The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-10
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1897.
This paper IS Democratic in principles
and is independent in its rsssos on a" f0ca'
questions.
c.vernor,. Day At wavsrly.

Governors Day at Wayerly, yeSseiu"s'
~as verv like Hamlet with the title part
left out. This was in accordance Win
Mr.. Griggs' usual graceful and generous
way of doing things. He is not a eahui-
date for anything, and not likely to pc
come one. He is on the eve of q perma-
nent retirement from politics. Ihere was
nothing in it for him. so why shouiu ne
take the trouble to be pleasant with d ioe
NJ bavseeds. Of course 1t has been the
custom, from time out of mina' lor ~
Governor to show his interest in the rurai
interests of the State; but what does MI
cr;ags care about tradition. He has MS
W narrow gauge ideas. and ne Is SURF
they are right. If they do not SUIT the
public, who cares?
IF NAV safely be said. however, uhat
Mr.. Griggs' golf club figure, mario" sause
handmade and contracted smile were MOI
,;ssed There were men enough of broad
sympathy and genial temper to DO an Inc
smiling and h~andshaking necessary 70
make the occasion a success. Ihere was
.ac,,s,. Hobart for instance, unspoiled by
becoming the second man in the couh-
trv., He had real good humor ana soou
na+,r on tan. and as he is tolerably Wen
fxed for some years to come, the slniieS
and the handshakes which he dlstripuleu
we're plainly disinterested and were theie=
.ro tho more cordially received. Another
man who fairly melted with oonhomhiie'
ard the ardency Of his hopes was ue
fnon cav DAILY. He had to wear a SOM
,rero TO keep the geniality of his counte-
nance from dazzling the rme Win .
s,,ver effulgence. AS the owner Oh ehe
only real. live, Democratic boom on Tue
Fair round he had to glow ana peahi
with determined and persistent effore' ne
shared neither his good right haha nor
h;s silver vocal chords. He rollIckeo
and ehortled with such absolutely pust-
ness-like bando that all present reai-
;zed how very much in earnest ms 1uoei-
.a.or;al boom was and how very seriously
IdtOtldl OOOAA
he regarded it himself.
TT was rather sad to see such an array
of genials trotting themselves out on Inc
p-a,,hncan side. 1t suggested painfully
that the G. o. P. had not yet heaieu op
all internal rips and tears. ana that 'ae
Bosses had not been quite able TO oriiis
a,t the wo,,ld-bes into leash. There were
Johnny Kean and Frankly Murphy IN
Mai Pitney and Judge Fort, VINO parts
his name to one side, and MI. Hancock
who is trying to give the impression 'na'
he was somebody before he became etaee
comntroller. And then there were others
who kept their booms in their poche''
hut who evidently looked upon themselves
a. ndark'' horses. All this suggests that
there NAV vet be a bitter fight for the
plums which the party may or may not
have to bestow. and in presence o. ~
nucb uncertainty 1t must have no
small courage for Mr.. Hobart to smile
with such consistency and true coraiahts'
To the outsider, who didn't care a SILVER
dime about the results OF a year from
now, the spectacle must have been IN
tensely c~o1nical. All these men perform
ing their tricks like a lot of trained
noodles. for the chance of Catching a
bubble, a Whit of smoke, made up a
spectacle to cause laughter among Gods
and mortals.