The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-10-24
D0LEFULFA FARCE
Doings Of the Republi-
can Conventions at
Lincoln Hall Last
Evening.
TOFFEY the VICTIM
Colonel Smiles Grimly as He
Accepts the Shrievalty
Nomination Sur
prise.
NO CITY CANDIDATES
Speechifying and Resolooting
at Naussam Colonel Sans
Eagle Eye Dominates
the Gathering.

VI course ne didn't want 1t and every
body knew it, but Sam said SO and with
the best grace possible Colonel John J.
Toffey accepted the nomination of the
Republican party for Sheriff in Lincoln
Hall last night. The other end of the
ticket nominated brings these names tenn
'porarily before the public
For County Supervisor-Richard J.
Allen of Jersey City.
For Coroner-James II. O'Dounell Of
Hoboken
For Assembly bly-Robert NJ. Hughes
William j. Gugler, August Ziegner, Jr.
Manning Stires, Benjamin J. Darling
and A. Oresto Ciccarelli, all of jersey
City; John P. Duffy and Dr. Joseph w
Van Zandt, of Hoboken; Arthur A. De
bonneville, Of Bayonne; Clement Al
Krebs, of West Hudson; Frank Bradley
| and John H. Bonn of North Hudson.
Before all this was done the party had
to have a city convention, and just be
| cause Mayor Pagan wants single-head.
ed commissioner, one man in power
whom he can appoint and control, nc
| nominations were made for either Street
and Water Commissioners or Excfse
Commissioners. There now!
JACK BEHAVES HIMSELF.
The abode of Republicanism ON Pa.
vonia avenue was crowded last night
Every Republican of any pretension to
Importance was there, from Jack
Graham to Colonel Samuel d. Dickinson.
Jack" by the way, behaved himself,
being warned by the Colonel to hit some
one bigger than himself next time he m
end of the passage downstairs in Lin
coin Hall there's a room, and locked up
in IL were the big chiefs of the wigwam.
Harry Nichols was on guard at the door
and informed everybody who tried to get
in that Mr.. Woolley said they had not to
be disturbed.
whats ds 1g?" asked Louis Stuben-
voll, back to the fold once more.
..HushI They're making stand for
Tony Volk''
T SMALL AND BIG FRY THERE.
While the star chamber was in session
the delegates We're swarming up the
stairs. There was Mayor Mark NJ.
Pagan, proud and happy in spite of the
unpaid Union League Club taxes; 'Ike"
Goldenhorn, eager to do some talking
John J Hopken, ready to step into the
breach in case of an emergency; John
E. Macarthur, smiling as usual; John p.
Landrne, with the Trust Company funds
carefully concealed about him; %. w.
Woolley, Frank J. Higgins, j. III. Potts,
Big Edward Fry and smaller fry James
G.. Young, e. NJ. Watson, w. H.
Speer and John H. v eastell, look
ing hungry; G. n. King, with billion
dollar corporation in his pocket;
Don Whiskerandos Clement de r. Leon
ard, if you please; w. Armbruster and
others. Greenyille had Charles w,
Merker, Major w. II. Armstrong, w. e.
Reed, Brigadier General w. B. Mason
and other shining lights, not forgetting
G. M. Mccarthy, there to prevent un-
necessary cruelty to the victims of the
convention. Lafayette had Joe Zum-
busch and Fred. w. Angel, and all that
Gus political collection was Me Fren'
Gamaliel r. Christie. He hadn't been in
yited, see?
The clatter and chatter was at its
height when Edward Fry, chairman of
the County Committee, raped for order
and barely escaped bringing his gavel
down on the head of the colored attend
ant in the act of putting the water bottle
on the table.
William G. Nelson, Governor of
Wyckoff, observing Mr.. Goldenhorn's i'm
patience, set him at ease by nominating
him for temporary chairman. 1t didn't
take long for ike" to mount the plat
form and produce from his pockets six
teen folios of typewriter matter, care
fully revised and corrected by Jack
Graham and annotated BY the Union
League Club triumvir, Marcus.
BLAMED THE NEWS.
How eloquent did Nj. Goldenhorn
wax ever Mayor Pagan 8 doinQs arl3 saw