The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-29
REPUBS PANICKY.
The G. 0. P. Finds Awful
Possibilities in the BIZ
ennial Session
Amendments.
FOSTER M. VOORHEES, BLUE
His Chances as Good as Anyone's
But All Injured by Wicked
Democratic Exposures.
special to the Jersey CITY Nears.

%@9s -N2h%
think. are inventing all sorts of subtle
devices to turn them out of their snug
offices into the cold. cold world. Some of
their terrors are ludicrous. Their latest
mares nest is located in the Constitu-
tional Amendments which were adopted
by a vote of this years Legislature.
The fact that these amendments were
introduced by Senator Winton, were the
result of a Democratic conference and
were presented as being expressive of
the reform features of the Democratic
party of New Jersey, gives additional
terrors ITO the condition that would arise
should they be accepted from a Republic
can point of view. The two amendments
read as follows:-
Amend Section I, Paragraph 8, to read
as follows:-
Members of the Senate and General
Assembly Shall be elected biennially on
the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in November. and the two houses shall
meet separately on the second Tuesday
election; the time of holding such cleo
ton may be altered by the Legislature;
the terms of all Senators in office at the
time Of the adoption of this amendment
shall end on the second Tuesday in the
January following the time of such
adoption.
Amend Section H.. Paragraphs / and 2,
to read as follows
l. The Senate shall be composed Of one
Senator ssacte9 b from me- each 5sss, county poHsys in n the he. STATE Stats.
2. AS SOM as the Senate shall meet
after the first election to be held in pur-
be divided as equally as nay be into
two classes: the seats of the Senators
of the first class shall be vacant at the
expiration of the second year, of the
second class at the. end of the fourth
year. so that one class may be elected
every second year, and if vacancies hap
sons elected to supply such vacancies
shall be elected for the ~unexpired terms
only.
SOME POSSIBILITIES.
The amendments a been adopted by
the Legislature of 1895. They must also
be adopted by the Legislature of 1896
and then submitted to the people at a
special election TO be held in the fall of
1895. Then their provisions would be
operative and the terms of all the mem
bers of the Senate would end ON the
second Tuesday in January, 1897. The
Senators elected next fall would only sit
through one session, and the election in
the fall of 1897 would be for the selection
of twenty-one new Senator's. The Senate
IS now composed of sixteen Republicans
and five Democrats. There are seven new
SerYetors to be elected next fall, three
Of them in counties now represented by
Democrats, and three of the other four
in doubtful counties. A Republican ma
jority, however, would remain under amy
circumstances, and by the constitutional
amendment this would pass into oblivion,
and Republicans and Democrats go to
the polls for an equal contest for a new
Legislature, and one that VII vote for a
United States Senator to succeed James
Smith, Jr. This. would be about the
nearest the people of amy State could
come, under existing conditions, to elect
;@- - 80 Cta+Ar CnYa ~ 6T All n
vote. and of course it world not suit
the G. O.. P. leaders ait all, popular cleo
ton being the thing they are most
Another complication is that the terms
of State Comptroller Hancock and State
Treasurer Swain will expire that year.
there would be no joint meeting The
incumbents would hold over and the
Democrats would have a chance Of
iAs So sEwELL'g HoME-c ON " ,o,,.
on the St. Louis yesterday. His re-
turn will set the campaign humming.
First Of all, it will lead to a conference ane
the fixing of the time of the State con-
v~ention. The campaign WIN go on very
mgeh ao r it Vas t Set'i Ge sna fsnVe ehoice
among the eight or mine candidates
for the ''honor'' of being the Republican
standard bearer. The General , mas h b3s
vacation trip. During his visit a few
weeks ago to ireland he was the recipient
81 Pam hon The Citizens of the Old Parish
and a banauet and said lots of pleasant
things abs about ut The The s sTlsh noy tH wh has nd pat rom
,zed the Methodist Church In that place
10 the extent of liberal c~ontrlputons l9
yng to his mother, whose charities
are widely praised, and the maintenance
of several pews in the church for the use
of strangers, ana Americans III ai'e
MIR and Mrs; Garrett 4; Hobart H bart
broken down aa uRSer f the af1dif ip6ahe ri 'ne at
Lake Lake Como, decided. to cut their foreign
trip short and seek the secluston OF
their home in Paterson. II they ,e are so noa
otber steamer. Garrett A. Hobart win
not now be a candidate for governor.
Just now he has no interest," IN Pohl ~
f1l,,ta ne States Senatorial fight in 1897.
FOSTERS LITTLE TALK.
Somebody has been Intervening fos snd
the result indicates that Foster mas
siven rp all hope of the nomination. He
talks rather discouragingly OF the cam,
naien outlook. Among other things ne
II do not believe. that this is a year
when machine methods, WIN pTevam,
E'r01f nm OI lIlG I'M " laO "t-
received I am led to conclude that the
convention to nominate the candldate tor
Governor will be made up OF representa-
five and unbiased men OF the party
who will select the nominee AFTER care
FIJI elaboration and comparison OF views;
and that the, one who may be ssiecte ef
Will commend himself to the people OF
this State and receive the hearty ana
unanimous support OF the party. TO re-
ceive the nomination at the hands 81
sf1ch a convention would be an especially
high honor. AS at present advised. pc
those of the others named. What the pup
liz sentiment may be when the conven-
ton meets none of us at present know.
"Victory isn't sure by any means. our
great danger lies in over confidence. me
abnormal majority the Republicans had
last wear on the Congressional and Lee
gislative tickets was due largely TO the
dist rust and disgust that the rank ana
file off the Democratic party had for their
leaders. Bad times also had a great deaa
TO do with it. If the. Democratic party re-
organizes on new lines. and with new
leaders. many of these who were indif-
ferent or deserted their party will re-
tlrn and make more difficult the success
of the Republican party. ITS not only
possible but extremely probable that the
Republicans can win with the assurances
that they can present to the voters OF
An effort Will be made on the part of
the Democrats to heltttle the work OF
the last two Republican Legislatures,
and they will seek to create false is
ment, the corruption and the low tone
that have characterized Democratic
management of State affairs will not
soon be forgotten hy the great mass
Of voters who have State pride and who
demand above ell things in the con
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