The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-21
The Essex Republican Syn
dicates' Fight Against
General SeWe11.
BUT HE IS STILL BOSS.
Allan L. McDermott's Keynote
Echoes From "The Jersey City
News Through the State.
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TRENTON, May 81, 1ss9.-It may fairly
be doubted if Gen. Sewell is feeling as
clipper as he did a month ago. Then he
was enjoying all the glory of being the
sole and undisputed boss of the Republi
can party in New Jersey. He had just
had W. Budd Deacon appointed United
States Marshal, against William Walter
Phelps candidate, and had had the Tea
neck statesman shipped off to Berlin as
Commissioner, when he and his family
had made arrangements for him to go to
Paris as Minister. Republican patriots
told each other how Gen. Sewell and
President Harrison had sat side by
side in the Senate and were so
chummy, and they rushed to Camden in
shoals to ask for an office. Gen. Sewen
kindly gave away offices. Among others,
he said ex-senator George H. Large, of
Hunterdon, should be Collector of United
States Internal Revenue.
A SETBACK.
The Essex County Syndicate of Republi-
can Statesmen, headed by ex-Congress
man George A. Halsey, has since been at
work and it is believed here that ex-
Senator Large is left. This does not
mean that William r. Williams, who is
backed by the syndicate, will get the
place. He probably will not, so far as can
be learned, although the syndicate is
fighting hard for him. 1t is believed that
General Sewen has q mortgage on the
Office and will be allowed to suggest the
appointment.
The same uncertainty exists as to the
Solicitor Generalship. It is believed that
the President wants to give some good
office to New Jersey, but he does not in
tend to recognize one faction of the party
instead of another if he can avoid doing
so. The republican politicians in New
Jersey are pretty united in urging the APP
pointment of ex-Judge ]. Frank Fort, of
Newark, to this office, but, according to
went with the delegation to Washington
last week in Mr.. Williams interest, there
is story current in favor of r. Wayne
Parker. The latter's strength rests
largely on sentimental grounds, and he is
also favored by Justice Bradley, of the
Supreme Court, whose friendship with
Mr.. Parker's father. Courtlandt Parker,
is well known.
THEY CRY FOR REVENGE.
The memorial presented to President
Harrison last week by Congressman Ber
gen is one of the most extraordinary pro-
ductions ever handed in, even by republi-
can office seekers. 1t asks for a clean
sweep of democratic office holders in New
Jersey, on the ground that the Legislature
passed so many partisan bills. AS
political curiosity it is worth reproducing.
Here it is:
TRENTON, May ID, 1889.
The republican Senators and Assemblymen,
members of the 18th Legislature of the State Of
New Jersey, desire to call your attention to the
gross partsanship of the democratic majority of
the last Legislature of New Jersey. By caucus
measures they have repealed all the wise laws
pointments in the State were made strictly parti-
san, and then transferred the entire appointing
power from the Legislature to the Governor
The courts of New Jersey have been made
solidly democratic. The republican Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, with two years
of his term of service still unexpired, has been
ousted from office to make room for demo
crat. The Pilot Commissioners, with unexpired
terms, the Inspectors OF the State in m the
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund,
the Riparian Commissioners, the Boards of Trus-
tees Of the Asylums for the Insane and the Trus-
tees of the reform schools for boys and girls the
asylum for the deaf and dumb have all been
placed under democratic rule. In addition to the
acts already recited, the State has been ''gerry-
wandered" into Assembly districts of the most
shameful and partisan character.
Because of these things we look to the, repub-
lican administration at Washington for aid. and,
therefore, earnestly suggest to your Excellency,
as a wise proposition, that the President forth
with remove from office in New Jersey the many
obnoxious Democrats now occupying Federal
positions in our State.
1t is signed by the ten republican Sena-
tors, score of Assemblymen, the Con-
gressmen and last, but not least by Boss
Sewell For some reason or other the
railroad corporations which own the Re
publican party in New Jersey were not
asked to concur in the demand, but their
approval is implied.
Ex-JUDGE M'DERMoTT's KEYNOTE.
No political interview in a long time has
attracted the same attention as the one
with Chairman Allan L. McDermott, of
the Democratic.state committee published
in THE JERSEY CITY NEWS. 1t is felt.that
he has struck the keynote of the coming
campaign, and has stated the position of
the Democratic party with regard to the
temperance question with such clearness
as to render republican misrepresenta-
tions of no avail in the future. The inter-
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