The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-09-08
MCPHERSON HEARD FROM.
He Writes Friends in this
City That He Is Well
and Anxious to
Come Ashore.
KEAN SAYS IT IS YOUNG.
The Elizabeth Statesman Draws q
Moral from Sullivan's Defeat
Murphy's Candidacy.

Senator John R. Mcpherson. who is
detained on board the plague-stricken
Hamburg steamship Normannla at Quar-
antine, has been heard from by friends in
this city. Several letters have been re-
ceived by them. in which he says that he
is in good health and anxious to
come ashore, but does not think that
he will be able to reach Jersey City in
several days. These letters dispose ot
the rumors which were circulated yester-
day to the effect that the Senator was Ill.
In letter which Daniel Mcpherson, q
brother of the Senator, received yester'
day, the Senator requested that some
extracts of beef and other provisions be
sent toehim. as the food on the Norman
MIA was almost unbearable. The articles
required We're sent to the Senator yester-
day.
There was much amusement among the
friends of Mr.. Edward F. G. Young this
morning over the last spasmodic effort OF
the World to injure Mr.. Young as can
didate, which appeared this morning. In
most Of the letters from the Democratic
editors of the State. which were
published, Mr.. Young was highly en-
dorsed by the writer's and the Young
men were laughing most nearJily at the
way in which the Worlds boomerang
was breaking its own head.
A LESSON FROM SULLIVAN.
John kean. Jr., of Elizabeth, who, 1t is
said, will be the Republican candidate for
Governor. was in the city this morning.
In speaking OF the political situation, he
said that in his opinion Mr..
Young would be the Democratic
candidate. He could not see, he said,
who there was to oppose him for the
nomination. When asked whether he
thought Mr.. Young could be elected, Mr.
kean's eyes took on q far away look and
he said he could not tell
But you Will be the Republican candi-
date, won't you MIR. KeanW asked.
The Chairman of the. Republican State
Committee shrugged his shoulders signi-
ficantly and with one of his most per-
suasive smiles said:-
"You know Sullivan was over confident
last night" He then walked away.
OTHER REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
There is some talk to the effect that
Mr.. Kean will not be the candidate after
all. The Republicans have all along
been running after a rainbow in the
bright hues of which they see majority
in this State for them next fall. Even
the wisest and best of their leaders have
been nursing this delusion during the
summer.
But of late there has been an awaken
ing and the scales have fallen from their
eyes. They see that Mr.. Young's
nomination by the Democrats is q
foregone conclusion, and they also
see that they have no possible chance of
defeating the popular banker.
Mr.. kean is not the man to allow him
self to be put up to be knocked
down, and since he and other
be carried against Mr.. Young they are
looking around for new candidate who
has the chief requisite for Republican
gubernatorial nominee, a goodly proper
toned barrel.
MR.. MURPHY AND HIS BARREL.
There is reason to believe that they
have found their man in Frank Murphy,
the wealthy young varnish manufacturer
Of Newark. Already his availability as
a candidate is being discussed amoug the
leaders and his many qualific ations (?)
are being industriously circulated among
the faithful.
Moreover Mr.. Frank Mcgowan, an
othey young man with barrel and a
leading manufacturer of Trenton is still
not only working for the nomination, but
is chasing around at lively rate after a
gorgeousty hued rainbow which looks to
him like the nomination.
His missionaries have been laboring in
dustriously in the southern part of the
State, and while 1t Is GER tain that he has
large number OF delegates in that sec
tion. his enthusiastic friends declare tn at
he will go to the convention with a solid
South Jersey delegation. They seem
TO have overlooked the fact that
General Grubb has by no means given up
the fight as half column letter signed by
Roderick B. Seymour in one of the New
York newspapers this morning will attest,
and will have several delegates from
Burlington and adjacent South Jersey
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