The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-09-05
STATE P0LIrr0s.
what the Politicians Of the state Find Z,
Talk About.


Assemblyman Winton has returned from
Atlantic City in poor health.
The Prohibitionists will hold Congress
sional Convention in Paterson Sept. 9.
Assemblyman Wolverton, of Hunterdon,
is looking for third-term nomination.
The Gloucester Prohibition Convention
will be held at Woodbury. next Wednesday.
The Gloucester Republicans will nomi-
nate an Assembly candidate Saturday, Sep
TENDER Is.
George LaMonte has declined the Pro-
hioition nomination for Assembly in Son.
erset County.
The Salem Prohibitionists will nominate
a candidate for Assembly at Woodstown
next Wednesday.
Judge w.. II. Morrow was nominated,
Thursday, for Congress by the Prohibit
tionists of the Fourth Diatrict.
Thomas v Mutchler is candidate for
Assemblyman in the Second Warren Dis
trict, against Assemblyman Titus.
Gubernatorial Candidate Cutler ad.
dressed 5000 Morris and Essex County
Changers at picnic last Thursday.
The Newark Sunday Cal says that the
candidacy of Moses Bigelow, of Newark. for
Governor has quite absorbed the humor of
the campaign.
Rev. j. NJ. Scott, of Greenwich, Cumber-
land County, has challenged State Senator
l. T. Nichols to public debate on the
Prohibition question.
It has been whispered that James d.
Flynn, editor of the Bordentown Register,
will be a candidate for Assembly in the
First Burlington District.
The Monmouth Enquirer charges that
Gen. Fisk, the Prohibition candidate for
Governor, is interested in the Seabright
Inn, where liquor is sold.
If John J. Gardner, of Atlantic, is again
elected to the State Senate he would serve
his fourth term, something unprecedented
in the history of the State.
John B. Finch, who is euphoniously
known as the s'Cyclone of Nebraska" adj
dressed 200 Prohibitionists at the South
Orange Rink last Tuesday.
The wife of Congressman Pidcock died
at her residence at White House Wednes-
day morning, after long and painful i'll
ness, with cancerous affection.
The Monmouth Democrat, which is
under the control of ssStaff Little, copies
into it's columns the Shore Press's extrava-
CANT puff of Rufus Blodgett for Governor.
The Burlington Prohibitionists nomi-
mated a full county ticket Thursday.
Henry J. Burtis. of Mount Holly. was
nominated for Assemblyman in the Third
District.
The Salem Sunbeam protests that the tive
men named in the First District for Con-
gress by the Democrats will only be dunn
mics, and adyertises for "man" to run on
the ticket.
The reason for "Tom' Gators long
silence in the Prohibition camp is that he
has been very i'll. He is scheduled by the
Prohibition State Com mittee for speech
every night next month.
Although his name has not been men
| toned very frequently of late, the friends
of ex-Congaessman Hardenbergh of Hud-
son, are keeping his gubernatoriai boom in
good order Salem Sunbeam.
The Newark Call says that if Phelps runs
for Governor it will be on the understand
ing that he shall be the Republican candi
date for Senator against Mcpherson when
that gentlemans term expires.
There is SAID to be opposition in the Red
Red Bank District against the denomination
of Assemblyman Pintard, but he says
he can have the denomination if he wants
it, and that he will win if he runs.
The Shore Press says that in spite of the
fact that there are five candidates for the
Democratic Assembly nomin alton in the
Third Monmouth District, Assemblyman
The Republican bosses have determined
that Howey must run against Pidcock in
the Fourth Congressional District, and
they may be obliged to advertise for a
Gubernatorial candidate next MONTH
Paterson Guardian:
The Paterson Guardian thinks that the
report that General Sewell and Senator
Nichols had arrived at an understanding is
disproved by the appearance of ex-Assem-
blyman Payne as a. candidate against the
latter for the Republican nomination.
The Mays Landing Journal says that as
Assemblyman Beckwith declines a renomi-
ton, Andrew G. Stewart, of Mays Land
ing, will be his successor. Whereat the
Atlantic Journal retorts that Mayor
Schwinghammer, of Egg Harbor City, is
booked for the place.
In Gloucester county several prominent
liquor men are openly opposing the re-
election of DR.. Roe to the Assembly be-
cause he voted for the Local Option bill.
On the other hand. he is opposed by the
''third party" because he isn't 8 good
enough temperance man.
The Philadelphia Press says that with
out doubt President Cleveland has offered
Senator Mcpherson the United States
Treasury port folio, in place of Manning,
who is expected to resign; but that, as the
next Legislature is apt to be Republican,
the Senator will not accept it.
The Essex County Prohibition Congress
sional Convention will be held at the W. G.
7. U. Hall, Newark, to- morrow. John 4.
Anderson, publisher of "Anderson's Schoc
Books" will probably get the nomination.
Other persons suggested are George j.
Ferry, E. J. Murphy, and W. A. Hammer.
The Salem County Board of Agriculture,
denouncing one of the New Jersey Senators
as high official of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, and suspecting the other of being in
league with him, pledge their efforts to the
election of a Senator next Fall who will
better represent the people of the state
than they are now represented.
Bunnell, ex-editor of the Sussex Herald.
Is said to have sold his paper to Tom Raves,
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