The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-10-01
SEYMOUR AGAINST THE FIELD.
xyw JERSEY DEMOCRATS RALLY
AT TRENTON.
s,.,. cenyenusn Meets AZ Noon To-day
-e,Senats smith Unable TO Con-
.~,tr,ts the Ant-seymeu Votes
-p.ht Over the Temporary Chairman.

--,,r.ts the Anti-S~ymour Votes
~T,.nt Over the Temporary Chairman.
r.,xros. n. J., Sept. so.-The Demo
It stat. Convention 10 nominate a
Snhsna,iona candidate will meet at noon
,o,norror. Tonight IL 10 Mayor James
n Seymour Of Newark asainst a field OF
A.i, doz.n local favontes. with the chances
:, r,dn,ght In favor Of Seymour. who 10
A.nnion.d by Robert Davis and Edward
, G Young Of Hudson county
rx-Conyreesman Thomas NJ. ferreu
=, Gloucester county IL the principal can
aLt.,a AGAINST him. and IL backed by for
rn.t limited States Senator James Smith o'
80. who Is opposed Ia Seymour ON per
.,nal grounds. The other candidates OF
the Acid are e1-Judge Francis ChiIds OF
Fs..I. eI-Judgs HOwsr Carrow oil am
dsn. Christian Braun OF fas-
.,ic senator and former Congressman
Johns,on Cornish Of Warren and et-Sur-
roya,s David ) Crater OF Monmouth
county
Thar. ar. two or three other- named.
,,ci,ding ~yic~-Chancollor Frederick W.
stevens and United States District court
I,age Andrew Kirkpatrick. ANY one OF
N. 6eld would bs satisfactory to ex-Sen-
.tor Smith, n he could concentrate the
.r,i-Seymour votes. but tonight this
aprean to be impossible. though Mr..
smith .aid tonight that unless a greater
mart OF the delegates were lying 10 nm
SEYMOUR u now beaten. On the othsr
b,nd. Mr.. Young declared emphaticaily
ia, Seymour would probably be nomi-
na,ad on the first ballot. and certainly on
the second.
Unle-s the leader. are able 10 get together
b.f,r. noon there 4. little prospect OF q
decisive vote being reached until late In
tire afternoon. ,
The State Committee mct tonight and
ohos. ex-Judse Robert y. Woodruff OF
Mercer county as temporary chairman
and William X. Devereaux Of Monmouth.
samuel A. tanning Of Cumberland John
j Matthew'S Of Union. John J Rourke Of
Passaic. s. s. Childs Of Somerset and james
Carpenter Of Gloucester as secretaries
Judge Woodruff was chosen by a com
mlttee recently appointed for the prpos
and an attempt vas made to-night by TIE
heymour men 20 have the choice set aside
and Congressman Allan l. McDermott
Of Hudson county substituted on tne
ground that the convention u nkeiy 70 %
lively one and that Woodruff would be
unable TO control tho delegates. state
Chairman Gourley opposed the ,prop9..
siion a. casting a reflection on hiuiseu
and the other members OF the suo-oom,
mittee. He said they had worked
Tor two or three weeks In an endeavor 20
s.curs q suitable man for the place but
no one, apparently. was willing 10 -erNe'
III the comInittee's choice wa set aside
be threatened To mako a statement OF ths
Tho State Committee. ny a vote OF Is o.
sustained the choice OF Woodruff
There will be- q fight over the perma-
nent organization. Congressman Mcl)ormot'
- -..laNasA ~ fha SDWWnDnF man.
while the anti-Sevmour forces viii support
Elyin W, Crane Of Essex. who was the DEMO
cratic candidate three years ago and alleges
that Seymour wa- ~lukewarm then IN MS
support Of the Democratic ticket.
The State COMMITTEES tonight increased
the representation In the convennon nom
1899 20 has. Hudson county will have iei
votes. which will 60 TO Seymour, whose
home county Of Essex viii have isi votes.
la Of which, according 10 present CON
ditions. will 10 cast against him. The
eats ~ ffty-nine Of the anti-Seymour
delegates In F~-cS county will BE- contested.
and With tho NUMEROUS other contests
from all over the State will make a lively
se-sion for the COMMITTEES on Credentials
during the noon reccss tomorrow.
There WA n scrap In the committee meet
ing tonight over the allotment 81 the deie-
gates tickets. Heretofore they have
been given to the State CommitteenIen,
representing the various counue-. but the
commit e. decided that tomorrow they
should 10 given to the chaiImen az the
county dele cations. exc epting In the case
a. Esscx. The E-sex county admission
tickets are n be given 10 Chairman liouriey
OF the state Committee. who will give
the delegates tickets TO The chairman OF
the delegation. Elvin W. Crane and the
general admission Tickets 90 Col. Price.
A. the hall win barely seat the delegates.
there will To little room for seymour men
from Essex county unless they shall win
In the contest before the Credentials Com
nittee.
Chairman Gourley was delegated 20
prepare the platform. which he WI submit
u The full committee at II O'Clock To-
morrow morning A delegation 81 work
,nsnen from South Jersey appeared re-
FOR, the committee and asked that a decla-
ration be made against Government 10y
Injunction and in favor Of a rigid enforce
ment az the Law against the employment
Of child labor. The first proposition -
aimed at the policy pursued by Nice-Chan
cellor Pitney. who on1oined silk mil strikers
In Passaic county from interfering with
non-union workmen and committed 10 ia4
for contempt - court several VINO dh'
obeyed the injunction
An entire new state Committee will bs
CHOSEN Tomorrow afternoon, the memher-
being chosen nv the county delegauohr
AMI anno.nCei In the convention.