The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-05-10
HLHIL-
STOCK IN STOCKTON.
Democratic Leaders Talk
of Pushing His Guber-
Material Candi-
daCy.
COAL FOR AN ISSUE.
lie and the Governor Preparing War
for the Reading Combine
Gardeners New Ambition.
Snecinl to the Jerseu citu Ners.

TRENTON, May 10. 1892. ~ fact that
Governor Albeit and Attorney General
Stockton have joined forces, with u view
to preventing the operation of the Port
Reading Terminal Railroad in the State,
and to check the further increase in the
price of coal. has added interest to the
candidacy of the Attorney General for
Governor.
Ii the question is put to IL of the State
officials sitting leisurely in their cosy
Offices rs to who Will be the next Gov
ernor of New Jersey, the answer invar1-
ably made is John p. Stockton. No other
name is now mentioned 10 and out of the
corridors and the fact chat the Attorney
General has been in conference with Al
Ian l.. McDernott and Governor Abbott
seems to indicate that he is 1eing drawn
into the political vortex. The Attorney
General was officially requested last Tues
doy to at once investigate the conditions
OF The operation of this Terminal Rail
road. He was authorized to employ adj
ditional counsel, and TO even go further,
for the document stated that he could in
cur any additional expenses necessary.
A FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE.
1t is generally understood that this
means the Governor is going to fight the
coal carriers with all his customary en-
ergy. He will strikesfor the coal scuttle
Va thS $1,000 ~ PtotSS0 AZ OdA
bin of the poor. He Calls to his assist
ance, both officially and politically, his
friend John z. Stockton. and officially
authorizes him to do certain things, which
he believes will redound to the public adj
vantage.
1t was discovered this week that the
railroad leases have been on file in the
Secretary'S office ever since the adjourn
ment OF the Legislature. The Attorney
General was surprised wien he discovered
that they were there and had been there
for many days. They were the same
leases that were on file in other States.
One of the certain things about this
move is that the Governor will gain
strong favor for himself and his party in
the pursuit. of this fight.
1t is said here that both Miles Ross and
James Smith are also very strongly pre-
disposed toward the nomination of the
Attorney General. This may account for
the Governors favoring the Attorney
General.
KIRKPATRICK's CHANCES.
Superintendent B.. j.. Ford, who Is
known here as the original Kirkpatrick
man, when asked for his opinion upon the
present Gubernatoria contest, declared
with a wink that the candidate will be
Judge Kirkpatrick; that he will be Es-
sex's choice, and Will march down from
Essex to Trenton gathering strength from
every county.
Mercer county's candidate is General r.
"A. Donnelly, whose candidacy has been
fixed by an editorial Endorsement in the
Administration paper, the Trenton True
american. Merceris supposed to rally
around General DoDnelly. because the
Attorney General will not commit him.
self on the matter. He will make no
effort. seek no delegates, aud il he takes
the nomination at all, it will have to be
on a silver salver with & gilt lining.
THE CHAMPION MUD Singer.
Thora 10 M DAMN that rho Rapnh1ioon
nomination for Congress In the Second
district, which includes the counties Of
Atlantic, Ocean, Burlington and Mercer.
will be given to John j.. Gardner. the
present Senator from Atlantic county.
The present Congressman, James Bu-
chanan, of Trenton, having had four
terms. will give :way to some other man.
Mercer having had it so long. the office
must go to one of the other unit
Ocean has George d. Cranmer. who has
been in the State Senate Cor nine years,
and Burlington has ex-senator James J.
Alcott.
Senator George Cranmer has been a
"Barkis is willin'" for some time, and
made some attempt TO secure the non-
nation two years 9 He is
understanding that the leaders want
Senator Gardner. He. however, is a
candidate. He thinks it wise to keep be-
fore the people, so that when the time
comes for Ocean to make positive de-
mand he will be recognized.
James j. AlcoGt twice served in the
House of Assembly, and made a most ex-
cellent member. He has several times at
tempted to secure a Senatorial nomiua-
tion, but was not politician enough to
keep it from slipping from him. He is II
Mount Holly business man, and is 10
doubt in the present contest for recogni-
ton. The editor of the Mount Holly
Mirror has formally his can-
didacy.
GARDENERS POINTS.
AS to the war horse of Atlantic, there is
considerable significance to be placed to
his candidacy. He has been the foremost
Republican In the Senate for many years.
He is without doubt one of the best
equipped Republican deDaters hat the
State has, ana the Republican party owes
him gratitude for many fights that ne
has made for them since the Legislature
has become Democratic. His most nota-
BILE achievement was the unseating of
Edward II. Mcdonald in defiance of all
honesty and right. He is an utterly I'M
~scrapulous politician and a life long tool
of the Railways, especially the p. r. r..
1t he goes TO Congress he will be heard
from, however. for he is a clever talker.
He would take his place with the best of
the debaters there. He would succeed
ex-J Judge James Buchanan, of Trenton.
who has been "a very useful member to
Iu6 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. VI Ills ulolIlCts Uclu2 u
Protectionist crank. He has been a busy
Congressman.
GORDoN'S FIREWORKS CIGAR
They tell a good story on Sam Gordon,
the colored messenger of the Executive
Department. He had been summoned to
New York to the Governors Office to
bring to the State Capitol u budget of EX-
ecutive papers. Samuel, when he goes
on these official tours from the State of
New Jersey to New York, attires himself
in his best. He has his side whiskers
tastefully oiled, and wears the choicest of
c~ravats. He is altogether an imposing
colored man, and very much upon his
digity
Upon this particular trip he had inter-
viewed the Governor on State matters,
and was given full instructions how to
run the State of New Jersey during the
Governors absence from the State House,
and bowed out. In one of the outside
rooms he was accosted by General
William Albeit, with whom he is very
friendly. After IA pleasant interview the
courteous General knowing that Samuel
had u long ride before him took u his
cigar case and handed him a choice
Concha. Samue wisely reserved this to
smoke on the train.
He boarded the +. +. ", occupied a
seat, using half of it for his luggage,
looked ut the several millionaires that sat
about him. IN then settled down to read
the New York evening papers and enjoy