The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-08-10
One Armed Republican Nevius
Hopes to Creep Back to
the Senate Between the
Combatants Legs.
THE RING ISSUE AGAIN.
Democratic Awfulness to be Preach
ed to the Farmers and
Surfmen.
sDeoial to TIC suadou Mo,7,iuq Ne,ps.

Spectdt TO the SH71d0u Morning Netps.
FREEHOLD, Aug. 8, 1S90.-If there is
any part of the State where the Demo-
cratic bird needs careful handling it is
right here in old Monmouth. If anybody
had ventured to say 1--WE years ago that
the day would come when this stronghold
OF Democratic strongholds would turn q
Republican Senator into Trenton to rep
resent it, he would have been rushed off
to a lunatic asylum Monmouth had had
her fractional disputes before that time,
but the results had only eryed to place
the firmness and staunchness of her
Democratic loyalty in the holder relief.
She was SO strong that Democrats could
struggle for the mastery before conyen-
tion and after convention, right mp to
election day; but, all the same, the little
Republican dog never managed TO slip in
between and carry away the crown 1t
was always the Democrat who got there.
Sometimes the straight Democrat, some
Times the crooked Democrat, but Demo-
crat all the time.
"ToM'' brown DID IT.
But three years ago the aspect Of affairs
was somewhat changed. Staff Little and
"Rufee Bl0dgett forced Tom Brown, of
heyport, on the party as Senatorial
candidate. He threatened to fly in the
face of public sentiment by refusing to
give Albeit his support for the United
States SenatorshiF. Nevius sDrang an
old war charge upon him; waved his own
veteran record with the stump of the arm
he lost while fighting with Custer, and
he just beat Mr.. Tom Brown out of
sight
The situation is practically the same to-
day. Staff Little is not in the fight
this time. He and Blodgett are on the
oats, because Blodgett was '.aginn his
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Europe and left Blodgett to fight the bat
tie alone Blodgett has taken up Tom
Brown again, aud ne is making one of
tho hardest fights for his reconciliation
that any one man ever made for another
The yiror OF his fight shows that he re-
alizes that his Senatorial salvation de-
pends upon the issue of this contest.
For what show would Blodgett have
for the United States Senatorship it,
when the caucus is held, there sat man
from his own county in the State Sen
ate who was opposed to him?
WHO Is ABBETTs MAN?
Blodgett knows this, and that is why
he is working himself into white heat
of energy TO seat Brother Brown. 1t may
be assumed that under these circum-
stances Albeit, whom the Democratic
sentiment Of the State points out as Blod-
gett's successor, if he is not put on the
Presidential ticket. is not @ bit pleased
with Mr. Browns candidacy, and that he
would rather see Assemblyman Aaron
johnson, or ex-Judge Walling, or Assem-
blyman WINS succeed to Nevius' place.
No one knows that he has indicated his
preference yet, aud perhaps he may defe r
indicating IL until Allan L. McDerrnott
gets back from Europe. Then, perhaps,
when he does indicate it, it may after
ali he none of those named, but for an en-
tirely new and unnamed man altogether.
BUT the fight is waxing warm between
the factions. and there are threats that
the successful candidate may be knitted
by all of the others at the polls. 1t may
be that Blodgett would not encourage
such disloyalty TO the party il he were
beaten; and it is inconceivable that Alb
bett would encourage it in the event of
his defeat; but then the friends of both
sides are worked up 10 such a pitch of
freuzied antagonism that they may go in
with knives up their sleeves against the
advice and wishes OF their leaders and do
the business themselves.
MENUS Is HAPPY.
There is only one really happy man in
all the county, except Henry s. White, to-
day. And that man is Nevius He is
dancing around and clapDing his saved
hand on his knee and shouting go in,
boysln for all he is worth. The harder
they go in the harder he will want the
Republican nomination, and the more he
will be able TO do with it when he gets it,
As in the last campaign, he will play
the Albeit sentiment against Blodgett, if
Blodgetts man wins in the convention,
or the Blodgett sentiment against Albeit
IL Abbett's man wins in the convention
and between the two he thinks he may
succeed in stirring up enough strife to
beat the successful Democratic candidate
as he cid three years ago.
But he has another Issue to play again st
ether this year that he did not have then.
ID you remember the frequency with
which he dropped in on the senate Eiec-
lions Committee while they we've explor-
ing the Hudson frauds last spring? and
the eagerness with which he followed the
revelationsS He knew what good use he
could put the revelations to this fall; and
he was cooking and printing himself for
the time to shoot
THE HUDSON RING AGAIN.
Whether ALBEIT controls the conven-
ton or whether Blodgett, he will stamp
all over the public platforms of the
county in noisy indignation and virtuous
denunciations of the Ring rascais Of
Hudson, He will tell the people how the
Democratic party of the State has per-
mitted the Ring to boss not only Hudson
but the State, ia spite OF the exposure Of
its villainies and he will actually con
vince the innocent hearted rustics here
abouts that the whole horde Of yandals is
about to make descent upon them, In
the event of Democratic Senator being
sent to Trenton from Monmouth. Ii the
safety OF the party in any part of the
state demands that the party, as a party.
stamp ON the Hudson rascals with such
fcrocious tirmncss that their waflings can
be heai all over the land. it is right here
in M )nmouth.
Ii Neyius be given the chance, the Ring
fraud cry and the responsibility Of the
Democratic party of the State for II may
serve TO aid him in soaring of or hooking
on 4nOllph Democratic votes 70 tnrn the
scales In his own favor again
COUNTY CLERKsHIP.
The Importance OF the senatorial fight
does not, however, entirely overshadow
the contest for the County Clarxship.
The County Clerkship OF Monmouth is