The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1888-06-13
LAdBERTvILLE n J.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 3D. 1888.
NEW JERSEY DELEGATES.

NEW JERSEY DELEGATES.
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fSem kse Philadelphia Times
TRENTON. June 10-The men who are
supposed to control the delegates from
New Jersey to Chicago are General VIM.
J, Sewell. ] Hart Brewer. Senator G riggs
and George A. Halsey, the delegates. at
large. Halsey is now amending n few
DAYS ON his cat,le r,ncb in f,olorodo hnt ba win
be in Chicago the middle of the coming weel,
ready Demonstration with tbe pfes;dent-mnkers
then ON the ground. Senator q r,ges has made IN
his sltObt ,,inerepces WITH f,ersrst seOall ana
gives ont that be yi no longer contest Tho cba,r
manshIp Of the delepation which leaves Se,vel, IN
his old position as its head which nost e nuc Ia
his liking eaa &.
In 1894 with the helm Of ulve, Roreo,ow who
has gono to The land wbera
are at rest. General sewelI held The Jersey dele-
cation well In hand I.ita poh,nson. c,,nsooi no
was monarch OF ali he surveyed sanotoy tsyiog.
il Is believed. viii sunnort Gresham. ~ ul,noia
for The first place on the ticket after William Wal.
ter phelns Is .lisnosed of unless indaed the ltt,e
but intelleetuallv-pifted pbelps. am sueceea in
making serious diversion In favor of William
Walter phelns for President
That the Teaneck statesman il in dead earnest
is shown by the fact that he has given up his sum-
MGR iunketine abroad His wife and family have
gone to Europo and the BERGEN Congressman has
taken off his coat and undertaken the greatest ,ob
his is to get New Jersev into line in
The great battle against Cleveland Mcpherson and
the Mills bill. MIR. Phelns. who RECENTLY wrote A
letter stating that he VAS "a dark horse In tba
Presidential race, refuses to be interviewed, but
does not hesitate 10 say TINT Il was his letter to
Blaine which brought out the Paris letter and til
that letter was written lie felt authorized nv rea
son Of his close relations to Blaine to press him as
a candidate IL cannot be tenied that phelns has
received but small thanks for strong leseryjuss.,
for the Jersey Republicans have called "snirits
from the Vastly Deep whenever the opulent Con-
gresham was needed TO turn over the leaves of his
check .book and he has always responded literally
TO the call for materlafaid. He was General Sew
ellis first lieutenant In turning the Legislature In
TO followers Of Fisk ON the high license question
both Phelps and Sewell believing this would
weaken the camp followers Of General Flax and
break up the morale OF the temperance men,
: The most popular man among New JERSEYS DEL
egates at. largo SAID.
civilian, walter pholns H. raco,x,od N ,hisa
Blaine state--as. lthe zlepntes M the man from
Maine. Phelps owned Inc oro,,na p,atne,ss Mo
house was built ON IN Washington. and mn slalne
himself became a capitalist Mr. phelps's bank ae-
count was Away ceessible 10 araeld,s Secretary
Of State. The love OF David and Jonathan was no,
stronger or more substantial fact than tbe nt,ac.
tion of these two statesmen. phelns,s metbods in
politics are those of Blaine. and blaine Knows bs
could run an administration of which Mr.. pbelns
was the head probably as Secretary Of state RAT
at Chicago we fear New Jersey Is moi big enough
to command the Presidency. and al conoress,nsn
Phelps is a modest man do not doubt that be
would willingly take second plaee ON tho ,lcLat
with Gresham or Harrison,
@rIere wo think Harrison is 40 vain a man ON
the question of the chances of his nomination for
the Presidency that in his anxiety 10 l,ill. on
Gresham he Is very likely to eliminate himself MS
factor. Outside Of Indiana tle other candidates
don't care fwbetber Harrison Lius o.ra.,an, =.
Gresham kills Harrison. The boom for Aloer has
"a solid foundation Ihaye coma "a bellevo that n
c. Plat, Of New York. has resumed His hold on
the throttle-vayc of the Republican Jocomotive n
New York, and Il he can run In sueh candidates 81
Alger and Morton, then Platt,O mower viii aoair ha
' nv wtffr,, ,,aVA 80 ME ssiiaIe IN
his own good time.n
Both sewell and J. Hart Brewer expresse them
selves as confident that a ticket made without any
factionaI fight at Chicago would be strong enough
to beat Cleveland and Thurman, and predicted
that New Jersey would 90 Republican as re-
buke TO the low tariff men,
The record would not be complete of The promi-
nent Jerseymen at Chicago without a mention o T
John T. Blair, who is worth S9o,oOooOO. Blair is
now eighty-three years old Ho lives In quiet elo-