The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-08-24

REPUBLICANS CONFER.
State Committee Fixes
Thursday September %,
for Convention.
THE OPPOSITION TO VOORHEES,
Failure to Agree Upon a Can
didate May Make 1t
HARMLESS.
THE OPPOSITION TO VOORHEES,

TRENTON, Aug. "a, 1S9e.-The Repabli-
cans thought they did 4 smart ching yes
terday when their State Committee fixed
September q as the late for holding .beir
State convention. They lave been allrs-
ing the idea that the Democratic State
Committee did not hx the date of it's par
TVS convention at the meeting held IN At
lantic City last Friday because they were
afraid to do SO until they had learned
what the Republicans were going to DO.
$50 in order to block this little game" as
the Republicans say, they fixed upon
Thursday, September %, the latest day in
the week and the latest day in the month
TO which the Democrats could possibly
hold their convention This. they de-
clare. will force the Democrats to show
their hand and the way they chortled in
their glee was almost as depressing as the
weather.
Maybe it was the weather or maybe it
was the cloud of anticipated defeat
which produced the gloom that hung over
the gathering. The initiated thought that,
something Of more than usual importance
was in the wind, because it was knpwn
that General SeWeli had not only written
to some of his trusty lieutenants urging
them to be present, but had followed this
up yesterday morning with kilograms
commanding that they come. Nevershe-
less the crowd was very small indeed; in
fact, outside of committeemen, newspa-
per men and one or two State House
office holders. no one was here. General
SeweIl came up from Camden very early
in the day md opened the famous room
100 in the Trenton House. Trenton is
the hottest place in this part Of The coun-
try next to Philadelphia, and the atn3s-
phere yesterday was at the sizzling point.
The first thing the General did upon his
| arrival at the room was to take off his
coat and unbutton his vest. TDen
| arming himself with a big palm
arming himself with a big palm leaf fan
he prepared to receive the faithful.
They were very slow in arriving and it
was considerably afternoon, the hour set
| for the meeting when enough of the COM
mittee were present to meet. The Gen.
| eral soon Joined in 100 by Congressman
| Gardner, Of Atlantic City, and Franklin
Murphy, got Newark. who has in his
bonnet a Gugernatorial bee, whose hum
| has been heard in Elizabeth in a way that
| has caused some apprehension. He sat on
a sofa in one corner of the room and
held a lengthy conference with Senator
johnson of Bergen, who wants very
much to succeed himself in the Senate.
The voorhees, men. cast anxious glances at
the two as they kept their heads close
together, and wondered what kind of
combination the gentleman from Bergen
and the Newark millionaire were hatch
ing up.
Your W Colonel Dickinson came along
about eleven O'Clock and from the way
the c~oat1ess United States Senate shock
his hand and took him off into one corner
| and poured words of wisdom into his
| esx, one would never have imagined that
| it is not so many years since Sammy was
| kicking like a Spanish mule against the
! General and threatened to retire him to
private life. An ntima friend of both
| the General end the Colonel declare that
Tom, McFswaQ's name YVES not men
| toned once between them. Elisha Gaddis
WIS another of the Generals staff pre-
| sent. He came down grunbliag. He was
not a member of the committee and is
| aout of politics and he couldn't see Why
the General had sent for him, but as the
| Cieperalhad telegraphed to him to come he
had come. 1t was a sight for God and
men 70 see the greeting between Mr. Cad
dis and Mr.. John Kean, how they shook
each others hands warmly, smiled most
benienly and said the most compliment
tarv things to each other, while the knife
which each has UP his sleeve for
| the other in the Union County traction
matter was plainly discernable through
! the thin material of their sunlmer coats
Major Anderson sat disconsolately by
himself, and it was said that he missed
his political twin, Colonel John J. Toffey,
who is not seen much around Trenton
these DAYS sitting in the councils of the
party.
It was nearly one o'clock when. led by
Franklin Murphy. the committee filed up
to Room is and got to work.
The committee Drope was IN session
about two hours. and in ADDITION 70 thS
| gentleman at the conference with General
| Sewell. there were present Nla1or =. y.
| Anderson. Somerset: Senator William NJ.
| johnson who acted as proxy for e. p.
! Rreckenridge. of Bergen; r.. g. Hutchln-
son burlington. Il. w. Trenchafd, cum
| beriand: Henry Nj. Doremus and Henry
A. Potter, OF Essex; CONGRESSMAN Harry
| TIandrine. Of Hudson: Richard B. Read
| Ing. OF Hunterdon; John H. Conger, Mid
dlesex, J. W. Danser, Monmouth; Isaac
| Moffatt. who acted as proxy TOR george
| Hires. of Salem: a., Blair Kelsey, VINO
! acted as proxy for d. e. BAR, or war
| rem: State Comptroller VIM. S. Hancock,
| and w. Scott Snyder, secretary OF the
committee. The committeeman who fall
ed to put in an appearance Were DAVID
Baird and C. n. Robinson. of Camden;
Skirm. Of Mercer; George Richards, of
! Morris; A. M. Bradshaw, OF Sussex
! Passaic county is at present without a
State Committeeman, A. 3. Pearce, who