The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-06-27
TO GATHER IN DOODLE
Republican State Chairman
Appoints Finance
Committee.

Especial to 'sThe Jersey City News,"1
NEWARK, June q, 190O-F'ranklin MUIR
ply, chairman Of the Republican State
Committee, yesterday announced his ap-
pointments of members of the Executive
Committees of that body The Executive
! Committee is composed of the following
Franklin Murphy, Edward C. Stokes,
William Riker Jr., United States Senator
John Kean, f ]. Anderson, William Bet
tie. Samuel D. Dickinson, c. e. Brecken-
ridge. David Baird, State Senator Mahlon
Pitney and Richard B. Reading. The
Finance Committee will be Franklin Muir
| ply, Congressman Charles N. Fowler
Henry A. Potter, State Comptroller Will
liam S. Hancock and William Barbour
At meeting of the main committee
held in Trenton on June T., Nr. Murphy
was authorized to name the sub-com-
mittees. On the executive body the chair
man, vice chairman and treasurer were
made ex-officio members, and in making
up the Finance Committee Mr.. Murphy
followed custom and went outside of the
| regular committeeman for members of
the body having charge Of the finances
Neither Mr.. Hancock nor Colonel Bar
ibour is member OF the State Committee
though both have for years been prom
inently identified with Republican party
affairs in New Jersey.
Mr. Murphy will sail for Europe today
to be gone until September, and it is the
desire of the State Chairman to get the
campaign work under way before his de-
psrture. During the chairmans absence
Senator Stokes, the vice chairman, will
manage the party affairs. The Senator
viii keep in close touch with what is going
on and will make frequent trips to the
headquarters here.
Mr. Riker the treasurer of the com
mittee, will be more directly in charge Of
the work to be done at the headquarters.
A resident OF Orange and in business in
this city, Mr.. Riker win be in position
to give more time and attention to the
party affairs here than will the vice
chairman, or, in fact any Of the mem
bers from other counties. Augustus S.
Barber, Jr, the secretary of the commit
tee, will install himself in his new quar-
ters today, and he expects to be at his
desk every day excepting Sundays, from
now until after election
When the committee gets together 1t
is expected that the actual quiet work
of the campaign will be gotten under way.
AT first, attention will be directed toward
arranging for the more important meet
| ing to be held throughout the State and
steps will be taken at once TO secure
speakers of national reputation. Early
action on the latter point is regarded as
| essential, as the big oratorical guns are
in so much demand that their dates have
to be made away in advance.
Provision will also be made. it is said
| for the early opening of what might De
called a literary campaign" Printed
matter will be sent out by the bushel dur
ing the hot months, so as to prepare the
way as it were for the hurrah and fire.
works end Of the campaign, which will
omen with the State convention to name
electors on September 6.
everything will go along nicely. / am
sure" said Mr.. Murphy. in referring to
the campaign work to be done during his
absence. Senator Stokes. the vice chair
man, will make an excellent director of
the preliminaries, and he will have able
assistants in Mr. Riker and the other
members of the Executive Committee. I
expect to be back here on September 1
and five days later when we have our
State Convention, we will open the cam
paign with a veritable broadside. There
will be no let up in the Republican ranks
after that and before election we will have
the Democrats on the run"
The new headquarters of the State Com
mittee is a three story brick structure
and was used as dwelling. 1t has been
fixed up for the needs of the Committee.
Green shades, bearing the legend, Re
publican State Committee" are the only
thing to indicate that the structure is
not still used as dwelling, but before
the campaign is much older it is expected
that the house will be a busy place. Mr..
Barber has an Office on the main floor
and the upper stories are to be used as
a committee and work rooms.