The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-05-28
SALMON'S
SUCCESSOR
Democrats Of Fourth District
Nominate Dewitt Clin-
ton Flanagan Of
Morris.
ENTHUSIASTIC CONVENTION
Disheartened Republicans De-
eide to Make No Nomina-
tion Against Him.
ENTHUSIASTIC CONVENTION
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Especial to THE Jersey City News.'o
FLEMINGTON, May Is, 1902 The
Democrats Of the Fourth Congressional
District In convention here yesterday
nominated Dewitt Clinton Flanagan, a
Aiorristown millionaire and broker. to suc-
ceed the late Representative Joshua S.
Salmon, on the second ballot. Former
Prosecutor William A. Stryker was chair
man and Jacob l.. Bunnell Of Sussex,
secretary of the convention. There was
lively fight for the control of the party
/ organization, and as a result there were
many conferences last night between the
leaders Senator Johnston Cornish and
William A. Stryker. of Warren; Robert
D. Foote and former Senator Drake, of
Morris; State Committeeman J. n. Pid-
cock and former Sheriff w. Howard Lake,
of Hunterdon. and Senator Lewis J. Mar
I tin, Of Sussex. Senator Cornish favored
the nomination of the Morris County man,
while Pidcock and Lake contended the
choice should go to Hunterdon, according
to party rule. In the convention former
Assembiynlan Oliver l. Blackwell made a
plea for the nomination of former Sheriff
Lake, asserting that Morris County had
been given more than its share of repres-
entation.
Robert D. Foote. of Morris, called the
delegates to order and offered the names
of former Prosecutor William A. Stryker,
Of Warren, as temporary chairman, and
Jacob L. Bunnell, of Sussex. as tempor
AIRY secretary.
They were elected and later the tempo
rary organization was made permanent.
| Senator William Gebhardt and former
Assemblyrnan Oliver I. Blackwell sa.
with the Hunrerdon delegation. Irving L.
Salmon, a son of the dead Congressman,
was among the Morris delegates. A. D.
A. Naar. Sr., sergeant-at-arms of the
| Democratic State Committee.wa on hand
to exercise his official duties if necessary,
but was not called upon. Before taking
up the work Of nominating his successor.
| the convention paid tribute to the mem
ory of Mr. Salmon. by the adoption Of a
rising vote on resolutions which ended
with this sentence
1--WE lay upon his new made grave the
! fragrant flower of our love and esteem.
and as the highest honor we can pay his
memory we pledge the nominee of this
convention, who will fill his unexpired
term in the Congress of the United States,
the discharge of public duty that has
characterized him.
Other resolutions adopted expressed sor-
row and the sympathy of the convention
with the family of the late representative
Former Judge William H. Morrow, of
Warren, who presented the Salmon desc
lutions, spoke feelingly of the latter's ca
reer and death, and then proceeded TO de-
nounce the Republican administration.
/ both State and national. for alleged ms
deeds.
He charged the party with being re-
sponsibie for the trusts and oppressive
combinations of capital, and the State ad-
ministration with having gerrymandereG
the Congressional districts to deprive ths
Democratic section of representation
but they have reckoned without the
host" asserted Judge Morrow, lit is in
the air that the people want a change,
and instead of one Democratic and nina
Republican sric as they have planned,
our friends. the enemy, are likely to find
they have created one Republican and
| nine Democratic districts
After referring in his opening speech
to the honor conferred upon him in being
chosen for the third time to preside at the
Congressional convention, Mr.. Stryker de-
clared that ..the Democratic party IS now.
as in the past, the party Of the people,
and to it the masses must eventually look
for protection and redress of grievances
The speaker scored the Republican party
as the protector of trusts.
In the call of counties for nominations,
former Assemblynlan Blackwell made
plea for the selection of Lake as the due
of Hunterdon based upon the theory OF
rotation Morris, he asserted, had been
given more than its share of representa-
ton.
There was a hush through the court
room when Irving E. Salmon. son OF the
late congressman arose to offer the noml-
nation of Morris. He spoke feelingly OF
his fathers life and death, his voice oc-
casionally being shaken with suppressed
emotion. and concluded by urging the
delegates to forget sectionalism and vote
for Mr. Flanagan, whom he declared to
he the unanimous choice of the Morris
delegation. Levi H Morris. of Sussex,
nresented the name of Senator Martin
and was greeted with cheers.
A surprise was sprung when Judge Nor
row. representing the Warren delegation,
offered the name Of William A. Stryker
of that county.
.yyarren has claim on this nominal
tion.,, asserted Judge Morrow. We have
| two vacancies that have never been filed
True. we had nomination in 1884, john
ston Cornish. He was defeated, and do
YOU know how he was defeated? By Re-
publican money that was plastered all
over the district.
II tell you the use of money has got
| to stop. 1t has got 50 bad that in War
| rem the Board Of Freeholders can't even
| meet without money being psddled out
for lot of little jobs. There has got TO
Be an end to this money business, and It's
got to come soon We can have elections
| without using money and the sooner we
1 do the better.
| on the first ballot the vote was: Hun
| terdon--Lalse, 50; Flanagan, 3 Morris