The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-08
POL|T|CSA At WAvERLY
Governor Werts and Big
Men of Both Parties
Visit the Fair.
ISSUES FOR THE FALL CAMPAIGN.
Chairman Murphy Says the
Democrats Must Defend
the Bad legislatures
Record.
Those Who Have Been There and
Would Like 10 Be There Again
A Political Ghost.

Thursday of the Waverly Fair week
has always been considered one of the
must important days of the year from
New Jersey. 1t is commonly known as
Governors Day. and the chief execu-
tive and all the leading political lights
from State House generals to ward man
ipulators have heretofore crowded The
little hill, where the president cf the
State Agricultural Society pitches his
tent aud dlspenses his liquid hospitality,
and whispered political secrets into each
others cars, while thousands of the rural
citizens gaze upon the conglomeratiou Of
greatness with open eyes and mouths
The day has generally been looked upon
as the starting point of the canpsign.
States were generally agreed upon by
tn at time, and the various issues upon
which the campaign was TO be fought
settled.
This year the day was marked with a
larger crowd than ever, and 1t was said
by those who know all about such things
that there were $4,000 people on the
ground. As a politicians day, however.
it WAS not the success OF former years.
The Governor aud some OF the more pro-
ninent men in politics were present, but
there was very little to be learned In the
way of political Information OF value.
GREAT LEADERS ABSENT.
This was accounted for in various ways.
The primary cause was said to be the
early cate at which the Fair was held.
Heretofore the event has taken place
duIing the last week of Septem Der, when
everybody had returned TO their homes,
and had time TO look about them and
see how things were shaping themselves.
This year it was held in the first week of
The month, before people had begun to
make any definite move on the political
chessboard, and while many of the pri u
cipal persons were still in the woods or
at the sea shore.
Then agaiu the absence of those great
king pins. Senators Mcpherson and
Smith and General Sewell, had much to
do with the depression. The two Sena-
tors, from whom the Democrats fmbibe
political wisdom. were at Washington
doing their snare toward relieving the
country of its present financial depres-
sion. while the General, around whom
the Republicans hover like the ancients
did around their stone gods waiting for
words of wisdom to fall from their cold
lips. was out in indianapolis attending
the G. A. r. reunion. Still there were
plenty of politicians present and specula-
Iion was rife as TO the outcome of the fall
elections.
Governor Werts arrived on the ground
about two o'clock. He was accompanied
by Mrs. Weris aud Colonels Vandeleet,
! Meany, Kuser and Barrett of his staff
| Mrs. Werts, under the escort of Col onel
Meany, started off 10 see the cat lie,
sheep. swine. horses and other exhi bits
of the Fair. while the Governor diaap-
| peared behind the red curtain In the
Presidents tent to pay his respects TO
rfb
| of the society. He WAS met there by Mr..
Gaddis. Secretary Dawson, Franklin
Murphy and Charles B. Thurston of
jersey City, who entertained him for
awhile. Then the Governor passed out
| upon the hill and see-sawed arms with
constituents until almost sundown.
JUDGE PHELPS RECEPTION.
Next 10 the Governor Judge William
Walter Phelps received the most atten-
| tion, The Judge is most anxious TO i'm
| press upon the minds of his fellow citi-
zens that he is a Jerseyman first, last
| and all the time, and Of late he has
never missed an opportunity to be pres
and leading men of The State. just to gi We
| additional emphasis to the fact that he
is out OF politics.
| He was accompanied by Franklin
| Murphy, Chairman of the Republican
| Stale Committee, ex-State Comptroller
Anderson, Dick ReadriR. ex-Congress-
| man George A. Halsey, Major Karl Lentz
of Newark and other leading re2ubli-
| cans.
| Secretary of State Kelsey. more sphynx
| like than ever moved IN and out of the
thronR, now reaching up TO whisper
some mighty secret into the ear
of some tai Democrat of Sussex or
! bending his head as he unbosomed him
self TO a Cape May leader even smaller
than himself. AT his elbow was Staff
Little, tall aud lank, with his hands in
| his pockets and his black slouch hat
| pulled down over his eyes. AS ne and
| the Secretary OF State moved about side
by the usual majority, facetiously re-
| marked:-
There goes the long and short Of the
| New Jersey Democracy"
Treasurer George r. Gray, as stately
| and urhane as ever was on hand greeting
| every one with that smile of his which
| disarms suspicion itself, when he assures
| you there is nothing new. Superinten-
dent Ford was on hand and he wasn'r.
He was on the ground, but he kept aloof
| from the politicians and with happy
| child clinginR to each hand he marched
| industriouslv up aud down the aisles OF
each exhibition tent and building. show
| ing the chi!di en- the sights.
REPUBLICAN, AMMUNITION.
| The ouly one OF the State leaders who
would talk politics was Chairman Mur.
/ ply. He said that the political season
| was not at hand yet, but a., far al he
could judge the Republicans would make
| their hgnt on the race track issue and
compel the Democrats TO defend the
record the Bad Legislature made last
/ winter. He did not know of any other
| issue that would play an important parl
| il the campaign. al hougn 1T was toe
| early to make any predictions.
Senator Kegs of Somerset who voted
against the race track bills, and was al.
J ways found opposing the pernlcious
measures OF the Bad Legislators, said
| that he did not know whether he would
be renominated or not. He was willing
to serve another term. although his busi-
ness was OF such q ma ture as to require
all of his attention. He would not lake
the nomination. however, he said If he
had to. go into DIRTY fight fori it. He be-
lleved the people of the county were
satisfied with his record aad wanted him
| TO go back. He was willing to leave the
| matter with them.
/ SPEAKER BERGEN A CANDIDATE.
Jake Klolz, who was superintendent of
Senator McPhersons stock farm for
many years and who represented Somer-
set county in the Assembly. laid that
there was lively mble fu the Sena-