The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-10-18
How the Battle for the
Ballots Is Being Waged
in Seven Counties.
POOR DELUDED REPUBLICANS
While They Talk of Securing six
Seats They Are in Danger
Of Getting None.

ss&ANs1 AescA VIII etecL oLate senators. AL OF
whom, with the exception of the Hudson
Senator. will vote for successor to
United States Senator Rufus Blodgett in
1898 Hudson's new representative will
only serve out the unexpired term of
Congressman Edward Z. Mcdonald.
which expires next year.
Ihe Republicans, somehow or other.
are trying to persuade themselves that
they can elect enough Senators next
March to control the next Senate. What
they base their hope on is hard to see. OF
the fourteen Senators who hold over,
nine are Democratic and i've are Repub-
lcan. The Democrats are Winton of
Bergen, Barrett of Essex. Barker OF
Gloucester, Brown Of Monmouth. Werts
Of Morris, Butcher of Salem, Keys of
Somerset, Marsh of Union, and Cornish
of Warren; while the four Republicans
are Boss Gardner Of Atlantic, Cranmer
OF Ocean. Rue of Mercer. and Fowler of
Camden.
1t will thus be seen that in order to CON
,tfrol the upper house the Repu blicans
must carry at least six Of the vacant
seats. thing it will be impossible for
them to do. In fact, it looks extremely
doubtful If they will get more than one
OF the seven; and that one is passafc. and
Gratis. Cape May has heretofore been
Republican county, but by the new
county lines established last winter be-
tween it and Cumberland IL was made
Democratic, and, moreover. the Republic
can candidate, little Schoolmaster Cole,
is not at all satisfactory to Sewell and
the railroad men. During his TWO terms
in the Assembly he showed such an in
dependence of bossism that the leaders do
not think they can depend upon him
every time they wanted to, and they
would prefer to see some one else in the
Senate.
BOILING BURLINGTON.
Burlington is another county which
has heretofore gone Republican, but
which will send Democratic Senator TO
Trenton next winter. Ex-Sheriff n. w.
G. Hays is the Republican candidate for
senator. Hays has been an antiSewell
leader for ten years. Two years ago he
was a candidate for the Burlington post
Office, and although he had excellent
backing General Sewell opposed his APP
pointment. In the way of vindication he
quietly captured the nomination for
sheriff, and although he had the promise
from General Sewell that he would be
supported he was badly defeated, and
Hays charges United States Mar
shall w. Budd Deacon with treach-
cry insomueh that he put himself
out OF the way to support the Demo
made up his mind to down Marshal w.
Rndd Deacon, and did it by preventing
This candidate for Senator, Robert g.
ai hutchinson. from getting the nominal
ton and taking it himself. This conven-
ltion was SO much anti-SeweH Ia its make
mp chat it refused to endorse Harrison,
but doomed Blaine instead. This makes
a complicated situation in Burlington
county. It Is the home of General f.
Burd Grubb, now regarded as the great
auti-Sewell leader. The Sewellites have
cen in control of this county for years,
Z id for this Knockout to come just few
,eeks after the return of Generai GruDb
from Spain, makes it look like cut and
dried political affair, the first great act of
the revived anti-SeweH movement.
BUDD DEACON MUST co.
While the facts all point to such con-
affair was imprompu. There is no doubt
but that General Grub had hand in it,
after Hays patched out the idea. Some
of the sinews OF war came from him.
General Sewell Is particularly annoyed at
the situation, because of the general inn
preston that it Is his first black eye re-
ceived from political opponents. He was
warned some years ago that he must
drop w. Budd Deacon, because OF his un-
popularity in his own county. The GEN
eral, with his usual stubbornness, de-
ciared that Deacon may be unpopular,
but he gets there whenever you want
ANYTHING dune.n The General only looks
at results, and takes no notice of personal
traits and manners The revolt was
mainly against Deacon, and they had to
hit at the General to bring the affairs OF
the country closer TO his individual atten-
tion. The General has already given
Deacon orders TO keep his own counsel
40 assist In Hays election. The Repub-
cans do not believe they can elect Hays,
land are going to have an aggressive cam
= paiQn What Hays p0-ltioti will be il
elected cannot be stated now. Some
think he will fix up VI ne General and
support him for UniteS States Senator.
General Sewel, ne is too close to Grnbb
for making any promise as to thA dispo-
sition OF his vote for United States SEN
ator.
But there Is no need of specializing as to
what Hays could do II elected. as all In
dications point to the election Of As
semblypan Perkins, the Democratic can
ANOTHER REPUBLICAN DELUsIoN.
The Republicans srs hugging the de-
fusion that they can carry Hnnteruon,
and say there are dissentions IN the DEM
ocratic ranks which threaten the sJtbOAss
OF the ticket. The normal Democratic
majority of Hunterdon is q least !, 500,
and IL would take pretty serious dissen
tions to overthrow those figures. But
there are no further conflicts there than
the usual mutterings OF the disappointed
which arc heard after every convention.
They will be slenced. however, before
election day, and ex-Assemblyman Mar
thu viii occupy the seat LETT vacant by
Senator Everett.
The labor revolt AGAINST senator
Robert Adrain, upon which the Republi-
cans depended to carry Middlesex, has
assumed much the proportions OF the
three tailors Of Tooley street. ana every
thinpxpoints TO the triumphant ne election
of tile popular and handsome president OF
last years Senate.
SOLID SUSSEX.
Another phase OF the hepuoilcan craze
is the talk the leaders indulge or carrying
Sussex. They have succeeded snere n
soaring up an anti-Abbett oug-a-Doo ana
declare that the enemies Of the Governor
are SO many In that Democratic strong-
hold thut they will defeat any cauulcate
who II is thought viii vote tor the GOV
elnor for United Suites Senator. Iney
have also discovered a sorebead IN the
person Of young lawyer Cole, whose
father the Governor refused ~ reappoint
to sent on the bench Of the Court or
Errors aud Appeals. The Republicans
talk IN ecstatic terms OF the
terrible things young Mr.. Cole Is going
I 10 do. and IL their Imagination Eleefully
gioat oser The maugiea and bleeding
political corpse &c ~ goinc to make OF the
Bus the deiusioa win b. shors-liysd,