The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-14

as enthusiastic as they were about the
eloquent candidate, and many OF lhedr
could change candidates or do something
| else to muzzle their ~loquacious nominee.
His bad break in Hoboken IS stu Wor-
| rying them, and the exhibition ne mas
made of himself going around among
beer saloons drinking with everybody
who came al9ng, in order pr to p asndida 7
and not an old-fashioned Puritan, mas
been viewed with sorrow. by that peter
lean orators all tell US is going to de
feat Chancellor McGill. Nor is his per-
Torrance in Newark last week. the de-
tails of which lave just reached here,
calculated to reassure those good people.
| IN company with the ~redoubtable Major
Lentz and the formidable Billy Williams,
he made a tour of the Newark breweries.
| Some of the brewers were much surpris-
| ed, as they are not all admirers. of Major
Lentz, but that did not hinder him from
giving Mr.. Griggs a hattering introduce
NOW, JOHN. BRACE UP.
The ceremony was very much the same
at every place. With a military flourish
to you Hon. John W. Griggs, therInext
Governor of New Jersey" sn9Lol
In the interval Mr.. Griggs, standing
a yard off, raised his hat andAwith his
best smile replied:-'1 am very pleased TO
HE is not the formidable Puritan you
expected to see is he noWa"scontinued
the gallant Major.
After much small talk about the
Of tbe bre 5hs eT %efs %ftsn ,5es . eo IS eass
tomary in all such cases. Bracing up,
Major Lentz continued:-.
Now, John show them what kind of
With a rather sporty air Mr.. Griggs
guessed he'd have some beer, and With
the air Of a Munich veteran the up-to-
brew, blowing the froth off like a
student of Heidedlberg.
What did Iegteil you" shouted the
all right. No local option in his
And to vary the menotony, on another
Visit Visit .. The M A9aSn sa5ed fbsm R pfSslima ina
Of a temperance man you are. Try a
GRiGGs TAKES SOME RYE.
Then John w. Griggs sampled some
good rye or apple out Of the ~favorite
BOTTLE that is always in the back of the
"What did I tell you," said the Major
in gleeful ecstasy. And the up-to-date
candidate swallowed his record. his
speeches and his denunciation of Messrs.
Ballantine and Kruger, which he made
years ago in the Legislature.
And so it went on until the Major
rested on his honors.
The Majors second, Capt. w. r.
Williams is a very a~bstemious man,
but he felt so glorious over the success
of the trip that he conided to a friend:
made me So thirsty to see how John
enjoyed himself that I felt tempted to
indulge myself"
travel, and every driver and brewery
employee was telling customers what a
fine fellow John We Griggs. was, but
the when they heard the story
Thomas. One of them replied:
'If John Griggs drank ten schoon-
DOMAIN Park it would not wipe out
the record he made when the high-license
local option was passed."
DEMOCRATS HARD AT WORK.
Like a bucket of ice cold water upon
an overheated person has come to the
tdIpu blicans the knowledge that the
Democratic State Committee has been
hard at work, and while the Republicans
have Thought the members were doing
nothing. and quarrell.ng among them
selves they have been making forced
marches upon them. and are now con-
fronting THE Grtgss army with al en-
The Democrats are j~ubilant over their
prospects in Monmouth county, Where
frasjsson nave for H'At the [ Legislative that }isa
could possibly be. maze. Am en-
thusiastfc and we'll known Demo-
GRAFT of Asbury Park feels SO overjoyed
at the superior wisdom demonstrated by
his party in tnis respect that me has in
dulged in this prophecy:-Keep your
eye ON the Monmouth Assembly ticket
Walking and Murphy will have Two thou,
sand majority sure, with McGill a good
third" Old Monmouth is Mr.. Blcdgedt's
own county, and no doubt by the result
there he Intends to show his party what
he can do at home, and wen surprise
himself by his proud achievement. 1t is
over the Static that the Denocrats mean
to- strengthen their t5cket. BY pursuing
this policy they expect to poll the stay
at5homei vote Oh oI6 ang e rast ale%en i'm IN their
parity to rejoin their ranks and vote the
straight ticket. They argue THAT II
every Democrat in the State votes for
MeGsH he will not stand in need of Re
publican ballots Ito elect him.
TONY KUSER INDIGNANT.
The campaign liars are very busy, cir,
culatingz false reports as usual. Colonel
Company, says he is one of their victims.
He is very ANXIOUS to find out who 1t
was tina circulated the story that he
was asked by several w~ell-known citizens
if it was true and he Indignantly denied
that there was any authority whatever on
his part for It. He wants the eontradIc-
ton spl cad broadcast t~hrougheut5 the
State that he had said he would vote for
Griggs. The Colonel says he is q Demo-
erat to The core, that he is supporting
McGill with all sincerity as an jpdivid-
ual and that the Trenton Bre Winge Conf
p 2 Vas as a f9rp es;d IN IS ba 1eu ! aatiA T tfis.
his employees and told them that they
might vote for whom they pleased. but he
did not want the name of the Brewing
other in the campaign. When last seen
the Colonel vas hunting for the fellow
who reported that he was a Griggs man,
ard he had blood in his eye too.
The small registration of voters seems
to .give both parties much uneasfrress.
Up to the present time not more than
three-Nfths of the voters of last year
has been registered Throughout the
State. Next Tuesday, however, the ac-
tive representatives of beth sides will
| make great efforts to have every man
| registered who is entitled to vote. And
in several cities to put on the. lists the
| names of men who do not exist. This
| can be done by affidavit, and of course
there are always party heelers around
| who. for a consideration are only too
| willing to go into such business.
BRADLEY AFTER GRIGGS.
And now that erratic figure in politics,
| Senator James A. Bradley,of Monmouth,
has come forward and tossed in Mr..
sharp thorn which the Republican lead
| date. will get into his foot to his great
| 6fsrnlage. Whether irJteTtto nally or not
| their quondarn colleague has exposed
| their hypocrtcy and treachery in a man
per witch is making them tear their
hair ana sfnite the air with their tightly
cjnsed. fists as they hiss between their
cIjndhed teeth, 'tOh, if we could only get
He has written a letter in which he
quotes Mr.. Griggs' attempt to convince
the people that he and the Republican
party are in fayer Of The Sta Nea, control
and then tells OF his experience in try
ing to get through the Senat the JerL
sey City Board of Trades Water Bill in
1894.