, 1903-09-16
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
The Cape May County Republican
Convention WAS called to order III the
e,Gr house al Ga, t May Court House,
iasi friday afternoon at 30 O'clock, by
Wii'iam X. Williamson, chairman Of
The last convention. The court was
Filed with people and and unusual III
terest was manifested in the proceed
ings. DIR. John s. Douglass, Of Tucka-
hoe, one of the delegates from Upper
township was chosen chairman and
lawyer Lewis \. Stevens, of Cape May,
secretary. The convention was made
up of The following delegates ::
Ocean City-Richard r. Sooy, Joseph
|. Soul, Reuben w. Edwards, Richard
Is. Sites.
Upper Township-Winfield Corson,
John :. Douglass.
Dennis Township-Albert Collins,
Furman l.. Ludlam.
Sea Isle City-LeRoy Muller.
Avalon-Gilbert ). Smith.
Middle Township-David ID. Burch,
Linnaeus +. Swain, Chas. 2. Vanaman.
Anglesea-Augustus Hilton.
Wildwood-J. Albert Harris.
Holly Beach--Frederick Meyer.
Lower Township-William Bailey,
Frank Dickinson.
West Cape May-William l.. Cum
mings.
Cape May City-George c. Crawford,
&. Percy Benckert, Joseph Ii. Hughes.
South Cape May-James Richie, Jr.
Woodbine-T. Hornstein.
The chair appointed the following
committee IN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. p.
Vanaman, Gilbert S. Smith, Furman
l.. Ludlam, George G.. Crawford and
DA.., - Il N. aAA. - stkaa
subsequently reported a full delegation
and no contests.
The following committee was APP
pointed to draft resolutions:-J. Albert
Harris, David ID. Burch, Winfield Cor
son, Richard r.. Sooy, and William l..
Cummings. This committee reported
the following platform which vas
unanimously adopted:
We, the members of the Republican
party, of the County of Cape May, in
convention assembled, do hereby affirm
our allegiance to the platform Of the
National Republican party as outlined
ut the convention which assembled in
Philadelphia in 1900. We heartily en-
dorse the official acts of u strenuous
President, Theodore Roosevelt, and we
earnestly hope that he will be the STAN
dard bearer of our party in the coming
national campaign.
We further endorse the administra-
ton Of Governor Franklin Murphy and
the economical administration of the
government of New Jersey by the Re-
publican party. 1t is also with great
pleasure that we ~emphatically endorse
the course of Congressman John j..
Gardiner of this district, and cOngratu-
late him upon his craftsmanship, and
for the earnest work which he accom-
plishes for New Jersey in particular and
for the nation in general.
We pledge ourselves to heartily sup
port the ticket as nominated by this
convention to-day and urge every Re
publican and independent citizen to
unite with us in so doing.
On motion the convention proceeded
to nominate a candidate for Senator
and Chairman Douglass appointed
Joseph H. Hughes and ex-Assembly-
man Furman l.. Ludlam as tellers. In
a speech Reuben w. Edwards, of Ocean
City, presented the name of Assembly
man Lewis M. Crosse, of Ocean City,
for Senator. William l.. Cummings, of
Cape May, placed Senator Hand in
nomination. The balloting resulted in
1914 votes being cast for Crosse and 81
votes for Hand. Mr.. Crosse was de-
clared the nominee for Senator. For
h bAc AE5cnlOlJ, Oub OlC CanOludtC WhO
put forward, and Councilman J. Albert
Harris, of Wildwood, in a neat speech
nominated Lawyer James NJ. E. Hill
dreth, of Cape May. On motion the
secretary cast the ballot for Mr.. Hildreth
and he was declared the nominee for
Assembly on the Republican ticket.
The chair appointed Richard B.
Stiles, David ID. Burch and Winfield
Corson as a committee on vacancies.
Messrs. n. w. Edwards, l.. Il. Swain,
and Gus Hilton, were appointed to es-
cort Mr.. Crosse to the platform and in
troduce him to the convention, after
which MI. Crosse made an address. J.
Albert Harris, J. w. Hughes, and
David Burch, were appointed to intro
duce Mr.. Hildreth to the convention,
and he accepted the nomination in a
brief speech. Senator Hand was called
for and addressed the convention, con-
graduating the winner In the senatorial
contest, but he did not state that he
would support the ticket. On account
s. of a change in the law the members of
81 the county executive committee were
not appointed, but a committee was APP
pointed to look the matter up with
power to act. Messrs. Cresse and Hill
dreth represent the very best element
in the Republican party, both being men
of high standing and acknowledged in
tegrity. 1t is a credit to the Republican
party to present such a ticket for the
consideration of the voters of Cape May
county at the general election to be
held on Tuesday, November 3, 1908.
81 SKETCH or THE CANDIDATES..
Mr.. Crosse was born al Swainton,
81 Cape MAY county, n. j., September II,