The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-09-05
ABOUT LOCAL POLITICS.
WHO TIE CANDIDATES ARE And
WHAT THEIR CHANCES.


A Correspondents Review of situation
in Hudson Conniy-The Senatorial, Con-
gressional and Assembly Contests and
Who are In Them.
The election this fall will occur on Tues
day, November 2, and already the leaders
of the two great parties which viii measure
swords or more pr operly speaking, ballots,
on that day are getting in shape for the
fray. The Democrats seem to be most &C.
tive. The Republicans, however, are not
sleeping, but are up and doing, and what
ever the result, particularly in this county,
it will no doubt be close and exciting
contest. Besides Governor the voters in
this county will be called upon to cast their
ballots for Congressman, 8 State Senator,
a Surrogate and members of Assembly.
Hudson, as far as the Democrats are con-
cerned, has no candidate of its own this
year for the Gubernatorial nomination un-
less ex-Congressman HsrdenburGh should
loom up, and SO very little interest is man.
Tested here concerning the result Of the
State Convention. One thing may be
counted upon, and that is, that no matter
who the candidate may be, he may expect
and will get the same support of his party
in this county as would any one of her own
favorite sons, were he the standard bearer.
THE sENAToRsHIP.
What more interests the Democratic pol
iticians here is the contest for the Senate
rial nomination. Although there are only
two aspirants for the honor. the fight will
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things Just now, the bitterest that has &C.
CURED in many years. The two men for
whom SO much hard work to capture the
nominating convention Is being done, are
Mayor Orestes Cleveland and william d.
Edwards, bright young lawyer, whose
home is in the Sixth District. Edwards
has the backing of the Mclaughlin wing of
the party, while that shrewd political leader,
Finance Commissioned ohm Edelstein, leads
the Cleveland contingent. The MeLaugh-
lin people say that Edwards has sure
thing, and will have lots of delegates to
spare, while Cleveland's supporters smile
significantly, and say
ssWait until the Convention meets
The friends of both candidates are max
ing rattliug fight.
CONGRESSMAN.
fall upon Congressman McAdoo. A year
ago it looked as though he could not again
capture the nomination, but County Clerk
Mclaughlin, Alderman Davis and other
leaders who were against him then are now
counted among his supporters. The Edel-
stein faction of the party have always been
with him. There is bitter feeling, how
ever, in some sections of the county against
the young Congressman, and he will not
have, altogether smooth sailing. Hoboken
is tired Of getting left in every succeeding
convention, and this year, it is said, the
delegates from that town of beer and
gambling will go into the Congressional
Convention with the determination of
securing the nomination for one of its
favorite sons. Jimmy" Curran, who is
the chairman of the Comfy Committee,
and who was recently made postmaster of
the city, is out for McAdoo, and
as he is power in Hoboken
politics it can be safely said that that city
will get what it has been getting in Demo-
cratic conventions for the last five years
ssthe big finger" Among the Roboken
statesmen talked of in connection with
the nomination are Assemblyman John G.
Besson, Counselor William y. Stuhr and
Mayor Kerr. Besson is the only one in
Inc GIOWQ WIZ WOulA 40tO HaO1t Va -
show for the nomination. There is some
foolish talk VI Hoboken boiling should it
fail to get - one of its candidates the
nomination, a. in that event it is said
that the Republicans will put ex-Assem-
blyman John Tangeman. popular Hobo
ken German, in the field against McAdoo.
For the Surrogate the Democrats have but
one candidate the present incumbent,
Sames 81. 0'Neil. He will be unanim ously
nominated, and it is extremely doubtful if
the Republicans will put any one up
against him.
THE ASSEMBLY. ~
For the Assembly nominations there are
a host of candidates on either side. This
being United States Senatorial year, the
contests in some of the districts will be
Interesting. The Democrats should carry
every district in the county. The First,
Third and Fourth Districts were repre-
of these districts there are bitter party
discussions, and the Democrats, with good
candidates, should not have much difficulty
in carrying all of them.
In the First District Roderick B. Sew
mour, who was elected to the Assembly
last year, is seeking a denomination. A
faction of the party are working to shut
him out this year. Horace Farrier, who
has never yet held political Office, wants
the nomination. So does Gen. John Ram
sey. It looks as though Farrier would get
it, and If he does Seymour, the latter's
friends say, will be an Independent candi-
date. Such state of affairs would insure
the district to the Democrats Even with
Farrier the only Republican candidate in
the field, the Democrats ought to be able to
nominate man to beat him. DR.. Benjamin
Edge, John G. Bacot or Willard Fiske
would have an easy thing. the TATrIER
thinks, in carrying the district. It is said.
however, that either Edward Mclaughlin.
whom Seymour defeated last Fall OF
John Totten win get the nomination. Nc
Laughlin says he is entitled to it, and AL.
derman Davis and other district leaders are