The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-06-20
"GUS" HOBART'S
BOOM.
His Se1f-Nomination for
Governor Causes Much
Talk at Trenton.
EVERY ONE TAKES HIM SERIOUSLY
Foster Voorhees, Says the Early
Bird Candidate Does Not
Always Get the Worm.
Major AndersOn'S Prophecies-Ter-
rible Threats Of Sammy
Dickinson.
EVERY ONE TAKES HIM SERIOUSLY
Special to the Jersev City N7e'cs-

SSlDeCtut 10 tIto OcfetY CN9 A'0sN"-
TRENTON, June 20, 1s94.-Although Tren-
ton is about the hottest city in the state, and
Yesterday was one of the hottest days on
record, the Court of Errors. the Court OF
Pardons, the designation OF the papers 10
publish the laws and other equally moment
Gus questions of state, drew large crowd OF
statesmen to the State House.
The one topic of conversation among the
politicians, both democrats and republicans,
was the self-made announcement of Garrett
A. Hobart, of Passaic County, that he is to
be a simon pure candidate for Governor on
the Republican ticket in 1895. 1t was a
choice bit of political gossip because 1t was
new. All the statesmen admitted that they
had not heard of it before and that it was
genuine surprise to them. Little else was
discussed during the day, and, while there
was some division of sentiment as to what
the announcement really meant it was very
generally conceded that the ex-Republican
Chairman would make a very strong and
lively candidate for his party.
Ex-State Comptroller E. j. Anderson, now
Supervisor of the State Prison, was taking
his ease on one of the leather covered couches
in the Governors reception room, when he
was rccosted by THE NEWS correspondent
20 Uell MN WudG luo AllOoAO.
s'Why." said the Major, placing his hand up
TO his ear to better catch what you might
saw for latterly he has been disposed to be
trife deaf, sit means that Garrett A. Ho-
bart Is going to be our next Governor"
sis his announcement. bona tide, or is 1t
intended to prepare his candidacy for the
United States Senatorship" was then asked.
HOBART MEANS WHAT HE SAYS.
ssWhen Garrett A. Hobart says he is
candidate for any office he means IT." re-
sponded the Major. HE is not man that
TALKS recklessly about his political move
ments. and this announcement has no bear
ing whatever on the United States Sena-
toriaI contest next January. Fer
haps this announcement has been
precipitated by the statements made
from time to time about hls beng IN the
contest for United States Senator. 1t serves
the two-fold purpose of letting the people of
New Jersey know that he is not in that con-
test. but that he is willing to serve the peo-
pie of New Jersey as Governor 1t is, per-
hsps, an early announcement Dut IL Is wen
that it is so made, because no one would
have suspected that Mr.. Hobart would have
accepted that Office because it is generally
known that he is a man OF much business
and has of years preferred to be more
campaign planer and worker than to be
b,rrdened with a personal canvass OF his
own. AS to the value of that announcement
think that it means he will receive the
nomination He is entitled to much
consideration from his party for what he
has done as Senator, member Of the State
Committee and officer OF the National
Republican Committee He certainly stands
head and shoulders over all other candl-
didates that have at this early date been
mentioned as gubernatoriai possibilities: lie
will make hard fight to be elected, L be-
lieve firmly that he can be elected and carry
with him the entire Republican ticket. L
think that Mr. Hobart would like some day
to be United States Senator, and think he
understands fully well that in the face OF
certain facts that if he makes successful
run as Governor and serves the people well,
as we all know he can, he will be in line for
succession of that office It might be safe
to predict that he would be the leading can
didate at the expiration OF the term OF
James Smith, Jr."
SENATOR VOORHEES, VIEWS.
Foster NJ. Voorhees, the Senator from
Union County, of whom Garrett A. Hobart
said in his interview was a young man of
brains and who will go up higher some OF
these days, was at the State House, ana
when shown the interview containing Mr.:
Eobarts formal announcement, he sa1d:--'l
certainly can return Mr.. hooart's compll-
ment He is a stalwart republican, and has
indeed been useful to his party. cannot at
This time say whether there was anything.
other than appears on the surface, about his
candidacy 1t is a genuine surprise to me.
I never heard of it before, nor even suspect
N.
troublesome and difficult season of legisla-
tion. so that matters so remote as the guber-
material nomination have really not con-
ce1ned me, and l have sought no informa-
ton whatever ON the subject"
When the fact was recalled to Senator
VOORHEES, that his name has been frequently
used as one of the gubernatorial possibilities,
he smiled and said Eyes, my name has been
used but not with my sanction, for it is not
always wise to go into any campaign SO very
early. because it is not always the early can
didates that get the nomination. This, re-
member only applies to my own case and
r,11st NOT be interpreted as being a comment
on the announcement of Mr.. Hobart: Mr..
Hobart would certainly make an elegant
candidate and will do much 10 inspire Ihe
Republicans to activity"
when further questioned Mr.. voorhees,
would not venture any statements as to
whether the announcement had any bearing g
IN Mr.. Hobart as an United States Senatorial
aspirant
sEWELL is ALL RIGHT
R;cbard Reading, ESQ, of Raven Rock,
whose friendliness for General Sewen IS
ronularly supposed to have cost him HI
parian Commissionership, was asked the
question very pointedly as to whether tne
announcement was not pluI lor Onioeol
States Senator, he asserted himself very
positively in contradiction Jarrett A
Hobart would tell the people OF New Jersey
inst what he wants It means that ne is a
candidate for Governor, and 1t means noun
ing further than that. 1t has no bearing
whatever on the candidacy of General VIM
j Sewell."
Ex-Judge E. Amber Armstrong, another
firm friend of General Sewell, was not dls-
posed to accept the statement. He thinks he
will mediate little before he expresses an
opinion He did declare, however, that Mr.
Hobart would certainly make good canoi-
date.
SENATOR ROGERS SETTLES 1T.
Senator Maurice A. Rogers Of Camden
county who, since his election as President
of The Upper Chamber, has acquired SO large
= head that his Philadelphia halter has to
construct his hats out Of doors, who is him
self candidate for Governor and has re-
cently proclaimed himself as against the
senator, said the statement that Mr.. Hobart
was candidate for Governor Of New Jersey
was all news to him, and he did not know
a-actlv ~s.1 what il meant. whether it was to
bring him into notice in an off-handed way
as q United States Senator or not He said