle
forth its liscordant notes. The old man
paused, listened minute and then shak-
ing his venerable head sadly muttered.-
Ring the bell gently, there's Grape on
the door,
Then he disappeared into the sheniff's
office.
The old mans sadness was typical of
the righteousness which pervaded the
entire establishment of Sheriff Toffey,
and. intermngled with the walls OF
anguish which percolated through the
thick and tightly closed DOORS, were rum
blings which sounded like maledictions
called down upon the head of Honest
Tom McEwan.''
This was all due to the Republican
Convention held in Bergen Hall last night
to, select two delegates from this Con-
gressional district. The convention was
great success, as far as the efferves-
cent Thomas was concerned He succeed
ed in downing the doughty Colonel, High
Sheriff, ETC., ETC.; he had himself elected
one of the delegates to ST. Louis Colonel
Samuel D. Dickinson was made the other
delegate with scarcely any opposition,
and resolution endorsing Protection
Mckinley was laid upon the table.
With the exception of a lecture by the
Honorable Cornelius Benson, Globe
Trotter, upon how the ancient Egyptians
got into place the stones they built the
pyramids with, which was listened to by
small but attentive audience, those
were the two most important features OF
the evening.
10 NO 10 o,lx1 n
the workers ON each side were at hand
to take care of the delegates as they
arrived and endeavor to convince them
that the welfare of the entire country
depended upon their particular candidates
being sent to ST. Louis.
Colonel Toffey was there as calm,
self-possessed and Chesterfeldian as
ever. He was immaculate in attire from
the well laid fur of his cleaning silk
hat to the f1awless shine of his perfect
" fitting shoes. He laid his faultlessly
gloved hand gingerly upon the digets,
and smiled most sweetly into the eyes
of all comers: but there was a high
born, we'll liVed condescension about it
all which was not lost upon tine rank
and file which was in strong contrast to
the way of Honest Thomas.
Thomas fairly bubbled over with gen
uine democracy or republicanism He
held a half smoked cigar in his un-
nap of which had been brushed the
wrong way in several places, at a rakish
angle on his head. He was here, there
and all over, giving everyone a hearty
grasp of the hand, slapping him upon
the back and talking to him in the most
II, QAl1,1 ---ll~
would have been warranted in believing
that Colonel Toffey and not McEwan
represented the dignity of the district in
the Congress of the United States.
Each had his 1ieutenants out in force.
The entire Court House contingent, from
Frank Higgins to Alphabet Cosey, the
hustling Afro-American, were electioneer-
ing for all they We're worth for votes
for the Colonel. In this they were ably
assisted by Aaron s. Baldwin, ex-As-
senablyman Nutzhorn, John r. Virgins
and other Hobokenites.
McEwan's men were equally as active
and did such effective work that the
gloom which now hangs over the Court
House began to settle before the conven-
tbion was called to order.
Horace Farrier was candidate also,
and his boom was mainly in the keeping
of Alex. Dusenberry, and the anti Farrier
men soon got rid of Alexis activity by
sisted that he should take his place on
the platform, where he sat and ,tWirled
his thumbs and gritted his teeth as he
saw his opponents on the floor working
against him.
a thick rope drawn taut across the
hall about a third of the way from the
stage kept. the delegates from the popu-
lace, which at half-past eight o'clock,
when Chairman Edward W. Woolley
called the convention to order, filled the
galleries and choked up the remainder Of
John R. Virgins OF Hoboken. was
made temporary chairman. and John r.
Erwin, Secretary Both were Toffey
men. and Toffey's stock went up point
Then followed the roll call, which was
| barely completed when trouble arose.
6ere Were Two '0n in he
Third ward, and he Thought that they
ought to be filled by the alternates elected
al the primaries.
Judge Roderick B. Seymour and Harry
HILL, the delegates elected, had appointed
proxies who should be qa,; allowed IL to take
appointed Gilbert Collins to represent
him. and Mr.. Hill had designated Mr..
srmons as his pqTg11Fg qa11osad ~
and there was long wrangle which was
interrupted by DR. Aliens motion that the
matter be referred to the Committee on
Credentials when appointed Mr. Holmes
explained the situation by saying that two
primaries were held in the Third ward.
at one of which alternates were elected,
while they were not at the other The
vacancies existed in the precincts in which
eirSamsfances he thought the asp proxies esGss
should sit.
Mr. Wooley caused little diversion
by wanting the roll of the Eighth ward
called and another Wrangle ensued over
a complication in that delegation. II
was soon Strengthened out, however. and
then a similar dispute broke out in the
Eleventh ward. A Twelfth ward Aelegate
undertook to question the composition of
the Eleventh ward delegation, and soon
had an earnest young man named Stews
art, from the latter ward forciblv eallL
ing upon the Twelfth to mind It's bust,
ness. Police Commissioner West tried ID
tone things down with motion that
| the delegations be authorized to fill ali
vacancies. This was promptly carried.
and then Brennan wanted to know where
Allen then. figuratively speaking, spat
upon his hands and insisted that the
matter be left to the Committee on Gre
dentials. This, like every other. motion
made, was carried. The delegations were
then called upon to nominate members
OF the various committees, one from each
Assembly district, as nearly as possible.
The convention then took recess foa
fhfteen minutes, to allow this to be done.
When it was accomplished and the con-
vention reassembled7 to- have the result
to allow the co1nmittees to get to work,
White The nittees were at work news
| was brought to the convention OF TIE
death Qf fudge Roderack 81 Seyrnour.
The Coinl35ttee on Permanent 0rxafizas
ton zsperted e favor q !5ae temp