The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-01
HEAR THE BUSY BEES
Grand Republican Scramble
for the Gubernatorial
Nomination.
MANY INVESTIGATION RUMoRs
The Sudden End Of the State House
Inquiry Said to Be the Work
of Frightened Leaders.
MANY INVESTIGATION RUMORs
snectal TO he jersey Cstu Ncars.

the principal topic among the pohtlclans
at the present time. Candidates are tax
ing time by the forelock and are an
nouncing their willingness to serve the
people of the State. There are now four
s-elf-announced Republican candidates.
with the possibility that the number
may run close on to eight or ten before
the political sentiment crystallzes. Sena-
tor Maurice A. Rogers. of Camden
County. is the last to be added to the
list.
John Kean, Jr., when he discovered
that it took a column of double-leaded
editorial in the strongest Republican
organ in Union County to announce to
the Republican voters that Foster M.
Voorhees, was willing to accept the
nomination, Immediately began a very
brisk hustle about the State House, and
did not lose an opportunity to have
t felt and understood that he was a
| candidate. He emphasized the condl-
ions by giving a luncheon to the CORE
spondents and some of the members
Of the Legislature, and at this func-
ton Governor Kean was cordially eulo-
! gized and toasted.
Senator Rogers is well known in the
lower part Of he State, and in fact
mas quite an extended State reputation,
because he presided over the Constitu-
sional Senate in 1894. He also made a
lively fight to secure reelection 10 the
Senate, and a contest that will always
remain historic, because of the stiff
fght that was set up by William j.
Thompson. 1t was in recognition of this
fight that Rogers was made President
of the Senate, and it was because he
desires to be a candidate for Governor
that he wanted to be President of the
Senate this year, but Senator Edward
Stokes secured his pledge early. Senator
Rogers argument is that his services
to Camden County and the party In
particular entitle him to some special
recognition, and this is now the time
that South Jersey should be recognized
in the selection of a -Gubernatorial can
didate.
UNION COUNTY COMPLICATIONS.
The fact that Senator Foster NJ. Voor-
bees and John Kean come from Union
County makes the preliminary fight
quite interesting. It is a question of
considerable speculation whether these
two good Republican friends could af-
ford to enter into a vigorous contest
to control the Union County delegation.
There are those who believe that Voor-
hees has had the assurance that he can
get the delegates, and that that was
really back of the early announcement
of his candidacy. There are many in
Union County who believe that the dele
CATION will go to Voorhees,, and that
John Kean will be a very prominent
candidate four years hence for United
States Senator, when it is time to select
the successor Of James Smith. Voor-
hees' strength outside of Union cannot
be disputed. His legislative career and
the prominence. he has secured as the
Chairman of the Senate Investigating
Committee will make him peculiarly. a
peoples eandidate. It has been ~in5imated
volved in an internal strife because Of
this political contest that William H.
Corbin, now counsel for the Senate In
vestigating Committee. might become a
compromise candidate.
Matters are further complicated in
IS aHi not az adverse .sis lf to taking akin She the nominal
ton, and with the four men from one
county. the situation is apt to become
| exceedingly interesting before long.
GRIGGS' BOOM SICKLY.
The John w. Griggs boom seems to
float aimlessly about the State. attract
ing no particular attention as yet. There
are many who believe Griggs is to be
the man, and is particularly favored by
those whose support is almost equivalent
give the assurance that Mr.. Griggs is a
candidate purely upon his personal merit
and has no particular Endorsement be-
yond that of National Comnlstteeman
Garrett A. Hobart to indicate that he is
any more favored than the other candi-
dates. There are still other candidates
themselves, for it is expected that. the
campaign will drift along very much as
the temper of the people will allow it,
and that things will not take shape until
the latter part of summer, for both
Garrett A.. Hobart and General sewell
are off to Europe, where they will re-
4 ~ for CnnO T10nfhG
Mr.. Griggs pernicious activity in the
Senate which passed the Local Option
te ail ssyndicates, make him. in the estima-
ton Of many. a very dangerous candi-
ALAS. POOR LENTz.
During the past week the names of
other candidates rave been added to the
Republican Governorship list. Among
a wealthy glass manufacturer OF Salem.
With Franklin Murphy, John w. Griggs,
ex-Congressman John Kean. and Senator
VOORHEES, there are now six avowed as
pirants. with General q. Burd Grubb.
Garrett A. Hobart. Sheriff Toffey of
Hudson sx La Or Mag gov i Of Ne TrenS
as possibilities. The State Convention is
more than five months off, and there are
Be- eennabarrassed with a wealth Of materi-
al from which to choose, a condition new
to them, since heretofore 1T has usually
been difficult to find a candidate.
The bringing onward of Hires and
Rogers as candidates IS regarded as a
trick OF the machine to secure delegates
inAthe lower counties who can be held
until their votes are needed to nominate
Kean. the favorite with the followers of
General Sewell.
Word came from Essex county during
the latter part of the week that the re-
suit of the Republican factional fight
there for local candidates had effectually
disposed of the boom which had been
started in favor of Major Carl Lentz,
the Chairman of the County Committee,
as the candidate of the German Republi
cans; and it was said that Essex county
which will choose one-ffth of the whole
number of delegates, would be solid for
Franklin
Some Of the Republicans fear that
the decision of the Voorhees, Investigating
6ornnfftee to end the State House IN
6usry ait the session on Friday will have
a bad effect on the Republican chances,
and there are not d few who assert that
the committee has been called off by
the leaders for fear that prominent Re
publicans may be Involved If @nvest:ga-
Ton is made into fsone of the matters
a brought to the committees attention as
needing explanation.
EFFORTS have been made to hamper the
committee from the time the movement
4 was started, and men WHIT have openly
declared til lat mo efforts should be made
Its shield t4enn have worked secretly
fe illustrate the work. They b6sgan with
the sending away Of ex7Supersntendent