The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-26
SAT like MUMMIBS.
Nominations Go Begging in
the GreenV1lle Republic
can Convention Last
Night.
DELEGATES LEAVE In DISGUST
Frantic Efforts to Secure an Alder
manic Candidate = Minks and
beaguers Pay Com
pllments.

ptlHl0HtSs
Ward conventions may come and go LOT
many years to come, but the convention
held by the Seventh Ward Republicans
last evening in Belvedere Hall, Greenvllle
will long be remembered. For two hours
and a half those nineteen delegates sat
in the hall like lot of mummies. Dur
ing that time four recesses were taken.
With all the talk about the '.cinch' they
were going to have, the hardest kind OF
work was experienced in getting any men
to run. Three Justices of the Peace, one
Constable and one Alderman were to be
nominated. The Alderman was noml-
mated and one Justice of the Peace and
one Constable. The first position was
forced upon Peter Boos, the second was
grabbed at by Henry Petty and John
Sotheren hopes to enjoy the honor of be-
| ing Constable. At least dozen other
| men were named for Justice of the Peace,
but all declined. The last resort was to
appoint committee of six, one from each
precinct, to fill the vacancies.
The convention was called to order by
William Reid president of both the U. S.
Grant Association and the Ward Asso-
citation. David Jones was elected chair
man and Winfield Dunn secretary. Nom
nations for Alderman were then called
for. AS each of the mems names We're
called they answered that they had no
nomination to make until it came around
to Delegate Van Buslzrk He then nom
mated Edward Schultz, who was beaten
by Alderman Barr AS Schultz's name
was mentioned his brother Michael got
up and said that he would not run. He
said that his brother would not accept
under any circumstances, and that no one
had been to see him about the nomina-
tion.
Mr. Van Buskirk said that he would
not have offered Schultzs name if he had
not understood that Schultz wanted it be-
fore he came upstairs. The delegates
names were then called again, but no
names were offered. The delegates sat
quietly for about five minutes, when
motion was made to pass over to the nom
nations of Constable. Two nominations
were offered, the names of Samuel Will
Jams of the Minks and John Sotheren of
the League Sotheren landed by a ma
jority of one, the vote being nine to ten
John Leonard then made motion to
| make the nomination unanimous. Dele
gate Bargstide objected, saying that
when a vote by ballot was taken the
nomination should stand as it was. Leon
ard rose for point of information, as he
said and wanted to know why it could
not be made unanimous. The chair and
the secretary were stumped, and the ques-
ton remained unanswered. Many dis
gusted looks were visible on the faces of
nv tinr,
made unanimous.
Nominations for Justice of the Peace
were then called for. Henry Petty was
unanimously elected. because he wanted
| it. Anybody could have been nominated.
The roll was called four times, but no
| nominations were offered. No one seemed
to know what to do and memErs from
different clubs rushed up to delegates and
held whispered conferences and the con-
| vention remained at standstill. On the
next roll call after the trance had passed
away for time ex-Coroner Burns named
John Struthers for Justice of the Peace.
| Chairman Jones asked Mr.. Burns who
Mr. StrutherS was. Burns replied that he
was a prominent business man in the Sew
enth ward, and that he thought it was
the chairman's business to entertain the
4 nomination and say nothing more Mr.
Burns was seated at the furthest end OF
the table, and therefore did not see the
man he nominated, and who was seated
at the other end of the table Several
delegates got up and said that they had
| a perfect right to know about man 1or
| whom they were to vote. They knew all
4 the time who he was, but did 1t lust TO
| get Burns to withdraw his nomination,
! which he did, but not before he called
| the secretary, Winfield Dunn, down for
interrupting. Burns told Dunn that ne
| was sorry to see a secretary running the
| convention. Delegate Leonard was get
| ting to be disgusted with the kicking and
/ wrangIing, and said
ssEet this be Republican convention
and not a scrapping match, for l don't
| like this funny business.
| Delegate Hargen made motion to
| take a recess for fifteen minutes, so as
! to give the delegates time to grope their
| way out of the fog, and to wake up out
| of the trance that all had apparently
| been thrown into.
| ed lot Of Republicans could not be found.
Said ONE
Here's ward which the Republicans
| claim by 300 majority, and yet these nom
'"Lot of mugs, exclaimed another.
s.See the way they sit around like dead
men,
"Slowest thing on record said another.
Gust to think, after the Dragging about
walkover."
y ssOh, they make me sick, they do, and
believe that anybody can be nominated if
| they will only accept it.
| On reassembling they went to the Alder
manic nomination again. Someone>named
| Edward Birch, but he declined with
! thanks. Frederick Schultzs name was
| next mentioned but he failed to take it.
esIf he had accepted that nominate tion,"
! said delegate, "every man would have
| fallen through the floor. We would have
| been beaten hands down, and think such
is the case as it stands.
The League Club could have had the
| whole five nominations, but no one want
ed the other nominations. Anybody could
! have had the nomination of Alderman for
l the asking Another adjournment was
! taken this time for half an hour, and
while this was going on couple of the
Leaguers journeyed to the store of Peter
| C. Boos on Old Bergen road, and after
swelling his head with all sorts of fishy
stories about him being the unanimous
/ choice and all that sort of thing, they
finally succeeded in getting him up to the
I hall.
Once again the roll was called and
Boos' name was mentioned. Before he
had a chance to decline he was nominated
| amid the frantic shrieks of the delegates
| who were mighty glad to have showed
somebody into the place.
/ Nominations for Justice of the Peace
were then called for again. Birch noYni-
mated Michael Schultz and he in turn NOM
mated Birch. When the roll was called
/ fora vote on the nomination not a vote
By this time almost everyone present
was sick of the whole affair, and openly