The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-18
POLITICIANS BUSY.
Possible Candidates to Run
on the Republican
Fall Ticket.
sGUBERNATORIAL BEES A-BUzzlNG
Hudson County Judge Race Will
BE Lively Mentioned for
Assembly.

Although It is rather early for serious
consideration of candidates to run at the
| fall election. yet among politicians pos
sible competitors are being mentioned
for the offices of Governor, County
| Judge, State Senator and Assemblymen
That each office will be fiercely con-
Etested goes without saying. In Hudson
>sessEfty, where a Judge of the Court Of
Common Pleas, one State Senator and
eleven Assemblyrnen are to be elected
the contest promises to be exceedingly
| lively, and. of colrse, there are already
plenty of Richmonds IN the field.
/ Interest naturally centres principally
/ in the race for Governor Leaders are
| unanimous in this. that never at any
| period of the States history has there
| been a better chance to elect a Republi-
! can Governor than at the approaching
I election. For twenty-six years the Gu
| Dernatorial chair has always been filled
! by Democrat. Marcus L. Ward was
! the last Republican Governor. 1t is pro-
posed to change this, and place a mem
! Der of the G. o. P. there this fall. There
| IS no scarcity of names mentioned for
that position. They are heard from from
almost every county. At present the list
includes: Senator Foster M. Voorhees,,
Hon. VIM. H Corbin, ex-senator John
W. Griggs, Sheriff John J. Toffey,
Franklin Murphy, John Kean, Jr.. and
Garret a. Hobart. The two former
names will gain strength from the In
vestigation Committees results, and are
both strong men. Our Sheriff VIII have
a powerful backing from Hudson. and
is looked upon with considerable favor.
Sen. Griggs, while anxious for the nomi-
nation, is not doing any hustling like
AIessrs. Kean. Murphy and Hobart. and
generally is not regarded as a dangerous
rival
No date has been! fixed for the State
Republican Convention. but It is certain
to be held about the usual time preced-
ing election.
FOR COUNTY JUDGE.
Republican leaders in the county are
not indulging in much speculation about
the County Judgeship. They are conf
dent in a Republican majority for every
candidate excepting one, and that one
is he who will run for County Judge to
succeed Robert s. Hudspeth. By Sen
ator Voorhees, bill the lay judges are
wiped out and the law judge is elective,
instead Of appointive, as heretofore.
There are five names spoken of for this
office ON the Republican side. They are:
! E,x-Judge Abel l. Smith, of Hoboken:
ex-J1dge William T. Hoffman, who will
have to reside n this county il he
thinks of running. ex-Judge Roderick B.
lass and James S. Erwin.
Abel I. Smith is a Hoboken lawyer
and at one time was on the District
Court Bench in that city. He has not
taken much part in politics lately, al
toned for the Supreme Court Bench.
and the vacant Circuit Court Judgship.
lie has long been identified with large
the County Bar AS a candidate for
the Republican party he would be un-
questionably very strong
fudge of Bergen county. is an able and
experienced criminal lawyer who is
familiar figure in our courts. He is not
resident of Hudson. but his friends
say he contemplates removing from the
country into Jersey City.
The third name. .Roderick B: Seymour;
is known as the Perennial Candidate"
Whenever an office is vacant he crops
up. His admirers in the Blaine Associ
ation will certainly boom him; but he
those who will make up the slate.
A strong candidate is William P.
Douglass. the, present Police Justice;
He has served on the District Court
Bench of this city. and has been prom
inently identified win the party for many
James e. Erwin. the last name men
toned is o young man who has made
an envia'ole record in the Assembly, where
ne saJ T. as a member H from 1 the !, First IIss dls-
pointed Corporation Attorney, but only
held the office for few months when
being changed, he gave place to the pres
ent Incumbent. MIR. Spencer Weart. Mr.;
aT wp vs auHer N Gfenyf cf syaaf and aby + He aafa a
brother to that interchangeable party work
er, John =. Erwin OF the sh9riff's office,
Committee 1t is scarcely possible that
he would accept the nomination, al
though he has been spoken of on all
= POSSIBLE STATE SENATOR'S;
Only three Republican names have been
nd orYaTa sE 9e he tae
Mr.. Potts is, the present Police Justice
only as a member, but a. reading clerk.
If he evinces any disposition to 9.l take t the
] Il d it Is hs r snd on sahhssBE thss BoaSd
be 4oners oIssi are A indsed slim. The remaiRaer
elected M ted last fall for the first, time to the
Assembly and made a good impression M,
by his energy and devotion to the party; h;,t
laughed at by older, men in the party.
who will drop the labor agitator as soon
- 80 ASSEMBLY CANDIDATES.
Hudson county will elect eleven As
Republicans viii in all probability be
renouinated. They are Messrs. Gruber,
Blackshaw, McAndrew, Schobesr, Nutz,
noir:nation) and Drake The remaining
i've names will be all new men. as It
would not do to nominate any RepubH-
can beaten at the last election. Among
the new men mentioned to fill the five
vacancies are. Theodore Wegman, Harry
Hill, Alex. Z. Dusenbery and r. Wig
gins.
In a week or two the Republican or
ganizations will take up the question of
candidates., and then the fight may be
said to have fairly begun.
TO KEEP STEAM OFF WINDOWS.