The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-31


Jersey, good deal more than he wants
to be Congressman, and these efforts give
no promise of success.
PROBABLY LEHLBAcH.
Henry A. Potter, the East Orange mill
lionaire, has been playing sharp lately to
induce a belief that ex-CongressInan
Leh1bach does not care to go to Congress
again, ana that the unanimous choice of
the Sixth district-the Essex county Re
publicans is. in that event, Mr.. Henry A.
Potter. But Lehlbach's independent
course on the Force bill has made him so
monstrously popular with the people there
that Mr.. P0tter's sharpness has not
amounted to anything. Even Potter's
friends concede now that Lehlbach is to
be renominated If he is he will probably
be reelected.
The Democrats will not try to beat him,
and NAV let Mayor Haynes or Thomas
Dunn English take their nominal
ton. But Il you see Samuel Klotz lead
ing the Democratic fight there. you may
take it for granted that there is some
chance of the district being turned over
to the Democrats.
10 sum up, the Republicans are pretty
sure TO have the First, Second and Sixth
districts; the Democrats are equally sure
to have the Third, Fourth and Seventh,
which latter is HUDSON county, and the
Fifth is good fighting ground. II the
Democrats get it they gain q Congress-
man.
THE SENATORS.
Eight of the counties in the State elect
new representatives in tine State Senate.
These are Camden and Salem, two Re-
publican counties with Democratic Sena-
tors, Monmouth Democratic county
with q Republican Senator, Warren, a
Democratic county with Democratic
Senator, and Essex, Gloucester, Somerset
and Union, Republican or close counties
with Republican Senators.
The elections three years ago of Pfaffer
by the Camden Democrats, of Newell by
the Salem Democrats, and of Nevius by
the Monmouth Republicans, were politi-
cal accidents. But the conditions this
fall there are pretty much what they
were then. Camden Republicans are
split from stem to stern; but Camden
Democrats are not any more a happy
family. 1t is possible that the division in
one household may counter-p oise the
division in the other, and that the net
result may be the retention of their
natural local supremacy by the Republi-
cans, but the Democrats are not without
hope.
HOPE FOR SALEM.
The Democrats have greater hopes,
however, of Newell in Salem. They pro-
pose to renominate him IN the faith that
his part in securing local option for town
ships combined with the divisions in the
Newell had the dignity OF having been
promised the Governorship by Senator
Mcpherson when the Senator wanted his
vote; and that has helped to make Newell
pretty big man among the Salem pine
cutters. His greatness may overaWe the
people and help to get him back into the
Senate.
The symptoms in Monmouth county
were so thoroughly diagnosed in these
columns two or three weeks ago that
Major Yard reprinted the article In his
Monmouth democrat and need not be
gone over again at this time. Wise NOM
nations and a vigorous pursuit of the
rascally Hudson ringsters assure the
he Democrats but Nevius is watching
county to his chances again.
A MAN 8lILLISER.
Somerset and Union may be classed as
doubtful counties. Somerset has allowed
herself to be represented in the Senate
for the last six years by Thompson, the
Republican man milliner of Somerset.
His business indicates the mAn-weak,
vapid, empty and vain. There is some
hope of getting rid of him this year
Wnen Assemblyman Klotz, brother of
Sam, OF Newark, entered the lists against
him months ago it was assumed that
Senator Mcpherson had prepared TO take
4 hand in the fight and that Mr. Milllner
Thompson's hash was practically cooked
in advance. But now comes the story
that KlotZ is no longer Mr.. McPheFson,s
gardener; that the Senator, so far from
having any interest in him, has dis
charged him for fooling too much with
politics; and Mr.. Klotz's chances have
been on the wane. He may, however,
get the nomination, and as he has carried
the county twice TOR Assembly, he may
slide into the man-milliner's chair. But
it remains to be seen what he amounts to
without Mcpherson at his back.
u. -. =
the county are talking of Lawyer H. M.
7. Beekman, law partner of ex-Mayor
Traphagen of your city.
Fred Marsh will get the Democratic
nomination In Union. Senator Miller,
who goes out of the Senate, has also gone
out of the State. aud so he will not be the
nominee against him. The only man
who stands any chance of beating him is
Foster M. Voorhees,. The Republican
bosses are not anxious to let him in be-
cause they cannot label him when they
get him in. They prefer Ulrich, con-
sistent and never-dying friend of the
railroads; or Rankin, the hustling Mayor
of Elizabeth, who is making great chase
for nomination that will prove 10 him
only campaign advertisement.
THE GOOD DIR. ROE.
The good DIR. Roe will tell the people of
Gloucester what great things he did as a
member Of the Senate Elections Commit
tee TO bring the Hudson rascals to jus
tice. and they will send MIN back to do
likewise some more; and Warren will
send Democratic Senator who has not
been definitely named yet Wyckoff
would like to get back again, buU then
he s'cawn't yer know Johnston Cor
nish had the nomination three years ago.
but some one discovered that he was TOO
young to be constitutionally eligible.
This year he is of age, and he will prob
ably be the candidate and the Senator.
Essex county is normally Republican,
but the Democrats think that the gallant
Colonel Barrett can capture her this fall
and the gallant Colonel thinks so him
self Senator Martin would like to be
the Republican candidate again: SO would
Joe" Mum, the ex-Surrogate of the
county; but Billy Williams. the chairman
Of the Republican City Committee of
Newark. whom Sewell would allow Har-
rison TO appoint Collector OF Revenues,
thinks he has the call on it, and he
may.
Six of the hold over Senators are Re
publicans, six are Democrats; Stuhr, Of
Hudson, is the odd one If the Republi-
cans carry all the counties where they
have natural majority, they will take
Camden, Essex, Gloucester and Salem.
II the Democrats do likewise they viii
have Monmouth anc Warren. Somerset
and Union cannot be classed this time.
The rest of the tickets in the counties
will consist OF coroners and assembly,
men.
The Clay Street Passaic Bridge.