The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-01
CLEVELAND AND BLAINE
The Favorites of Their
Respective Parties
Throughout New
Jersey.
LEADERS AGAINST THEN.
0n the Republican Side the Bosses
Carry the Day-Democratic
Chiefs Bow to The
People.
AGAINST THEM.
special to the Jersey City Ne,us.

NEWARK, June l, 1992-In no state is
the struggle now being nude 10 uomin-
ate James g. Blaine for President watched
with deeper Interest than by the Republi-
cans OF New Jersey. That the men who
are managing the new Blaine boom nave
secured some assurance from Secretary
Blaine that he will not interfere with the
boom tor the present is the general be-
lief; but it is also thought that in the
tinal test Mr.. Blame will pull out of the
race. The object sought is to create an
anti-Harrison party in the convention,
and thus prevent his friends from rushing
through his nomination. The opponents
of Horrison assert that If they can get
time they can knock out the Presidents
aspirations.
PEoPLE VS.. BOSS.
In New Jersey every Republican leader
in the State, us we'll rs the rank and file,
with the exception of ex-senator Sewell
and his Immediate personal following of
of1iceholders, would prefer Blaine us II
candidute. General Sewell is not only
the warm friend of Harrison and his
almouer of officers III New Jersey. but he
has u personal dislike for Blaine dating
from Il disparaging personal remark once
~ Ny INV oCShSt1ly SOhACl AfhS u
General. This feeling has strengthened
flom other causes. Sewell is one of the
delegates-at-large, and should there come
a'sharp division in the convention between
Harrison and Blaine, or between the Har-
rison and auti-Harrison men. SeWeil
could, IL is claimed, control one-half The del
eEat!on from the State. Or course, II it had
been known that Blaine would be III the
field. the delegation would have been solid
70. him. But the delegates are already
elected. and thus President Harrison can
rely on fully one-half of them under auv
circumstances. OF the four delegates-at-
large General Sewell is for Harrison all
the time; John |. Blair would be doubt
full, and Messrs. Halsey and Hobart would
he for Blaine. The feeling which I'M
doubtedly exists against Harrison is
principally caused by Sewelps unpopular
selection of federal officers.
The National Convention will meet on
June Z at Minneapolis.
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
No power could have kept the State
Democratic Convention from declaring
for Cleveland at the session at Trenton
last Wednesday. but if Governor Albeit
and William j. Thompson had not been
among the delegates chosen for the
National Convention the convention
would not have issued irot-clad iustruc-
tions to support Cleveland so LONG rs his
name is before the convention" Cover
nor Albeit aud Thompson h9d been the
only men who declined to give definite
pledges in favor of Cleveland, and hence
the instructions.
The sentiment of the convention was
unmistakabIe. The overwhelming de-
mand for Cleveland showed itself at once,
and the leaders, rs Il rule, submitted to IL
without delay or attempt to prevent 1t.
Indeed, they were given II seat far in the
rear during most of the proceedings. FOR
instance, the State Committee prepared
and sent out a series of resolutions us
those which the convention would adopt.
Allan l.. McDermott. chairman OF the
State Committee, was chairman OF The
Committee on Resolutions, but made no
real objection to the substitution OF the
resolutions, which were finally adopted.
The plank %instructing the delegates was
the work of Carmen +. Randolph OF
Morristown, and it vent through with a
boom. The four delegGtes-ai-large are
James Smith, Jr., Senator Mcpherson,
Governor Albeit and Miles Ross. Nc
Pherson might easily have been defeated
had it not been that he was known to be
an out-and-out Cleveland mau.
y The convention WIS anti-boss in the
sense that the convention was strong Tor
Cleveland and sus pected the LEADERS were
not. The Passaic county fight was really
Il compromise. Gourloy's men were un-
seated. but his candidate for district dele
gate, Braun, was elected, nevertheless.
while Senator Hiuchiiffe, Gourley's OPP
poneut, got what he wanted by being
made chairman of the delegation, and
thus securing the right, to name some
politlcal officers.