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The Local Campaign Complication

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The Local Campaign Complications
The local campaign appears to be tax
Ing on very curious and interesting COM
plications. The action of the National
Democratic managers, last evening.
throws the entire campaign into confu-
sion, and even before that action was
taken the soup was thick enough to make
it impossible to see who was lying in the
bottom of the tureen.
The nomination of an entire third party
ticket seems to be a wholly uncalled-
for outrage upon the regular Democratic
nominees, and upon Allan L. McDermott
in particular. 1t is actually d~emoralizing
in its effect upon our political atmos-
phere. 1t is notice served upon public
men that courage, devotion to principle,
eminent fitness give a man no guarantee
of support, even at the hands of the
educated and moral element in the com
munity.
The gentlemen who are in his Third
Party Movement are, for the most part,
the silk-stoeking element. They are the
Democratic Mugwumps, They are the
men who want to place politics on a high
plane. If their first act is this one of
exquisite perndy, the rejection Of Mr..
McDermott's claims to Democratic and
Sound Money support. will it be any
wonder f the old machine men turn on
them with the reproaeh that their moral
ity. their principle. their disinterested-
ness are a mere pretence. n that they
are just taking advantage of the sound
money sentiment to wreak their old
grudge, upon the regular party organiza-
tion and its leaders.
We hear a rumor that if the Gold
Democrats fail to endorse him. Mr.. Me-
Dermott win withdraw altogether from
the contest. This may or may not be
true. If it is, he cannot be blamed, After
receiving such a Brutus stab it will not
be wonderful if he mufles himself in the
mantle Of his personal dignity and leaves
unfair enemies and treacherous friends
to crafty their malice on each other. The
only result that we can see ahead from
such developments as these is the cleo
ton Of the Republican candidate for Con-
gress, whoever ne may be, and surely
there can be no more lamentable result
yof Democratic dissension. at a time when
the sinking of a few petty personal squab-
bles and the temporary abandonment of
a little humbugging Quixotism would
easily bring about a Democratic victory
Of the most brilliant and useful kind.
The unknown element in the shrievalty
contest is the personality of the Republic
can candidate. There appear to be three
leading aspirants in the field. MIR. Aaron
Baldwin, who has no particular strength
except in that he is a nice, clean sort of
gentleman, hailing from Hoboken. The
chances just now seem to be more than
even that he viii land the nomination.
Then there is Police Justice j. Herbert
Potts. who is a spry little politician: but
it is said that his great weakness is his
known friendship for Sheriff Toffey, who
is not, just now. a tower Of strength in
his own party. A third man spoken of is
Mr.. Anthony ]. volk, whose naive letter
of anticipatory acceptance was published
in yesterdays edition of this paper. Mr..
yolkTs candidacy is more serious than
fnfrh& he tr1nof4.1 7 a T. 1---a 800 -.
treaehery Of a certain gang of alleged
Democrats in Hoboken. These gentlemen
have an organ out of which they grind
direfnI tunes every day. Just now, they
are yeiping at Mayor Pagan. trying to
get him to come out against the regular
ticket AS Mayor Pagan was the original
owner Of the Organ some people are
wondering whether he likes to be yelped
at or not.
Finally there is the Lewis-Jacob com
hination, IT appears the engineers Of this
sreform'' movement are not satisfied with
the trouncipg they got at the primaries.
They want more. Their o-rgan-naturally
lis the Evening Journal OF this city.
1t made the Interesting announcement
yesterday that they were going to get out
their mathetes and do all they could te
beat the McDermottsHelle ticket. They
cannot fuse with the National Democrats
because they have committed themselves
to free silver. They may nave q ticket
Of their own. and ii appears they arr