The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-03-28
REPUBLICANS PLOT
Congressmen's Views on the
New Gerrymander of
Their Districts.
ONLY TWO TO BE MADE DEMOCRATIC
DR.. English Says He Can Win
Anyhow John I. Dunn's
Lament.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March %, 1894. The
New Jersey Congressman who spent last
evening in Trenton, and came down to
Washington today, can talk Of nothing
except the proposed redistricting of the
State by the Republican Legislature Mr..
Dunn, of the Elizabeth district, says that
the Republicans will leave only two Demo-
cratic districts in the State. Hudson
connty, he SAYS, is to be made one district
which will insure a Democratic district, and
Monmouth, Middlesex and Somerset coun-
ties are to be kept Democratic as at present:
LAS for my own district, :" said Mr.. Dunn, 81
understand that 1000 Republican votes are
to be added against me, which will make the
district Republican 1t does not make the
least bit of difference TO me. don't care if
they make the district 5000 against me-"
Representative Cornish understands the
situation differently. II hear" he said,
that my district is to be made four or five
thousand votes more safely Democratic than
it is at present / do not think it Is Mr..
Geissenhainer's district that is to be saved to
the Democrats. As understand, there are
to be six Republican and two Democratic
districts / suppose the shake-up viii come
before long"
DEMOCRATIC OUTLOOK GOOD.
Representative English of the Newark dis
trict is not frightened at the outlook.
tsWhy,n he said to the correspondent this
afternoon, 81 wish the Republicans would
go to the extreme length OF their string. Let
them go as far as they can. They are driv-
ing away the men who helped them to vic
tory in the tidal wave last fall. If the Re
publicans had acted with discretion and pru-.
dence, as the brainiest of their leaders adj
vised, it would have been much harder for
the Democrats to win next fall than 1t will be
under the present circumstances"
tfThap Won rocray-6 the 0utl0ok q GOOD ~
81 sincerely believe that the Democrats
win elect large majority of the lower
House of the New Jersey Legislature.
We will not carry the Senate, so that we
will not be able to repeal the Republican
laws. but we will have good majority on
Senator and the State officers"
DIR. ENGLISH SAYS HE CAN WIN.
s'How about your Congressional district
If 1t is enlarged so as to include the whole of
Essex countyP
DR., English laughed. aIn the first place."
such a move as that. It would make dis
trict of 260, 600 people and it would imperil
other districts that might be Republican. If,
however, this is decided upon, / will go In
and make fight, and ! will lick them out of
their boots. have been undecided as to
given the whole Essex county will certain
1y go in and show them what Il can do.
carried the whole county once and I can do
it again"
Representative English raises an interest
ing question about the redistFicting. He
says it will not be legal. NThe State has
been redistricted since the last census = he
said, land it cannot be redistricted until an
other apportionment is necessary under
new census. A Legislature cannot
divide and redivide a State at its
own free will The Democrats had an
that ought to be remembered by the Repub-
icans. The Supreme Court will overtWn
their work as it overturned ours"
Eyes" said Representative Cadmus, of
the Paterson district, 81 suppose there will
be Encouragement of the Congressional
districts, but am not going to be disturbed
really doesn