The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-05-16
VOORHEES, SAILS
Many Jersey Men Bid Him
Bon Voyage on the
st. Paul.
HUDSON PAINFULLY ABSENT
Essex Disappointed Over His
Failure to Appoint
Register.

Governor VOORHEES, sailed this morning
for Southampton on the American Line
steamship st. Paul and by this time is
getting worse shaking up than the yell
low newspapers gave him over the Eyler
affair. The Governor passed through this
city this morning shortly after eight
o'clock on his way from his home in
Elizabeth to the st. Paul at her wharf at
the foot of Dey street.
He was accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Bergen, his sailing companions, his
brother DR.. John Voorhees, of Elizabeth,
and a number of personal friends. The
party crossed the river by the Courtlandt
street ferry. Arriving at New York they
proceeded to the st. Paul direct, where
the Governor found even at that early
hour several admirers waiting to wish
him bon voyage. The Governors many
friends had sent him floral remembrances
and they were all grouped on one Of the
tables in the dining saloon. The floral
tributes of the Governors constituents
were numerous and elaborate and made a
beautiful showing.
After admiring the flowers the Governor
and Mr. Bergen went to the main saloon,
where the Governor held an informal re-
ception. The passenger list of the steam
ship was unusually large and as each
voyager had friends to see him off the
crowd on the big vessel was something
tremendous. The crush about the Cover
nor was almost impossible and it was
with great difficulty that the late arrivals
among the Jerseymen could get near
enough to clasp the Executive digit. The
Governor shook hands with all who ap-
preached and replied in his happiest vein
to the numerous wishes for a pleasant
voyage which were showered upon him.
To the representative of ''The Jersey
City News he said what is already
known. that he expected to be gone only
three weeks, as he was taking the triI
solely for the benefit he expected the
ocean sail would be to his health. As ht
would have only a day or two over or
shore he did not expect to see much O.
Europe He thought it extremely doubt
full whether he would visit Paris at all.
There were large number of Esse1
Republicans in the throng and they haC
come not so much to give the Governo
.'send off, as to try and find out VIII
was to succeed Judge Alfred Skinner a
Register of Essex county. There wer,
eight candidates for the position, most ac
tive among whom were Assemblymer
Dexheimer and Klein.
This had narrowed down yesterday to {
fight between the followers of Major Lenti
and William Riker, and in the hopes thai
the leaders might reach an understanding
the Governor allowed the appointment t
go over until this morning. This was done
the request of Major Lentz, who ha:
directed all his efforts to defeating Mr.
Dexheimer, and would welcome the nam
ing of a compromise candidate 1t wa.
generally believed that Mr.. Dexheimel
would be named.
Much to the disappointment of the
Essex men the Governor announced this
morning that he has not yet made up his
- q name and the appointment
would have to go over until his return
e-.a,l essed a wish that the warning
factions would get together during his
absence and agree upon man for him tC
name.
Among those who shook the Governor:
hand this morning and recommended ar
infallfble cure for seasickness were:-
State Senators Hand of Cape May. John
son of Bergen, McCarter of Essex, Hutch
inson of Mercer. Stokes of Cumberland
Francis of Monmouth, Pitney of Morris
Reed of Somerset and Cross of Union
Assemblymen Wakelee of Bergen, Clark
Bachelor, Weserman. Dexheimer Kreit-
Ter, Klein, Mungle, Speaker Jones, and
Campbell of Essex; Wood of Mercer
Smith and Foote of Union: Lyon and
Groves of Middlesex; Lewis and Berry OF
Passaic, and Kirkbride of Morris; Colonel
Alex Oliphant of Trenton; Assistant Sec
retary OF State Hickey, Adiutant General
Stryker, Supreme Court Clerk Rlker Ma
jor Carl Lentz and other State officilas
Hudson, County Republican were con,
spicuous by their absence and only few
of the managed to get through the crowd
Among those that did finally reach the
Executive presence were General P
Farmer wanser. ex-Sheriff Alex Nc.
Lean and Boyd Mclean. secretary of tht
State Sewerage Commission. The Jersey.
men gave their Governor a great salute
as the st. Paul swung out into tht
stream.