Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-11-17


Central-All right here it is.
George Long-Who is that
Sam Rose-That you George? This
| is Rose.
Mr.. Long-Yes this is me, what will
you have.
Mr.. Rose l would like to have full
| particulars about the Egg Harbor Con-
ventiOn, as you know | wasn't there,
and had nothing to do with it and don't
| know what was done except what |
read in the interview you and Lew
| Scott had over that unseen wire they
seem to have in the PLEAsANTvILLE
| PRESS only. You know our Ward
s.slumped' both on Kelley for Chairman
and Smith for Assembly.
Mr.. Long-Sam. don't play the baby
act and pretend you don't know any
thing. You had as much to do with it
as anybody else if you wasn't at the
Convention.
Mr.. Roosevelt if did you don't have
to elbow" it all over town, for L have
done nothing but make excuses ever
since, and if you give it away that !
was into the scheme with the rest OF
you it only means more trouble, and
before would go through what | have
| again concerning what was done at
that Convention / would go to China or
Japan or some other heathenish locality.
But tell me the particulars.
Mr.. Long-It's long story. Sam, and
| don't know whether l can tell it
| straight or not, but will try. We went
up there you know with everything our
own way. From Atlantic City we had
part of the First and all the Third and
Fourth Wards giving us about forty
votes to start with. Besides these we
had seven from Egg Harbor Township,
four from Egg Harbor City, ten from
Hammonton, eight from Hamilton,
four from Linwood, two from Somers
Point and seven from Pleasantville,
making all told 80 votes or majority
| of nineteen.
The first thing anybody knew, a story
was reported that Congressman Gard
ner had put on the thumbscrews and
given Mr.. Strickland and Mr.. Elvins
who are candidates for postmaster at
Hammonton, to understand that il
either one of them or both wanted to be
postmaster of that enterprising town
they would have to support Mr.. Ashley
| for Assembly.
Mr.. Rose-That was rather cool after
the victory they had won against
"Bossism" and elected delegates for
Smith to be told they had to do so and
| so.
| Mr.. Long-Well the result was Ham,
monitor supported Ashley and Kelley.
Then came Egg Harbor City with four
delegates all for Smith and Kelley, but
everyone of them were candidates for
Postmaster.
Mr.. Rose-Were they all given to un-
| derstand the came as the HammOnton
delegates.
Mr.. Long-That was the report, and
| only cite you to their votes as the re-
suit. You will see this took from us IA
| votes and only left our majority at five.
| Then came a rap on my door, and who
should it be but friend with q message
| tn me that had been selected as the
best man that could be found in Allan
tic City to fill the office of Mayor, but in
order to bring this about it would be
necessary for me to become Chairman oi
the Convention. But you know, Sam,
that was not id accord with our CON-
| pact and had to refuse the offer. In q
| few minutes word came back that to be
Chairman of the Convention and Mayor
| of Atlantic City it would naturally
make me the most availble candidate
for the Atlantic City Post Office. That
you know, Sam, is my tender spot and
| became interested.
Mr.. Rose-You know Levi is candi.
date himself for that place, and several
others are reported as having the prom.
Use of it.
Mr.. Long-I know that, bur thought
| | would interview the Congressman and
so did, and found out for myself. The
result you know. OF course it was 8
hard blow to Kelley, but you know
"self-preservation is the first law O
NATURE" The best joke of it all was
when came out of Garduer's room who
did meet but Lew" Barrett waiting
admittaRce. This capped the climax, al
Barrett was leading Smiths fight.
saw the jig was up. suppose Pleasant
vile will now have at least q halt dozeI
promised postmasters as well as the rest
of US.
Mr.. Rose-I can't imagine what Gard
ner was thinking of to allow himself tC
get into this fight. 1t didn't concern
him at all, and was none of his business
He had the best kind of an argument fol
keeping out, but he didn't, and tht
wonder to me is that somebody didn't
tell him 80.
Mr.. Long -Blesa your soul there was
Ed. Wilson, of Absecon, it is said, tol(
him very emphatically to keep bis hands
off and for once attend to his owl
business and let the people attend tt
theirs. As rule our folks seem to say
"the people be id. They will taxi
what is given them"
| Mr.. Rose-W Wonder if anybody heart
the talk, as it must haye been interest
ing.
| Mr.. Long-It was said that Ed. Strick
land, Of Hammonton, heard Of it, and i
really was as good as a circus. Yol
know Wilson is an independent fellow
and dooan,t nnk anYlodH any fnE0rs