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PHILIPS AND GRUBB
Rumors About the New Lay
Judge-Combine Against
SeWel1.
Special 10 The Jersey cfsy ,ve,cs.

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TRENTON, June 10. 1899. -William
Waiter Phelps. ex-memper of Congress
aud ex-Minister TO Germany, will to
morrow take his seat upon the bench OIL
the Court of Errors and Appeals. Tit
return OF Mr.. Phelps, aud his acceptance
of the Office, have revived the stories cir
culated at the time OF his appointme NJ.
that he was coming home to take al
active part In the politics of the State.
Mr.. Phelps appointment by a Democratic
Governor to succeed II Democratic Judgs Q,
who was supposed to have made himself
solid by voting 60 parole the Hudso L
County ballot box suffers, was one of the
surprises of last winter, and gave rise te
much speculation. One story told abo nj
the State House was that Mr.. Phelps was
about to abandon tile sinking Re.
publican ship. II tax passage ON
the trim new packet commandsd by
Grover Cleveland. 1t has long been
known that The Lord Of Tea Neck ha.
been fired with an ambition to serve his
country as United States Senator from
New Jersey. 1t Is predicted that two
years hence when it comes tlfne 10 elect a
successor to John Roderick Mcpherson
there will be such q Kilkenny cat fight
between the supporters OF the Senator
and the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
AAuus tudt soufo uhH lth0 WlilIdul w 0kLor
can secure the prize through q combinR-
ton OF republicans and antf-McPherson
democrats. IL is also said that no one
knows this better than Mr.. Phelps and
that he proposes to make q record for
himself on the bench and In the Court of
Pardons which will make him an avail
able man Tor snch an emergency.
RUB AND PHELPS.
Only a few give this, aDd the other alb
surd stories that have been floating about
the State House concerning M. Phelps.
auy serious considerations. The story
which gains the most credence is the QUE
TO the effect that Judge Phelps and
General Grubb are going to unite their
forces In an effort to wrest the control of
the purity machine from the grasp of
Generol Seweli n the men who are now
in charge. The opinion Is steadily grow
ing among a-gfeat majority of the Re-
publicans chat their party machinery
needs thorough overnauling. They say
that something must be wrong, when the
party Is overwhelmed with disaster upon
disaster In the face OF the most favorable
opportunities for victory. They point co
last ialIs campalgn. u say that never
did the party have better prospects for
electiux their candidate for Governor
than they did then. The general dissatfs-
faction Of the people OF the State with the
tnanuer in winch the Democrats had been
running things; the success of Mayor
Wanser in tue greatest Democratic
stronghold In the State; the diss sntious
non the Democrats over the nominal
ton OF Governor Werts aud various other
tones fdtuj all combined, they say, to
make the election OF John keau an as
snred lac. But all this was thrown
away by the s~tupendous bluudering Of
the party managers. the ~discontents de-
clare. They criticize severely the plan of
which the highly moral and intellectual
State Company called a campaign of
education. Tons upon tons OF pamphlets
showing the amuun of money various
favored sous Of the Democracy drew
from the State treasury; how the wicked
Democrats mad taken the control OF
municipal affairs out of the lands OF the
people and given il to Com mtssioners ap-
pointed Dy a more wicked Governor aud a
lot of other clap trap which Was like a
Fourth OF july celebratlon-aIl smoke
and noise.
CAMPAIGN cHRoMos.
They speak sneeringly of the brilliantly
hued chronlos which showed the As
sembly districts under the last apportion-
ment INK the vfllniuousiy executed litho-
graphs showing Governor Aboett wiuing
and dining his frieads aboard his modest
little steam launch, while the poor mau
was freezing to death because of the high
price OF GOA Brought about by this Read
Ing Coal Combine bill, which Governor
AUoett killed with his little veto, which
were scattered broadcast over ths entire
State. Tue m~aicoutents point to the
example set by the Democrats at that
same election when everyone was pre-
dicting the election of Cleveland aud
Ksau aud a majority OF the Republican
Assemblymen. Tie Democrats got to-
aether and recognizei the nscss-
sity OF healing ill dissensious
aud SyntEinn t4f work ThA raSnir
was that while the Republicans went
merrily on making the rocks and fences
of the State, rs the IainDow. with their
gaudy chronios aud rang Autographs,
aud trebling the work OF the letter carrier
aud pouring itoney into the Golfers OF the
express cotnpanies Win their literature.
the Democrats were working a IN
night perfecting their organization in
every Eook and corner of the State.
1t is to General Grubo ana William
Walter Phelps THAT these kickers look to
lead them out of the wilderness in which
they are vt present. wandering. They
have nothing to hope for from the pres
held u meeting daring the past week and
practically detsrfnined to conduct the
coming campaign on the lines Of
the last. III this they are ably
seconded by President Gaskill of the
League of Republican clubs. a self satis-
fed South jersey republican. who Is
much given to preparing campaign liter
AZURE OF the kind the was used SO ex-
tensfvely lust tall. He wrote a great deal
of the stuff himself. and is serenely conf
dent 10 the efficacy Of that description of
campaign IL muattion.
AN OLD FEUD.
That no lovs 10 lost between those two
doughty warriors. General Sewell and
General Grnbb. Is All opeu secret The
sage Of Edgewater Park still believes
that he was sacrificed upon the altar. of
Sewell's ambition when he ran
for Governor and that railroa
maanate's fear that he would succeed
MIN MS Chief Engineer of the State ma
chfue kept httn from receiving tn nom
ination last fall. Friends Of General
Grnbb say he Ii only waiting his oppof-
tunity 10 get at Sewsli, aud would will
ling!y devote his time, thalers and talents
to re1egate the Camden oracle to u back
seat III the party counsels. 1t Is also said
that Grubb aud Phelps have arrived at
an understanding, and That there will lie
great times ia ths G. o. p. OF this State
Defors the next campaign Is over.
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