The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-15
JERSEYS
DAY AT THE
EXPOSITION
Governor Stokes and Party
TO Leave for jamestown
This Evening.

Prominent men of New Jersey will
be fairly plentiful at the jamestown
Exposition on Jersey Day, which viii
be celebrated Thursday of this week.
They will come chiefly from official and
walks of life. A party
headed by Governor Stokes will leave
Trenton tonight on special cars for the
South.
A special train will stop at the Mar
ket street station of the Pennsylvania
Railroad at 1927 tonight for the heneht
of the Newarkers who will &c.
The party is scheduled 10 arrive At
Jamestown early tomorrow morn
ing. That day will be devoted to sight
seeing. under the auspices of the New
Jersey Commissioners. A program has
been arranged by Colonel Lewis J..
Bryant, the secretary of the comnas-
sion. On Thursday there will be the
parade Of all the troops on the ground
at II O'clock in the morning; cere-
monies in the auditorium ar l9Aa Al
which an address of welcome VIII &c
delivered by Governor Claude a swan
son, of Virginia, and spons BY Gov
ernor Stokes.
Al / o'clock luncheon will be served
4, the Governor and party by the eN-
position and from 3 to ,
Io'clock a reception to Governor stokes
G. C. Breckenridge, the president OF
The New Jersey commission. viii pre-
side in the auditorium. There will ne
music between each event on the pro-
gram.
The party expects TO cave the ex-
X nosition grounds by special train at
$3.50 o'clock Friday afternoon. arriving
I'm Trenton a little after 6 the next
morning. and in Newark and Jersey
City an noun or so later.
The Constitution of the state pro-
vides that during the absence from the
state of the Governor the president OF
the Senate shall assume the office and,
In the event of the latter's removal,
the Speaker of the House shall take
the Governors place. As Governor
stokes. Senator Minch and Assembly
man Lethbridge are all going on the
Jamestown trip, the State will be lot
several days without an official head'
as the Constitution makes no proVl-
sion for such a contingency.
Through the efforts OF United States
Senator John Kean. OF Elizabeth, N. j.,
and the president of the New Jersey Ter
centennial Commission, and Clarence G.
breckenridge, of Bergen County. a bat
talon of sailors and band from the Nor
folk Navy Yard and several companies OF
soldiers from Fort Monroe will pass in
review of Governor Edward c. Stokes and
the distinguished party from New Jersey
on New Jersey Day.
This will be the third appearance Of the
men of the briny deep and the Fort
Monroe boys. Only Oh two other oeca-
lions have they visited the exposition in
a body and those were on the two visits
Of the President. April 26 and Georgia Day.
Great enthusiasm is manifested through
oute~the United States over the elaborate
~p5fogram for Jersey Day, and the pros
meets are good for the banner day in
point of attendance.
Over a hundred prominent New Jersey
men have accepted the invitation to at
tend the ceremonies. Among the guests
will be the following:
Governor Il. c. Stokes, United States
senator John ISean, United States Senator
Frank O.. Briggs. General r. Heber BRENT
nall. General John ID. McGill, General
Joseph w. Congdon, General Quincy ON.
Gilmore. Senator Joseph $. Freling-
huysen. Captain Harry c. Vickers, Cap
tain II. G.. Kreamer and Mrs. kreamer,
Captain Walter e. Edge, Captain Mahlon
MAfBerum, Major LeOh MhlltoH, 1uplaHi
Harry c. Stephens, General p. Farmer
Wanser. Alfred N. Dalrymple, Donald Nc
Lean, former Governor George 7. Werts,
Congressman John J. Gardner. Congress-
man r. Wayne Parker, Congressman Ira
w. Wood, Congressman james A. Hamil,
Governors Secretary Edward w. Gray,
state Comptroller j. Willard Morgan,
Chancery Clerk Vivian NJ. Lewis, Attor-
ney-General Robert II. McCarter, David
o. Watkins, Charles J. Baxter, Winton c.
Garrison. Henry b. Kummel, Henry c.
Buchanan, Il c.. Hutchinson, Charles
r. Bacon, Assemblyman Henry j.
Trick, Richard p. Budd, Stephen j.
Meeker, the Rev. George Wright,
Assembly Speaker Edgar L. Lethbridge,
William Choke. William T. Hunt, Charles
A.. Ransom, j. r. Van Horne, John j..
I,eidy, James Martin, w. j. DevereauX,
Colonel Il. C. Stahl, Edward Fl. Chew,
Upton Jefferies, Louis II. Albright, IL. B.
Kelley, Joseph A. Deer. Howard II. Tin
dali. Frank Thompson, Alex McA. Phil
llps. Y. A Cloves, Colonel Charles w.
Fuller. Dr. Frederick G. Jacobson, Il. M.
Herbert, Nelson B. Gaslill. Frank j. Lee.
Robert Williams, Michael p. Mclaughlin,
John c., Payne, Senator Samuel X. Rob-
bins. Senator William c.. Gebhardt, Sena-
tor William Plummer. Senator Jacob c..
Price. John W. Weseman. Joseph II.
Brohel. e. K. Bird. C. Van H. whitbeclx,
Senator Il. W. Wakelee, John H.. Cap
stick. John w. Herbert and William IL.
Chew.