The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-27
SBWELL- MCPHERSON
The Republican Leader Has
No Opponent In His Party
for the SenatorShip.
FALL CAMPAIGN SHAPING
What the October Session OF TIT
Legislature Is Likely to Do.


| rial contests are beginning to- shape
themselves. although no county conyen-
\ tions have vet been called. In Cape May
it looks now as if Assemblyman e. l..
| Ross will be the Republican nominee Tor
| Senator, with every probability OF an
| election.
In Burlington there are innumeraoie
candidates on the Republican side. Cash
Ter Nathan Haines of the Mechanics
| National Bank, who is paymastef Oh
| the Seventh Regiment, Is on the hst OF
| available men, but he has made no oi-
| rect statement as to whether he would
| accept the nomination or not. Assem-
blyman Micajah Matlack is mentioned III
| connection with the honor, but he him.
| self is making no effort to get it, and 1t
| it is quite likely that instead of being a
Senatorial candidate that he will be given
a third term in the House of Assembly
| DIR. William Parry. at Riverton; p. Budd
| Marter, a wealthy farmer at Burllng.
ton: Colonel Charles Sloan, at Mounl
| Holly; Robert C. Hutchinson, a business
man in Bordentown, about completes the
list of the prominent men whose names
are mentioned in connection with tne
Hutchinson was a candidate before the
last convention, when the nominaf aoI
Sloan, a la "Barkis is willing. believing
in the theory that the office SHOULD seek
the man and the man not the once c on
| tinues to await the call to duty. The
two men mostly favored are DIR. Parry
and E. Budd Marter, because they are
both engaged in agricultural pursuits
| and Burlington, while it has a number
| of small towns, is largely an agricul-
| turaI community, and a farmer candldate
is always successful Both these ,men
| that Marter is favored by the fact that
he is better known in the towns than
Parry. because he ives IN me xc Tar
On the Democratic side SO far only Two
candidates have been heard of, and they
are Charles sn + Ha% . f Pache Eey forme II~n a
AGAINST HINCHLIFFE.
In Passaic county there will be a strong
fight made by both parties; The county
is now represented by John Hinchhffe,
but he voted for the coal combine and
the race track bills and recently figured
in a ~disagreeable episode en- a railroac
| train near Hackensack, and he is now
| regarded with some disfavor by his own
| party, and it is not likely that he win
Be given the nomination again. A rival
| named Braun is now under consideration.
1t is said that ex-Speaker THOMAS
| Flynn, who was a starter on the Glou-
cester race track, and is now at Bright
| on Beach, would be a candidate for the
Senate. but those near to the ~ex-Speaker
in doubt as to whether he will run as
a candidate for Assembly. On the other
side it looks very much as if the Repub-
| lican nomination would go to ex-Assem-
bIyman Robert Williams. He made a
good record when a member of the
House and has been an active worker
| for his party in the county, and "a ma
| jority of the leaders are disposed to
| give him the nomination.
M'MICKLE'S CHANCES.
In Sussex, the Democrats will try to
return John McMickle, although there are
some in the party who are violently
opposed to him because Of his r {M,31;sn >,
H. Martin, who was sick during the
| better part of last session. has entirely
recovered x,a and IN IS ni noW yen gesng but aO 6e dn mas
that the friends of ex-Assemblyman G.
NJ. Trimmer have been moving about
cautiously, booming the %latter's cause;
The Republican candidate has not yet
| been selected. There is some talk of
Charles n. Reading being asked to be
In Middlesex, Senate Bob Adrain, who
emerged from his obscurity and is NOV
| that he is again flirting with the nomi-
| nation. 1t is said that Miles Ross is
favorable to his having a fourth term,
oppose him in the convention. Ex-As-
semblyman John It. Tenbroeck is men
| toned as a possible Republican candi-
SEwELL AND MCPHERSON.
United States Senator MCPHERSON sailed
for Europe last Wednesday, and he win
4 de 1OIlOWGd ny oCIdtol oiiitSi ii0AN W.
nesday. There is no political signN-
canoe in the fact that the two men sail
ed a week apart, and It is not to pc un-
son has crossed the water he has
reiinquished all hope of being his own
The United States Senatorial fight is
| the one absorbing political theme that
is engaging the interest of the politi-
| clan. On the Republican side of the
house there is no doubt as to who will
| receive the caucus nomination. There is
no one that will contest with General
| Sewell, because he not only has the nom
! his inside pocket, ebut he claims it by
the right Of persistent leadership.
Last fall, when everybody despaired or
| Republican success and no one was will
| ing to either contribute time or funds
| for the operations of a campaign, Cen
eral Sewell was the only one who re-
| NAMED at the helm. AS soon as it was
,ascertained that the tidal wave. had
1 swept the Democratic machine into the
enough and to spare, many leaders
| came to the front, all anxious to give
the party the benefit Of their wisdom
| Republicans of the State consider that
1 the General had first claim on this high
and important office, and none seems
/ willing to contest it with him. Occa-
/ sionaIly some name is mentioned as a
probable antagonist, but on investigator
| nothing can be found 70 snow tnat II
Is ANYTHING more than idle political Cos
OCTOBER'S SESSION.
It is frequently asked of politicians IL,
when the Legislature reconvenes in Octo-
Der. it will do any business or remain
very long, and no one can speak author1-
f~atively on the subject. Some are OF the
opinion that it will remain in session
only a few days and pass over the COY,
ernor's veto the measures hat he will
return to the Legislature unsigned:
| Others think that it will be In session at
least ten or twelve lays and may adjourn
from week to week until election. 1t
will not have much business TO do in
handling the veto messages, for there
Will be only six of them. There are also
some measures in the Senate that failed
Eof passage during the last hours.
The Direct Legislation League have
already received a number OF com1nfttals
from members to take action on their
| amendment to the Constitution provid-
ing for the introduction of direct legisla-'
| ton in this State. This amendment Is
now in the Senate, it having passed the
/ House, but it ran against some obstacles
there and did not pass. The Federation
i clair1 they have removed the trouble
and there is now no reason why 1t
should not be passed on and returned to
LEGISLATION NEIsist,D.
There is some legislation needed IN
connection with tire new school law. SO
/ as. to enable the Superintendent of the
School Census to better divide the school