The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-10
LOOKING TO ALBEIT
Many Consider Him an Ex-
cellent Candidate for
United States
Senator.
OUTLOOK GOOD
Flynn Says That Passaie Is Safe
and Others Predict That SeWell
Will Lose Essex.
Special to the jersey GIN Ne,cs.


a number of politicians about the core
ridors of the State House yesterday,
and ali had something to say about the
political outlook. It will no doubt sur
prise the Republicans, who are so cock
sure of carrying everything in this State
for the next century, to know that the
Democrats present We're not so discour-
aged or despondent as the Republicans
pretend to believe they are. On the con-
drary, they We're exceedingly clipper
and talked OF securing a majority OF
the Legislature on joint ballot next
winter, Notwithstanding that the Repub-
licans will control the Senate. Tom
Flynn was positive that there will be
whom he Will be one. He put at rest
all the stories which are floating about
to the effect that he would be given the
Democratic nomination Tor Congress IN
his district by saying thar he would not
take it. He had no doubt tilat ne would
be elected, but he had not the time ne
man. What Flynn would like TO have
had was the nomination for Senator in
his county, and he undoubtedly would
have had it had Senator Hinchliffe
earlier announced his determination to
withdraw from the contest. When Mr..
Hinehliffe announced his position the
delegates to the Senatorial convention
had been named and were in favor of
another man. NeveEtheless, the great
and only Thomas will return TO the Legis-
lature as an Assem- blyman 10 bate the
goo6y-goody little boys like Storrs and
Oleott, that is, of course, if those two
amateur statesmen are returned
PASSAGES OUTLOOK
Flynn is not d rainbow chaser, or a
man who talks of Democratic success
for the purpose OF keeping up enthus3
politician, and when he states, as he did
yesterday, that his county viii go Demo-
cratic, he has good grounds for saying
so. An incredulous Republican who over
heard his remarks yesterday asked him
upon what grounds he based his as
Dissatisfaction among the Republi-
in his sharp manner, and then he went
on TO explain He said that there was
much opposition against General Sewen
among the Republicans of Passaic. 1t
was no half way opposition either, but
deep and irradicable hatred to the great
Boss. Rather than have him made
United States Senator they were willing
to see the Legislature Democratic, and
as it seemed certain that nothing but
death could keep him from capturing
the office if the Legislature should be
enemy in possession. Then, again, the
manner in which Assemblyman Lewis,
one OF the brightest and ablest Republic
cans in the last House, was turned down
is not at all pleasing TO a large number
of Republicans, and many threats are
made against the Quackenbush machine
ISLANDERS remarked that the same state
of affairs existed in Essex. The old
anti-SeWell feeling was livelier than ever
there, and the leaders were trying to
get some one to come out and announce
themselves a candidate in opposition to
General Sewell 1t was also said that
Murphy, and that the millionaire paint
maker had taken the matter under con-
sideration. He would like to run, 1t is
said and would do so if he could re-
ceive assurances that he would be elect
ed. But the manner in which the CaL2.
den General has been going into conveT.
there was the least suspicion against
the Camden statesman and nominating
only those who could be relied upon TO
vote for him, has made the heart of
frankie very sick and he does not look
with favor upon the scheme.
CRUDE NOT IN 1T.
Some have been casting their eyes
toward the Chesterfield of Edgewater
Park, General e. Burd Grubb, eX-Ninis-
ter to Spain. The recent nomination of
an anti-SeweH ticket in Burlington is at
his hostility to General Sewell is re-
quired. But the gentlemanly s. Burd is
one of his political Knickerboeksrs and
knows more than he did four or i've
years ago. He would net prove such an
easy victim of that process Vulgarly ex-
pressed as pulling his leg as he did
there are indications that he has gone
out of politics, as far as he himself is
concerned. He has again taken the COM
mand of the swell Philadelphia City
Troop and has returned to the arms OF
the City of Brotherly Love, from which
he tore himself five years aa0 when he
started out to break the bonds OF sew
eliism, under which his party now
All this talk of United States Senator
naturally brought out Senator McPher-
some who said there was string. to
John Roderiek's declination, and he nnigAt
yet be persuaded to make the fight, ~
was generally accepted as final. There
was 6iSp1SSiOn
be the best available candidate. MinisteE
Runyon was mentioned, and the fact
that he had cabled to friends in this
State that he would accept was COM
mented upon. 1t was generally conceded
that it would hardly do to have both
Senators from the same county, as
should be elected. Ex-Governor Ludlow
was also mentioned, and then some one
suggested Judge Leon Albeit. Every
particularly strong candidate. They
spoke of his great service to the State
in the matter of compelling the corpora
tions to bear some share of the public
burden. 1t was pointed out how. he had
always stood out for the peoples rights
as against the corporations, while Gem
eral Sewell was a railroad man and ad-
yocate of those measures Which made
the rights of the people subservient to
those of the monopolleS.
The plain issue of equal taxation ana
PEOPLES rights, strictly drawn between
Albeit and Sewell, it was said would
make more than one doubtful Rspubli-
can county solidly Democratic. 1t was
said that such a fight would carry Es-
sex for the Democrats. Nowhere in the
state was the feeling against Sewell so
bitter and uncompromising as in New
ark and Essex.
A POLITICIANS VIEWS.
s'Many of the Republican leaders will
tell you" said one close observer, that
naturally Essex is a Democratic county,
and it is only when some special issue
like the race track bills for instance.
is involved that the Republicans can
carry it, If the fight between Sewell
and Aobett was made, and the Rrinoi-
pIes which each represent were clearly
defned and presented to the people, there
is no doubt in my mind that Essex
would elect eleven Assemblymen to vote
for Leon Albeit for United States Sem
~ find a steady flow of public ap-
nroval setting in toward Judge Albeit.
The record he has made while on the
bench has met with the commendatfon
of every citizen, Irrespective of party,
in his judicial circuit. and he is censid-
upon the Supreme Court bench. Then
the manner in which he was betrayed
by James Smith, Jr., in the senatorial
fight and the manner in which Smith
afterwards betrayed his party and the
people of New Jersey, has made Leon
Albeit one of the strongest Senatorial
candidates the Democrats have"
Ext Comptroller Heppenheimef, who was
In the throng. said the scheme adopted
select their own candidates was meet
ing with good success, and old Hudson
would fill every seat in the Legislature
with a Democratic member by q good