The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-24
ESSEX BADLY MIXED
No One Seems to Know Exactly
Who Will Get the Republi-
can Delegates.
Spcciaz to the Jerseu citu Nsms.

Special to the JERSEY Citu Nelrs.
NEWARK, Aug "a, 1S95.-The reports
which come out of Essex are exceedingly
mixed and the man who can make any
thing definite out of them is even better
than a prophet
The county will have 153 delegates in
the convention. and common report, ac-
cording to the Newark Advertiser" has
it that all the seven candidates that have
been named as desiring the nomination
are to get some of them The news, as
it is gathered in the counties that are
adjacent to Essex, is that Carl Lentz
the Republican County Chairman, is
going to give majority of the 153 to
John Kean of Union; that Assemblyman
John c. Eisele is corraling few for ex-
Senator John w. Griggs; that Sheriff
Lehlbach is going to be neighborly
and help his old friend, John j. Toffey,
the Sheriff of Hudson; that Senator M.
A. Rogers of Camden, who stands for
''the Little Red School House." is to
have few patriots who are to come out
of the patriotic secret societies, and
that Congressman John J. Gardner of
Atlantic will have a vote or two.
This is the outside view of Essex
county. 1t is matter of general COM
county should be so tickle and divide its
strength and virtually become weakest.
MUST PULL HERSELF TOGETHER.
The situation in Essex, however, is not
as the grapevine dispatches indicate.
While it is perhaps not as unanimous
as 1t will be. the Importance of the
Essex delegation is. appreciated and it
is the desire of the leading Republicans
of the county not to go to Trenton and
cut a sorry hgure. The situation in Es-
sex is now being seriously discussed and
the politicians are Fastening home and
political, plans are heard in more than
one back Office. The drift of the senti-
ment is that Essex must pull itself to-
gether and go into the convention
unit for the candidate of the county, and
by so doing it can maintain a position
that will be respected by the entire con-
Vention.
1t is generally conceded that Essex has
a strong claim on the convention. 1t is
the largest county and has not asked for
the Gubernatorial nomination for years.
to it. The work of securing delega-
didate of the, county Is now in progress,
and in another week it is likely that
nearly every delegate in the county
vii be f4T ara an Esen = 6e man candaate Ant
the county Mr.. Ward claims that he
will have all the delegates, but there
who are not quite s.. sanguine, and think
he will get within fifteen or twenty OF
the entire delegation. Major Lentz,
for John Kean. There is likely to be
Fourth. Ninth and Fourteenth wards.
The oi admirerg m l Of John ". Griggs, who
have declared that he is going to get
q good bunch of the delegation from rs
Eek. are not SO enthusiastic as they were,
and it comes by direct wire and not by
the grapevine, that both National Com
mitteeman Garret A; Hobart and Candi-
their mind that it is unwise to intrude
into Essex and chalk noses here and
there.
help John Eisele in getting Griggs dele
gates, bat, so far East Orange Is not in
famed with Passaic & county enthusiasm IN
ly working for Sheriff Toffey is all moon
shine and has had its origin in e,,s some ss
of HeR made aSont The aa sher Of Sffu nd
son. just very much like that little OBJ
servation that the Governors Of two
g5gf Toey Is no canddae and he
report is being freely circulated that
he will formally announce in a few days
of the Hudson County sheriff,,s office
than the fun of Governors review day
at Sea Girt. Camp.
that Essex county will be almost unit
for him.. While Mr.. Ward himself is
letting his friends take care of Essex he
in the neighboring counties. It is a fact
that there win be Ward delegates in six
the past few days since 1t is given out
that Colonel John J. Toffey may with
draw from the contest in Hudson. Many
for Mr.. Ward and rather think well of
the scheme of the first class counties
joining forces and getting the Governor
for this immediate neighborhood. Mr.
Ward VIII get support N Morris, which
is his native place, and where there is
considerable feeling . for him He has
and Monmouth, so that when Essexs
candidate goes into the convention with
delegation and good round number
from surrounding counties, the import
ance of his position can be easily under
seen to be Comparatively good.