The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-18
The Campaign ON a National Basis.

1uc Campaign Ou a ANotAOAoA AooASe
The New York papers contained yes
terday a letter written by Frederic r.
Coudert, the great Democratic lawyer to
John Boyd Thacher, Chairman of the
Democratic State Campaign Committee
of New York. In it Mr.. Coudert declares
his allegiance to the regular Democratic
State ticket, headed by David B. Hill
for Governor, and defines the motives
which govern his decision and which
should influence all loyal Democrats in
this campaign. Governor Hill is not run
hing in this State, rcr are the circum-
stances of the campaign just similar.
But the principles wnicn should control
votes are the same; indeed, they are as
broad as the country itself.
Mr.. Coudert declares most emphatical-
1y that even if he entertained the pit
ter feelings against Senator Hill which
are expressed with such lavish pro-
FUSION he would still give the Demo
cratic ticket his vote. L seerns TO him
that the Democrat who believes in his
party has no choice. He is not disposed
to commit political harikari because he
might nave selected some other person
to carry his flag.
Ihis is the bed rock issue of the whole
campaign. If a Democrat believes in
Democracy, there is only one possible
thing for him to do. He must support
the Democratic ticket in this campaign.
eve must make of this a triumphal
march or a funeral procession says
Mr.. Coudert, and he is right. Defeat
now means almost certainly defeat in
1886, with all the calamitous reaction
that such an event must bring in it's
train. Defeat here to again quote
Mr.. coudert. lis likely to be death or at
least suspended animation for a number
Of years"
In this State, the future of the party
is staked. not only upon the Congress
sional nominations but Upon the results
of the Assembly contests. The Legis-
lature which will convene next year in
Trenton will elect a United States Sena-
tor to succeed John Roderick McPher-
son. The politics of that Senator may
determine the complexion of the Senate
and the whole future of the country.
Can any patriotic Democrat, then, cast
a vote which might imperil the result?
The State Senate is already hopelessly
Republican. Eleven Republican Senator's
Ia majority of one of the whole body
hold over from this year. OF the six
three will probably be Republicans.
Thus, the Senate is sure to have a Re-
publican majority of at least four mem
bers. This must be overcome in the As
sembiy If we are to a the United
States Senator.
In this county. eleven very good nom
nations have been made by the Demoe-
racy. Eleven very weak, if not very
bad ones have been made by the Re
publicans. So there is no excuse on per-
sonai grounds for any Democrat to vote
against his party. But even were the
cases reversed, even if the Democracy
had Nominated bad Assemblymen and
the Republicans good ones, the duty to
vote for the Democrats would still be
the highest obligation, because the re-
suits of the election reach out beyond
Trenton, because the United States
senatorship is Virtually the only thing
that should be considered in the whole
campaign.
Once more, we return to MFR. Coudert's
letter for a summing up of the issues
and interests that are at stake. In thf
following paragraphs, it is only neces-
sary to substitute the word "Democ-
racyv for the name of Senator Hi
and Eepublcanism for that Of Mr.. Nor
BON. to md e the lesson applicable t.