The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-22
SOUTH JERSEY SAFE
Most Encouraging Reports
From Strong Republi-
can Counties.
GRIGGs' TOUR A FAILURE.
Small Republican Pluralities, If
Any, in Old Time Party
strongholds.
The Local Campaign-Rousing
Meeting in the Old Fourth
Registration Law
Active Work.
speetal 10 tnc Jsrsep citu Ne,rs.

State official yesterday the Democratic
campaign. beginning with this week, VIII
be pushed with a vigor not before VII
messed since the first campaign OF Leon
Albeit The Goo Coos, who nave peen
submitting such rosy reports to the state
Committee from the various counties, Will
practically be slaelved. and Allan L. NC
Dermott will take the helm, this state
ment says. Already there has been lnau-
gurated, by direction of Mr.. McDermott,
sort of secret service, and thorough III
spection is being made of the organlza-
tion of each county. The Democratic
county committee that has any snort
comings will be called upon to make I'M
mediate repairs and to make the Welhln
ring with Democratic honesty and the
stories of the good deeds of the Demo-
cratic party during the next three weeks
WILL SHOW GRIGGS WEAkNEioo.
The same Democratic authority says
that Attorney General John +. ouoeh-
ton and Supreme Court Clerk BENJAMIN
F. Lee will make a tour OF South oelses
and undo the early work OF Canaioale
John W. Griggs.
His MANY misstatements in, South Jer-
sew will be corrected, and his recoro "iiiie
senator ON all labor bills and his appar-
ont
dwelt upon. His utter lack of latter-oay
pelitical information will be sho"n' anu
his mean attempt to make political capl-
80 NV cbareine- that Major Michael Hur-
lev who was before the Senate lhVesti-
-, Committee. had had built the
new Assembly Chamber, will be exposed
rr.a 18th is x-Assemblyman James w.
tanning built the Assembly ChamDel,
no QueSllOlG0
nv the Investigating Committee.
NV Renubfican State Committee
r,l,,n,oed the party into more trouble Win
+ba colored voters of the State oatuf-
dow NV making R. Henri HERBERT o.
rr.anton consulting member Oh ehe
.sta+a c,on,mittee." Herbert Is the man
,,,bo was defeated locally by his own
,aonla and who created the disturbance
in fhe Republican Gubernatorial ooh-
,.ent3on and the convention OF the ne
,,,1hIican League of Clubs. He IS gener-
allv disliked by his colored pleeiii eii
He was the leader of the rlvad coloreu
convention recently held in this CITY III
onnosition to colored State commute
man Charles S. Robinsons cohVentron'
His recognition by the Republican Scate
Committee has already stirred up ms
enemies here, and the seVerai
ored clubs may meet anu
uounce the Republican commlttee' -
bert and Candidate Grtggs' Wnoh uiies
believe was instrumental an -ii3
Herbert's recognition.
CRTGGs, SOUTH JERSEY FAlLCRE.
The politicians here nave peen "oeo,i
ing with considerable interest the touen-
and-go fight of John w. Gr;ggs, the
Ren,1hlican Gubernatorial candloape,
tbrough the Southern counties. Many OIL
Them are busy endeavoring to hgufe out
tbe effect of Mr. Griggs' merry-go-rouno
campaigning efforts but they are SUN IN
.7o,Iht as to what the result of his daliy
and nightly speechmalking and hand-
shaking will be- There are conservative
Renublicans here who frankly aarhie ~
that Mr.. Griggs made da1l9pe Sants r TarseY sew
Voters They say his campaign argu- g9i
rnents were entirely too personal ana III ~
ADVISED, and fell fat Wherever uneS
"TMs The effect of Griggs' visit to the diff diff
ferent counties is seen at glance, anu anu
the correspondence from uhe Va1louS seo
t.ons is given below: ~e, 7n-
DEMOCRATIC, : PROSPECTS = S IN
dS1t1 ESssnasSr aaasSgrTSis 9ams COUNTY County stands for
about 100 Democratic majority 9,Ieier 9nqer
normal condttionff nf banceer Bnt dhe McG IS
caje1Ilated to upset all previous hgures,
and / would not be surprised 10 see lme ld
or 900. The fact is that the citizens OF
Salem County have ABOUT Tecovereu s
from Republican hard times ana our me me
than listen to campaign orators Wnose
policy would shut our big shops and st1-
In the Gubernatorial election of 1892,
Werts had a majority over @ Keani ,a nne
Republican candidate OF ~. me Ienio e
cratic county ticket. had a majority OF
GRIGGs AND THE wAGE-EARNER
Eckard p. Budd, of Burlington Coun-
ty. says: "As the campaign progresses;
our earlier hopes of reducing the normal
Republican majority Of this county :,s,a,s are
ments of each day. Senator Griggs' rec
ord on, the reasonable LEGISLATION m ,1,ev de
Ibnn,1e aadedh houn T thie de'n Section @ whe we all
know in a general way that Mr. Griggs
when in the Senate, was antagonistlc to
bitter. as is shown by his legislative ca
Burlington gave Kean a majority OF
ss5 over Werts in the last Governorship
elesilen eGsiTlloenucEsTER FAvoRs MeILL;
says. ssHave surveyed the field folloW-
Ing the visit of Mr. Griggs and his: his es7
am am I; prepared to say that the Republican
candidate. has stirred up the voters, e 81, TO
mis- own detriment The citizens @ nsed OF COY of
farmers and those engaged in the Glass ass
industry. Our people as rule. are SLOW
to enthuse over politics. and the. Replb-
1icans haye done us service in infusing
some activity. The consequence is we
are more than encouraged by the ex,
pressions of loyalty to our party and
Cill.
Three years ago Gloucester gave the
Republican candidate for Governor S07
IF TASMNRs STRONG FOR MGIIL.
Phillip Baker ex-senator from Cum
herland County. says: 1.-THE party IN
Cumberland County is in excellent shape;
Great enthusiasm prevails throughout
the entire county for the whole ticket
from Mc{sill down. The agricnltural ele-
; s i r lining up sygdid yery sidfrong for Ms
which has a good show for election
cunrberiand r;ounty gave Kean. The Re-
.s'jcs candsat a1ority 4M TT # as s4
Prssecutor 2: Perry Of Atlantic II ,1.I.
ii'ttle dog1tt frat the vote for Chancellor
Mc6sN III this county viii show de-