Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1898-07-21
L0UDENSLAGER.
The Opposition Made no Showing and i
was Loudenslager with a Boom
ing Rush.

MILLNlLLE, July l4.-The FIRST district
Republican Congressional Convention
to-day nominated Hon. Fl. G. T.ouden-
slayer for fourth term. He received
on the first ballot 32S votes. to lCS for
James M. E. Hildredth, Mayor of Cape
May. The minority made a vigorous
Ilght IN the convention. The sensation of
the day was an ill-advised personal attack
upon Congressman LoudensIager. made
py former Senator Isaac T. Nichols, of
Cumberland county, in saconding Hill
dredth's nomination. Hildredtb himself
did not approve of this attack. end af:er
Loudenslager was nominated he mounted
the platform and manfully pledged him
sell ana his friends to the support of the
| nominee.
Ihe minority was made up largely of
disappointed applicants for post offices or
other government Positions, and their
friends The convention was fairly
conducted, it ended tremendously
and the re election of Congre e
man Loudenslager by a large ma
Jority is assured. The patriotism of the
delegates was easily stirred, and the
names of Mckinley, Hobart and Griggs
were enthusiastically greeted.
Camden Was Solid.
Camden county with it's l2O delegates
under the able leadership of Sheriff David
Baird, dominated the convention and
controlled the situation.
A special train which pulled out of
Camden al $50 a. M, c7rl led the Camden
delegation and the City Brass Band.
Stops were made along the line to pick
up Gloucester, Cumberland and Salem
delegates. Arriving at Millvile the
Camden delegation marched with mill
tary precision to the Rink, where the
convention was held. In this structure,
low, frame building, with few windows,
the delegates sweltered, bonn barded with
the music of rival bands. until noon.
"hen Judge E. A. Armstrong, of Cam
den, called the convention to order,
Lawyer F. A. Rex, of Camden, and
Editor A. S. Barber, of Woodbury., were
MADE secretaries. Lawyer J. Foreman
Slnnlckson, of Salem, was selected for
chairman. While the Committee on
Credentials, Rules, Permanent Organjza-
ton and Resolutions were preparing their
reports the delegates drilted out in search
Of fresh air and cooling drinks.
1t did not take long to get down to
business after the committee reported.
There were no contests, and the rosolu-
tions:were brief. They endorsed the ad-
mlnlstraticn. pledged hearty support in
the prosecution of the war, and COM
mended the work of equipping and
promptly sending troops to the front
from New Jersey. The rules of the for
mer convention were adopted, with a
proviso that the members of the State
Executive Committee in the district shall
constitute District Executive Com
mittee.
Engard Pleased Them.
Camden county opened the ball when
nominations were called for, and former
Assemblyman Joseph M. Engard was
put op the platform to formally nominate
Congressman Loudenslager. He did it
well, in brief, eloquent, good-natured
speech, telling what the ''tall son of
Gloucester" had done for his district and
his county during the six years he had
been in Congress. The delegates were
pleased with Engard's speech, and when
a Gloucester county man sang out,
"Why, Joe, you ought to go to Congress
yourself" the applause was deafenine.
Mayor Hildreth's name was placed in
nomination by Francis K. Duke, Cape
May delegate, who pleaded that his
county was entitled to recognition be-
cause it had not furnished Congressman
for sixty-six years. ''See you later"
shouted Camden delegate and the Cape
May man sat down.
Then Nichols stirred the convention to
white heat by an attack on Congress
man Loudenslager, personal, bitter, vim
dictive and even scurrilous.
I'VE cannot nominate man on whose
garments there is a smell or a scorch of
lack of integrity, he said. ''There is a
strong feeling throughout the district that
we ought not to renominate the present
Congressman. The independent voter is
abroad in the land, and if he is not heard
on the floor of convention he will be
heard at the ballot box. This was evil
denced recently in Camden"
AT this reference to the receut reform
victory in Camden and Camden county
delegation howled and jeered with anger.
Other singing illusions, personal in
their application to CongressmanLouden-
Slayer, were made by former SenatorNich-
OILS and the chairman's gavel was kept
busy maintaining semblance of order
until the speech was finished.
On the roll call Camden lined up solidly
with l2o votes for Loudenslager. All the
other counties had to be called by wards
and townships owing to the disputes in
the delegations. AS each announcement
was made 1t was greeted with cheers and
misses by the rival delegates.
The Vote.
The vote as tailed by the secretaries
was as follows:
Loudenslager. Hildreth
Camden county 100
Cape May county 81 ID