The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-06-21
This paperss democratic in principles
and Is Independent In its eteaos on all
locQL QUESTIONS.
rhe NTcAdoo-stanton Boom.

4AC 0QOlls
The Hoboken Eoeadaa Neaos is in
d~ustriously nursing a boom for Con-
gresham McAdoo, of Virginia; but
by an odd perversion of judgment it
has begun by antagonizing pretty
nearly everyone who could help Mr..
McAdoo to a regular Democratic
nomination. 1t couples with Mr.. Nc
Adoo's name that Of Mr.. Stanton,
whom it desires to see nominated for
Sheriff, and it tries to revive the old
Hoboken jealousy Of Jersey City, as a
means, we presume, of rallying the
northern end Of the county to his
support.
Now in one sense all this is of very
little consequence. Mr.. McAdoo can
not by any possibility get the Demo
cratic nomination for Congress this
year, and so it does not matter whom
he conciliates or estranges. He is a
nonresident, politically a carpet bag
ger; he has never done anything for
the district except make snowy
speeches. He has had two terms more
than he deserved-if not three, and
politically he is as dead in Hudson as
a coffin nail-to adopt Mr.. Dickens
excellent idea. OF MIR. Stanton it
may bessaid that with some political
following and some excellent personal
qualities, he is not the nan for the
Shrievalty. A man of far higher
business, social and political strength
Than he must be nominated by the
Democracy this year-a man who
will lift the Office out of the trough OF
politics, and run it on business prinei-
Piles for the public benefit. Mr.. Stan
ton cannot and will not get this
nomination.
But the fact that they cannot get
the regular nominations does not de-
prize the agitation they are engineer
ing of all political Significance. 1t
seems to us to forebode much trouble
in the campaign. 1t is an open secret
that o large number of Hoboken and
North Hudson politicians have leaned
towards the J~effersonian or kicking
Democracy for some time. The old
Hamilton county gang have before
now ~coquetted with the Wankin-
Noelke-Kern outfit, and it is at least
on the cards that a combination OF
these two elements may figure promi-
nently this fall with McAdoo and
Stanton as standard bearers. 1t is
hardly conceivable that the ticket Of
such a faction could come out ahead,
but it is equally hard to hope that the
regular Democracy thus vitality in
jured could still carry the county and
The Congressional district.
Thus. the situation becomes a very
embarrassing one for the Democratic
leaders, Perhaps Mr.. McAdoo may
be laying his plans to coerce the Dem
ocratic leaders into nominating him
that is, if they are coercible. By
showing the awful things he can do
if they reject him he may hope
to bring them to terms on the
basis Of kicking his Ham
ilton county advocates overheard.
But there is one way by which the
party can escape dictation at the
hands of any me-. All the threaten
ing elements that beset it now are
dangerous, not on account of their
own intrinsic strength, but because OF
the corruption which has Slapped the
vitality of the party itself. A bold
and honest policy from o until
election day will enable it to set trait
ors as well as open enemies at defiance.
The preparations for a victory in the
Fall should be begun with a thorough
reorganization of the party. The
present County Committee should re-
sign, and anew one with new chiefs
should takeits place. Whenthe NOM
mating conventions are held, they
should be composed Of delegates