The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-05
As GOODAS DEAD MEN
The Republicans Nominate
Judge ]. Herbert Potts
for Mayor.
KLlNK GETS SECOND PLACE.
John H. WeasteIl and Henry
RohIf Named for Street and
Water Commissioners.
SLIGHT HITCH IN THE MACHINE
The Convention Very Commonplace
and Unenihusiastic-List of
q Minor officers Selected.
SLIGHT HITCH IN THE MACHINE

u4AV1 OlLS0lD 0VlNVet0t
The Republican Convention this morn
ing nominated j. Herbert Potts. for
Mayor; William Klink, for Alderman-at-
Large, and John S. weastell and Henry
Rohlff, for Members of the Board of
Street and Water Commissioners. It was
a 1ugubrious convention and was held in
Bergen Hall. Although the most strenu-
I fous efforts were made to get up some en-
thusiasm and there was some noise, it
was not the hearty. spontaneous enthusi-
which comes from a convention
where the delegates are heart and soul
for the cause for which they cheer It
was. on the other hand, forced and
strained and so weak that it could not
stand alone, and when the props were
removed it fell to the ground in an igno-
minious heap Only once did the noise
rise TO anything like genuine enthusiasm
and that was when Herbert Potts, in his
speech of acceptance, shouted, 81 am in
this fight to win
- There were two causes to which this
bos gloom may have been due: it was cut
Y ad dried convention, and the demon of
= ire defeat spread its sornbre wings over
q the gathering. A handful of the leaders
got together last night at the Union
League Club, and prepared the slate,
which the convention meekly swallowed
this morning. Rebellion lifted its de-
terrniiled front in the Eleventh ward and
Henry Rohlff of that ward was named
for Street and Water Commissioner in
stead of James Dickson, the slate cam
didate. He subsequently secured the
nomination. Hard work was done to
scare up enthusiasm for William Klink,
the young statesman, who. according to
the cries of his followers in the conven-
ton did about everything worth doing
that was done during the past session
OF the LEGISLATURE. but sure defeat loom
inc up before them dampened the order
OF the most enthusiastic and even Mr..
Kinks reception was not overenthusi-
astie.
The convention was called to order at
ten O'clock by Edward w. Woolley Presi-
dent of the County Committee The cleo
tion of Edward w. Woolley as Temporary
Chairman and John Erwin as Secretary
was unanimous While this fact was
being announced Assembly1nan William
Elink entered the hail and took seat
I among the delegates from the Fourth
ward. He was greeted with loud ap-
" plause and continued stamping of hum
dreds of feet. ssPlatform for Klink,"
vas called from all parts Of the hall, but
a. the popular Assemblyman remained in
his place among the delegates, of which
he is one.
The appointment of cnairmen of ward
delegations and sof committees on reso-
lutions and organization with one member
from each ward was proceeded with and
resulted as follows:-Chairnan of Dele
gations:-First ward, w. H. Eaton; Sec
ond ward. I. J. Harper; Third ward. c.
d. Dickinson; Fourth ward William NJ
Klinls; Fifth ward. H. c. Gfuber; Sixth
ward, ]. C. Kaiser, Seventh ward, z. Fry;
Eighth ward. C. A. Roe; Ninth ward ]
B. Landrine; Tenth, j. NJ Coughlin;
Eleventh ward, M. Henry; Twelfth ward
r. +. Stuhr.
Committee on Organization-J. Chad
burn, Ira Startup, c. Kendall, H. Holmes
E. Casey P. West, J. Mckinney, c.
Cooper, F. d. Mills, M. Livingston, J. w
Black and A. Shaw.
Committee on Resoiutions-William
O'Brien. r. Urquhart C. N. King, Will
lam M. Klink, M. Pagan, E. w. Angel
W. H. Armstrong, NJ. Simmons L. Stu
henvoll, e. Farley, J. e. Macarthur and
6. Bornemann..
When the committees had been an
nounced President Woolley said:-"After
this convention adjourns each one of
the twelve ward delegations will meet
in this building for the purpose of nom
y mating their respective candidates for
Aldermen and Justice of the Peace. The
certificates of nomination must be filed
with the City Clerk before four o'clock
this afternoon. The Clerk OF this Coun-
ty Committee has volunteered to remain
to assist where necessary in making out
the nomination certificates
At 1910 o'clock the committees retired
to draft resolutions and the ward dele
cations gathered in various parts of the
hall to arrange their states for Aldermen
and minor offices
1t was haif-r.ast ten O'clock when AS
sen3.s'nirn l,lnk rs chairman Of the
committee all Resolutions, read this curl
ostty nf q pIatfcrm
The Republican party of jersey City
respectfully submit t. the people that
the record OF Republican administration
Fl in this city for the past FIVE years is a
U sufficient guarantee 70 Justly a continll-
ance of the party in power. The breath
of scandal has not soilea a single page
during this period in The history of the
city
f.Fublic improvements have been i1aiti-
ated, progr assed and complsted to an ex-
tent never before approxinstted. Grading,
curbing and paving of unin,prove3 streets,
the removal of co5ble stones from our
thoroughfares and the substitution of as
pnalt and Belgian block over many miles
Of road in the city h:lve contributed to
the pleasure, comfort. cleanliness and
health of the public at large
building and rebuilding sewers and
the additions to our sewerage system
have been executed TO III unprecedented
extent. Electric lights have been IN
stalled upon our streets for public light
ing, taking the Dlaec OF aptiquated gas
and oil lights without additional ex-
Df.5sSE.