The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-04-19
JOHNSON'S VIE WS
Senator Tells Republican
State Convention About
Campaign Issues.
KEAN AND HIS HALO
Frank Forts Nomination for
Vice President Causes
a Laugh.

TRENTON, April 19, 1900.-John Kean
is struggling about Trenton this morning
with halo about his head and is posing
as the great concllator. He and his
| friends claim that his withdrawal in fav-
| or of Foster voorhees, was noble sacri-
flee and has saved the Republican party
| of New Jersey from disaster. The real
hero of the morning. however, is Cover
nor Voorhees, who has completely routed
his enemies. There was no talking of
withdrawal or concilliation last night un-
| til it became certain that the Governor
had at least five hundred votes out of six
hundred. Then the leaders got together
and ''Davy'' Baird, one of General Sew
ellis Camden lieutenants, suggested that
Kean withdraw in favor of voorhees,.
! He pointed out that the Junior Senator
would have just as much weight and IN
fuence in the convention whether dele
gate or not and his withdrawal would do
much to heal the serious branch in the
party both in the State and Union
| County.
Gen. Sewell thought tn idea good one
| and that Settled matters. Mr.. Keans
withdrawal was announced and the new
harmony was celebrated in the usual
manner until the sun broke through the
threatening clouds this morning This
settlement of the difficulty took all the
spice out of the mornings proceedings.
The various delegates arrived early and
spent the morning in caucusing and
secural tickets at the Opera House and
| listening to the band playing in front of
| the Treneton House.
TTIhe Opera House presented beau
| tiful appearance when the delegates
crowded in. The proscenium boxes and
galleries were decorated with the Amer
| ican flag and large picture of Mckinley
hung over the stage.
At 1215 Frankling Murphy arose to call
| the convention to order. He was greeted
with faint cheers. The Rev. DIR. Mad
| dock, chaplain of the State Prison, ap-
propriately opened the convention with
prayer. Mr.. Murphy then address the
| convention. 1t was the usual Republican
sapjeech and highly eulogized the Nc
| Kinley administration. William M. john
| son. President of the Senate, was the
chosen temporary chairman, and in TAX
| ing the chair made a speech.
Senator johnson said :-'Great events in
the history of our country have been
great events of the past four years have
not been limited to the boundaries of our
own land. Under whatever sky the
American flag is seen to float, it is re-
spected and homored as the symbol of the
great Western Republic now worldwide
| in its power and influence.
1.-THE war is over, and in its train come
problems unexpected and most difficult.
/ r,.- Io1,
have come to our care and keeping. We
| did not seek them, we did not want them;
| but He who rules the destinies of the
| world has committed them to u.s. We
cannot shirk the responsibility If we
would. We cannot give them back to
| Spain. We cannot abandon them to them
selves, to be victims of rapine and an
archy, or the prey of grasping foreign
| mowers. We have no more right to turn
| them adrift than a father has to desert
| his helpless, dependent children. Our duty
| is plain; they are entitled to our protec-
| ton and to foliage. We must plan for
| them. and for them provide laws and
| government, temporary and provisional,
| adapted to their needs and evelopment.
| At preesnt they are incapable of self
government. A system of colonial admin
| istration must be devised, suited to the
| novel and unprecedented condition of af-
| fairs in our new dependencies. 1t will tax
the sagacity of American statemanship to
| solve these trying problems; but be-
| lieve the patriotism ard wisdom of the
great party which we represent will, un-
der the providence of God, be equal to the
| task
| fBut a fierce and evciting political
| campaign is before US. I am not one of
| those who think that ours is to- be an
| easy victory. The campaign of 1896 must
be fought over again. 1t is already settled
who are to be leaders of the two great
parties. Unfortunately, the gallant Adj
miral who has just nominated himself is
| too late He has discovered how easy it
| is to discharge the duties of the Presi-
dency, but he did not discover that he
| was a Democrat soon enough to capture
! the Democratic nomination.
"No political party was ever more
thoroughly discredited than the party of
| Bryan four years ago. Not only did it go
| down to an Overwhelming defeat, but it
went down most ingloriously. Never was
such vicious assortment of political
principles promulgated by national con-
vention.
| 1T assailed our currency and our ma
ticnal honor; it waved the red flag Of an
archy; it challenged our courts of JUS
| tice and the due administration of the
| law. Thousands of self-respecting Demo-
| Gratis repudiated the platform and the
candidate, and cast their votes for hon
| est money and national integrity. In the
| coming campaign we shall face a foe
grown more willy. The platform will be
more polite. Its most offensive features
will be disguised; plausible appeals to
prejudice and Ignorance will be made.
| The familiar role of obstructive and
carping criticism will prevail, and many
of those who refused to support the tick
| ct before will now find some convenient
| excuse to go back to the old party.
| But though the battle viii lbe fierce I
have no doubts as to the results. The
| memories of the American people are not