The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-11
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HOBART At HAVERLY.
He and the Governor Drive
Around the Race Track
at the Fair Grounds.
LARGE CROWDS CHEER THEM
Politicians Day Brings Many
Statesmen, Real and Imagin-
AIRY, to the Tent on
the Hill.
LARGE CROWDS CHEER THEM
specin1fo tne .1ersep citu Nslvs.


Social 10 the Jersey Citu Nears-
NEWARK, Sept II, 1Ss6.-The Weveriy
Fair has seen many a Coverings Day,
but none that surpassed thai Oh seste
day. There nave been days when
quality Hill, the lsttle knoll upon whlcn
the President of the association piucnes
his tent and entertains his guests mas
struggled manfuHy under the load OF q
live Governor, two candidates for tne
same office and half a dozen Congress
men. but never before did it bear up un-
der such a burden of dignity as 1t did
YESTERDAY. In addition to having upon its
grassy crest the first Republican Cover
nor the State has produced in thirty years
it also had a Viee-Presidential candidate
and a man who. the great majority OF
chose who shook hands with him yester-
day believe will preside over the United
states Senate during the next four years.
1T was typical Waverly weather, and
when the sun got in it's fine work on the
hill those under the canvass fairly boiled
and stewed. They had practically three
tents on the hill this year. Ont in which
the veterans received new inspiration,
another in which real lemonade was
served to the ladies and a third which
was open on all sides and filled with
chairs, from which the races could be
seen.
1t had been announced that Governor
Griggs and Garrett A. Hobart were to be
on the grounds, and one of the largest
crowds the park ever held was the re-
suit. It is said by those who know how
to count crowds that 80, 900 people passed
through the gates. II was about four
o'clock when the carriage of John w.
Dryden president of the Prudential In
surance Company, drove Up to the hill
In the carriage were the Governor and
the vice-Presidential candidate. They
mad punched at the Essex Club in New
ark as the guests of Mr.. Dryden. In the
party were Colonel A. R.. Kuser, who
wears a Mckinney and Hobart badge as
big as a platter; Franklin Murphy, Cen
eral Sewell and one or two more promin~
eht Republicans.
There was a big rush for the carriage.
Everybody wanted to shake hands with
the big men, and in their anxiety to do
so they almost mobbed the two great
Jerseymen- The Governor managed 70
get through the throng and lind Shelter
within the Presidents tent. Mr.. Hobart
was not so successful. He was corraLed
in the open tent, and was there Obliged 70
" HOld a T6IEpllOU.A TOT OfCl Gil k4OA4 fi~
did the pump handle act while the Cover
nor was starting the perspiration with q
lew friends in the Presidents tent. FOR 3
while Elisha Gaddis, Barker Gurnrnere OF
Trenton, and Treasurer Swain introduced
people to Mr.. Hobart just as they expecf
to do next winter in Washington. But
they soon stopped that and the moo came
up '.promiscuous like"
When that sort of thing had been gong
on for an hour, Elisha Gaddis secureu a
four-horse drag for the purpose OF drfy-
ing his two big lions around the race
track. It was a light coloTed yehicle
open on all sides and not a thing TO OBJ
struct the view of the-occupants.
The first thing the Governor did upon
seeing the carriage was 10 lose his pa
thence. Turning to Mr.. Gaddis ne said.---
.See here, Gaddis, 1 thought you said
you'd have only a tWo-horsed mooesl
looking carriage"
Mr.. Gaddis made some reply which
only the Governor heard. There was
but finaiiy Mr.. Hobart and ex-secretary
Quinn seated themselves on the front
seat looking toward the rear. Vis-a-vis TO
them were the Governor and the great
Elisha Gaddis- In the rear seat was Cen
eral Seweil and an unknown. A long
string of wagons belonging to a con-
densed milk concern drove on to the
grounds about this time and got damned
in the road all around the distinguished
mems carriage. Lest the people might inn
agine that the Governor and the Vice
Presidential candidate were part of the
condensed milk advertisement a moanted
policeman was sent TO clear the road. He
succeeded in clearing the road.
As the drag started off Mr.. Quinn stood
up and proposed three cheers for Carrot
A. Hobart. Truth compels the statement
that the response was very weak.
There amt enough silver in that
cheer" SAID a homespun clad agrieu1tur-
ist as he combed the hayseed out of his
dong whiskers.
Following the drag came a wagon hav-
tng a mammoth -four barrel, the letters
upon which informed the public that a
certain brand OF flour gold by Wilkinson,
Gaudis & Co. was the best in the world.
One of Mr.. Gaddis' ants-troIley enemies
was mean enough to say that Gaddis was
using the Governor and Mr.. Hobart to
advertise his -four. fNy~
Twice the drag went around the race
track. The first time 1t was taken for an
exhibition of a four-i1-hand AS such it
was not much of a success and It got no
cheers. But the second time 1t went
round the mob caught on and gave the
distinguished men a bowling ovation,
which brought a smile even to the cast
iron features of General Sewell.'
After being exhibited like the prize cat
tie the Governor and Mr.. Hobart left the
ground.
There was a great gathering of states
men both real and imaginary On the hill
during the day. They were mostly all Re-
publfcans, and if there were any Demo-
Gratis there they kept under cover. John
kean was very busy and had frequent in
terviews in the lemonade tent with the
local leaders from all parts of the State.
When John tells you again he's out Of
politics, you want to wink the other eye.
That other amous Union man, Foster
"a VOORHEES,, was on the Hill with ex-
Speaker Joseph Gross. If his party calls
him in the fall Foster WIN lead 1t to vic
tory as the candidate Tor Senator. Bar
ker Gummere, Who some people say is a
great politician in Mencer, was on hand
talking about the large share of the
7o,eo0 majority for Mckinley and Hobart
that Mercer viii give. With him was
Comptroller Hancock. who does not talk
self felt when his party has anv thing
requiring brains and hard work to b.
done. Sheriff Eye and Surrogate John
Cornell helped to represent Mercer. They
talked conservatiyeiy and predicted THAI
Mckinley and HOBART would carry their
county. They based their calculations IN