The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-13
FIGHTING SEWELL.
An Effort Being Made to
Take the State Boss
ship From Him.
CONTESTSFOR HOUSE CLERK
Potts Formally Announces Him.
self as a Candidate-W. Il.
COrbin Denies.


yesterday and fewer democrats. The re-
publicans, however, were there strictly
for business and took every opportunity to
let people know just what particular busi-
ness brought them there The most remarka-
BILE feature OF the day was the fact that no
new candidate was announced for office, q
most remarkable feature when
it is remembered that every
republican in the State considers himself
competent to fill any Office at the disposal of
the Legislature from State Comptroller and
Treasurer to keeper of the ladies' gallery.
Among the democrats present was Assembly,
man Hugh Kelly of Hudson, who looked
awfully lonesome as he leaned against a
pillar in the rotunda and told some of the
State House officials how it all happened.
He was accompanied by Fred Kissam, who
sorrowfully took peep at the Assembly
postoffice over which he so efficiently pre-
sided last year and which he will not fill
again for some time.
Postmaster Samuel Dickinson. Assembly,
man Berry and Alderman Alec Dusenberry
formed the central figures of a delegation
from Hudson If any one has any doubts
that Colonel Dickinson is not in the race for
Comptroller for keeps, they should have seen
the way in which Sammy got over the
ground yesterday. Alderman Dusenberry,
il is said, wants to be Police Justice, and
is making himself solid with those who areto
be in power, SO that when Justices ODonnen
Birdsau and Kimmerly walk the plank he
will have chance to fill one of the vacant
chairs. Owing to the fact that there were
very few members present, the Hudson dele
cation went home early.
THE CLOWN OF THE CIRCUS.
It's mighty poor circus that can't sup
support one clown, and Bill Cole of Camden
is coming to be looked upon as that indis-
pensible adjunct to the Republican circus,
which will open in the capital Tuesday
n l.-,A
again yesterday buttonholing every one
who came along, and in his usual erratic
manner telling them that he was candidate
for Clerk of the House. No one takes his
candidacy seriously, and nothing but an ac-
cident will land him in the Office. The fight
for the position, which, by the way, pays
81 500, and is one of the best offices
in the Legislature, has narrowed down
to james Logan, editor of the
New Brunswick FTedonidn, and J. Herbert
Potts of Hudson. Potts has finally announe-
ed himself as candidate. 1t is argued in
his favor that someone with his long legisla-
tive experience is needed in the position to
carry things along smoothly, while those who
favor Logan point out that if it is necessary TO
have Potts to direct things he can do that
Just as well in the Office of Reading Clerk.
Logan was Clerk of the last Republican
House, and by all rules is entitled to re-
election. Potts, Logan's friends declare, has
party without turning down good man to
give him further recognition.
There has not been a Republican House
during the past several years, they say, with
which Mr.. Potts has not been connected in
some capacity OF other and they can't see
any reason why Logan should be pushed
aside for him.
SHARP TO BE TURNED DOWN.
: William P. Sharp, of Trenton, is another
good republican who will probably learn the
bitter lesson next month that parties as well
as republics are ungrateful. Mr.. Sharp was
the sergeant-at arms of the last Republican
Senate and is also entitled to another term.
He will be remembered in Jersey City as the
white haired man who had charge of all the
ballots and poll books during the trials of the
ballot box suffers.
Senator Skerm of Mercer, however, does
not favor Mr.. Sharp's candidacy. He says
that if he gets the Sergeant-at-Arms of the
Senate, that is about all he will get; whereas,
if he does not claim the Office for Sharp he
may get three or four smaller offices, which
will placate SO many more of his hungry
constituents.
Mayor Anderson, who has been turned
down as candidate for comptroller, was
about for short time, but left early. "Dick"
Reading, another staunch Sewel man and
John Laird, were among the conspicuous
republicans. Ex-Judge William 7. Hoffman,
formerly of Hudson, but now of Monmouth,
was about telling what a good all wool and q
yard wide republican Founder Bradley is.
REVOLT AGAINST SEWELL.
The chief topic of convention among those
present was the articles in the Newark Daily
Advertiser, purporting to have been written
from Trenton and giving an account of q
revolt against General Sewell.
In the article referred to the allegation is
made that the revolt against General Sewen
is headed by Carl Lentz and James E. Howell
of Newark, in conjunction with Collins Of
Jersey City, Corbin of Elizabeth and Griggs
of Paterson, who it is asserted, will form a
force that will be difficult to overcome.
Then follows a fat statement that the
Sewel men have planned to elect Rogers, of
Camden, as President of the Senate, and
Holt, of Passaic, as Speaker of the House.
According to the same article, Stokes, of
Cumberland, and Ketcham, of Essex are
spoken of as candidates of the anti-Sewell
people for the Presidency of the Senate,
while Woolsey, of Essex, and Lewis, OF
Passaic, are to be pushed forward in oppo-
sition to the Sewell nominee for the Speak
ership.
The Sewell men all poopooed the idea, and
declared that the General was on top and
would run the next Legislature and any one
who opposed the General would do so at his
peril. They ridiculed the idea of an anti
Sewell movement and said that it did not
amount to anything.
The anti-Sewellites on the contrary looked
wise, and said that the Sewe1 men would
find out how much was in the stories when
the time comes. The prospects for lovely
fight the night before organization are most
brilliant.
william H. Corbfn Denies the New
ark Advertisers Story.
Mr.. William H. Corbin was found by a
NEWS reporter this morning up to his eyes
in work at his Office in the Hudson County
National Bank Building, He glanced over the
article IN the Newark Advertiser which said
that he was in the movement to down Gen
Sewell, and smiled when he read it. When
he had finished he said that there was no
truth in the story so far as it related to him.
He had no intention whatever of meddling
with and would not take any part in select
ing the officers of the coming Legislature.
He had not taken any active part in poll
tics, except making speech or two during
the campaign, and an interest in the local
affairs of Elizabeth, where he resides, since
he was in the Legislature.
Moreover, Mr.. Corbin said that he did not
propose to engage in the work of influencing
legislature during the coming season further
than to serve on the committee which was
appointed by the Republican State Commit
tee to draft bills.
General John Ramsay is one of General
Sewell's staunehest supporters in Hud-
son. and was appointed Collector of
this Port by President Harrison through the