The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-04
SILVER MEMS PLANS.
Will Attempt to Reorganize the
State Committee on the
Rule or Ruin Plan.
spseialto the JERSEY ctr Ns.es.

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TRENTON, Sept. A. 18e6.-It is part of
the plan of the silver Democrats to Sc
cure a complete reorganization of the
Democratic State Committee next week.
1t is argued that as there are several
vacancies in the State Committee now.
caused by the resignation of the gold
Democrats and the prospects are that al
least a half dozen VIII take place at the
next meeting of the committee, that a
new deal Is in order. If the whole COM
mfttee resigns it will give the delegates
to the State Convention next Wednesday
a chance to select a new COMMITTEES from
the material that viii be on the floor of,
the convention.
This will enabl the silver Democrats
to get a State Committee entirely in
sympathy with the silver issue and the
candidates, and would give an oppor-
tunity for the selection of a new State
chairman. Senator Smiths prolonged abb
sence has strengthened the suspicion of
mary OF the men who are active In the
party now that he is lodging the respon-
sibility. The centers of this district are
Mercer. burlington and Camden Coun-
ties, where the order is that only silver
democrats shall De put on guard The
manifest in other counties and it has
been so thoroughly discussed that there
are several men named as his successor.
Senator Smith left the country without
giving a satisfactory expression of his
position II was now that al the Chi
cago Convention he was a member Of
former Secretary Whitney's cabinet, n
one OF the big four who were controlling
the gold Democrats Of the East. There
is q suspicion that his cordial relations
With Secretary Whitney are such that
ne would De influenced ~ him. All his
anfa c frr-> ~ r@r-11 - --A
the committee would be kept constantly
agitated. His prolonged absence at a
m when the party needed his leader
ship and advice, has Initiated many of
the young Democrats, who dc not believe
IN letting n man run a party.
Clarence a. Atkinson, of Rfverton, is
ment are old Albeit fighters and they do
Chairman Smith. He is the young man
who shook up the State Democratic Con-
vention last May. when there was a fight
on the turning down of Judge J. How
ara CarroW, OF Camden, who wanted to
go to Chicago as delegate-at-large. Mr..
Atkinson Is a strong silver advocate and
a straight party a but his executive
ability rs limited. There are others who
ana It Is currently reported tina ex-
United States Senator Rufus BIodgett
would not be averse to trying his hand
on running a campaign, but there are
ity.
Many of the leaders In the silver move
ment areold Albeit fighters and thew do
not love the Senator any too well 1t is
expected that II Senator Smith loses his
workmanship in the shuttle thai ne will
resign as nembe OF the National Com
mittee and then it is possible that Sena-
tor Blodgett may be selected for that
of1ce. There are some of Senator Smiths
friends who will try and defeat the
scheme, among them Colonel E. L. Price.
of Essex, who represents the senator
politically and who Will not allow any-
thing to be done until his return from
Carlsbad. There are some who predtct
mat the Senator will be here before the
convention meets, and others say that he
VIII be satisfied TO be relieved of all his
political responsibilities, considering ali
the circumstances Some understand that
he left this country. as he ala. exneef5ng
that there would be some action on the
part of the Democrats that would allow
MIN quietly to take to the woods during
this campaign.