The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-04

Hudson candidate for the upper house
will be former Assemblyman James F.
Fielder, and his friends today were
addressing him by that title.
Especial to the Evening Star.1
JERSEY CITY, Sept. 4.-wkh drums
beating and with banners flying and
with bombs bursting high in the air
the Robert Davis Association this
morning marched out of Jersey City
for College Point, l.. 1. 1t was the
twentieth annual outing of the organi-
cation, and 1t seemed as though the
confined efforts Of twenty years had
been rolled together to make the outing
the greatest ever.
And it was a great affair. AS early
as I o'clock this morning the faithful
began to file through the streets Of
Jersey City, and all roads led to the
Mercer street clubhouse. By s o'clock
hundreds of the faithful were in the
clubhouse, and they made things merry
with their predictions of Democratic
success.
They were but a f%orerunner OF those
that were to come. From s O'Clock to
9 o'clock the hosts of Democracy strug-
gled into Mercer street by fifty and
one hundreds, and the faster they
came the denser became the crowd
about the clubhouse. Finally, when 1t
seem that no more could be jammed
about the clubhouse the lateccmers be-
gan to struggle through the side
streets until 1t was impossible to dis
tinguish Mercer street from the streets
around it.
Those who did not get their hats up
to last night had a merry time getting
them this morning. Through the
crowds about the clubhouse they had
to fight their way, and once they got
into the clubhouse, they had to irenew
the battle to get to where the genial
Julius was handing out sky pieces. But
struggle and elbowing were treated as
rare Jokes. 1t was a happy crowd, and
1t had made up its mind that nothing
twas going to mar its pleasure.
The threatening sky did its best to
dampen the ardor of the enthusiasts,
but in that 1t did not succeed. After 8
o'clock the battalion began to form, a
cold, raw drizzle began to fall, but the
Joyous democracy laughed at drizzles.
For almost an hour after forming
the men waited in line for the word
to start, and in the intervals they liv-
med things up by. cheering Justify for
favorite ons
It was a crowd of politicians. They
all knew the. game. OF the three CUB
ernatorial candidates scheduled to go
with the Davisites op the boat, KATE
enbach seemed to have h most sup
porters. Cheers for him were fire.
quent, while here and there a Demo-
crat loyal to Hudson cheered a few for
General William &c. Heppenheimer.
They gave MARITIME, the Farmer Ora
tor a few for luck, but most of those
in line seemed to know Silzer only as a
name. Had he walked down past the
lines few would have known him.
Upstairs in the clubhouse Robert
Davis received the big guns Of the
party and the invited guests. Some
times the door of the room in which
the big ones sat was open and some
times it was closed.
A few minutes past 10 o'clock a bomb
Missed out of its holder n shot up
ward and exploded above the house
tops. Instantly the lines of men be-
came rigid and all attention. Mr.. Davis
went down to his place at the head of
the line, while all along the way the
waiting companies cheered him Justify.
There was another volume Of cheers
for County Supervisor H. Otto Witt
penn as he went past the files to take
his place as an aide. There were some
more bombs sent aloof, Colonel NORTH
mer ]. Gleason called Forward" the
word was reechoed down the files. the
band struck up, and the crowd along
the sidewalk yelled, ''Thy're off"
The march to the boat was an ova-
ton. All along the way houses were
decorated, and as the hosts tramped
aboard the boat, that swayed with tide
at the Grand street pier, groaned under
the weight. Mr.. Davis wore his smile
that made him famous.
The slate as announced today is as
follows:
For Mayor, H. Otto Wittpenn.
For President Of the Board Of Alder
men, Eugene F. Kinkead.
For Street and Water Commissioner,
Thomas r. Rooney.
For state Senator, James F. Fielder.
For Boulevard Commissioners, John
Wagner and Louis Diehm.
For Assembly:
Jersey City-Mark A. Sullivan,
Charles p. dwell, Joseph p. Tumulty.
Charles H. Blohm,and James Baker. jr.
MISUNDERSTANDING S. Alexander and
Philip ,Daab.
North Hidson-Oscar L. Aud der
Heide and Albert c. E%ppinger.
West Hudson-Joseph Brannegan.
MISUNDERSTANDING H~olzaphel.
Leader Davis appeared in fine fettle this
morning when he appeared at headquar-
tiers. When he was asked for his Views
| regarding the g~ubernatorial situation he
said:
TT looks very much as though the next
Governor will be a Democrat. All the
signs point that way. The people are ap-
parently convinced that the time is ripe
for a thorough housekeeping at Trenton.
The voters appear 60 have had quite
enough of Republican State government,