The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-19
"GOVERNOR TOFFEY"
Hudson Men Think That the
Sheriff Would Make a
Great Candidate.
KEAN- -sEWELL COMBINATION
Everything at Skies and Sevens
Until the Camden Boss
Gets Heme.

HOW or the popular IlQe MUCH uepShuo
upon the time of the holding of the State
convention, but it is expected that MOTH
ing will be done until the return of Gen
eral Sewell. which is expected at the
latter part of next month. John Kean
of Elizabeth, is supposed to have the in
side track at this time, but Foster Voor-
hees is giving him considerable trouble.
In speaking of the situation recently
a prominent member of the Union
League Club said
..Kean would not be in the race at all
if it were not for the support of Cen
eral Sewen. Some of the boys may kick,
they do kick, but when the race comes
to a finish the man from South Jersey
generally gets under the wire several
lengths a winner. Mind you 1 do not
say that Senator SeweH has determined
to support Kean to the last do not
know that he will support him at all.
I only form my opinion from my. knowl-
edge of the friendship Sewell has for
Kean and rumors that the dickey birds
are whispering"
y. 'sHow does Senator Sewen stand with
the State Committee?"
He owns it-that is he can whenever
he wants to control a. majority of its
members
do you think the calling of the con-
vention will take place while Sewell is
in Europe?"
WHEN SEWELL COMES BACK.
81 do not, or at any rate the conven-
ton will not be called before the Com
mittee learns his views. The Senator
will probably come home during the
first week in August. and until then
there will not be much DOING
f1an c6-
visibility of an early convention?'
'Tt wouldn't suit Kean and Gardner.
but would suit VOORHEES,. Corbin, Muir
ply and this new man, Elias Ward, Of
Newark Griggs, of Paterson, would
prefer late convention, although his
was a pretty good record in the State
Senate. Voorhees, is now in the fight to
win He Is in the tide up to his chin,
and has an opportunity such as he prob
ably never will have again. HIS work
as Chairman of the Investigating Com
mittee has brought him very prominent
ly before the people, and thousands who
never knew that Senator VOORHEES, was
alive year ago are now familiar with
him and the biography of his life. He
is bright, intelligent, and has wonder
full faculty for making and keeping
friends In Union County, should Kean
and Voorhees, make a fight for delegates,
Voorhees, would capture at least one
half of them. Senator SEVEN Knows TINS
as we'll as any one, and he may find it
to his advantage to call Kean off L be-
lieve that Voorhees,, without Sewers
machine would capture one-third of the
delegates in the State
How about Mr.. Corbin's chances!
"Mr. Corbin is lawyer. He is an am
bilious one. and he is a man OF brains
If the nomination should be rendered MIN
I have no doubt but that he would
gladly accept the honor, but 90 not
think he is in the race. He is not the
sort of man to go over state ASKING
for delegates to support him. L think
the rumor that Mr.. Corbin is a candloate
for the nomination has no 1oundation.
VI course, ne enjoys as great d proiiii-
nence before the people, through the
Senate Committees lnVestgalloh as
Mr. VOORHEES,. but, brainy as he is he
cannot turn his popularity to the good
use VOORHEES, can make OF 1t. think
the report that I heard from good au-
thority day or so ago is, perhaps, the
correct one. AS I said before Corbin is
good lawyer. He is ambitious to rank
high il his profession, and I have been
informed that he would prefer to be At
torney-General of New Jersey than its
Governor. Should Senator VOORHEES, be
elected Governor, you may depend upon
it Mr.. Corbin will be John P. Stockton's $
successor, and you may take my word
for it Mr. Corbin will not in any way in
dure the chances of Senator Voorhees,"
i VOORHEES, AND HIS ENEMIES.
But don't you think Senator Voorhees,
has made some enemies since he has
been Chairman of the Investigating
Committee?''
certainly he has Every political
man makes enemies. I suppose voor-
hees lost the Temporary support of one
half of the County weekly papers that
depended on the publication of the laws
for an existence He lost some German
support. too. because of his attitude on
nrinting,'
.Wrflat about Senator Griggs'
cbances2"
.~Thev are not SO promising as I
would like to see them. for I think he
would mako a better Governor than any
Of the candidates In the field. Griggs
is not popular man. but his broad
minded intelligence his ability and his
knowledge of public affairs are never
questioned His chief hope is Garry
Hobart, and if Hobart can present
Griggs with the nomination he will do