The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1904-05-11
JERSEY REPUBLICANS
Meet In Trenton and Select Dele
gates to Chicago Convention
IN FAVOR OF ROOSEVELT

Platform Indirectly lndorses His Nomi-
nation For the Presidency - Many
Changes Made In the State Commit
tee-kean Eulosizes the President
Trenton, May IL Delegates began
arriving early to attend the Republic
an state convention called to meet in
Taylor Opera House to elect delegates
to the national convention at Chicago.
Most Of the morning was taken up
with conferences of delegates from the
various congressional districts for the
purpose Of selecting delegates TO Chi
cage These delegates were chosen:
First District. A. Van SAINT. Cam
den; William II. Chew, Salem. Second
district Hon. John ] Gardner At
lantic; B. II. Minch, Cumberland.
Third district Andrew Church, Mid
dlesex; Edmund Wilson, Monmouth.
Fourth district James B. Duke, Som
erset; G. Edward Murray, Mercer.
Fifth district James II. McGraw,
Morris; J Walter Ingham, War
rem. Sixth district Hon. William NJ.
johnson, Bergen: William Barbour.
Passaie Seventh district Henry NJ.
Doremus, Newark; Thomas D Webb,
Orange. Eighth district Leslie d.
Ward, Newark; Ira A. kipt South Or
ange. Ninth district W. 9. Nelson.
Jersey city; William J. Davis, Harri-
SON. Tenth distriet-Aaron Z. Bald
win, Hoboken; Mark Pagan, Jersey
city.
The convention was called to order
by Senator H. c. Stokes, who intro
duced as temporary chairman Of the
convention United States Senator John
Kean.
Senator Kean's speech was largely
eulogy of the Roosevelt administra-
ton.
The platform, prepared BY a sub
committee Of the state committee for
ratification by the state convention, in
dorses the administration Of President
Roosevelt and Governor Murphy. 1t
characterizes the administration Of
President Roosevelt as one Of accom-
plishment and a fulfilIment Of the
promises of the. late lamented McKin-
ley. The nations Cuban and Phillips
pine policy is praised, and ii is stated
that under the administration conflicts
between capital and labor have been
peacefully settled, that the sherman
antitrust law has been enforced with
out warring upon corporations with
honest purposes and that dishonest Of
ficials have been driven from public
office.
There is In the platform an indirect
Endorsement Of President Roosevelt al
Chicago. 4 protective tariff Ii advo-
Gated as a policy that has brought the
greatest prosperity to capital and la.
Dor The platform states that under
Republican rule a gold standard has
been established. antitrust legislation
enforced and just and liberal pensions
granted.
New State Committee.
The various county conferences
which elected county members Of the
state committee resulted in a number
Of changes. Colonel Richard 3. Read
ing, former member of the state com
mittee, was defeated as a representa-
tive Of Hunterdon county by Perciya
Christie by vote Of sa4 to 81. Sena
tor Crosse was chosen to succeed ex
Senator Hand Of Cape May, Maiol
Carl Lentz was selected Tor the stat,
committee from Essex in place Of Colo
mel Harry a. Potter, Louis Al Thomp
son was named to succeed Joseph 4
H'riedenheisen ais the Somerset repre-
sentative, George a. Williams was Sc
lected in place Of Judge Houston from
Sussex county Hamilton II Kean vii
succeed John Kean, bis brother, ii
| Union, j. |. y. Reilly is the successo
to a. Blair Kelley from Warren ant
David 0. Watkins viii fill Congress
man Loudenslager's place as the repre-
sentative from Gloucester Congress
man Loudenslager declined to be ;
candidate for reelection.
/ The following is the new state com
luittee Atlantic county. John j Gard
ner: Bergen, G. f. Breckenridge. Bur
llngton Robert Hutchinson; Camden
| David Baird; Cape May, Louis Crosse
| Cumberland Il. G. Stokes; Essex, Can
Lentz and Henry Doremus; Gloucester
| David o. Watkins; Hudson, S. d. Dick
inson and Edward Fry; Hunterdor
Percival Christie. Mercer, Frank q
Briggs; Afiddlesex. Henry Banker
Monmouth, G. A. Francis. Morris. Oar
| iel S. Voorhees,: Ocean, "A. Nj. Brad
shaw; Passaic, Robert Williams am
William Barbour; Salem, John c
Waid; Somerset i. A, Thompson; Sus
sex, George A. Williams, Union, Han
llton r. Kean; Warren, J. / B. Reilly
TIE five members at large Of the stat
committee will Be selected at the CT
{ bernatorial convention ia September
Connecticut Republicans Meet.
New Haven, Conn, May 1.-THE RI
publican state convention to elect delt
gates to The national convention met j
the Hyperion theater here. The frs
session was called to order by stat
Chairman Andrew Il Gates, who pre-
scented Congressman Frank b. Brandt
+, gee Of New London as temporary chan
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