The evening world., 1888-09-20
POLITICS IN NEW JERSEY.
HUDSON COUNTS PORTION Is BOILING
MERELY IN TIE POT.

storisl Election - Democratic Gains
Propheried-High License or LEGAL OPP
tion a Question to BE Met Also.
The men Of Jersey City, Hoboken and the
suburban sections Of Hudson County who
love politics are Just beginning TO realize
that there is such q thing as q fall campaign
under way. The result of their Weakening 10
Tint the political pot on the other side Of the
river Ia beginning TO boil and the men who
want to fill various offices are up and doing.
One Congressman and ten Assemblymen
are to be elected in Hudson County.
In the Congressional matter there Ia little
or no excitement. Mr.. MoAdoo will be re-
turned. His only opponent in the conyen-
ton which is to be held IN Hoboken next
Saturday will be ex-Assemblyman Edward F.
Mcdonald, Of Harrison, who will be far in
the rear when the delegates votes are
counted. As yet the Republican party
cradles no aspirant for its nomination, II
10 actually o drug on the market. Col. 0.W.
Fuller, State Superintendent Of Schools, is
the only available nominee. The honor is
an empty one. rs the Republicans concede q
majority Of over 5000 for McAdoo.
The contests in the Assembly districts. are
warmer. There are two great issues involved
the election Of United States Senator John
r. McPherson's successor and the question
Of high license or no high license.
II the Legislature is Democratic Senator
Mcpherson will be returned. or ex-Gov.
Albeit will be his successor. -Abbett's fight
of 1885 will be remembered. 1t was without
q parallel, but may be repeated.
William Wal or Phelps, ex-Congressman
George A. Halsey, of Newark, and Gen.
William Joyce Sewell are the Republicans
who coyet the Senatorial seat.
The high-license issue is almost an weighty
81. A.. ANkn. IA L.n Lann thA h@n.k ~ kha
liquor dealers that the High License law
would be repealed by q Democratic Legisla-
ture this winter. The Republ cans, on the
other hand, declare that if they feel the in
wi circulate petitions for a local option cleo
ton the day after the election, and bring
every tangible element into the fight to carry
the election and establish prohibition in
Hudson County, with its thousand and a half
Of saloons.
Notwithstanding these threats, the Sena-
torial issue and all, the Republican leaders
admit that instead Of five of the %county's ten
Assemblymen. the party will be represented
this year by but three, or possibly two. The
districts and possibly the Ninth.
In the First district, Assemblyman Gal
lagher wants q renominat on from the Repub-
I lioans. Ex-Judge r. B. Seymour wants it.
the Board of Aldermen. will be the Demo-
cratic nominee, and will undoubtedly be
elected.
In the Second District, the Horseshoe"
turned by the Democrats: Patrick Sheeran,
who always looms up with the Senatorial is
sue. will run Independently.
Col. Samuel D.. Dickinson, the Speaker of
the last House, will be renomina,ed in his
little Republican kingdom, the Third Dis
trict. Alderman Donnelly, backed by the
liquor men, who hate the military Speaker,
V Ill run against him. Dickinson's r~e-eleo-
ton Is conceded, although he may run o lit
There is a warm fight for the nomination
in the Fourth; Col. Heppenheimor. the
present A%ssemblyman; Alderman Elliott
and James Esterbrook all want recognition
by the Democrats, and ex-Alderman Dzinba
and W. L. Van Derzee look to the Republi-
cans for the honor.
In the Firth District AssembIyman Brown
will be nom mated by the Republicans, with
Assemblyman Pearson on the Democratic
Corporation Attorney robert S. Hudspath
will be nominated by the Sixth District
Democrats and elected. John W.. Heck will
try to uphold the Republican standard.
the Democrats of the ever Democratic
Seventh. James Moran will run indepen-
IDENTITY. In the Eighth the Democrats will
return Assemblyman Farrell.
between Let's, the Republican Assemblyman,
and Michael Coyle, the leader of Hoboken'f
Democrats. The issue is a matter OF doubt.
In the Tenth District. North Hudson, AS
semblyman Frank short will be returned by
the Democrats. John Usher will be the Re.
publican and Labor nominee.
The outcome of all these little battles will
be one big battle. and the result in each dis.
trict may affect the political complexion OF
the next United United States Senate. There
is certain to be an interesting chapter in the
history of the liquor question evolved. There
will either be Q repeal of the High License
law or a local option election in Hudson
County.
Vo .ers are beginning to realize these facts
and the boiling of the aforesaid political 30,
NAV be heard with growing disfincfnasa