The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-03
WHAT OF TIE STATE?
The Prospects Of the Congressional,
Senatorial and Assembly Dis
tricts.
Special to tie Jerseu Ctr Ns,u..

TRENTON, Nov. 3, lSy0.-The election
which is to be held in this State next
Tuesday is for seven Congressman, State
Senators in Essex, Warren, Monmouth,
Salem, Gloucester, Camden, Union and
Somerset counties, new Assembly aud
Sheriffs IN each Of the. twenty-one coun-
ties. 1t seems to be conceded as TO the
Congressman that the Republicans will
elect Bergen IN the First district and Bu-
chanan in the Second. The Democrats
are sure to carry the Third for Geissen-
hainer. the Fourth for Fowler aud the
Seventh for Mcdonald. The Fifth pas
sale, Bergen aud Union counties) and the
Sixth Essex co unty) are looked upon as
doubtful districts Beekwith, who made
such blackguard of himself at the time
of the Cannon episode in the lower
House, is running Tor reelection in the
Fifth district or the counties which
make il up, Bergen is strongly Demo-
cratic, Passaic strongly Republican and
Morris close, with Republican leaning.
Bergen will offset any possible Republic
can majority Morris eau cast, and Cad
mus, who is the Democratic nominee,
carried Passaic three years ago when he
canvassed the county for the Office Of
Sheriff.
Both the Congressional nominees In
the Essex district are regarded as weak
ones. CondiI, the Republican, because
ne has no brains; Thomas Dunn English,
the Democratic, because he has no money
There was general belief at the start
that Condit would easily distance Eng
lish, but the poet author OF Ben Bolt has
made astonishing strides within the last
few days and confidence in his ultimate
suceess is becoming stronger.
THE SENATE.
The hold overs in the State Senate are
six Republicans, six Democrats and
Stuhr. The Republicans must carry
FIVE counties to secure the Senate
Counting Sruhr as Democrat, the Dem
ocrats must carry four. The Democrats
are sure to carry Warren and Monmouth
They are more likely TO carry Essex and
Somerset than the Republicans are, aud
they are laying claim to Salem with a
confidence that has frightened the oppo-
sition.
| the present Sheriff and that he has car
| ried it once may account for their GER
| tainty that he can carry 1t again. In
| Essex, Colonel Barrett. the Democratic
| nominee, was thought at the start TO
| have walk over. He is son-in-law of
| Brewer Hauck. and the anti-llquor sent1-
ment of the people has made lnroads on
Il
| forced into prominence BY the demands
| the State Association is preparing to
| make upon the Legislature. Howell, the
| Republican candidate. finds his weak
ness IN SewelPs friendliness for him. If
| there is any county in the State where
Sewell is not popular, 1t IS In Essex.
Over in Union. the fight is over the race
courses at Linden ana Elizabeth. Fred
Marsh, the Democratic candidate, voted
solid against them last winter in the As
sembly, and he has just written letter in
which he says he Will do il again Rankin,
the Republican candidate, who carried
Elizabeth city for the Mayoralty in spite OF
Elizabeth's Democratic majority. has
been forced to write too, but in doing it
he has made an ATTEMPT to carry water on
both shoulders-thst can please nobody,
and may antagonize every body. But the
race track men are strong in the county,
and Sewell aud the railroads are at their
backs too, and the Democrats have big
fear that Marsh will be defeated.
HOW THEY WILL GO.
The Republicans will carry Gloucester
and Camden without any trouble The
best informed prophesy this result in the
countless
DEMOCRATIC. REPUBLICAN.
Essex, Salem,
Warren, Gloucester,
Monmouth, Camden,
Somerset. Union.
That division would leave Stuhr the
king pin in the organization Of the next
Senate
The Republicans are fighting hard to
capture the Assembly, too; but they have
no possible show OF it The last Assem-
bly, had twenty-three Republicans to
Ihirty-seven Democrats TO turn the
tables on the Democrats, the Republicans
will have to turn over eight districts, and
that is not in the wood. Such extrava-
CANT claims are set up for instance as
that each of tue four districts in Passaic
and each OF the three in Burlington will