The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-12-14
5Yhat WIN the harvest Be?

the custom OF newspapers III az Vance
Of legislative sessions to send to the
parliamentary leaders. especially of
the majority. for interviews on the
prospective results. Such interviews
are always amusing and sometimes
instructive.
In accordance with the time honored
rule we sent a staff correspondent this
week to the homes OF the three most
conspicuous Democrats in the State
Senate, and in our leading news
columns will be found all that they
had to say. The interviews this time
are of the amusing order.
The principal interest for the seek
er after political points will be in the
study OF how little Messrs. Adrain,
Werts and Marsh appear to know
about what they are going to do at
Trenton next month. They outline
no policy, they indicate no plans, they
offer no ideas or suggestions, they APP
parently have as yet no intentions.
Werts is sure that Adrain will be
President of the Senate; Adrain is
nearly sure that Senator Mcdonald
will be reseated, and Marsh well, is
Marsh half sure of anything2
This is sufficiently remarkable
state Of things. It is curious to see the
spokesman OF a powerful majority
without notion of what they are go
ing to do three weeks from now.
What is the matter Are our states
men really without ideas or inten-
lions, or are they playing 'possum,
and il the latter, what deep scheme
have they got to disrupt the Republi-
can party7 Here is room for specula-
tion.
Or can it be that they have not yet
heard from Bob Davis big Four
and that the secrets of the coming
session are still locked in the bosoms
Of that eniginatical quartette? This
is the view Of the case which will
probably find most favor among the
knowing ones, and it is one which
must fill certain people with uncom
Portable forebodings. For if the lead
ers of the Democracy are determined
to exercise controlling influence over
next years legislation for the benefit of
the people of the State at large and
for the benefit of the party at large
the death knell has rung for whole
host Of petty schemes, together with
the petty schemers behind them.
Rings and bosses. with their jobs and
steals, will be of small account, and
corporate Influences Twill not be in
it, when they attempt to get the best
Of the public in the Legislature of
1891.
There are two subjects in which
Hudson is especially interested. One
is the matter Of county reorganiza-
ton; the other is the attitude which
the State Democracy will hold
towards the new Charter Ring. Both
Of these are matters of extreme dis
quietude to local politicians. The
last named combination is thorn in
the side of the State Democracy
It is worse, it is an open sore,
an ulcer, and the leaders
are in daily fear lest it may drain
away the very life of the party. And
still it is not easy to proceed against
it. The new Charter is the work Of
Democrats, and, with good men to
administer it, it might afford an ex-
cellent system of municipal govern
ment. Will it then be better for the
party to let the system stand, leaving
the people to deal at the next cleo
tion with the rogues who have got
into power through it?
Or, on the other hand, will it
be the part of wisdom for the Democ-
racy in the Legislature to take up the
wrongs of Jersey City's tax payers as
q great matter of party duty, and
scourge the rascaIs out of Office, re-
modelling the system so as to exclude
them forever?
Which plan will the State leaders
pursue? That is something our local
politicians would give worlds to know,
for in their consciousness OF guilt they
would hundred times rather take
their chances at the polls than with
the thinking and the uprightmembers
Of the party whose name they have out
ragged.
And then that county division
scheme. Adrain and Werts do not
seem to like it much; but they are not
committing themselves just yet. 1t
might make their situation awkward,
presently. So far as Hudson is con-
cerned. the danger to the party, and
the great argument of the local poll
ticians is that, Hamilton once set of
by itself, Hudson would remain Re
publican or at best a doubtful county.
This would certainly be true with
the Davis Cleveland element in
power; but with good. honest gov
ernment for Jersey City, OF good
honest Democrats. put there BY !