The Sunday morning news., 1889-09-08
This paper Is Democratic IN principles
and Is Independent IN its vtelos on dtl
local questions
The Campaign OutIook-The Man
and the Issue.

The Campaign Outlook-The Man
and the Issue.
We give considerable space today to
a series Of interviews with leading
democrats of the county, in which
they discuss the prospects of the
campaign, and the issues upon which
it will turn. 1t will be found pregnant
reading. Every line of it breathes
confidence, determination and loyalty
to the interests of the party and the
State.
There is absolute unanimity upon
the subject of the nomination. Leon
Albeit is the only name mentioned,
and the enthusiastic rush with which
he will be made the standard bearer
of the Democracy is assumed as if it
were an accomplished fact. 1t will be
seen that there is equal unanimity re-
garding the platform upon which he
is to run, only the phraseology being
varied by the different speakers.
s'His record, y is the way Allan Nc
Derlnott tersely outlines it. But Leon
Abbett's record represents a great
principle, and Mayor Cleveland only
amplities McDermott's expression
when he says, "The main issue of this
campaign will be equal taxation. Mr..
Albeit stands at the head and front
of that issue.
1t is inspiring to read the predic-
tions OF these skilled political pro-
phets. too, when they talk in figures
regarding the result. McDermott and
John Edelstein, for instance, agree
that Mr.. Albeit will carry the
State by over $4,000 plurality.
The former estimates his ma
iority in Hudson at 10000. the
latter at 12, 900. If these latter figures
prove anywhere near accurate. it
seems to us that the greater figure.
90, 600, named by Mr.. Edelstein ought
to be nearest to the general result in
the State.
One other phase of the interviews is
interesting. Mr.. e. f. G. Young men
tions candidate for the Republican
nomination, who has not been pub
liclv spoken of in this vicinity before
although there have been whispers of
his name in other sections of the
State. This new candidate is ex-Con-
gresslnan George A. Halsey, of Essex,
and Mr., Young is of opinion that the
chances hover between him and young
Mr. Kean, of Union, with the bal
ance very much in Halsey's favor.
Once again the interviews throw
light upon each other, and this time
remark of Allan McDermotts COM
pletely explains the situation upon
the Republican side, as Mr.. Young
outlines it.
lit is the time honored duty says
the sarcastic Allan in his own inimit-
able way, 'of that side,n (the Re
publican sidel to provide the
corpse"
Yes, and that is precisely what Mr..
Sewell. OF Camden, will do when he
directs his followers to place young
Mr.. Kean or George A. Halsey in
nomination. Sewell has read the
signs of republican disaster upon the
political horizon, and he has de-
terrnined that not he but his enemy
shall go down to ruin in the crash.
Such is his evil way.
1t would be sweet indeed unto his
soul to crush the smart young kins-
man of the obnoxious Phelps beneath
the ballots of contemptuous pub
lie. But how much more ex-
qnisite the pleasure OF defeating
and dishonoring the presumptuous
rival who has presumed so often to
contest his supremacy, who has dared
even TO demand a share OF the favor
OF their common master, rhe presi-
dent, whose aid seweu and his