New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-10-15
THE CANVASS ON LONG ISLAND.
SUFFOLK COUNTY AND THE SENATE.
CAPTAIN EDWARD HAWKINS LIKELY TO RUN
AGAINST HIS BRoTHER-LocAL NOMINEES.
FROM slAFr CORRESPONDENTS or rnErRlBusE.I


tFRoMA 81 AR CORRESPONDENT or THE rRBuSK.I
Riverhead l.. l., oct. 14.-The Republican outlook
in Suffolk County is sufficiently encouraging. A few
days residence here IS enough 10 convince stranger
that the sound Republicanism represented by the
present State ticket has attracted hosts OF and
thusiastic friends and the local nominations al
ready made vindcate the sagacty and conservatism
Of the county managers Praise of President Harrison
and his Administration is heard all sides. Distnst
Of Governor Hill and suspicion of the methods he has
nsidously introduced into this sequestered
county are lust as general; and II the Republicans
avoid the mistake undertaking his strength or crafti-
ness and relax no effort so long as doubt remains,
no result is too encouraging TO hope for.
Interest. of course centres in the Senatorial con-
test the district comprising Suffolk County which, as
whole is safely Republican, and Queens County, whose
reputation for firm Democracy has lately received
several severe shocks. The Democratic Senatorial
Convention has been called for October %. The Re-
publcans have not yet appointed DATE DuC uhey VIII
probably meet about the same time. The Democratic
delegates are instructed for Captain Edward HAWKINS
Of Jamesport; and Captain Simeon Smith HAWKINS,
the present Senator his elder brother and lifelong
business associate who also lives at Jamesport Is
likely to be the Republican candidate. The Senator,
with characteristic mOdesty expresses strong deire
TO make room for another. But he dld not STRAIN
after tho last nomination. and his signal victory over
Edward F. Pagan, the former Democratic INCUMBENT
his subsequent cre1ltaDle fecoru dC [hu@nS' w
praise which he has from all classes, show that
with him the interests of the party are paramount
On the other hand Captain Ned" as he Is famiariy
STYLED having actually refused to vote for his own
brother will hardly resist the gitteng oalt Oh inc
present nomination; and while the overwhelming de-
feats which have attended his previous Struggles
after the County Treasurershp, the ShreValty anu
seat I'm the Assembly may not inspire his supporters
with absolute confidence, they are unlikely to dauh'
his own ambitious soul
In James H. Pierson. OF southampton, who has been
chosen to succeed Captain II. f. Hunting, Of Bridge
hampton, I'm the Assembly, the Republicans nave aiso
a bappy advantage selah S. Brewster, of Port JET
ferson, the Democratic nominee, IS popular enough
among a certain class and will undoubtedly gather
support among those with whom b0isterous manner
and "hosincsso OF taste and disposition are primo
recommendations. Even his opponents concede the
Justice Of the encomums lavished on him as judge
of toters at county fairs Mr. Plerson, 1t IS fair TO
say, lacks these qualifications. But as sohd cilI-
zen,s a sound business man and one having the wei
fare OF the community sincerely at heart he enjoys
reputation which the ablest expert In stock might
envy The best proof of his sterling qualities lies IN
the fact that although he has hitherto declined the
most pressing offers of the nomination he Is none the
less Jealous a candidate.
SENATOR HAWKINS ENTHUSIASTIC OVER THE
STATE TICKET
Senator Hawkins lives with his wife and youngest son
in delightful cottage EMPOWERED with trees, aoouS
half mile from the shores Of Peconc Bay and DIS
penses there charming hospitality. He Is as popular
among his neighbors as among those who have known
him at Albany These are constructing days. and the
Senator will don pair Of leather gloves and go into
the fields and lend hand' as willingly as he was
wont to do twenty five years ago, when he commanueo
Government transport on Southern coasts and so
upbed the nautical traditions that have prevailed In
the family for many generations. With his three
lodi 6fah hp
on an extensive menhaden oil business until leo''
50 that his qualifications for understanding the needs
of this section are unique His active support OF
Assemblyman Cronn's Normal School bill procured us
passage through the Senate; and but iCr OoNerhor
HIPS arbitrary veto jamaica would to-day possess
much needed institution Long Island containing ABOUT
oneffth of all the inhabitants of the state while the
nearest normal school Is at New-Palz, In Ulster
| County, 100 miles from Jamaica. To the senator
efforts was due the $4,000 appropriation for DEEPEN
ing the PecOnic River so as to make Navigation easy
10 Rverhead though tho Governor again vetoed
bill authorizing further appropriation as well as one
| for prosecuting similar work at Bay Snole' AS
| everybody here knows, some SUCH Improvements aro
an absolute necessity. There Is considerable water
carriage of COAL wood and manure to Rverhead and
the small oyserboats are often In much danger
| in rough weather for want of suitable hatDOr.
| The interests of the farmers Senator law
kns has endeavored to protect by advocating the c5-
| adjustment of branch Of the Geneva Agricultural
| Experiment Stallion. The season here is so much
earlier and the climate and soil are so different from
those of other parts of the State that experiments at
| Geneva can only partially benefit Long Island; and
one has only TO walk into the fields and see the acres
Of caulifowers--the crop which hundreds OF Long
Island farmers depend-rOtting in the ground to
understand what boon separate station might be-
come.
On the subject Of the State ticket Senator HAWKINS
IS enthusiastic. L know Mr. Gilbert WE'LL he sad'
and It gives me great pleasure to have the oppor
tunity Of voting for him. \ leading Prohibtonlst
whom met the other day at the Mneola fair asked
me point blank whether I didn't favor him be-
cause OF his possible strength amCIS the Thtriparty
,otors told him that we In this
neighborhood applaud his selection simply because
we are convinced OF his entire fitness and are sure
that he will reflect credit on the office. Governor
UnTs candidates on the contrary, are not popular,
for the simple reason that nobody is more sensitive
to irregularities in Office than the people of Suffolk
County: and while many Democrats will, Of course,
vote with their party notwithstanding this, think
there are just enough honest men in SUFFOLK county
TO make their opposition formidable" Others Ill the
county speak in exactly the same strain; and since no
local issues will divide the delegates from the Two
parts Of the district it Is clear that the disposition
10 apathy and inertia which Is apt to overtaKe voters
in an off year, even when the election Of United
states Senator Is involved is the principal danger for
the Republican managers to guard against.
Among the Democrats there is little harmony on the
senatorial question A Democratic organ wakes Vftu'
ousy indignant over the story, based on the sudden
choice of Gleason as State Committeeman rom thiS
district, that the nomination was the price OF his
;upport of Edward Hawkins for state Senator. But
II admits that the effect is to pledge the reoubtabe
"Patp TO the suffolk County nominee At the same
time there are mnay stanch Democrats who are IN
cned to look asance at Gleason and every thing that
is his aud as the Queens County delegates VIII out
number those from suffolk County by sixteen 10
twelve the aspiring Edward may yet ma himself
where his Cleveland sympahes deposited INN at me
time of the election Of delegates 10 the democratic
National ConventlOn-"i in the soup" Indeed, me
Queens County men are said to have ALREADY prhCr
out Alfred Wagsaif, OF New-N ORR. VINO mas SUMMER
home at Islip. as the child of their choice
THE wu1sKEY GOVERNOR SHOWS HIS HAND.
The wbiskcy Governors hand apparent in the