The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-09-17

the interest taken by the party in the
Gubernatorial contest. Here they
are
The TFtbappe, naturally enough, as
sumes that the interest manifested
in the primaries was prompted pyl
and was the expression of the interest,"
felt, in the Gubernatorial fight. But
the Tribune, because it don't know
the facts, or understand the situation
here, is entirely mistaken in its as
sumption. The interest" taken in
the primaries was not, in the least de-
gree, the result of the anxiety OF a
majority of the Republicans who took
part in the primaries, to help in elect
ing a Republican Governor, or IN
beating the Democratic party, but was
an interest of a totally different kind.
1t was a desire to beat ''the other tel
lows IN, and not outside of, the Re-
publican party that brought the ma
jority of those, who attended, to the
primaries; they went to the primaries
to down the opposing faction OF
| Republicans in the election Of dele
| gates, and their action had very little,
ii any reference, to the ''Gubernatorial
| fight, !" or the way in which ii may be
conducted, a. may result. The pro
| ceedings at some of the primaries,
notably in the First, Second and Fifth
Districts, just where there should be
no auarreling, or factions, in the Re
| publican party, abundantly proved
that we are right in our opinion and
statement as to the cause of the
interest" manifested in these pri-
maries. There We're, of course,
at the primaries many good he
publicans whose motive vas not OF
a private, or factions, or quarrelsome
sort, but the most of those who
showed the interest" mentioned by
the Tribune, cared a great deal more
about grabbing and holding the local
machine and getting the best OF
the other fellows in our party, than
they did, or ever will, for the cfarac-
ter or result of the contest in the
State between the Republican and the
Democratic parties. Hundreds OF
| republicans of the best type did not
and would not go near the primaries,
because they knew that there would
be mo show for them there. One oil
the oldest, best and formerly most ac'
tive Republicans said to us this morn
ing:-'What use was there in my
going to the primary 1t was certain
to be nothing but a pulling and
scratching match between two
sets of fellows who care foi
nothing except to get some
petty advantage or office; or else
it would be SO fixed beforehand by the
fellows who grab, and cut and dry
! everything, that the result would not
depend on the votes, but on the count
ing of Them There are hundreds o.
stauneh and thorough going Republi
cans here. who feel just as this MAJ
does, and while the affairs of the
party here are kept or the low leyeI
to which they have been forced, these
! Republicans will not manifest much,
if any, interest in what is done. The
Tribune is right in n thing; in 1T
statement that the Hudson county
delegation to the State Convention
| do not know whom they will support
for the Gubernatoral nomination, anc
for the reason we have here given
they do not care, and will support
anyone who gets the caucus majority,
and that will be fixed by the few who
will boss the rest; instead OF an intel
ligent, politically wise and earnest eff
fort to get the best man nominated, il
is likely that the delegation will finally
fall in and follow. ee
What can a Democratic paper ado
to expressions like these? And ye'
they are the simplest, bladest truth
What they portray in a limited way
as regards the county is equally tru'
of the Republican party Throughout
the entire State. Bossism and selfisl
grabbing are the only live sentiment
or principles in the party.