The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-29
TALK AT HEADQUARTERS
How the Canvass is Pro
gresing Throughout the
State.
GOSSIP ABOUT THE HOUSES.
The Contests in the Senatorial
Districts Reviewed.

Allan L. McDermott, the chairman Of
Democratic State Committee said to me
a day OF two ago that the prospects Of
an overwhelming success for Ex-Governor
Albeit We're never brighter than now.
He knows that the Republicans are
counting upon big vote in South Jer-
sey.
But" he said. "Grubb will have to
carry the First and Second districts by
$4,000 majority to beat ALBEIT"
ABBETT's ACTIVE CANVASS.
The certainty of success has not led to
inactivity, however, on the Democratic
side, and all hands are working with a
will to achieve the common end. Speakers
are in all sections and meetings are as
thick for each night of the week as
huckIeberries on full stem.
Ex-Governor Albeit is earning fresh
laurels as a tireless campaigner, and his
date book is filled with engagements
cbock ND to the night before election
Last night he spoke in both the Amboys.
Tonight he will be at Elizabeth; tomorrow
night at Hackensack. Thursday he will
be heard in Orange and South Orange.
Friday night he will enlighten the people
of New Brunswick; Saturday night those
OF Paterson, and he will probably round
up niS campaign UltAA q oPcCSA hO 4sCtk
Bank Monday night
There is hustle and hurry at Republi-
can State Headquarters in the Weldon
Building, but not much hope. General
Grubb, who Edrops in occasionally, looks
tired and despondent, but he talks big
lican occasionally who assures him of his
election, and in the belief that that pleas
ant prophet owns the State he goes home
to dream of his coming triumph.
REPUBLICAN HURLEY BURLEY.
Ex-Reading Clerk Potts, who Is in
charge of the Committee rooms, does not
share the Generals baseiess enthusiasm;
but he keeps up a show of doing some
thing, and has half score of clerks at the
plain wooden tables in the rooms busy
sending out documents to the voters. One
of these documents is sGriggs' dangerous
speech on the railroad tax question. 1t is
dangerous, because to send it out is for
the Republicans to admit that the rail-
road tax question is the issue of largest
public interest; that once established, the
credit for what has been achieved in that
direction will be given to Abbetr, and the
votes win go to him with the praise.
OF course there is more or less talk at
both headquarters as to the complexion
of the next Legislatnre-which seems
now to be the only point in controversy.
Neither side is venturing any prophesies;
but the chances in the several districts
are carefully canvassed
The first point to be known is that there
will be seven Republican and seven Dem
ocratic hold-oyers in the next Senate.
New Senators are to be chosen in Hud-
son, Mercer, Ocean, Bergen, Morris and
Atlantic. The Democrats must carry four
of these to have majority; SO must the
Republicans if they are to be in the pre-
ponderance.
THE SENATORIAL COUNTIES.
The Democrats are sure to elect Winton
in Bergen and Mcdonald in Hudson.
They must make the other two in Morris,
Cumberland, Atlantic. Ocean or Mercer.
Morris is a Republican county, but Presi-
dent Werts, who is running for re-elec-
ton, is an unusually popular man, and he
may be able to carry it this year, as he
did three years ago. On the other hand,
the candidate against him is stronger
man than the one he overcame in his first
contest.
Baker is running again in Cumberland.
He carried it three years ago against two
Republican candidates. This year he has
but one to battle with; but that one keeps
hotel with bar, and he may be downed
by the strong temperance sentiment OF
the county-which, by the way, is Re-
publican stronghold.
In Ocean, Cranmer is seeking reelection
on a Republican ticket. Uncle "Eph"
Emson, the big cranberry bog cultivator,
is running against him. Uncle Eph car
ried the county some years ago and what
is possible to do one year it ought to be
possible to do another.
Atlantic has Gardner again before 1t,
as Republican candidate. French, who
is running against him. is an unusually
strong man in his part of the county.
THE ASSEMBLY.
All the signs of the times point to a
large Democratic majority in the Assem-
bly,. Bergen ought to elect two Demo
Gratis, Burlington one, Camden one. Essex
seven, Hudson eight, Hunterdon two,
Midd1esex two Monmouth three, Morris
one, Passaic one, and probably two, Som
erset one, Sussex one, and Union --and
Warren two each. If these counties do
as they should do the Democrats will
nave about thirty-four seats out of the
sixty in the Chamber.