Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1873-09-17
THE NEXT GOVERNOR.

The Elizabeth Journal--a paper
printed at the expense of number OF
gentlemen, who delight to see their
names in print--comes out strongly in
favor of the nomination of Mr.. John
Davidson, of this city, for governor.
1t disposes Of Mr.. George A. Halsey,
Mr.. John Hill, and Mr.. Amos Clark,
jr., by saying that these gentleman have
already been rewarded-each having
filed honorable positions-just as if the
people of New Jersey elected governors
to re,card them for political services.
Mr.. Davidson is gentleman, who
would not speak harshly to any one,
but his efforts to be governor will have
to be seconded by better men than
those who control the columns of the
Journal. Last fall, that paper insisted
on the nomination of the Chetwood
family" for the best offices, and the
consequences were utter defeat so far
as the Journals candidates were con-
cerned. Let the Blatherskits now in
sist on John Davidson's nomination,
and his fate will be as certain. The
rank and file Of the Republican party
do not support the Blatherskite editor,
who was imported here to do certain
dirty work. He receives Tor is sup
posed to when he gets it, twenty-five
hundred dollars year for singing two
quarts of amalgamated ink each day,
and it is highly necessary that some
thing should be done for the money
expended, so he strikes out and under
takes to make the nominations for the
Republican party.
The old FOSSIL at the head of the
concern is despised by the very men
who are compelled to pay in their con-
tributions in order to keep the old
thing working. He is laughed at by
all classes for his presumptive AFRO
gance, combined with unlimited igno-
rance, and his selfishness renders him
an abject specimen of pity as we'll as
contempt.
1t was the Journal and just such
other papers that compelled the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Walsh, who was defeated
from the day of his nomination. The
best man in the Republican party must
be selected for the next Governor.
There are scores of able, successful
men in the party; men who have not
been before the people for years, suffer
ing defeat after defect.
5ouGn Jcisoy DoUn iBnvIvd ~.
years past, and it is moro than likely
that a strong man will come up from
that quarter, or the central section.
The claims of ex-senator BEETLE, of
Camden, cannot be easily ignored. He
has done yeoman service for the party,
and if he is backed by his friends in the
lower part OF the state, he will be strong
in the convention, He is popular with
the people, as man must be who ex-
poets success.
II General Sewell, the present able
Senator from Camden, would consent
to allow his name to be used, he, too,
would be backed by "a host. But we
doubt whether man who has to earn
his living would accept the position of
governor.
Senator Jarrard, of Middlesex, would
carry the state like q whirlwind. No
man has done more for the party, with
the single exception of Hon. Amos
Clark, il. These gentlemen are warm
friends, and not likely to stand in others
way. Mr.. Jarrrard carried Middlesex
for Mr.. Clark in the last election. If
Mr. Clark's friends should ask him to
accept the gubernatorial nomination,
the people would give him such ma
iority only as Joel Parker himself has
received. Mr.. Clark has done much for
the party; he never deceived his friends;
has invariably been successful, and to-
day no man in the state stands as high
in the estimation of the President as
Amos Clark, jr.
Hon. George A. Halsey, of Essex,
and John Hill, of Morris. and OF hers in
the eastern part of the state are promi-
nently mentioned for the place--any
one of whom would be successful, and
fill the chair with honor to themselves
and with credit to the people.
GUNPowDER IN A HAY NOW.