The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-08
GREAT IS JERSEY.
Governor Voorhees, Patriotic
Address at the Union
Leagues Dinner.
ONE TAMMAHY MAN VSs THERE
He Begged Those Present Not
to Tell Croker Eloquent
Speeches Made.

Whatever may be said about the Repub-
licans turning out on stormy election
days, it can't be said they don't U
out on stormy dining nights. While the
| storm ragged last evening and drove every
| one to shelter, a large number of repre-
| sentative Republicans gathered in the
spacious parlors of the Union League
Club, on Van Worst Square, to do honor
| to Governor Foster M. Voorhees,. The
| honor took the shape of a reception and
dinner and everything passed off with
| out a hitch. The Governor arrived early
in the evening and held an Informal levee
in the large billiard room. Few intro
| auctions were necessary, as most of those
who shook hands with the Governor had
met him before in that same room.
At 1880 O'Clock the orchestra struck up
a spirited march and the company march
ed into the dining hail. The large room
| was beautifully decorated with the ma
tional colors and pictures of Dewey,
| Sampson and Schley and the other heroes
| of the Spanish War. Mr.. Flayel MCGEE
| sat at the head of the table, with Gov
ernor Voorhees, on his right and Job
Hedges of New York. ex-Mayor Strong's
private secretary. on his left Others at
the table were Judge Ohm A. Blair, Ma
jor z. K. Pangborn, John A. Walker,
| Judge Nevius, Chief of Police BENJAMIN
Murphy, Colonel Samuel D. Dickinson,
| James v~redenburgh, Walter Collins, Henry
S. White, David DAILY, c. W. Kingsland,
Judge Charles W. Parker, R. B. Gray,
DR.. A. L. Opdyke, Assistant Prosecutor
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| Chambers. R. w. Herbert of Wickatuck,
| George Richards Of Dover. Aaron S. Bald
win, James S. Erwin, Reuben Simpson,
| e. S. Cowles, Cornelius Zabriskie, Chas.
D. Ridgeway, John Ramsay, General
Hugh A~bernethy, A. A. Smyth, o. H.
| Loshen, Elliot Green, Jr., F.. NJ. Lock-
| wood, Henry Brautigam, Abel |. Smith,
| Theodore K. Wegman, j. w. Dusenbery,
| Isaac Romaine, Fred Sehober, DR.. j. t.
Hanks, DR.. E. 7. Hanks, Edward w.
Woolley, H. B. Holmes, George L. Rec
| ord. Charles w. King and Captain Samuel
A. Archibald.
Owing to the fact that General John
Ramsay had been so busy preparing for
the reception to the returning volunteers,
according to Mr.. MCGEE, that he forgot
| all about it there was no printed menu.
Nevertheless the dinner was an excellent
| one and when coffee and eigars had been
| served Mr.. MCGEE called the company to
order and struck the key note of the even
ing's concert. 1t was a glorification of
| everything Republican and a v%illification
of everything Democratic. Among other
things Mr.. McGee said that the difference
| between the Republicans and the Demo-
49, ~ oo,,11fnon Hrlrlao i'm
| power tried to lower the taxes, but II.
! Democrats did not care anything about
that. All they wanted was the offices and
the salaries. Three thousand improper
names were voted on last fall, he said,
and they were going to be voted on again
this spring. There was something very
| queer about this town; the Republicans
do all they can to run things economically
and yet the people will persist in pu ing
the Democrats in power.
1--WE have with us a great treat ffais
evening" Mr.. MeCee continued after wip-
ing his eyes over the perversity of the
dear people. '.He is noted for the fact
that he can be depended upon every
time
Except when you've got a bipartisan
bill in your pocket" muttered Colonel
Sam" Dickinson as he lit a fresh cigar.
H is always on the right side" con-
tinded Mr.. McGee and with the govern
ment in his hands we are safe" He
then introduced the Governor, who was
received with much enthusiasm.
81 nave heard here for the first time"
the Governor began, sthe secret of my
success, I have always dome my best and
| when I have refused a request l nave
worn a Svengalf smile. I remember some
thing of Hudson last fail. The mysteries
| of it's politics are past finding out and my
| association WITH its representatives both
in the upper and lower house convinced
me that they were mysterious"
The Governor then spoke of the Republic
| can party and the war and asked who
there was in this broad land of ours, vino
! would criticize the paIfcy that brought
| about a legitimate war and carried it on
in legitimate bounds to righteous ends?
II must take issue with the old man
who wrote what is best administered is
| best. l prefer the modern writer, the man
who could write TAX up the white mans
burden, " The Governor then turned to
his text, "The State sOur beloved State
of New Jerseyrg he began, 1T may
not be called the Empire State,
nor has It the metropolis within its
borders. Yet 1t is dear to us all VINO
first saw the light within her confines :
He then referred to those New York
business men who spend only THEFT nights
in the State and said&"Yes, they nave
been called ROSTERS but there are 'reaS-
ters' and 'roosters.' It has always bees
loyal State. 1t played A prominent part
in the war of the Revolution, and it has
its Trenton, III Monmouth, is Princeton