The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-10-05
TIE CITIZENS LEAGUE.
Increased Signs of Ac
tiVity in Several
Counties.
FIGHTING THOMPSCN'S FRIEND.
Republicans Show No Love For
the League, But Want Votes
for Their Own Men.
FIGHTING THOMPSCN'S FRIEND.
Special 10 The Jersey city Ns,s.

| The sc are notably race track counties.
The officers of the State League indicated
| the ca use at issue In the manifesto they
published. but the county organizations
have enlarged on its scope. Instead of
concentrating energy on the race track
fight. they are urging general attack on
all the evils of the Bad Legislature.
A series Of league meetings is belEg
held In Freehold. AT the initial meeting
there was general arraignment OF the
! Bad Legislators. Nor did ths county
| officers escape condemnation. These
! meetings are to lead up to a general ciIi-
zens' NOV emens on election day to pre-
| vent the Monmouth race track people
| getting control of the county offices. The
| league Is ont for general fight against
| everything that smells of the raca
! course.
| Up in Paterson the league men are as
ststiDR III the formation of new reform
league to fight not ouly race tracks, but
all vicious legislation, and particularly
that kind which has increased offices sa!
| salaries and added TO tne TAX rate. Their
| war cry is better men for the Legisla-
| lature. 1t is TO be Citizens League,
| with the qualifying word Reform" aud
| they promise to SUPPORT independent
| men.
THEY TAKE UP THOMPsoN'S FRIEND.
In Camden county the CItizens' Leazuo
bas found candidate for State Ssuator.
| His selection has created a sensation.
He Is Howard NJ. Cooper, a friend OF w.
| j. Thompson, the Duke of Gloucester"
| The league wanted TO take up judge
| Howard NJ. Carrow, the man who place
| Gov. Werts in nomination. expecting he
could secure the Democratic Indorse-
| ment. but THOMPSON was against him.
| While they were casting ABOUT for q
candidate. Howard NJ. Cooper was quietly
| pushed forward and nominated. Mr..
| Cooper is lawyer Of no very decided
| political convictions so far as is known.
He is President of the Security Trust
and Safe Deposit Company, new bank
ing institution organized q few months
ago in this city, in which BILLY" Thomp-
son is largely interested. The parent in
sEitution is now buying $3.50. coo Of the
bonds of Thompsou's electric railway
company. The bookmaksrs. jockeys aud
| horse owners AZ Gloucester ara requested
by the Duke" to deposit with the
| Gloucester branch. The whole affair is
| SO farcical that it Is probable the Cltiasns'
League will now be laughed az in
| Camden.
The Republicans have sho wA no par
1 ticular love for the Citizens League.
They want Republicans to vote for the
candidates they have selected and hops
/ the citizens movement will draw from
the Democratic party. This fact was
emphasized by the refusal of the Essex
County Republican Committee to join
| with the Essex County Democracy, an
| organization composed of men opposed
to the Democratic leaders OF the county,
| and institute a fusion movement
| 1t is expected the Republican State
| Committee this year will really Do sincere
in its efforts. because of the possibilities
| of this and the next Legislature. Major
i IL HA@[
| members OF the comm1tree. and parti>
cularly active at this time because there
is a State Controller and State Treas
| urer to elect. They held these offices
before the Legislature became Dsmo-
| cratic. and neither would object to gong
back again. The State Comptroller and
the State Treasurer are elected in the
| joint meeting of the Legislature.
The United States Senatorial fight
| begins with this falPs contest. General
Sewell carries in his vest pocket the
caucus nomination of the Republicans.
aud he would like to see both houses
| Republican at that time.
| GASKILL'S ANNUAL FIZZLE.
The State League of Republican Clubs
is trying to get convention togsther.
| but the TWO last State gatherings were
such failures that they are feeling tneir
ground carefully before giving cut the
official call. The Republicans nave had
1
| because of the sectional feeling in the
State. The clubs 10 the upper part OF
| the State think it hard to nave to Journey
| TO little country village like Mount
| Holly to see the President and Secretary
| OF State organization.
There are many young Republicans
who claim that the league is run in the
| interest of certain cliques in the Rspub-
| lican party aud that II is used for the
editication of q few individuals. NJ
convention WAS held last year because ot
| The general lack OF interest," shown. IL
| will, however, meet the middle OF this
month and elect new officers. Il is likely
| Joseph II. Gaskill, the President, Will be
| re elected.
In this campaign the league will bs
| used rs purveyor of campaign litera-
ture for the State Committee. and will
also prepare some documents of its own.
The Democratic State Commtttes -four
| ishes no trumpet. 1t meets regularly but
says little. The general nesting will be
held within a week and the plan OF the
campaign mapped out. Allan McDerN
mott and Benjamin f, Lee are the men
who direct the movements OF the Demo-
Gratis. The latter is generally known a2
the South Jersey manager. and the for
mer as the general State manager. Les
is Treasurer of the State COMMITTEES. be
has just returned from Chicago. and Is
familiarizing himself with all ths facts
In the present contest.
The Democratic majority In the last
House was eighteen. 1t 10 possible that
it may not be so large this year. 1t will
be impossible to say how large it will
probably be until the character ct the
nominations is known. 1u some of the
close counties there may be changes, bue
1t Is impossible to indicate them now.
REPUBLICANS UToPIAN HOPES
The Republicans are countinR on q
general political revelation this fall.
This they have dsVoutly prayed for dur
ing the past four years. and each year
their defeat grows worse.
The Democratic State COMMITTEES will
smooth out fractional troubles in the sew
eral counties and prepare the way for an
active aud energetic campaign in WHOA
{ all hands will be united.
s There will be considerable new ma
terial elected to the House, for twenty of
the Democratic Assemblymen have
served their two consecutive terms. The
indications are that the following Demo-
Gratis will be returned: Thompson, Har-
rigan, Armitsxe, Clark. Byrne. Olvanev,
Kearns, Peal, Barrett. Carroll, Kelly,
Chamberlain, o Brien. Flynn and Snep-
perd
The Senatorial fights will be In Essex,
Monmouth, Uuiou, Somerset, Gloucester,
Salam, Warren and CamdeL. The con-
test will be worth watching la Union,
Somerset, Gloucester aud Camden. EeRa
the fight will be close and haras.