Modern battles of Trenton .. . Blodgett party were anxious to make Orestes Cleve-land the permanent Chairman ; the Green men still insistedupon McDermott. The battle was a brief one. By the votesof fifteen of the twenty-one members of the committee, McDer-mott was named. The observable feature of the contest in theOrganization Committee was the fact that the delegates overwhom Mr. Kelseys influence was supposed to be supreme didnot line up for Orestes Cleveland. McDermotts speech inaccepting the responsibilities of the chair was an attack on therailroad corporations, and he gave it a particula
Modern battles of Trenton .. . Blodgett party were anxious to make Orestes Cleve-land the permanent Chairman ; the Green men still insistedupon McDermott. The battle was a brief one. By the votesof fifteen of the twenty-one members of the committee, McDer-mott was named. The observable feature of the contest in theOrganization Committee was the fact that the delegates overwhom Mr. Kelseys influence was supposed to be supreme didnot line up for Orestes Cleveland. McDermotts speech inaccepting the responsibilities of the chair was an attack on therailroad corporations, and he gave it a particularly personal turnby remarking that the New Jersey Central and the New Yorkand Long Branch Railroads had not paid a cent into the Statetreasury for three years. When nominations were declared inorder, Beckwith, of Atlantic, was the first who had an oppor-tunity on the alphabetical roll-call of the counties to respondwith a name. He presented that of Green. Burlington countycame forward with Hendrickson and Blodgett; Camden put. Robert S. Green. MODERN BATTLES OF TRENTON. 261 forward the name of Wescott; Cape May responded with JohnHopper; Essex with John McGregor of Newark, David of Orange, and Andrew Albright of Newark. Passaic brokeinto a deafening tumult over contesting delegations, and Wm. , of Jersey City, stirred up a riot when, in response to thecallfor Hudson, he answered with Greens name. A dozen ofthe Hudson delegates sprang to their feet to declare that thecounty was not unanimous for the Third district put Blodgett in formal nomination ; Morris honoredAugustus W. Cutler with its preference. And the roll-call for the tallying the vote was entered uponat once. Mr. McDermott knew that the vote of the Hudsondelegation was the vital and essential one; and, the Hudson menhaving, after their county chairman had announced it for Green,sprung to their feet in protest, he was furnished with a pretextfor passing it and giving its members an opp
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