Evening star., 1896-10-26
NEW JERSEYS VOTE.
A Plurality of Forty Thousand fol
Mckinley Predicted.

The campaign in New Jersey is practical
~ fought to an end. although there will be
oratory all this week by speakers Of all
three parties. But the result can hardly be
changed. Senator Hawley of Connecticut
ana Senator Frye of Maine were in the
state last week doing yeoman service for
their party. Vice Presidential Candidate
Hobart will make four speeches in the
state beginning tonight. and then remain
at national headquarters in New York city
during the remaining hours of the canvass
The democratic speakers for the week are
State Senator DAILY and a few men not any
better known. The sound money democrats
have as their principal orator Attorney
General John P. Stockton. Allen McDer-
mott having at the last moment tried to
play both WINGS to secure a nomination on
which he hopes to slip into Congress from
the seventh district. But it is too late
many think
The silver democrats still claim the state.
but they have as yet to give the figures on
which they base Their claim. The republi-
cans give out their figures, and the state
leagues flled-out blanks. received from
every voting precinct in the state, show
that the electoral ticket will get about 49,
!s'b plurality. This can be regarded as a
Few thousand over the conservative mark
but IT Is conclusive evidence that Mckinley
Will have at least 40 900 plurality or about
what the combined republican plurality was
on the congressional tickets Of two years
ago.
The state will choose ten presidential
electors, eight Congressman, eight state
senators Zone over a third OF the upper
tranch). full house Of assembly Of sixty
members and eighteen Of the twenty-one
sheriffs in the state. The republicans from
their canvass claim the whole eight Con-
hNvf fha f11l@ IN
district. Henry c. Loudenslager. 1900:
second district. John ]. Gardner. 10000:
third district. Benjamin F. Howell, 5000;
fourth district. Mahion Pitney, 300; fifth
district; James F. Stewart 1900: sixth dis
trict. Richard Wayne Parker. 5000; seventh
district. Thomas McExan. $500; eighth DIS
trict. Charles N. Fowler, 1890.
On the other hand the democrats claim
they will defeat Pitney and McEwan, and
possibly Fowler and Howell. but their only
chance at all seems to be in downing Pit
ney. which Is not probable.
In the first district Congressman Louden-
slayer has thoroughly canvassed his dis
trict, in company with Charles H. Ltch-
man OF Massachusetts, ex-secretary Of the
knights of Labor. and the former man
ager Of Ben Buffers campaign.
In the second district Congressman Gard
ner has left his friends to take care of his
canvass. while he has been stumping for
Mckinley and Hobart. in Indiana and I'LL
nois. His opponent. who Is running for
both Congress and the state assembly. too,
from Burlington county. has no show to
secure either place. -
In the fourth district, where young NAH
lon Pitney Is having the fight of his life,
the silverites are running former Congress-
man Augustus w. Cutler. who is a man
OF considerable wealth. popular and well
known outside his district. The gold demo-
Gratis have indorsed Pitney. Speaker Reed,
Governor Griggs and others have helped
Pitney by incursions into his district.
The fifth district includes Paterson, the
home of Mr.. Hobart and Governor Griges
1t gave Stewart two years ago within %
votes of COCO This year 1t will give at
least 1000, and probably 5000 for him.
and even more for Mckinley and Hobart.
There is another vice presidential candi-
Date living in Paterson, in the person of
Matthew Mcguire the socialistic-labor can
didate, who is popular among the work.
ingmen, and member of the board of
aldermen of that place.
In the seventh district there has been
great deal of sparring as to who is the
regular national democratic (Palmer) can
cidate for Congress. County Clerk Fisher
Of Hudson decided in favor of Rynier j.
date. Early in the campaign the silver
democrats named Allen L. McDermott for
Congress. but as he had fought the Chica-
go platform and abstained from taking
part in Bryan's nomination with other
Jersey delegates because Of the silver
plank, he ithdrew, after a full county
ticket had been named by the silver men.
I Ihese colleagues on the ticket were all of
meantime the gold democrats named Ry-
nter J. Wortendyke for4 Congress and a
full county ticket also. But before these
gold nominations were filed McDermo,t ac-
cepted a petition nomination for Congress
as national democrat, the county silver
candidates being on the same ticket Short
ly after the silver men named Alexander
G. Young, young man Of twenty-seven
for Congress, and the straight gold men
filed their ticket. and the county clerk
national democratic ticket. McDermott
and some of the old ring men then carried
the case into the supreme court, claiming
that they had the right by priority. They,
however, are not after McDermott's cleo
tion. but want to bar out the gold county
ticket, which will elect McEwan to Con-
gress by an increased majority, and give
the republicans five county Offices, and
eleven members Of the legislature. Clerk
Fisher was upheld today. and McDermott
knocked out.
There are six electoral tickets filed with
the secretary Of state, as follows: Repub-
liean. democrat (Which contains two pop
ulist names), national democrat, national
labor and prohibition. The time for filing
all nominations IN the state expired Satur-
day night.
New Jersey has the secret ballot, but
not the blanket sheet of the Australian
system. set with each official ticket
and envelope Is given the voter by an cleo
tioli Judge as he enters the polling booth,
and when h, has selected his ticket and
made any scratches he desires he then folds
the ballot and places it in the envelope,
measuring two INCHES by three and a half,
and deposits thatrtn the ballot box. The ex-
ira tickets he leaves In the booth or carries
away with him. Just as he pleases Tick
cts are allowed soutstde five days before