The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-06-21
DELEGATES OFF
TO CONVENTION
Started on Saturday, Senator
Dryden's Car Reserved
for Jerseymen.
TO STOP AT AUDITORIUM ANNEX

The New Jersey delegation to the
Republican National Convention
started on Saturday and reached
Chicago the following evening.
The train was made up to two sec-|
tions of Pullman cars. A number of
New York delegates occupied one sec
tion, the other, which included Uni
ted States Senator Dryden's private
car, the Lucania, being reserved for
the Jerseymen.
The New Jersey delegates to the
convention are:
Delegates at large, Gov. Franklin
Murphy, United States Senators Dry
den and Kean and State Assessor
David Baird alternates at large, Sec
retary Of State Samuel d. Dickinson,
Senator Mckee of Passaic, G. B.
Breckenridge Of Bergen and Griffith
Lewis Of Burlington.
District delegates
First District. A. Van SAINT of
Camden and William Plumber, Jr., of
Salem.
Second District John j. Gardner OF
Atlantic and Senator Bloomfield II.
Minch of Cumberland.
Third District Andrew Church Of
Middletown and Edmund Wilson OF
Monmouth.
Fourth District james B. Duke of
Somerset and g. Edward Murray of
Mercer.
Fifth District James II. McGraw
Of Morris and A. Blair Kelsey Of War
rem.
Sixth District William M. johnson
Of Bergen and William Barbour Of
Passaic.
Seventh District Henry NJ. Dore-
mus of Newark and Thomas A. Webb
of Orange
Eighth District DR.. Leslie D. Ward
of Newark and Ira A. Kip, Jr., of
South Orange.
Ninth District-W G.. Nelson of
Jersey City and William J. Davis Of
Harrison.
Tenth District Aaron S. Baldwin
Of Hoboken and Mark NJ Pagan of
Jersey City.
James B. Duke, the tobacco king Of
Somerset, was unable to 60 to Chica-
go, and Prof. James A. Garfield of
PRINCETON University, a son of the late
President Garfield, went in his stead.
A number of prominent men in the
State accompanied the party, County
Clerk Daniel S. Voorhees, being among
them.
The New Jersey delegates will put
| up at the Auditorium Annex during
their stay in Chicago. The hotel ar
rangements were made by Gov. Muir
! ply, who has been in Chicago for sew
eral days. The hotel rates are $40 a
day, exclusive of meals, and each dele
gate had to engage a room for at least
| five days.
The program Of the convention is as
follows:
TUESDAY.
Convention called to order by Henry G..
Payne. chairman of the national committee,
at IL o'clock noon.
| PRAYER by the Rev Timothy p Frost.
Reading of the call by Secretary Elmer,
Dover.
Introduction to the convention and
sr eech of Temporary Chairman Elihu Root
of New York.
Appointment of the standing committees
of the convention.
WEDNESDAY.
Call to order by Chairman Root.
Prayer by the Rev. Thomas e. Cox.
| Reports of the committees on credentials
and permanent organization.
Introduction and speech of Permanent
| Chairman Joseph G.. Cannon of Illinois.
| Reports of the committees on rules and
order of business.
Report of the committee on resolutions,
including the national platform of the Re-
| publican party.
Reports by state delegations of their
choices for national committeeman.
THURSDAY.
Call to order by Chairman Cannon.
| Prayer by the Rev. 'rhaddeus K Snively.
| Nomination of President Roosevelt for
president by former Governor Black of
New York.
SecOnd1ng speecnes oy Senator A.
Beveridge of Indiana. George A. Knight of
California. Harry Stilwel Edwards of Geor-
gia, joseph b. Cotton of Minnesota and
Harry s. Cummings of Maryland.
| Roll call.
Announcement by the chairman of the
committee to notify President Roosevelt.
| Nominations for vice president.
! Roll call
Announcement of the committee to no
tify the nominee of his selection by the
convention.
| Adjournment.