The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-15
The Abbett Idea.

The Albeit idea runs through the State
like w1ldfre. 1t now looks most likely
that the great leader of New Jerseys
Democracy will be called upon to step
from the bench to the United states
Senate. There is, beyond doubt, a great
popular demand for his election. Moth
;ng b,t another ~treaeherous political
combination can beat him, and the poll
tieians of this State have learned a
bitter lesson since their last experiment
in thai direction.
In our news columns we reprint an
article from the World of this morn
ing showing how strong the sentiment
in the ex-Governor's favor is in all
parts of the State. Another highly sig
nifcant happening was the action of the
Passaic County Assembly Convention
This body adopted resolutions instruct
ing the nominees if elected to vote for
Leon Albeit for United States Senator.
All through the State the newspapers,
led by The Jersey City News and the
TRUE American, ARE emphatic in favor
of Albeit. Here is an extract from the
Washington CWarren Coz STARS" edit
orial column, which may serve as a
sample of the expressions that are to
be found everywhere
Since the withdrawal of Senator Nc
Pherson as a candidate for re-electloh,
every Democrat of Warren County looks
to Judge Leon Albeit as his successor.
With Judge Albeit in the contest the
Democracy of New Jersey would De
aroused to action and sweep the state.
The New York Herald like the
"World,' has experienced a change of
heart. 1t seems to recognize that Alb
bett is the man for the emergency. Tn
only difficulty about his election in its
estimation is that his position on the
bench makes it impossible for him to
take the field actively in the campaign
In other words, the Herald" thinks
that if we nave a Democratic majority
in the Joint Convention of the Legisla-
ture, Albeit will certainly be chosen to
the Senate, but the doubt is as to wheth-
err the party can elect enough Assembly
men to get the needed majority.
To this we have only one thing to say.
If the party makes an Albeit campaign
In opposition to the distinctively Sewell
campaign of the Republicans, victory 1s
a foregone conclusion ever if the Judge
newer opens his lips throughout the
struggle. The people do not want Cen
eral Sewen for Senator nor do they war.t'
Sewellism in their State politics. They
do want Albeit; but it is true they
would rather nave some guarantee that.
the fruits of victory would go to the
man of their choice and not be stolen
from him as it was in 1898. Therefore
the first necessary step towards success
next month is that the State leaders
should come put plainly for Albeit.
If James Smith, Jr., wishes to- elect
eleven Democratic Assemblymen from
Essex, he and his ~lieutenants and his
organ can half way win the battle at
it's very start by such public and I'M
qualified pledges as even they could
not violate. In this county, our eleven
Assembly candidates can make their
election an assured thing by conducting
an Albeit campaign. The same holds
true for all the Democratic of doubtful
counties.
Tho withdrawal of Mr.. E. F. G.
Young removes the most formidable
candidate against Judge Albeit, from
the race. Governor Werts annot be a
candidate without ~resigning the Gov
ernorship, nor could he take the Office,
VIVA since his retirement as Cover
nor would turn over the office to a Re
publican, Senator Rogers. Allan L.
McDermott, however ambitious to sit in
the Senate himself. would assuredly not
be a candidate in opposition to his old
leader. This reduces the competition to
John p. Stockton. who for obvious rea-
sons is not in it,. and Ambassador
Rnnyon. who alrAdy has a very hand
some post. for which ne is e~ninently