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VOTES or TIE CANVASS.
What he Press and Politicians Find I
Talk About.


What he Press and Politicians Find TO
Talk About.
The candidates for State Senators have
been put in the field in most Of the coun-
ties in which new Senators are to be elected.
Burlington has completed the Senatorial
ticket, even the Prohibitionist candidate
having been selected. Carter, the Repub-
lican nominee, is local preacher. and
some impious fellows are sneering at him
there-anent. Wills, the Democratic noml-
nee, is an ex-editor. He once conducted
the Mt. Holly Herald, which is now run by
his father. The relation of the candidates
to the United States Senatorial contest is
the main point in dispute. Carter is known
to be favorable TO General Sewell's re-elec-
ton, and he is openly charged with being a
Pennsylvania Railroad man. His friends
retort that Wills is himself SO anxious to
secure the Railroad aid in the contest that
he sent word by U. s. Marshal Deacon to
General Sewell that he will be as good
friend Of the Railroad, if he is elected, as
Carter would be. Deacon gave the message
away to some one besides Senator Sewell.
and it has become the feature of the local
canvass there. Meanwhile, Willis's fathers
paper is tearing the Railroad Company up
the back in each issue. The canvass there
has become 30 bitterly personal that even
Mrs. Wills's name has been dragged into it.
Carter was given the preference over Dea-
con and others of Sewell's better known
friends who sought the nomination, because
it was believed that he could hold the tenn
perance vote. An understanding had been
reached, 80 it is declared, that in the event
r.
would withdraw; but now they say the
Prohibition candidate went do any such
foolish thing, and serious doubt exists of
his ability to carry the county. Wills
denies having entrusted the quoted message
to Budd Deacon for delivery to Gen. Sewell,
but he admits having had conference with
Deacon. He is understood to be an Abbott
man, If he should have hand, as State
Senator, in the selection of an United
States Senator.
In Middlesex, the nomination of Howard
MeSherry, by the Republicans, is not re-
garded as strong one. McSherry used to
be lawyer in this city. just before he
went to New Brunswick he published a
novel that had something of local SALE
Last Winter he was President Schenck's
private secretary. He is not known widely
very active canvass, and SO much of the
old county Republican ring as was left be-
hind when Jarrard went to State prison and
Joe Fisher killed himself, Is up in arms
against him. Chief of Police Fitzgerald of
New Brunswick was hand in 81 We with the
old ring. MoSherTy is said to have Sc
cured Fitzgeralds indictment on the charge
of having stolen some Of the city moneys.
At his recent trial, Fitzgerald claimed that
he paid the money to McSherry as Corpora
ton Attorney; but McSherry took the
stand to swear that he had never done any
thing of the kind. Fitzgerald claims that
the charges were made against him as part
of q scheme to give his place to Demo-
erat, and he has been acquitted. Now that
he has little spare time on his hands, he
is working with all his ardor to beat Nc
Sherry by way of getting even with him.
Chase, whom the Democrats have nomi-
mated against Mc6herry, is a member of
the Board of Freeholders. and is employed
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Companies
local superintendent of The Steam Towing
Company at South Amboy. Some people
have taken his nomination as an indication
that the railroad is not entirely out of SYM
patty with Governor Abbett's Senatorial
aspirations; but on the other hand the
railroad company is said to have given Mr.,
Chase notice that he can make his choice
between the Superintendency and the State
Senatorship; that if he wants to hold on
to the railroad job he must withdraw from
the Senatorial RAGE, At last accounts Mr..
Chase had neither withdrawn from politics
nor surrendered his job; and it is init
mated that the story of the notice given to
Mr.. Chase by the railroad company may
be, after all, only an easily understood
s'blind" to disabuse the popular mind of
the notion that he is railroad candidate.
In Passaic County the indications all
point to Democratic success Gov. Griggs
is altogether too "brilliant" for his own
good; and his large notion of himself has
made the people Of his district rather tired.
he has dazzled the popular eye long
enough, and the popular eye seems in
clined to take q rest in the contemplation
of more ordinary object. He had close
call when he ran three years ago. This
year he has, in addition to the elements
that almost defeated him then, the active
opposition of sone Of the most influential
Republicans in Passaio Oounty-aa for in
stance, Gen. Bird w. Spencer. Judge
James Inglis, who nearly defeated him in
his first Senatorial contest, is his antagonist
this year again, and the probability is that
he will win.
In Cape May Joseph a. Haines is the
Republican Senatorial candidate, hut there
is some talk of withdrawing him for q
stronger candidate. The Democrats have put
on Assemblyman Ludlam who has carried
the County two or three times in the field
against him. In Bergen, Hunterdon and
Sussex, the Democratic nominees will win
without any trouble. County Clerk Bogart
will be the next Senator from Bergen.
Moses X. Everett, who was nominated in
an open caucus the other evening, will be
the next Senator from Hunterdon, and
Arson Mcbride the next Sussex Senator.
The Democrats of the Third Assembly
district In Monmouth County, have fol-
lowed the example of MiddleseE County
Republicans, and given their nomination to
an Ex-Iersey City resident William
Pintard, who is the Assembly candidate in
that district, studied law in Governor
Bedle's Office in this city, but afterwards
removed to Red Bank. Mr.. Martin M.
Drohan who used to be member of the
Board of Finance Of this city, but is now a
resident of Red Bank, was delegate to the
Convention that nominated him and made
the nominating speech. Mr.. Pintard's OPP
ponent will be William II. Grant. who was
elected last year by majority of 247.
largely through some local disaffections
among the Democrats Mr.. Grants record
in the Legislature did not meet public
antioipations, and q united effort this year
by the Democrats of the district will put
the majority on their side.
The Ocean County Republicans have
nominated George G.. Smith for Assembly.
William r. Schultze is the Democratic
Remine6.
The Republican Assembly ticket in Bur.
lington County is: First district, Alfred
Carly Second, A. H. Gangewer, and Third,
THOMAS j. Alcott. The last two are re-
nominations. The Democrats have nomi-
mated Theodore Budd in the First district,
and S. s. Dagger in the Second.
Assemblyman Yetterlein has been re-
nominated for Assembly by the Somerset
democracy. U.s.
1t is said that if Mr.. McSherry is defeated
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