New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-07
PITNEY AND CORNISH AGAIN
THE FIGHT OF 1894 TO BE RENEWED IN
THE WITH CONGRESS DISTRICT
DEMOCRATIC TRADITIONS DEPENDED UPON FOR
THE ELECTION OF THE ONCE DEFEAiHD O"
DIDATE-THERE IS TROUBLE. HOW

D1DaTr-TUERE IS TROUBLE HOW
EVER IN TIE CORNISH CAMP
=. l., n..uraI for the New-Jersey politicians 20 ASK
.or. th. Ivth Congress District and the posSip'h-
tics OF the reelection Of the present Nei"
Representative Mahor Pitney Inc W" H o.
wav. be,n such a "rock-ribbed Democratc u'S'i1"
s Governor Crjges called 1t when he was camPa's
49,, ,ha, the whole State feels interested IN 'he s''-
.,,, oven NJ this early date. There exists q con-
d,,ion of affairs even now that makes s'""H u Wv
bending of the political straws one or ihtcre,
Congrossman Ptney will seek rerom'nation anu
he goes into the fight understanding tha' ne 'aS n
hardest politica task set for him OF any man !" '"'
- Irsov delegation His opponent will be eH-
corgrossnon Johnson Cornish. OF Warren County
INV ~. defeated two years ago. There are i"iio''
Of other candidates who will contest t'ie " 49,, +,
with the Young organ-builder OF ""s''"s. o.
will be found when the preliminary sh' ''.s' 49,
,ha, he will be comfortably seated In the De'"o-
cratic band wagon a,,,+a for
H,h,on p,tnev WAS an unwilling candidate io'
congress- in 1904 He accepted The nomination u''u.
nrotes, HIS own energies ana the uu"'
ahIod him n win by 4J7 plurality, when war pn'
nomenal. considering that his district was Wv :, =,
braltar of the Democracy, ana 'hr'eio' Vas
fairly saturated with Bourbonism u,.
The WITH District consists OF StsseN' ,s
1,r,teraon and Morris counties. 1t has oeen sa''
that IN rome parts OF Hunterdon they SUI" WV ~
"H,ckory" Jackson, and up IN SusseN "' 49,. e.,
the high hills grow Democratic banners CIV h
Warren the traditions declare that inc Iai'e' ,,
votes a Republican ticket will have p"s"' y" a
,o,s Some broke away last fall from 'he 'i"u
i ~, IN. truce has been anne nced tha' M
,o coua hack this year will be forgiven anu WIN
90. n niece of the fatted calf. IL Is DIS 'e' -,
the supremacy Of the Democracy OF ,'e 'N'
tho district that brings Cornish our loI q"
cau.,aisn He has not been IDLE during 'he ,'''
vsars and H., has the Cornish machine IN soo'
Nv, in
.o-don there are clouds gathering when 'orn'S"
c,or.s contain only wind while In MOTIFS '"c'e -
onr,ositon. but II Is thought 10 be fr'hus'
D.,,ON AT WAR WITH PYTlIIAS.
,,,. ,ros. Interesting feature OF the preliminary
Aght "a that ex-Congressman FiucocA 40
Corr,sh and that there Is the old. old story aoou!
the Harris!tes Some years ago Nelson ,u
I6.eph Cornish were Damon and fy'hias III p'''0S
rhsy h,ilt I'D a machine that endured Tor many
,..ar. and that both made profitable but now fid-
cock Is against Cornish-father and son. IL mas oee'
go Gov ssversl wears Pidcock Is only remnant Vi
himself He IS alleged 70 be poor Du' soi''e Va ~
hari-headed farmers OF Hunteroon anu
counties who were hit hard by MS 1a""re' ,
their heads significantly when ex-Congressnah W.
cocks poverty is alluded 10. He Is Ola ana siCA''
having had two parayc strokes. lie was OAa'
:, his noicsl domain less than 1--WE years ago. ou'
NOW he ia n discounted politician. lie Is IN ms
fight for all he .s worth but 1t Is evident l''' M
he can do Is prove pohtca nuisance i0
mil down and cannot build up an opposition lie
can disturb but cannot organize me uissa'9"N
mon he creates He Is trying his best to get inc
t1r,,er,,on County delegates for Ex-senator W. H.
Martin who has aspirations for Congress- ne anu
Nar.,, are working together. and some or the
political seers predict that he Will defeat CORNISH "
getting the delegation. There is n haturai ieeI's
against him in the county because OF the pos'ooe
fights There are IN Frenchtown. Pennington ana
y.c1 lost tina fers
Clubs" composed OF men 10 whom were proInisel
postofices which they never got They are al
against ex-Congressman Cornish. These men arc
v,od Democrats but they hate Cornish ana VIII 90
all they can 10 defeat him. Pidcock recently H''"e
an attempt to demonstrate his revived Pohucal
strength by taking a hand IN the organization OF
the Hun,erdon Board OF Frecholders He had candi-
dates for County Collector and County boNcitor pnt
he was greatly in tho minority when the noses "ers
chaked.
He Is not respondent, however. and has Senator
Martin for Congress and ex -Assem5yman Laurence
Trimmer for Senator against Cha'les y hesoihB Oh
Frenchtown who is likely TO be the Republican can
didate for Senator. Martin also has grievance
against Cornish. due to the postoffice fights the
Hunterdon County machine put price on each
office One thousand dollars was the sum. bu'
Cornish defeated their plans TO collect tho amounts
Cornish also conducted his campaign TWO years ago
personally and he ignored Piicock and Martin even
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tated them much Cornish. however. figures on
getting his help from County Clerk w. d. Bloom
and his confreres who practically al tho
head Of the Democratic working forces. II will be
fierce fight at the best.
sMOTHERED SENTIMENT IN WARREN.
In Warren County there is considerable talk about
an anti-Corn!sh sentiment. but one 10 lead IT,
This sentiment has been rife for ten years IL Is left
over from the days when there was q hgh, between
ex-Congressman Henry s. Harris and the Cornish
ring The Corn!shes. father and son. have managed
to keep control OF the county machine and that is
a source Of discomfort. for everything that goes
wrong is charged sgains. them There are many
individuals and some groups OF men who declam
chatterboxes. who crafty their ill-humor by talk
ing street corners and condemnlng the powers
that be- the Cornishes included They never registe:
q Kick IN d convention nor organize the dsapprov-
ing sentiment-all because OF Henry 8 Harris, who
In times gone by stood for anti-Cornishsm Henry
Harris Is not as strong an,i-mschine man as he
was. His brother Is County clerk assisted to power
reached the conclusion that the ants do all their
fighting in the back rooms of cigar stores There is
some general talk that Henry g. Harris would be Il
candidate against Cornish. but that Is not likely.
Others believe that at the proper time he will come
up in the Senate Convention and that the Cornish
people would not object 10 him, because his candi-
dacy would have some effect the disgrunted and
few years ago William O'Neill, who was then
Surrogate. kept the antis active. O'Neill is one
br"stber-in.law John NJ. sinnerson. edit Tho War
rem Journal" This paper is not as rabid against
the ex Congressman as II was. although O'Neill
says he .s o much anti-Cornsh as he ever was. In
the lower OF the county there Ia less
genuine opposition 10 Cornish The railroad people
dislike him for his vote on the coal combine bin
when in the Senate and that sentiment is assisting
the candidacy Of ex-Prosecutor Sylvester S Smith.
OF Phlipsburg. who would Ike 10 be Senator. and
whose nomination would not materially help Cor
nish in the election. because Smith sought a reap
polntment and was opposed by Cornish, who
favored Prosecutor Stryker Ex-Assembly man MIL
ton Wilson, a storekceper In Washington. Is also
being favorably considered for the Democratic
nomination for Senator
In Sussex County there has been some talk that
ex congressman Samuel Fowler would like to 90
back 10 Congress. because he is enthusiast on
the silver question. and when member OF the
House Of Representatives he voted several times
rl.n ,ha Uoxai.v a.