Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1900-10-04
NEW JERSEY WAKING UP.
ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING OF THE STATE
COMMITTEE.
Cali for Convention Of Democratic Clubs to
be addressed by William jennings Bryan.

MEETING OF THE STATE
COMMITTEE.
can for Convention Of Democratic Clubs to
be addressed by William jennings Bryan.
Aa enthusiastic meeting Of the Demo
cratic State Committee was held at the
headquarters in Jersey City Saturday after
noon, and the following itinerary for the
two days tour Of Col William J Bryan
through New jersey was mapped OUT:
Wednesday, October 25-Meeting at
Washington Park, 2 o'clock Leave Wash
ington Park at Is, going 20 Trenton, with
speeches from car at Riverside and Burling-
ton. Meeting at Trenton at 3. SO O'clock at
Taylor's Opera House, where Mr. Bryan
will address State Convention OF Demo-
cratic Clubs Leave Trenton at 5 o'clock,
stopping at New Brunswick, making speech
from platform OF train at New Brunswick
at 10, and then going on to jersey City,
where a meeting will be held in the even
ing.
Thursday. October 26.-Leave Jersey
City, going to Morristown, where a speech
viii be made from platform Of car, and
then going to Dover, where there will be a
meeting at II. 30. Leaving Dover and then
stopping at Boonton, where speech will
be made from platform of train, and going
on to Paterson, where Mr. Bryan will
address meeting at o'clock in the after
noon. Trip to conclude with a meeting at
Newark in the evening.
DAVIS IS IN LINE.
One OF the chief features of the meeting
was the announcement by Senator Johnston
Cornish that Collector Robert Davis had
offered to do all in his power to make the
reception to Bryan l-JIersgy City on Oct.
% the gr {eSas ssskscr given in any Demo-
CRATIC silesstlate in Hudson county.
Se1aeor Cornish had a confidential talk
With Collector Davis before the State Com
mittee met, and the result of it was that
Davis fell in line and agreed to cooperate
with the State Committee during the rest
of the campaign.
1t was also announced by the committee
that Vice Presidential candidate Adlai L.
Stevenson viii speak in Camden Monday,
October Is.
CALL FOR CLUB CONVENTION
Besides the meeting of the committee
there was meeting of the New Jersey
Society of Democratic Clubs at headquarters
Saturday afternoon, the result Of which was
the issuance of the following call
At meeting of the officers and executive
committee of the New Jersey Democratic
Society, held at headquarters of the New
Jersey State Democratic Committee, Sep
TENDER 80, 1900 the following call for a
State Convention of Clubs was unanimously
adopted
All Democratic clubs and societies and
all other organizations which are opposed
to imperialism, miIitarism, trusts, and
other Ubiquitous policies and evil tenden-
eies of the present national administration,
and who believe in the eternal principles of
liberty, justice and truth upon which the
government was founded, and who favor
the election of Messrs. Bryan and Steven
son in the pending campaign are invited to
send delegates to a convention OF clubs, to
be held at the Opera House, Trenton,
October %, 1900, at y O'Clock, noon.
Each organization will be entitled TO a
representation of five delegates and one
additional delegate for each one hundred
members
The business to be transacted will be the
selection of officers af the society, consist
ing of President, Secretary and Treasurer,
and one Vice President and one member of
Viz I1ACCublfC l1Ot1i C<tCil OOullN1 :
Delegates from the respective counties
will choose Vice President and member
of the Executive Committee to represent
such county.
Our candidate for President, William
Jennings Bryan, viii positively be present
and address the Convention,
The immediate organization Of clubs in
every voting presinct, and the selection Of
delegates to the Convention is urgently
requested As soon as clubs are organized
send list of officers, and names and addresses
of delegates to headquarters of the New
jersey State Democratic Committee, Hotel
Washington, Jersey City.
GEORGE H. LAMBERT, President.
GEORGE w. KANE, Secretary.
A committee of seven to arrange for the
State Convention and for the reception OF
the Democratic Presidential candidate on
that occasion was selected as follows: Oliver
/. BLACKWELL, Peter Stagg, james F. MIN
turn, Howard Carrow, James w. Lanafug,
John Hincheliffe, and William J Harring-
ton This committee will meet every Sat
urSlay at 2 p. m. at the State headquarters
until the Convention, and will act as a sub
committee OF the societies executive COM
mittee.
SECRETARY TO BE CHOSEN.
1t is the purpose OF the state society to be
in the campaign actively until its close and
for this purpose committee consisting of
James w. Lanning, George H. Lambert,
and James F. Minturn, was chosen to pro-
cure permanent secretary, who shall have
a desk at the State headquarters, and be
there constantly during the rest of the CAM
paign to keep the official organization of
the society in close touch with all parts OF
the State. Through him and its other
officers, the society will act as an adjunct
to the State Committee in the campaign
work. organizing clubs and meetings,
distributing literature and exerting its best
efforts in every possible line that will tend
to make the campaign a success.
Among the resolutions passed at Satur-
days meeting was one requesting candi-
dates for office in the different counties to
ton and assist it q defray necessary ex-
penses request for cooperation and
assistance will also be sent to the Exec
utive Committee Of the Democratic State
Committee.
Another resolution requests the delegates
to the State Convention to bring along in
addition to their credentials, American
flags for marching purposes. Although the
use of the national colors for campaign dis
play has been deprecated in many quarters,
it is the belief of the officers of the society
that no true patriot can have any objection
to their action, and that the use of the flag
will tend to arouse enthusiasm in what
they maintain to be good cause
The New York World, which opposed the
election of Mr.. Bryan four years ago, last
Wednesday in column editorial annouced
that it will fight for him with all its mighty
influence. Says the World. Even Re-