Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1905-09-28
Democratic County Convention.



great many times to serve as delegate to
both County and State Convent rs. yet
to-day is the first time in my political his
tory shat / ever stood upon the floor Of
convention to nominate any person as a
candidate for an Office, and | must say that
this is the proudest moment Of my life to
have the opportunity Of presenting to this
Convention the name Of gentleman as a
candidate for the high Office Of Sheriff of
Gloucester county, one who was born in
this county. and for the past thirty-four
years resided in Bridgeport, and during all
OF this time | have had the pleasure of
associatlng with him, and do assure you
that by his uprightness, his straight forward
dealings with bis fellow-men, and unceas-
ing labors, he has advanced step By step and
to-day has the proud reputation OF being
self-made man. He has served the public
as an auctioneer for thirtyhv years with a
record for honesty and fair dealing that
cannot be surpassed, and no man is better
known in Gloucester county than he. He
has been faithful to his party, working
cheerfully day and night, exposed to the
heat and cold, sunshine and storm, that his
party might be crowned with success He
is now serving his seventeenth year as
member of the Board of Chosen Freeholders
OF Gloucester county, elected from Logan
township. and the faithful service be has
rendered as a Freebooter has not only been
highly appreciated by the people of Logan
township, but by the people all over this
county, with great credit to himself He
is a man who always advocated permanent
improvements all oyer the county, and
when he found it necessary to employ help
he made no distinction as to white or
colored men, or their politics. He himself
gave to the county an honest day g work. and
never said go men, but come men and follow
me. He is man in possession of all the
qualities required to constitute gentle
man, social, liberal, upright and heart
full OF sympathy. never failing to extend
helping hand to the needy. AS to his
llberality, can personally Youch for, as
he farmed parcel of land for me on shares,
and raised an elegant crop, and when we
came to settle, he informed me that he had
given away my share as we'll as his own
share to the people Of the village who stood
more in need than we did. Now it that Is
not true liberality, I do not know where
you will go to find it. Therefore, gentle
men, again assure you that it il a great
pleasure for me to place in nomination as a
candidate for Sheriff Mr. Elwood Usinger,
OF logan township, the banner Democratic |
township of Gloucester county, and if it
shall be your pleasure to nominate him to-
day, on the 7th day of November next be
will be elected, and ] assure you that the
record he will leave at the expiration Of the
term will be such that you will have no
cause to regret the confidence you have
placed in him.
Mantua township nominated Geo. W.
Carr
The roll was called and q votes were
cast for Mr.. Usinger and II for Mr.. Carr.
On motion, the nomination Of Mr.. Usinger
was made unanimous.
DR.. Eugene q. HilIegass, Of Mantua, was
nominated for Cornor by unanimous vote
Messrs. Truitt, Carpenter and Tomlin
were appointed committee to bring the
candidates before the convention, and all
accepted in appropriate speeches.
Senator Ferrell began his speech by say
ing that be accepted this nomination
without any entangling alliances. 2 He then
proceeded to give brief outline Of legis-
lation during bis term aud in closing thank
ed the convention for the honor Of re-
Mr.. Usinger, in accepting the NOM
nation said =
Ny. Chairman and Gentlemen Of the Demo
cratic County Conueatiop:
For the first time and in proper man
per have been informed by your commit
tee that have been nominated and have
received the unanimous vote of the Demo
cratic County Convention for the Office Of
Sheriff. For this honor you have my sin
cere thanks, and pledge you and the people
of this county shat if am elected Sheriff I
will discharge the duties OF that office to
the best of my ability for all the people of
Gloucester County. / wish to state further
at this time, that from now until Nov. 18th,
1875, l viii not permit my lips to speak i'll
of any one that is a candidate on any ticket
for any Office in Gloucester County. Cast
ing my eyes TO the right of this room see
Sheriff Wilson T. Jones who has nearly
his term as Sheriff of this county
to the satisfaction Of everybody. He has
won the spurs that be has 50 honorably
worn; and has been a worthy successor to
that gentleman in Franklin township, Ex-I
Sheriff and Judge Edmund Jones, one who
all the people respect and who we would
have been glad to had here to-day. Mr..
chairman and gentlemen, thank you for
this nomination and want to state while on
this platform that thank all Of the Repub
licans and Democrats Of this county for
what they have done for me, and il shall
be my constant effort By faithful service to
repay them.
Or. f 2. Hillegass thanked the conven-
tion for the nomination for Coroner.
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