Evening star., 1896-09-11

. NEW JERSEY DOUBTFUL.
Predictions Built Upon Last Year
Vote Not Considered Sound.

Vote Not Considered Sound.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
CAPE MAY, N j., September 10. 1896.
Heretofore in presidential elections New
Jersey has been put down in the column of
doubtful states, but this year 1t seems to
have gone abroad in the land that New
Jersey was sure to cast its electoral vote
for the republican nominee; This as
sumption has been based largely upon
the fact that last November it elected John
W. Griggs, a republican. governor by &C.
900 plurality. He is the first governor the
republicans had elected in thirty years. and
upon this fact alone the political calcu-
latcrs seemed to forget that democratic
voters. tired of an "old gang and of
what seemed to them an extravagant and
wasteful management of state affairs, re-
yolted and went quietly to the polls and
voted for Griggs because of his personal
record in the New Jersey senate. Others
did not vote at all, because they knew his
opponent, Chancellor McGill wes clean
a man as Griggs. The revolt was not
against McGill, but against extravaganza.
But because of this result the general pub
lie have counted New Jersey all right fer
Mckinley and her favorite son, Hobart.
But the democrats don't think this way,
and claim they will present some surprises
in each batch of election returns. Many
democrats throughout the state who voted
the regular nominee, as they claim and
while the state will probably cast it's vote
for the republican candidates, there is go
ing to be a tremendous fight waged 1t
has already been commenced, and the DEM
ocrats are making a secret house-to-house
canvass already in many of the more ur-
ban districts.
The idea prevails among many that the
free coinage of silver will make a greater
currency circulation, and that 1t will be
poured into the workmen'S LAPS They
have not taken in the idea yet that they
must have work to earn the dollar, whether
1t De silver. gold. copper or iron. And lots
think because gold is not circulated so
freely now as silver that. silver should be
the STANDARD Such crude thoughts are be-
ing given the -unthinking man in language
that Is very ambiguous. and If Mckinley
and Hobart do not carry the state 1t will be
for lack OF hard work.
Republican Presidential Electors,
The republicans have named their presi-
dental electors, and they are all sound
business men, and men who have been
prominent in business interests for a score
of years or more. The democrats yester-
day named their ticket, and changed their
whole base from their June convention of
gold declarations TO that Of silver and
ousted every goldite from the convention
But the convention of yesterday was
minus state leaders. A new crowd was at
the 'front.' and most of them the people
whom the voters intended to rebuke at
the polls last November. The only man of
prominence in the gathering was ex-Con-
gresham Johnston Cornish, who was made
An elector-at-large. The sound money
democrats have named no electors, and it
Is believed now that they will not
Iney held meeting at Jersey Ctty ON
tuesday, and while the executive commit
Zee mas power to name electors 1t did not
There are but few more days in New
Jersey for nominations to be made and
1t will take, besides, 500 signers to a pe-
tition for the third ticket. 1t Is believed
that many leaders advocate an open sup
pert of Mckinley. Ex-senator Henry b.
Ninton Is the chairman of the executive
committee The committee however. will
look after the nomination Of set Of sound
money congressman, and this unexpected
move, which comes like a clash from a
clear sky to the Bryanites, will have the
erect OF returning a full set of republi-
cans TO the next Congress. The only doubt
can be from Hudson county, where the
democrats have such large majority US
ualy enough to overbalance any majority
which the republicans have gotten from the
remainder of the state.
Little active public work has beep dona
In New Jersey by any party yet, but as
soon as the candidates for the state Ieeis-
iature and county officers are named then
the hard work will be done. The Campaign
Will be short and hot one, and the state
cannot at this day be counted solid for any
candidate. '