The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-09-22
This paper is Democratic in principles and is
Independent IN its cisws Oh all local questions.

WE give in our news columns today
the very latest news about the proba-
BILE candidates, for Assembly on the
Democratic side in this county. We
are glad to say that several creditable
names are written upon the slate.
1t will be a pride and a pleasure TO
support many of the candidates
named, and there will be this addi-
tional satisfaction that they will
probably be elected.
But we are full OF regret at the
prospect OF the denomination of three
or four of the members of the Bad
Legislature. We believe some or all
of these men will be beaten, and it
must be admitted some of them de-
serve it. In the Fourth district, for
instance, we believe any good
republican can beat Hugh A.
Kelly. It is true he carried the dis
trict by nearly 800 votes last year, but
then he had Cleveland and Werts to
drag him through, and besides he was
not on record as the inscriptions
tool of corruptionists that he after
wards proved himself. Now, he has
TO face the hostility OF Governor
Abbett's betrayed supporters. He
has to answer for his share in the
passage of the ace track bills. He
has to carry the odium OF the Wanser
wing clipping measures for which
he voted. II there is a spark
of spirit In the Albeit dem
ocrats Of the district. they alone
will see to 1t that Kelly is beaten with
all the emphasis that his betrayal of
Hudson County's great Democratic
leader deserves. We believe he will
be beaten, il nominated, and our
more serious fear is that he may, by
his unpopularity, impair Sheriff
Stanton's vote in the district.
Martin Lawless is another very
weak candidate. His record is little
if anything better than Keliy's, and
his district has gone back on the
Democracy. He got a majority Of
452 last year. In the spring, Mr..
Hanna beat Boyle, the Democratic
Freebooter candidate, by 25s votes.
We regard 1t as the worst kind of a
blundef to renominate Mr.. Lawless.
As for Carroll and Boyle, we have
little doubt but they will be re-el-
ected If renominatsd. Their districts
are % overwhelmingly Democratic
that we believe they cannot be
beaten. This much must be said for
them that in the Democratic caucus
they were resolutely, unalterably for
Governor Albeit. The temptations
to betray him were doubtless very
great indeed. II half the stor-
les told are true, it must have
been very hard to resist
them. But these two were in the
small. but honorable band that did
resist, aad their fidelity on this occa-
sion covers a multitude OF sins. And
yet we are free to say we think it
would be better if they, too, would
retire ON this occasion and make way
for new men. We ought to have a
campaign here this year in which
neither the race track bills nor the
criminal onslaughts on Mayor Wanser
could be forced as an issue.
We hope to see these two gentle.
men voluntarily Withdraw from the
field. Then it will be easier to retire
the other two. and we may have an
entire new and clean ticket. Then we
will elect tin ten out of the eleven
districts.
THE resolve of the Republican
County Committee, last evening, to
antagonize the Journal and the sec
ton of the Republican party which ii