The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-04-24

favorably reported to each branch of Con-
gress, SO that American built, American
owned and American manned ships may
regain the carrying of our foreign COM
merce.
We endorse and approve the admin
istrati0n of Governor Foster NJ Voorhees,,
and the course of the Republican Legis-
lature, and we congratulate New Jersey
citizens upon the clean and honest State
government which was promised to them
when they placed their public affairs under
Republican control.
We record our appreciation of the brave
and brilliant service of our soldiers and
sailors who have brought success to our
arms on land and sea.
We pledge the Republicans of New
Jersey to the earnest support of the can
didates for President and Vice President
who shall be nominated at the coming
National Convention in Philadelphia.
The roll call for nominations for dele
gates and alternates was first responded tC
by Atlantic, who named United States
Senator Sewell, Governor Voorhees,, Hon
Franklin Murphy and Hon. Barker Gum
mere for delegates, and Hon. Henry j
Trick, Hon. John /. Blair Kelley, Hon
Robert Williams and Hon. Edward Wool
ey for alternates These nominations
were endorsed by every county, Hudson
adding the name Of United States Senator
Kean to the list of delegates.
In the ballot which followed the entire
vote of each county was cast for the gen
tlemen named, with the exception Of
Hudson, which voted 81 for Keen and q
for VOORHEES,. When Union was reached
Senator Kean was given the preference
over Gummere and the former gentleman
i gained the floor and stated he wished il
understood he was not a candidate, anC
moved that the nomination of the othel
four be made unanimous. This motor
was not acceded to by some of the Hudson
county delegation.
The delegates selected are as follows:
| Delegates at large, Foster M. Voorhees,
Governor of New Jersey; General Viii
liam J. Sewell, United States Senator
Franklin Murphy, Chairman of the Re
publican State committee; Barker Gum
mere, Jr., County Clerk of Mercer county
Alternate delegates at large, Hon. Henry
J. Trick, Burlington county; Hon. John l
Blair Kelley, Warren county; Hon. Rob
| ert Williams, Passaic county; Hon. Ed
ward Wooley, Hudson county.
| The caucus of the Burlington county
| delegation to the state convention was
| held in the Windsor hotel. Joseph G
Kingdom was elected chairman withou
opposition and Cooper 81. Prickett O.
Burlington, was chosen secretary AL
the townships were represented, Charle
Fl. Folwell, of Mount Holly, appearing
for Woodland by proxy. The following
members of the committees of the conven
ton were chosen: Vice president, Henr.
P. Thorn, Medford; committee on perma
nent organization, Charles M. Biddle Gin
Inaminson; credentials, Charles G. Butler
B overly; rules, John E. Darnell, Noun
Laurel; resolutions, Samuel W. Beldon
Bordentown. For member of the stat
executive committee there were two nomi
nations, ex-senator William G. Parry ant
Robert @. Hutchinson, who has held tn
position for eight years. The ballot re
suited as follows:
Hutchinson-Beverly city, Beverl,
township, Bordentown, Burlington city
Chester Cinnaminson, Delran
Fieldsboro, Palmyra, Pemberton borough
Pemberton township, Riverside, South
ampton, Springfield, Willingboro, Wood
land-184.
Parry-Bass River, Burlington town
ship, Chester-west, Chesterfield, East
ampton, Evesham, Florence, Lumberton
Mansfield, Medford, Mount Laurel, New
Hanover, Northampton, Shamong, Wash
lington, Westampton-15a
The Congressional District convention
to name delegates to the National conven
ton from the second congressional dis
| trict met in Masonic Hall Trenton M