Bridgeton pioneer., 1900-09-13
JERSEY NAMES
ITS ELECTORS.
The Republican Convention an
Enthusiastic One.

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genious mechanism TO-DAY, and the
program for choosing Presidential
electors was carried out without a
jar. The ten men who expect to
vote for Mckinley and Roosevelt in
the Electoral College are well sup
piled with I. this worlds goods, and
there is not likely to be light
weight bar'l in the coming campaign.
All are prominent citizens, of course,
and are calculated to give tone to the
ticket. The ten are:
Electors-at-Large.
David Baird, of Camden, lumber
and spar merchant, electric and gas
magnate.
John F. Dryden, of Newark, mil
lionaire president of the Prudential
Insurance Company.
District Electors.
FirSt-John M. Moore, of Glouces-
ter county.
Second Washington A. Roebling,
of Mercer
Third-Frederick 2. Olcott, of Som
erset.
Fourth-Luther Kountze, of Nor
riS.
Fifth-William Mckenzie, Bergen.
Sixth-G George A. Halsey, Essex.
Seventh-Albert Rappelye, Hudson.
Eighth-Wilberforc Freeman, Es-
sex.
While there were good many
vacant seats in the opera house, those
who were on hand lacked nothing of
enthusiasm even in the melting at
mosphere. and the ovation that was
rendered United States Senator Will
liam j. Sewell must have made the
: party's leader feel proud. When
State Chairman Franklin Murphy,
months, sojourn in the gay French
capital, stepped forward to call the
convention to order his popularity
was atteSted in a round of hearty
applause, and after Rev. Judson
Conklin had offered a prayer for the
q. O. P.-which he seemed to fee
needed intercession-Mr Murphy said
he was glad to get back to work, but
that he felt he must have the support
and aid of every Republican in the
State. He seemed to feel the neces-
sity of dispelling general apathy from
the ranks.
Ovation for the Leaders.
Senator Sewell was presented as a
chairman, and he appeared on the
stage the loyal Camden men arose in
a body and let loose shout and
clatter that aroused the whole mass
of delegates.
Senator Sewell's Speech.
In accepting the chairmanship,
Senator Sewell said in part:
| am not new to you. am old in
the politics of New Jersey AS an
honest man have endeavored to keer
high the standard of the political
leaders of this State. l have treated
politics as have treated my business
or my church. l have kept the
standard high because / do not be-
lieve in chicanery in politics. 1 be-
lieve that man who chooses politics
as his career in life ought to be hon.
est in every particular, and have
endeavored to follow that line. We
are now in the beginning of a cam
paign and 1 will call ycur attention
to eight years ago, when we assem-
bled at Minneapolis and nominated
General Harrison, than whom. nc
greater man lives. He was the
choice of the people, and we came
home thoroughly imbued with the
idea that tn ere was no question about
the election of so great and good a
man, especially as he had brought
prosperity to the country for the pre-
ceding four years. We were, how
ever, mistaken. The great mass OF
voters sometimes become tickle and
sometimes fail us, even in the height
of prosperity. Mr.. Cleveland was
elected to the Presidency = and,
thank God, Mr.. Bryan was not there
then. Mr.. Cleveland was an honest
man and one who believed in doing
as near right as possible. The
pledges of the party made four years
ago have been redeemed in every
particular. A new tariff was i'm
mediately enacted, which gave pros
perity to the country. 1t brought
wages to the laboring man and filled
his dinner pail that for years had
been empty. 1t would, therefore, be
a reasonable thing to expect that the
lesson once taught to the great
masses of voters would be taken to
hert. But is not well, my friends,