The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-10-14
SEYMOUR RECEIVES.
Large Throng Of Democrats
and Republicans Greet
Him in Newark.
Especial to .erhe Jersey city News" =

/ NEWARK. Oct a. 1901.-Over sixteen
! hundred citizens of Newark crowded into
the house of the Jeffersonian Club, on
West Park street Saturday evening,
shook hands with Mayor James M. Sey-
mour and greeted him as the next Cow
| ernor of New Jersey. 1t was most en-
thusiastic crowd and composed OF repre-
sentatives of all opinions and plainly
! demonstrated that the Mayor had the
! best element of the city with him IN ms
fight for an honest State government
| Many Republicans grasped the Mayor $
hand and assured him that. they. would
support him at the polls.
/ The clubhouse was brilliantly lighted
! for the occasion and beautifully decorat-
ed with palms and plants. Several tables
! laden with refreshments were scattered
about conveniently, and as it was a
| strictly Democratic and informal recep-
| ton every one helped himself. The
! committee in charge was composed of
| Charles Schneider, president of the club;
George S. Aldridge John Booder and
John Sherman These gentlemen were
ON hand early and did all in their power
to make every one who called feel per-
fectly at home 1t was the biggest event
Newark. The committee say that over
1.eoo invitations were taken up at the
door and at least two hundred passed in
without tickets Mayor Seymour ex-
pressed much pleasure both at the size
of the throng and the character OF the
men who came out to meet him and wish
him success.
The Mayor came to the clubhouse early.
He walked up West Park street unattend-
ed and passed in at the door like any
ordinary citizen. He was met at the en-
trance by the committee, who escorted
him to the parlor on the second floor,
where he took his stand between huge
crayon portraits of himself and ex-Sen-
ator James Smith. Immediately the
throng of citizens filed before the candi-
date and exchanged greetings with him.
It was exclusively an Essex county gath
ering and the Mayor knew most of them
by name Those who were strangers to
him were introduced to him by members
of the committee.
An incident Of the evening was the
meeting of the Mayor and Elvin w.
Crane, the Democratic candidate for Cow
ernor three years ago. Previous to the
convention which nominated the Mayor
for Governor Mr.. Crane strenuously op-
posed his candidacy, and the Republicans
have been building high hopes on the be-
lief that Mr.. Crane still opposes the May
or. Mr. Crane took his place in the line
and when he came up to the Governor
heartily grasped him by the hand. The
Mayor returned the grip and those pres
ent gave three hearty cheers for Sey-
mour and Crane. James r. Nugent, chair-
man of the Essex Democratic County
Committee, who also worked against the
Mayors nomination. was another of his
late opponents to clasp the Mayors hand
and assure him of his hearty support
Among the more prominent of the local
Democrats present were Charles F. Herr,
Judge George H. Lambert, M, ]. O'Con-
nor, M L.. Mclaughlin, William H.
Brown, William c. Nicoll, Edward M.
Waldron, John H. Ely John J. Gaffney,
Valentine Dimond, Louis Lewis. DR.. EN-
cry A. Miller James Fisher, George
Kane. John Baader, DR.. Andrew G. Vogt,
Enos Runyon, Charles Cox, J. L. New
man, Charles i. Myers, Tax Commits
sioner william Harrigan, Major Robert
A. Haggerty, Fire Commissioner T. E.
Burke, Herman e. L. Boyer, Louis Hood,
Charles Hood, Police Commissioner Chas.
Clark, Aldermen John Fl. Donnelly and;
Thomas Tunison, James A. Rowe, ex-
Alderman George ". LIE elise, Charles F.
Gillen, ]. Rennie Smith, Louis Becker,
Otto G. Hoerster, Leonard Kalisch, City
Attorney Herbert Boggs, Assistant City
Attorney Nelson Abeel, John F. Cahill,
Louis Farrell, School Commissioner
Michael sugrue and George Frey ffath-
las B. Pruder. Freeholder James =. -
venport Francis Quinn, James e. Reilly.
William f. yolk. William HOFFMAN,.
Philip Scanlon. Mayor Edward kenny Of
East Newark, Mart }. King. Joseph P.
Cox, Fred Sham, George De Lisle Zi1n-
merman, Edwin F. Osborne, William J.
Bahos, willard Muchmore.