The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-17

GEN. SEWELL'S CINCH
His Friends Now Say That
He Has Plenty of Votes
for the Senatorship.
DEMOCRATIC REORGANIZATION
Allan McDermott Waxeth Sarcastic
and Says Funny Things About
Adrain and Others.
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specia1 to the Jerseu Citu Ne,rs.

Senatorial contest other than that the
solid front which the opposition claims
above the Raritan Bay, is showing signs
of weakening. Senator Bradley OF Mon
mouth is not the rabid anu-Sewen
apostle tina it is claimed and it IS SAID
that he will be found in the right col
umn when the roll is called. There are
evidences of weakening in other coun-
ties. Essex will not present the solid
front that is claimed. If all that was
said by some of the Essex statesmen at
the State House last Tuesday can be re-
lied upon. There will be a solid delega-
ton from Passaic County, a vote from
Bergen and one from Morris, Hunter
don and Warren.
The principal thing that stands in the
way of General Sewells success Is the
hoodoo of thirteen. A recent poll made
by the Senate shows that he has thlr-
teen Senators favorable to his cause.
The General happens to be an old war
rior and is not frightened by the mystic
combination that is principally deadly
to actors and half-witted people. He
accepts the thirteen out of the sixteen
Republican Senators and is grateful for
the favor. In the House he has thirty
five votes sure, which added to the thir-
z teen III LIE 0CndtC, AohS -
votes out of the eighty-one. This is a con-
sentative estimate, and the opposition
is given the benefit of the doubtful coun-
ties.
JUDGE ABBETT'S SUCCESSOR.
There is nothing new about the sue
cessor to Supreme Court Justice Albeit.
Governor Werts was asked by a close
friend the other day about the appoint
ment and he said:-"Let US bury poor
Albeit, first. before we talk about his
successor. l have not really thought the
matter over sufficiently to make any
statements as to whom 1 may appoint
I shall advise with the members OF both
parties first before settling On anybody.
The name of Attorney General Stock
ton has been mentioned in connectlon
with the appointment, but the Attorney
General has not sought the honor BY
this appofntment he would lengthen out
mis- service to the State five years, Tor
the Attorney Generals term expires our
ing the incumbency OF the next GoH-
ernor.
Court Justices to name for the conHrn-
alton of the next Senate, and II IS tnought
by the leading Democrats of the state
mat he will name one Republican ana
one Democrat. The latter VIII De mares
AS to the former the gossips run at ran
dom, and some say it will be Foster M:
voorhees, OF Union, d fS6puDLlSdA HASAAy
esteemed by the Governor.
BATCH OF APPOINTMENTS.
The Governor will have a batch OF
good appointments to make, among them
q Commissioner of Banking and Insur-
ance in the place of George S.. Duryea.
This Office, an ofshoot of the Secretary
OF States office, removing from II the
supervision of the State Banks and the
Insurance and Trust Companies When
it was first created Governor Albeit
announced that he would make it a
personal appointment and gave it to
Colonel G. B.. McHarxey. Colonel Nc
Harvey was not a great hnaneler; put
his assistant. Thomas K. Johnson. knew
all the business by heart. When the
Colonel resigned to resume edatoriaI
was a great friend of James smith,
Jr.. and Governor Albeit gave it to him.
as a compliment to the man who after
ward defeated him. Duryea was Clerk
of Chancery one term and United states
District Attorney one term; then he fell
into his present berth.
1t is conceded that the office has now
become a necessity.
Just what will be the fate of DIR. Ad-
olson B. Poland, Superintendent of Pub
lie instruction, is not known. HIS term
expires March l. He is a Democrat, but
not a partisan. The State Board of Edu-
cation is non-partisan and in consider
alton of the prevailing sentiment to keep
the public schools out of politics, he may
be confirmed, if nominated, because OF
his ability.
There are two members of the State
Board of Assessors to go out, Ferdinand
IS now partisan. General Bird W. spen-
Ger is the only Republican on it; The
and one Democrat under<an agreement
and that would make it non-partisan.
There are five law judges and three
prosecutors to be appointed because of
expired terms and two prosecutors who
were rejected by the SeESte; r,on,
There has been considerable talk lately
of the reorganization of the Democratic
party and it is said that a conference
home in Jersey City to select a can
didaite for Governor;
BENJAMIN F. Lee, who has been look
mig after the southern end of New Jer-
sey for the Democratic party, says that
he has heard the wild talk about re-or-
g~anization, or r~ejuvenation, but he has
seen no evidence of it He has no idea
of how it is going to be accomplished.
He claims that the party is no worse IN
this State than in others, and there is
no need of any particular anxiety. Tn
Democratic party, he says, has in 1t
many sincere and able men, and at the
proper time they will exert themselves
for its success
Mr.. Lee denies tina there was recently
a Democratic conference TO select a
candidate for Governor. He says he was
al Governor Wert's house on an invita-
ton to dinner and to attend the opera.
1t was a social, not a political function.
SARCASTIC MR. MDERMOTT.
Allan l.. McDermott was asked about
the reorganization plan and his opinion
concerning it. McDermott is disposed
now to give a humorous turn to every
thing political. His views on reorganiz-
alton are therefore presented verbatim.
1T seems a little too early to talk
over the plans for the next campaign
he began. REORGANIZATION is undoubt-
eddy necessary, and almost any plan
will be acceptable that will get back
about 10000 Democrats who left us last
month. 1t might be a good plan to wait
a few months and see how they lasso
them in the other thirty States which
neglected Ito elect Democrats on the
chilly 9Th. OF course we are not bound
to wait, and we might cali a State con-
yention to find out the cause of the
Good, strong resolutions demanding
that the tariff be taken off pottery,
silk, glass and other industries in New
Jersey might have a good effect; or
we might declare in favor of Mr.. Cleye-
land for a third term. Secretary KEEL
sey would oppose this, but the conven-
ton could be 'enthused.' and there is
no law to prevent such a convention
then and there electing delegates to the
next National Convention, and pledging
them to vote for Mr.. Cleveland first,
last and all the time The course would
be unusual and seem premature, but it
would bring back to our standard the
vote which saved New Jer-
gey and placed 1t IN the Democratic
column in 1892, and without whose votes
we would have been annihilated that
year. If the wrath of Genera Han
cock should intrude wigh any remarks
about the tariff constituting "a local is