The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-07-27
MCPHERSON 10 RUN AGAIN
He and Senator Smith to Reach
An Agreement-Be ekman For
District Attorney.

WASHINGTON, July 96, 1S94A Senator Nc
Pherson called at the White House this
morning and presented Mr.. John Wood
hull Beekman Of Middlesex county to- the
President as tAtsss candidate agreed upon by
both of the New Jersey Senators for Dis
trict Attorney for that State. From the
White louise the two gentlemen went
across to the Department of Justice, whe re
they had an interv lew with Attorney-Gen
eral Olney.
After seeing the President and the Attor-
ney-General, Mr.. Beekman took the next
train back to New Jersey, where he will
secure recommendations from leading law
Yers, bar associations, etc, to file with the
letters of endorsement from the two Sem
ators. Up to this time nothing of this kind
has beep presented.
All this means two things:-First, that
Senator Smith will, mall probability, con-
troll the appointment of the Internal Reve-
nue. Collector foS the Newark district; and
second, that Senator Mcpherson proposes to
run again for the Senate. These assertions,
it lis true, are sonly deductions, but they
are very plain to those who have been
watching the course of New Jersey politics
at the National Capital.
JIM 0 COLLECTOR.
The first proposition is certainly plausible.
Senator Smith does not intend to let Senator
| McPhersouhave his way in regard to the
| appointment for the District Attorneyship
unless he is given something in return which
is equally valuable, and in this case he
would regard the Collectorship as a fair
division. Should the arrangement be
carried out to its logical conclusion, Comp
troller Connolly OF Newark will be the next
Internal Revenue Collector. -
As far as the Senator's candidacy is con-
cerned, it need only be said that the. zap
pointment of Beekman, when it is made,
will have been at the solicitation of Miles
Ross. The latter was given the opportunity
to fill the position and he named his man.
He did not come over in person as was er-
roneously stated yesterday, but sent his son,
M. f. Ross, who had a long conference with
Senator Mcpherson this afternoon in the
marble room of the Capitol. 1t is under
stood that as the result of the appointment
Miles Ross will support Senator Mcpherson
| for re election.
MCPHERSON TIC RUN AGAIN.
In fact, Senat II McPherson's campaign
may be said to be already on. He has been
in consultation with more than one member
of Congress, with the view of settling GER
tain grievances which exist between him
and some of the prominent Democrats in
the State. and the result of these endeav-
ors has been very satisfactory. 1t is not
known exactly what has brought the Sen
ator to this determination, but it is probable
that the, receipt of many letters from
all parts of the State saying that he,
and he only, can secure. the election of a
Democratic Legislature next fail may have
had something to do with his decision. He
is in poor. health. He has contemplated a
trip to Europe to see his family, and it is
certain that not many mouths ago he had no
| serious thoughts of being in the race. 1t
looks, now, however, as if he does not pro
posel to consider his health as if he looks
forward to a Democratic victory in New
Jersey next fall as certain and himself
as his own successor in the United States
Senate.