The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-01
REPUBLICAN WORRY
Leaders Fear the League
Convention FiasCo Will
Damage Their Cause.
COLONEL TOFFEY is ON TOP
His Candidacy for the Guberna-
torial Nomination Gaining
Strength.
snecia1t to the jersey citu Nsus.

Special to the JerseD CitD Ncus.
TRENTON. July l. 1S95.-The League
Convention fiasco of "Wednesday mas
had a depressing effect upon Repupncah
enthusiasm, and many. OF the leaaers'
while they poohap aefl1thhe idea that any
damage was doYresfd' their cause. say
If ought never to have Been allowed to
degenerateslinto such a complete fizzle.
Those WHO have been active in the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT such men as Judge
Gaskillln Joshua Matlack and Senator
Rogers. nave been exceedingly bolster
Gus in their boasts of the hordes OF
young mem in all parts of the state
who were enrolled under the banner OF
the League swere oxerflowing with en-
thusiasm for the old party, and haruiy
able to restrain themselves from rushing
in and wipings,evsry Democrat or the
face of 2thee State. DnHslf
There was not "a single county. they
claimed. (which haabnot at least two or
three clubs IN active operation, ana IN
order 20 ~substantiate that boast Secre-
tary Matlack read off a long list of three
or four hundred clubs. not more than
half Of which were represented. And
there was aeisyarranted suspicion that
many of th~oselewere represented ilke
some of the Hudson clubs were. 1t VIII
be remembered that when the "Iofey
LEGION" as they are now calling Inc
Hudson delegation, met in caucus, IL
was found that there vas among them
a number of extra men who beionged 10
clubs already represented, while there
were several clubs that had sent no
delegates. So the extra men were given
credentials as Representatives of these
- 49, 49,, T-5-A4 r-a g Lr11fxy Tonrn-
scented. The neat little arrangement De-
CAME known before the voting began,
and some of the other counties adopted
it also.
EFFECT OF THE FIZZLE.
The level headed politicians in the rar-
ty say that such a poor showing after
so much blowing, will raise the question
in peoples minds whether the rest of the
talk about the Republican assurances of
victory in the fall. the excellent organi-
cation of the party, vast number of oiti-
gems who are behind them and ready to
support them, is not the same idle
boasting and founded upon as much fact
as Wednesdays lizzie showed the
boasts of the League strength to be.
If there were any onors in the late
assemblage Colonel Toffey undoubtedly
carried them off. He was present him
self, wreathed in smiles and full of his
characteristic geniality. He paid the
freight, and if there had been any at
tempt made at all at getting up enthusi-
asm his young men were entitled to
the credit of it. OF course Senator
Rogers did his level best to look happy
and be the friend of every delegate.
He moved around with his usual bon
homie and never lost ar opportunity to
impress upon the delegates the impor-
lance of his G~ubernatorial boom. But
Colonel Toffey outwitted him at every
step, and If the convention had under
taken to nominate a candidate for Gov
ernor he would have unquestionably
been the man. And the Colonel is a
real live candidate, too. The little diff
ferences which now exist between him
and some Of his co-workers he expects
to have adjusted by the time the State
convention meets, and he feels confident
that the Hudson county banner will
bear his NAME, backed up by a solid
delegation.
A GREAT VOTE GETTER.
Colonel Toffey is a vote getter of more
h ordinary skill. AS Sheriff of Hud-
son county he wields tremendous inf
ence with. the masses. He is IN good
terms with the other wheelhorses of his
Els generosity i IS almost t u%npb bou1apsdl Ills Ills
friends assert that he is the only Re-
publican who can carry Hudson county
of a bitter strife between Kean and
Grlggs over the nomination, which is not
unlikely, what is more reasonable to ex-
pect than that John J. Toffey would
promise candidate. That Fiat IS how '0 his
not at ali III be IS su Tpr hnsn The : ee pemo wouaa
they say, are more afraid of Colonel
Toffey than any other Republican. They
en- in Hudson county by not less than
10000 majority: that they would lave a
picnic with either John Kean or Franklin
ped out of sight and Elias Ward and ex-
Congressman Hires would not stand any
NOT MUCH CHANGE IN THE FIGHT.
IN the GubernatoriaI situation except
that Senator Maurice A. Rogers of
Camden. has jumped into the fight and
Is showing unusual energy. He claims
th,atlthe has had enough assurance from
with having the sympathy and the
pledge OF support from q group of pa
Junior Order Of American Mechanics a
Aspury Park ON American Day, which
South Jersey, particularly Salem coun-
1ty, believes that It has q. sure winner
- ~. eRCOdoSCrO1 Lille CldSIlllS
interests in the, upper part of the State.
devotingA his energy to Senator Foster
M. Voorhees, off Union, and expects to
deliver ito, him. the Cumberland county
delegation. 1t looks as If Voorhees,
would be well sconfpllmented by South
In burlington county there can be
found friends of nearly all the cand.-
dates on the list. General E. Burd
Grubb will not be a candidate, but is
said to favor ex-senator John w. Griggs.
There are some Kean men around Mt.
Holly and there are some Voorhees, men
and quite a rumble of farmers lean
cordially to John J. Toffey. Franklin
Murphy,,ss friends, claim that his cause
tenants are keeping their own counsel
and will not say where they nave devel-
oped the most strength or why they feel
so much encouraged. 9FSM
UNIONS bQ3IEER FIGHT.
Union county will be a celebrated battle
field in this campaign, because it is the
abiding place of Senators Foster M.
Voorhees, and John Kean, Jr. These two
men will cut a very important figure
in this campaign. They are both personal
friends and ~neighbors, and it is almost
impossible to get an expression from the
leaders of Union which would indicate
just how that county will go and who
will get the delegation. The leading Re-
p~ublicans very keenly feel their peculiar