New-York tribune., 1871-01-12

uons, ono atncnty radical The other waiting little fO
The Quakera OF South Jersey to come up. Tire forme
! have never Won oampaign-tho latter go fl
when the others get sick. aud 90 er crcsson Will,
they have the legs to travel Among latter count
fTehnghuysen, Ward. Cougar. Harrison, Hasey, HI
and Robeson and Gregory well. They are ncu who
Ike 70 feel tho ground under them 60 does Mr. Walsh
who is prudent business enough but likes 10 be
the sldrinish Ine Mr. Parker-but OF him will speak
hereafer-is the tribune of the ultra Radicals The pro
fessona politicians vaeate from % the other from
time 10 me but the main the line is drawn about
have described, and the fight is between the
steady steppers and the hgh-fyers with tho usual
inevitable ntermKtre Of personal jealousie. resulting
from wrongs either real fsnced Let call tie ield
last entries frat, st being understood that Frenghnysen
and Walsh the favoritos.
Messrs. Gregory and Roheson only recent candl-
dates II the latter Is candidate at ALL Mr. Gregory has
authorized the Of his at late day. His ago ia
the only positive objection 10 bC-urged against him.
though be bears his years lightly Mr. Robson his
appointment as State Attorney General TO Gov. Ward,
and both Ward and FreElghuysen urged his conarma-
ton by the Senate Secretary of the Navy. He is
brcadsoued fellow, and IT, is alleged no Is picking up
votes IN South Jersey venture the guess that they
the lost sheep OF Catte who have wandered away after
Walsh. BY the way, Catte fully expected Mr. Freling
huysen to be his successor when he drcw out Of tie
/ field
! What are Mr. Parkers chancesi you will ask. As to
the man. belongs to one Of those utilized patrican
families OF NewJersey, gentleman and not dler,
| jurist as distinguished from the mere lawyer, a
tall, stately, youthfuy bsdheaded man. somewhat re-
sembng his cousin. Gen. George g. Meade, and with D
little Of the Lord George" in his iperious yet not
courtly way-and bis way is his way. There Is a
chronic quarrel in East Jersey 10 whether he Fre
lnGhuysen is ntrnscay the abler man, but there il
rule for comparison between them. f. is the snre,
never meaning to hit harder than enough. p, when
rcused is mpaSsOued pushing and determined to storm
HIS through court jury Withal he is a
] pure man, not too strong in desire, has all that
social dignity in which New-Jersey much delights Is
never lazy and apparently never tired lie has held
think only one office, and that professional has dis
ncushed standing at the bar the President OF the
State Convention which, in 1861 put NewJersey in line
with advanced Rapublicansm land killed the ticket next
Fall, ard the Chairman OF the NewJersey Delcga
On in the Chicago Convention OF 1868 where his manner
in speaking attracted attention by it, gracious imper
Ousnoss need not say that there is The thew and
silew Of Senator in Mr. Parker lie Is no man for a
back sect bat lie is likely to be chosen He has been
absent Europe until quite recently and the few votes
lie has have TO him without his aid They viii
serve however put him to the fore" another time.
Next comes Mr. Cornelius Walsh, longtime resident
OF Newark but OF Hudson County, who, by close
economy In early life and in humble circumstances, has
won ample competence. He began life as a manufae
turer and the Directory still records him as maker OK
cabinet and trunk locks traycingbag frames, anu trunk
lie man tlan eltitr OF those
nanol, except Mr.. Gregory, and has the portly con-
tented look n successful business man, easy ad
dress and ready, pleasant method OF speech. He i'm
presses you as a Of some power, and his steady
growth In the enlargement q his business, for be l.
hanl: director and ruoneyed man generally with the IL
fuence which he has attained by liberal gifts to the de-
nomination Of which he is Of the most active mem
bers confirm the impression. His political record Il
| brief. He has been always a liberal gyer to the
yarty retired gracefully from the Gubernatoral con
test in 1865 and has been to Republicansm. be-
Ieve he never held Office unless some municipal po-
ston in Newark. His candidacy for the senaorshpi Is
rather surprise his support coming mainly from the
sections his residence though lie Is NOT
without support at hOmc and borrOws something from
the antagouism toward Mr. Frclnghuy sen by the Dus
max MAJ, Of the party. To sum hiul up he has been
shreyy and ent uprising manufactures, man Of worm
and wealth, ~ fair presence and active Inid ana
stcad'ast Repulll,-ih
OF Mr. rrclipgbuv.e~ ,css need be said. Tie has the
misfortune OF historic name being the third In tue 5t
Of the generations OF his who Is occupied seat III
the United states Senate. PcrsoEaly ne j l'l IIon
sray-haired aud goodlOoking man, with coinblno1
hunor and earucstncss IN his face, a tHoroufh-preh
lawyer practiling IN the higher Courts, lOldGto 'ie
political and religious traditions Of his famly-a oi
whom have beer reformer5-and advancing them from
time 10 time as the world moves His political career is
familiar to most political readers. He was a member of
the Peace Congress" OF lsGl, for long o Attor-
neyGeneral OF the State resigned that position IN 1851 70
accept the SenaOrshp, rice Stockton whose seat was
declared vacant took front rank debatcT made what
have been wont consider the best argument IN favor
OF the impeachment OF Andrew Johnson and voted for
the irlpeacLment. he is a Protcctonst ard a pro-
nounced advocate OF advanced Bepulicanism HIS brief
term expired March 1882 and he retired with The com
plimeptary vote Of the Republican minority in the Legs
latre a. against present Senator, Stockton When
the Motley imbrogo came mp, the President rendered
hin the mission 70 England, which he declined for
reasons OF which only know that they were satiiae-
tory and cementcd the friendship between the two He
pos,sses nervous get not cxCable eOQueuce aud has
been trained in the school OF statesmanslip
Today "wednesday, the Legislature having al
'orrued for wee, the contest seems finally narrowed
down 70 Nesrs Frelinghuysen and Walsh The friends
~ tho tier are extremely confident and consider the
ane as decided IN their favor but have seen enough
- Jersey politics to wait little for the steady-selr
ners" 10 make their APPEARANCE SO far as any actual
count l. concerned 1t is all bosh. The events not the
talk look toward Frelin ghuysen; and whe the Walsh
men claim clean majority il is little singular that
he other party carried the organization OF both Houses
and that walsh motion TO 10 into senatorial caucus
LAST evening was beaten Tie motion indicates that
they are as strong they e1pect 10
he and that the Frelinghuysen men are making walt
inc race They are not "seen OF men," but the coolest
and brcydest OF their leaders condident OF success
Tbcre il some talk of caucus Tuesday evening" hut
that il too early for several reasons. The strikers are
not willing 10 break a rising market and the Frenghuy-
sen men count time as money II have been free In my
comments on men and things, Is not my signature
Trenton, Jan H. 1911. IoUJoUks AOpA'h'