The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-09-09
KEAN In The LEAD.
His Supporters Have Done
Excellent Work During
the Past Two Weeks.
GERMANS ARE AGAINST GRIGds
Carl Lentz Says the Passaic Mans
Nomination Will Lose Essex
County to the Republicans.
GERMANS ARE AGAINST GRIGds


vention will be held in several counties
during the latter part of this week. but
most of them will take place early next
week. There has been a change IN sentl-
ment since the stampede of the Mercer
county leaders to Griggs ten days ago.
Ex-Congressman Kean's managers went
quickly to work, and now there is de-
cided change in the conditions. The stam-
pede has been checked. and the indica-
tions are that Mr. Kean will be the nom
inee The fight will be between him and
Griggs. The friends of Elias S. Ward Of
Essex, Senator VOORHEES, of Union. and
Senator Rogers of Camden, admit this,
but their favorites remain in the fight
in the hope that the struggle will become
so fierce that compromise will be forced
This hope. however is not likely to be
realized.
Griggs,s temporary lead was due to the
story his supporters spread that Kean
was unpopular and would not run well.
Since then there has been an overhauling
of the election returns which show that
Mr. Kean got some 5000 more votes than
General Harrison received in 1892. and
that Governor Werss's plurality over
Kean was only half of Abbett's over
Grubb in 1890 and less than Governor
GREEN'S over Howey in 1886.
The Griggs men have been accusing
Keans friends also of trying to buy up
Essex county. but Major Carl Lentz, the
Chairman of the Essex Republican Com
mittee, has disproved this charge, and
has made statement giving the reasons
for the opposition to Griggs in Essex.
Major Lentz says that Griggs is dis
tasteful to the Germans because of his
course in the Senate regarding the local
option law passed by the Republicans in
1883.
GERMANS AGAINST GRIGGS.
This is what the Major says
81 come in contact with great many
people who are interested in political
matters and l know what the people are
saying and what they mean to do
| There are some who make light of the
attitude of the Germans towards John
w. Griggs' candidacy. and say that no
| such sentiment exist, but | know bet
| ty. and L know that the attitude of the
| Germans in Essex county would have
its influence among the Germans of
counties. The man who thinks that the
| Germans of New Jersey amount to moth
| ing. and can be trihed with is not good
1 Il do not think it would be wise for
| the Republicans Of. this State to NOM
maer 'ehe 6 fbs eent os th
have on the. politics of Essex county in
the future. do not guess nor speculate
| ALLEVIATE many German votes not only
| Of Essex. brt throughout the State. and
1 Know that we need them badly in
| Essex county and they are needed in
| other, counties. It is hardly necessary
| to rehearse the attitude of Mr. Griggs
'sThe Republicans have been Successful
| at the polls, and there has been built
up 2@ one one of the best city and county. or
| ark Republicans should be proud of and
one winch IS being copied in other places
| consider it dangerous to nominate any
| ment Of the party have declared them
/ selves. Such movement would not only
hs Us f9ul 70 ose Se BIT deeg gead
| ton and would have direct effect on
the fight for Sheriff and Senator ana if
but disorganization and demoraliza ton
| ,1d Inc effect as qf such a political reversal
publican party throughout the State,
| GRIGGS' BOASTS ExPLODED'
These statements and counterstate-
ments have injected considerable bitter
| ness. into the canvass, and the contest
IS likely to grow daily more bitter until
the convention meets on September 19.
IN M = Beans friends ends say the boasts Of
| delegations from the northern tier of
| counties are untrue. There is a strong
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| terdon, Middaesex, Monmouth and Ocean
| counties. In the large counties of Hud-
son and Essex, Kean will get majority
g. fhe aelegatesi m i, Mhle Sdd II, in Mercer and
/ In Southern New Jersey there will be
but few. votes for anybody else. Both
| the leading candidates have been making
efforts to, get the support of Gen. Sew
| ell, but the General steadfastly declines
to interfere. standing by his declaration,
early IN the ood spring that nd al the
| would be unfair and impolitic for him to
take part n the contest. Gen. Sewell,
skss ne sfers Rsn of S tbs his fac ne
! sonal choice. because he consented to
accept the nomination three years ago,
when the conditions We're unfavorable
:. DEMOcRATIc CANDIDATES.
| The Democrats will name their candi.
the Republican Convention. @rhe The Demo. araei
| cratic Leaders are playing a waiting
game, ready to take advantage of any
mics Chancellor MeGill and ex-Con-
gressman Augustus W; Cutler are The
| fayorite candidates with this difference
| seeking the nomination. while Cutler II
working to get it. Cutler is making
petitions for signers, with. view t
/ getting his name on the official ballots
| whether he shall be nominated OF not
This it Is eeeyed will give him
/ ton. He is the choice Of most of the
1 smaller counties Chairman Allen T.
| McDermott of the State COMMITTEE
| fayors the nomination of Attorney-Ge
I eral John P Stockton. While Mr.. Stock
| ton is said to be unwilling to accept the
| nomination, he refuses to say anything
| for publication, and this is taken to in.
/ dcate that he may be prevailed upor
/ to, run. Justice Job LiDpincott and Sen
/ ator William D. DAILY of Hudson county
| Judge Clifford Stanley Sims of Burling.
| ton, and Judge Howard Carrow of Cam.
| den are also among the possible candi-
4 dates.
/ Association of New jersey will hold q
boasts 2 membership of 5000 One OF
/ the matters to be considered is what
| course the association will take in the
/ coming campaign. The Elective County
/ judiciary law is regarded by the saloon
| keepers as iniInical to their interests
| since under it Judges might be elected
who would refuse to grant licenses The
/ have much influence on the action Of
| both State conventions. s--
4 COLONEL TOFFEY'S DECLINATI0N
| Colonel John J. Toffey, Sheriff of @Iud-
| son county, is not a candidate for the
/ Republican nomination for Governor. He
| hirnself hath said it and that ought tc
settle It But t has not not many andya. ST still
| Hudson county-not emily the candidate
| who Was to be complimented by the vqte
of the county delegation, but because
! of his prominence in politics during. the
| past twenty years. He was a formidable
| Republicans Of this State, for he had ar
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