The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-10-17
STATE POLITICS.

Judge Absalom Woodruff, of Paterson, is
dead.
Assemhlyman Potter Of Orange declines
a denomination.
The Somerset Republican Convention
will be held On the 21st.
P. p Baker is the Democratic nsminee
in Cumberland for State senator.
eTom" Gator is well enough to light up
the Prohibition stump with his eloquence.
The Essex County Republicans will re-
nominate Congressman Lehlback next
Wednesday.
The Hunterdon county Democratic eau
cuses nominated Assemblymen Arnwine
and Wolvsrton.
Hewey says he is a practical temperance
man aud proposes to stand by the Repub-
lican prohibition p lank if it beats him.
John j. Matthews has been Endorsed for
Asesmblyman in the First District of Unisn
County by the Elizabeth Labor Unions.
sSGeorgeSLaw, one of the promoters of the
bunker Pond watsr scheme, has been
nominated for Assemb ly in the First Pas
sale District.
The Ocean County Democrats have nom-
mated Clifford Horner, who is very popu-
lar, for State Senator, and G. D. Mathis
for Assembly.
The Newark Republicans carried their
city ticket on Tuesday by only $50 major
ity. But they gained two councilmen and
three freeholdsrs.
Assemblyman Franklyn Lawrence, the
oldest member of the Legislature, has teen
renominated by the Republicans of the
First district of Cumberland.
Tie Oeean couAty Republican conven-
ton has reneminated Gee. T. Cranmer for
senator and for Assembly, Jonathan Goble,
who was Assembly nam in 1875.
The Vinsland Independent says of Haw-
kins, the Republican candidate for As
sembly in one Of the Cumberland districts,
that he is anti.rum, anti-saloon and anti
tobacco.
1t is new becoming pretty we'll known
that Henry D. Winton. editor Of the Ber-
gen County Democrat, expects to get the
Democratic nomination fer State Senator.
-Engletoood Times.
II is said that Assemblyman Wintop,
owing to some recent Business reverses,
leaves the county of Bergen this week and
will take up his residence in Phillipsburgh,
Warren County, this State.
Speaker Edward Amber Armstrong won't
meandsr into the Legislature, as he hoped
to do, for fourth term next winter. His
delegates were beaten by ever 800 votes in
the primaries at Camden the other even
ing.
At a meeting of the Germans of New
Brunswick Wednesday night, it was re-
solved to work against the Republicans in
the ceming election, because Of the tenn
perance plank in the platform of the
party.
The Bound Brock Chronicle says that the
leading candidates fer Members of As
sembly in that district are Richard Fl.
Broksw of Bound Brook, George E. Pace
Milestone and John A. Freech of Ssmer-
vile. But Brokaw has withdrawn.
The Burlington Republicans have nemi-
mated fer Assembly in the first district
Robert G.. Hutchinson, a young Borden
tewn lawyer; Allan H. Gangswer (renom-
inatsd) in the second, and William II.
Doom. Southampton farmer. ia the
| third.
There is war dswn in Monmouth over
| George Patterson. He had majority of
the delegates to the Assembly Convention
in his district the ether day, but the chair
man refused to declare him elected, and ON
false count declared John NJ. Allen of
Wall nominated. The Patterson delegates
Withdrew and put him in the field.
Says the Newark FFeis Ze;tung (Rep. J:
THE reelection of John Y. Foster as Sec
Rotary Of the Republican State Committee,
Notwithstanding the protest of the Essex
ssuAty representatives in. this committee,
i an act which will serve only 70 widen
the breach in she party and one which will
be regretted when it il TOO Late
The Atlantic Journal says that Flies Y,
Reed, the Democratic candidate fer Cong
Fsss in the First District, is . native Of
Delaware. He has been slerk of the Della
ware State Senate and member ct the
Legislature of that State. Interest in
land speculation led to his settling in At
iantic County. in this State. He is q
farmer.
A conspicuous politician says to the SUM-
DAY MORNING News that Fisk, the Prohi-
biioR candidate for Governor, is not in the
race with the idea of reaching the Govern
orship, but with the idea Of fereing his
election to the United States Senate in the