The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-19
UNION COUNTY SAFE
Chancellor McGi11 Will Re-
ceiye a Majority in the
Home of Corbin
and Voorhees,.
REPUBLICAN INTERNECINE WAR
John Kean's Followers Won't For
give the Rankin-Fowler Crowd
for Nominating GriggS'
snccfnl to the jersey City Ne,cs.

as Monmouth Hudson ana alien, =
of recent years the good peopie ol -
hajliwicl1 have been following 81
eods have become wavernig IN thelr a.
legiance to the principles OF Denloci@es
and have Seen pursuing such an elhd.i
course politically that it has come 10 =.
classed among the doubtful counties. a
e5anee al the vote for Senator for seVeral
wears back will reveal the foundation Aoi
such classification. In 1884 LlVlnsston'
Democrat. was elected over Nal' ae4up-
Ican by 2l2 votes. In 1857 N1liler, hepl'o
aiean. defeated Vail by 317. Three years
later Frederick Marsh, Democrat
ceived 1888 more votes than John Ran
hin present Republican Mayor of this
civ did. the vote being: Marsh, fzS'i
Rankin. 5,6Ol. Two years ago roster
Voorhees, the present incumbent ae-
feated MARITIME. Democrat, by only Ills
Notwithstanding his great popularity
4hraueholt the county, and the fact lhdt
it was a Republican tidal wave year.
There is every indication that this fall
tbe county will swing back into Tine ana
give substantial majority for Chancei-
lor McGill. There are many strong rea-
sons for such a belief. Whatever Vlcto-
ries the Republicans have won IN ilioI 1
of recent years can be traced 10 parry
dissensions and differences of opinion as
10 the line of policy TO be pursued among
the Democrats.
ANTI-RACETRACK MEN RETURN.
More recently, as every one knows, the
race track agitation has been the rock
upon which the party has spht. Chloil
is. without doubt. the home OF the race
track agitation. Here it started, ana she
fprn.shed the two leading men who
+l-e.- md
war against the combination Of gamblers
and Jockeys The two greatest leaders
the law and order men had throughout
tha State were Richard V. Lindabury
and the Rev. DR.. KenpshaH, both good
Democrats of the old school and men
with great influence among the rank and
file of the party Therefore, when they
came cut against the party because the
race track magnates had assumed the
sarb of Democracy to serve the devil IN,
they were naturally Joined by large
number of Democrats VINO expressed
their condemnation of these few leaders
at the polls. a
Mr. I.iadabury is d member OF the Dem
Ocrallc STATE COlnnlltLSc, ana is WoIhtHS
for the election of Chancellor McGlIl
with the same untiring ana lntel-ge;Is il 3; ,l
energy ne displayed when compattrns
the race track people at trenton. II u,
Kelnpshall too, has returned to une
Democratic party. and these Two men
will bring back with them all those Demo
Gratis VINO considered 1t their duty To
punish the party for its sin OF having
Like the party generally throughout
the State, the Democrats Of Union were
never in better shape They are are ,InS,l.- rnoF-
ing for the success of the ticket. John
j. Matthews, until recently superintend-
ent of the State school census and one
Of the SbrpWQPSt well the young
est politicians in the State, is at the
head of the County Committee. Large
been secured on the main street in the
busiest part of the city, where the most
people pass during the df day The cbancelor
together with large transparency,
bearing the name of the candidates thus
far nominated is conspicuously dis,
played in a position that attracts and
no PUSH A VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN.
nation of candidates for Assembly and
minor county Offices will be held next
Thursday, and on the following, night q
in the Lyceum, a large theatre on Broad
street in this city. This viii be ad-
dressed by Acknowledgement Stockton,
inent Democrats. This will be followed
by other meetings one every night in
field, Summit and other central points
Every effort will be made to bring home
to every voter in the county the chle1
issues of the campaign.
While all this activity is in progress
among the Democrats there appears to
be the listless, apathy of despair among
their opponents. The only active. hust-
ling Republican Just now is Assembly
man Charles N. Codding, the chairman
of the county committee, and he is mov-
ing heaven and earth to secure a renom-
ination. A large element in his party,
members of the so-called patriotic or
ders are making things warm Tor MN
because he voted against one of their
measures in the House last winter. II
is to be regretted that the Republicans
down Mr.. Codding. He is one of the
ablest of the men who have been in the
Legislature during his time, a consistent
Republican and a representative who re-
fleets credit upon his party and his con-
THE RANKIN-KEAN FEUD.
The cause of this apathy and inaction
is the old Rankin-Kean feud. Just how
this difference originated it is hard te
say. Some years ago John Rankin and
John Kean were fast friends socially
and politically, and the Kean men, will
other John with the greater part of his
s'si1lews of war in his fights for Mayor
and made it possible for him to become
course it is needless to say that this is
denied by the Rankin men. At any rate
Rankin was adg Mayor e ena ke az "
to inaugurate a reform administration
and lop off so-called abuses 50 long as
he QIQ not SuILer py It. ltl tliose udys
John Kean's bank was thu depository
for the city's funds, but paid no interest
upon them. In order to make little
cheap political capital Rankin recon-
inended to the Aldermen that they take
the deposits from Kean's bank and place
them in a New York institution which
would pay a small interest. resolu
ton to that effect was offered at a
meeting of the Board, and bitter fghl
ensued. Kean, however, had enough in
fuence to accomplish its defeat.
Kean, it is said, never forgave Ran
kin for this. He and his followers
looked upon it as the basest, rankest
kind of base rank ingratitude, and un-
dertook to punish him for his contempt
ible conduct From this start things
went on from bad to worse until the
name of one never passed the lips of the
other. When Kean has occasion TO
speak OF the Mayor it is ''that stationer
over en- Courtlandt street, and when
his Honor comes to the pass when he
has to designate the young millionaire
IN some manner, it always is as that
fluGe who parts his hair in the middle, y
and words cannot express the intense
contempt that each throws into the de
signatiOn.
When Mr. Kean announced himself as
candidate for Governor and started
his preliminary campaign. Rankin Jump
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