The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-21
MACHINE MADE.
Republican Ticket Cut and
Dried at Last Evenings
Alleged Convention.
WATSON CHIEF MOURNER
Mayoralty Candidate Yoke d
With Three Very
Dark Horses.
LIVELY M'EWAN ROW
The Uncrushed Congressman
Contributes the Only AMI
nation to the Annual Re-
publican Obsequies.
LIVELY M'EWAN ROW

Edward NJ Watson, of Lafayette, was
last night selected at the Republican City
Convention as the party victim at the
forthcoming election for Mayor Had it
not been for the presence of a handful
of Tom McEwan's brothers and heelers
there to shout for Honest Tom," the
proceedings would have been the tamest
thing in the convention line. The Nc
Ewanites aided and abetted by Dickin-
son man tried the stampede trick, but
Col Dickinson had the najority Of his
henchmen too strongly in line and the
effort was failure. Beaten on the
nomination for Mayor the McEwanites
didn't oppose those for president of the
Board of Aldermen and Board of Street
and Water Commissioners and the Re-
publican ticket was made up as follows
For Mayor-Edward M. Watson.
Alderman -at-Large-John S. Menagh.
Board of Street and Water Commits
sioners-Jacob Diehl, William Reed.
About eight O'Clock the delegates began
to take their seats. Chairman Edward
W. Woolley and Secretary John ]. Erwin
were made temporary officers and after
ward permanent. Col. Dickinson and
ex-Mayor Wanser quietly took their seats
and appropriately assumed a funeral ser
vice look John Brennan with Billy Eaton
and others from the First Ward sat on
: Mr. Woolley's left and they were
lugubrious. solemn and silent. Even John
Weastell was taciturn and Louis Steuben-
vol spoke in whispers, occasionally
glancing around to see what Johnny Ian
drine was up to. Away off in the right
ha
where Michael Schultz. Isaac Goldenhorn.
Reuben Simpson and Major Armstrong,
Alderman E. Frey and others were COM
forting Mr.. Reed and preparing him for
the sacrifice. Downstairs in the commit
tee room was Mr. Watson himself brave
ly awaiting the summons that the end
was ct hand
Chairman Woolley called the convention
to order, and Secretary Erwin, in mis-
methodical way, rapidly got through roll
call and other routine work There were
10 stirring addresses no platform read,
nothing of that kind which clearly. under
the mournful nature of the occasion would
have been out of place. Just as soon as
Mr.. Erwin had finished the preliminaries
Chairman WooHey approached the duty of
calling for nominations by words for
Mayor, and the first man to respond was
Fire Commissioner John Brennan, and
this is what he said
nominate George Watson, who will do
credit to the city because George
Edward NJ" shouted C. H. Benson, for
merly of the Evening Journal"
.sOh, thought it was George" replied
Brennan, amid a litter.
what a dead give away" said the
other and another laugh followed.
Second ward" shouted Secretary Err
win and up jumped w. L. C. Fox. who
was sitting by Boulevard Commissioner
Bob Urauhart. 1t was this Fox who
started the McEwanites and startled the
machine men. His first words conveyed
the whole story told with provoking
frankness to the leaders. Said he:-
.I don't want to see man put up and
then knocked out. want to see some
one else but figure head as a candidate;
some one who can win, and that man IS
the Honorable Thomas McEwan, Jr
(Great cheering from the handful at the
back of the room led by blatant individ-
ual with a red face.) Yes, sir. want to
see that man nominated. 1 have always
voted for thorough Republican and
want to see a Republican get back for
Mayor of this city. The only man who
can do that is Tom McEwan"-
Again the cheering from the McEwan
people broke out and mingled with yells,
cat calls and Kisses, and the uproar
brought Chairman Woolley to his feet.
Rapping with his gavel, he said:-
.sNo yelling and hollering. Wait until
the speaker gets through You've had
your yell; wait" and this had the de-
5a1
to try the Impossible experiment of ANAL
gamating the McEwan and machine fac
tons. He did this by actually admitting
that McEwan had made extravagant
speeches. There had been chickering's, he
said. among Republicans, but he pleaded
that these should be thrown away and
like camp fire squabbles should end in
the face of the common foe. McEwan,
ne said. would rope in the Republicans.
..How many Republicans did he ever
rope imp shouted Bill Eaton. from the
opposition corner, and there were am
b,Suous cries of sLotsr' when he ran
for congressr' "Sit down." Three
cheers for Tom!' '.Hi-yf-yi-yi-yi"
II don't want to be interrupted. I can
stand here all night and answer YOU Ny
man is an ideal candidate and for the
Lords sake let us put an end to this
bickering,,t retorted Fox, glaring at
Chairman Woolleys corner. where sat
Brennan, Eaton and others, foils to the
McEwan boom. Proceeding after a pause
in spite of nudges and digs and pulling
of coattails by. Bob Urquhart, Fox wan
dered eff into peroration about McIxin-
leyisr Eaganisna and Algerism, and
then returned to blowing the trumpet for
MeEvan. much to the delight of that