The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-05

the st. Louis convention, he was given
an ovation.
means his colonies and their wives view,
ed the parade from the veranda OF o hotel
on lower Pennsylvania avenue. Mrs Ho-
bart was on the OFFICIAL grand STAND a, IN
front of the White House, as was John
I. Hopper. of Paterson. and Private Sec
FETAL Hobart Tuttle.
The Vice President was the first up of
all the New Jersey party staying at the
close to his apartments in a separate
part of the hotel from that occupied by
the Governor and party.
He had done so much handshaking the
night before that he concluded 1t would
be better to keep out of harms way
Governor Griggs, who was among the
first of the party to put In an appearance,
said that the New Jersey party had
been enjoying themselves more or less
Informally since their arrival and were
receiving congratulations because of the
remarkable run that the Jersey special
train made from Jersey City to Washing
ton on Tuesday.
The first formal > event of the Jersey
party wa the reception given by the
Senators TO Vice President Hobart and
Governor Griggs and staff. The Senators
on Naval Affairs, and all the Senators
were present. including Senators Sewell
and Smith. There was luncheon served.
The Jersey delegation was more or less
scattered curing the Gay. Inc FaSSdlc
contingent was split in three parties.
Mr.. Wilcox, who is the partner OF Mr..
Hobart and several of the ,Vice-Presi-
dents relatives from that county, were
at the Arlington. Sheriff Upson and Col
onel William Bamber, at the head of
twenty-five P~atersonians, Were at a, Penn
sylvania avenue hotel, while twenty-seven
prominent citizens of Passaic City We're
side-tracked in q Pullman.
The h-eadquarters Of the State poll
ticfanS were at Willard. where John
Kean, Colonel John J.. Toffey, State
Comptroller Hancock, Congressman Gard
ner, Congressman L~oudenslager. State
Committeeman Barker Gummere, Sheriff
Harry Ashmore of Mercer county, former
Sheriff Eyer. Alexander c.. Yard. Surro-
gate Cornell of Mercer, and Isaac Moffet
of Glassboro have rooms.
This party had a suite of front rooms
which were crowded all afternoon. Among
their guests were Colonel Ecford Moore,
John B. Fell, Street Commissioner Ryn-
der. Charles Engle, S. P. Whitehead, for
original Mckinley man of New Jersey,
n Willing G. Sickel, all of Trenton: AS
semblymen Minch and Hunt of Cumber-
land county Assemblyman Hand of Cape
May, and Speaker Macpherson.
The legislative party who came down
in a special Pullman with the Newark
Indians had seats on a stand near the
Treasury Building. The ~Assemblymen
in the party were Armbruster, Atherton,
Bauman, Bridge, Brown, Demarest, bod,
Fairchild, Fountain, Goldenhorn, Harri-
son, Hogan, Reid, Thorn, Van Doren,
Hutchinson. Senator Francis, of Mon
mouth, was also on the stand.
Thaddeus Varney, City Clerk of Cam
den; former State Assessor West, of
Gloucester; Sheriff West, John D. Brown
Secretary of the School Board, were with
the Camden contingent. :.
Mrs. Hobart, Hobart Tuttle her
brother, and Junior Hobart. after d
quiet dinner drove over to the White
House and called on Mrs. Mckinley, and
they chatted for an hour and were then
driven to the ball.
After the grand march the Vice Presi-
den and Mrs. Hobart held a short re-
ception in the room assigned to the Vice
President. They were assisted by Gov
ernor n Mrs. Grfggs and some of the
staff. All the staff were present, and
distributed themselves very generally
over the ballroom.
Those prominent from New Jersey were
Colonel and Mrs. William Barbour, of
Paterson; Colonel and Mrs. Potter,
Colonel and Mrs. Anthony Kuser (the lat
ter received much attention, because it
is her first official appearance since her
marriage).
Others on the floor were Colonel and
Mrs. JOIN J.. Toffey, Congressman and
Mrs. H. E.. ~Loudenslager, Congressman
and Mrs. Parker, Mr.. and Mrs. William
j.. Browning, of Camden; Postmaster
and Mrs. Devine, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Lee, of Atlantic City; Alexander Yard.
Surrogate Cornell, Assemblymen Brown,
Thorn and Hutchinson, and Major Mound
of Trenton.