The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-10-12
The Congressional Outlook in New
Jersey.

The Congressional nominations in TINS
State, so far, give small ground for the
Republican brag that that party would
carry six of the districts. There are now
five Democrats in the field. Three of
them may be regarded as sure winners
while the chances are in favor OF the
election of all five. There cannot be the
least doubt as to the election of Colonel
Stevens in this district. The Fourth, IN
which Mr.. Cornish has been renominated,
is equally sure. The Fifth has been freed
and, We nave no doubt, will remain in
the Democratic column. The Sixth and
Eighth districts have been g-errymandered
by the Brigand Republican Legislature
so as to greatly increase the Republican
chance of carrying them over what it was
in 1892. But we have so much faith In
the popularity of the author of Ben Bolt
and in the hustling qualities of John T.
Dunn that we will be surprised if both
districts are not carried by the Demo-
crazy.
In this county, many clouds have
rolled away since the primary polls
closed. All breaches have been healed
in the party ranks; a clean and a popu-
lar ticket has been nominated; a good
County Committee nucleus has been
- fto n n ffoirc The
enrolment of Democrats brought out
5000 men who not only held allegiance
to the party but took enough active in
terest in its welfare to come out to the
primaries. 1t is doubtful if the vote
polled will run much over 10000 in the
coming election, and it is quite sure that
not 70 per cent. of those who will vote
for the Democratic ticket took any part
in the primaries or the enrolment.
Probably not so per cent. of the Demo
cratic vote figured on the primary lists.
But even though victory may seem to
b. within our grasp, it will not do to
trust altogether to the predisposition of
the voters. A lively, hustling campaign
must be made. Let us nave no still
aunt this year. The need of the hour is
one issue worth considering; it is the
future of tariff reform. Is the country
to give the experiment of liberal trade
a fair trial, or is to take a back track
at once to the medieval ignorance and
folly of hide-bound protection? This
is the real question for voters.
Even the badness of the late Republi-
can Legislature pales into insignificance
before the other greater issue. Republic
cans and Democrats alike may stand
off one bad Legislature against another
But on the great question that affects
the welfare of every city, every village,
every farm from Maine to California
and from Washington to Florida, the
lines are clearly drawn. This is a ma
tional campaign. 1t is especially SO
in ~this~State. Both the House of Repre-
sentatives. and the Senate are involved.
Talk about rings, about deals, about
race-tracks, about water bills is mere
elusion of the true issue. Mayor Wan
ser and his merits have nothing to do
with tariff reform. The errors or offences
of Bob Davis or Bob Adrain cannot be
advanced as arguments in answer to
the party's great demand for support
for Grover Cleveland, for William L. Will
son, for Charles r. Crisp, for Roger @.
Mills and the other great Democratic
leaders who are battling for the eman-
cipation of the country from the thrall
of McKinlevism.