The Sunday tatler and Jersey City express. (Jersey City, N.J.) 1883-1886, 1886-07-11
STATE roLIrTos.
what the Politicians Of the ssasc Find to
Talk About.


Europe as soon as Congress adjourns.
A Prohibition club was organized last
Thursday night at Long Branch, with
twenty-seven N embers.
Col. Charley Hendrickson has been re-
appointed Deputy Collector by Internal
Revenue Collector Ferrell.
Ek-Msyor Charles a. O'Neill has resigned
from the State Board of Assessors, to
which the Governor recently appointed
him.
The Republican Campaign Club of Sea
Bright heartily endorse General Clinton B.
Fisk, the Prohibition nominee for Cover
nor.
A grand MAS meeting of the Prohibi-
tionists of Monmouth County will take place
at Red Bank, during the latter part of
August.
Cumberland County Democrats talk of
nominating John Russell, of Leesburg, who
was on the electoral ticket in 1884, for
Senator.
The Elizabeth Herald says that g Miles
Ross is not in the field FER Congress under
any combination Of known or unknown
circumstances"
Senator Mcpherson has decided to visit
Europe this Summer, but will remain at
home and help his party to elect q Demo
cratic successor to Senator Sewell.
If the worst comes to the worst the New
Jersey Democrats will cheerfully lend their
Republican friends candidate for Cover
nor, having large unavailable surplus on
hand.-[ Paterson Guardian.
Senator Nichols says that Cumberland
County is not for Fisk, but will probably
II 10 ha
State Convention in favor of General Ward,
ex-Postmaster OF Newark The Prohibi-
ton sentiment, however, is very strong in
that section.
Gov. Albeit on Tuesday filed the last
law of the Legislative session of 1886. This
makes 279 laws, q larger number than
were enacted in any one session since 1875.
In that year there was thirteen weeks
session, and 439 laws went Oh the statute
books. Since then the number has averaged
about 225.
We notice some of the State papers are
yet comparing Gators Prohibition utter
ances with the proposition for sale of IL
quor licenses, pnt falsely into his mouth
bv the Evensnq journal. Don't they know
that even the Journal has confessed that
the alleged saloon license sale story was
Temperance High Priest2
A new post-ofice established in Los
Angeles county, California, was named
'sMcP herson," after the New Jersey Sena-
tor by that name, at the suggestion of the
merlY citizen of Trenton, N. J. This is
the third post-ofice in this country named
after Senator Mcpherson. The others are
located in Madison county, Iowa, and
Adair county. Kentucky.
The Englewood Times prints fine por-
trait of Garrett Ackerson, DR., under the
cepiion of Bergen County's candidate for
Governor" Accompanying the picture is
brief sketch which shows that Mr.. Acker-
son is forty-six years of age, is lawyer, a
political worker, and man who has not
sought Office Both the picture and the
sketch are favorable. Mr. Ackerson has an
attractive face and clean record.
In 1880 there were 1911 votes polled for
the Prohibition candidate for Governor; in
1882 the Probibitionist candidates for Con-
press in the First, Fourth, Fifth and
Seventh Districts received 2, 1I9 votes. In
1888 the Prohibition candidate for Cover
nor received 1000 out of total of 208, 900.
10 1884, with many Republicans voting for
the Prohibition electors because of an
equal dislike for Blaine and Cleveland, the
Prohibition vote was swelled to 6,152 out
Of total vote of over $780, 900.
The Bergen County Democrat says that
Col. CAREY Ackrrson's $ business and
health do not warrant him in seeking
nomination for Governor, and we speak
whereof we know, that if the Convention
would tender him the nomination to-mor-
row it is questionable whether he would
accept it.. Besides this, the worry of q
campaign, which will be an exciting one,
and the great expenses connected there
with, has much to do wi b keeping him cut
of the canvass" Then 1t gracefully pats
Hon. a. A. Hardenbergh out of the arena,
and makes q loom for Hon. Robert s.
Green.
President Griggs, of the New jersey
Senate, has appointed Senator Gardner, of
atlantic, and Senator Vanderbilt, of Mer-
ser, committee on the part of the Senate
to confer with the authorities of Philadel-'
phia on the subject of the Welsh Memorial
Arch Speaker Armstrong has also APP
pointed the following committee on the
part Of the House for like purpose Fl.
NJ. Jewett, Camden A. f. r. Martin, Es-
sex. and John G.. Besson, of Hudson. The
day for the conference haslyet to be named
hat it will be fixed for an early date. This
committee has charge of erecting grand
memorial arch in Philadelphia to the men,
DRY of the late Hon. John Welsh for his
services as Chairman of the Committee of
the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia
in 1876.
Singer Sullivan To be Here.
largely attended meeting of the Young
Mems Democratic Club was held at the
Three Bells on Wednesday evening last.