The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-10-15
NORTHERN LIGHTS,
Political Situation AS 1t
Really Exists in the
Hudson County
Townships.
SOLID FOR M'KINLEY
The Gold Sentiment Strongly
Predominates, Especially
Among Germans.
HELLER CONSIDERABLY AHEAD
With Hard Work, the County
Ticket May Get a Good
Average Plurality.
BRYAN AND HIS PAY TRAIN
Three FIFTY Dollar Speeches DeiIv-
cred fn Michigan To-day
Landslide Starting.


For many years the North Hudson
townships: Town of Union, West Hobo
ken, Weehawken, North Bergen, Town
ship of Union and Gutenberg, have been
looked upon as a Democratic stronghold.
There has always been good reason for
this because these townships could al
ways be relied upon to roll up good ma
jcrities for the Democratic tickets and
the success of the party in more than
one election has been to great extent
dependent upon the majority in the North
Hudson townships. AT the election last
fall the Township of Union gave Chanoel-
lor McGill a majority of S75 votes over
Governor Griggs; West Hoboken, 275; Gut
tenberg, 1S1; North Bergen, SO; Weehaw-
ken, 1877, and Township of Union, 11s.
making in the entire six townships a
majority of l,226 for the Democratic can
didate. This is a good criterion of the
Democracy of that section of the county
which has always been Of such sterling
quality that the Republicans have de-
SPARED of ever carrying an election unless
they were able to make some deal or
dicker with some sorehead element in
the Democratic party.
Those who are best informed upon the
sentiment and feeling politically of this
section of the county predict that all
this will change this fall and that Nc
Kinley and Hobart will carry these six
townships by a small majority This
nF9licn is not that of Republicans, but
i comes from Democrats, Democrats who
have been recognized as leaders in that
section and whose opinions have always
mad great weight in the councils of their
party. This they attribute mainly to the
fact that the Populists have captured
9ne party and are conducting their cam
palgn on platform antagonistic to all
the traditions Of time honored Democ-
Iacy. especially is this SO on the flnan-
cial question. By far the larger portion
OF the voters of this section of the county
are Germans, and as rule the Germans
are SOUND money men. 1t would be safe
are Ior honest money and the tenth man
Is Socialist. The greater part of these
Germans are employed in New York, and
being men of intelligence they have
studied this money question and have
studied for themselves what its true in
Mardness really is. Their place in the
business world enables them to see and
realize just how disastrous would be to
their employers, and consequently TO
themselves, the free and unlimited coin
age OF silver at the ration of is TO / and
tsi-y IGNC l1ldQG up InGlE minds to do
their share toward ward!ng off that
calamity. The German is naturally an
honest man and the reputation and
lfnleyery which a policy Of pay one
three cent dollar Is repugnant and dis
tasteful to him.
Weehawken is placed in the Mckinley
colnmh this year by competent judges,
u your ear that if Bryan should capture
tne town It would be by such a great tly
reduced majority. This, as is well
known, Is the bailiwick Of Simon Kelly
and under his leadership has ALWAYS gone
democratic. But 1t begins to look as
though the town was slipping away from
nun. . Inere are various causes which
account for this. The main one of course.
is the financial question. and majority
OF the Weehawken voters are in favor of
honest money. Weehawken has been
situation on the high bluff overlooking
the Hudson, and its easy access to New
York by the West Shore ferries, and the
various trolley. lines TO the Hoboken fer
res places II in position to offer more
tnan ordinary inducements to home
seekers which have been taken advantage
OF by men employed In the METROPOLIS
among these new inhabitants there are
many Republicans who when they come
70 vote this fall viii of themselves do
nueh to pull down the Democratic. ma
Gutenberg will give a majority for the
Democratic ticket, but there is good reae esae
son for believing that IL will be kept down
DeIoW lo9 Some enthusiastic Repubii-
rms rms deciare that 1t VIII not exceed So
Tnere are number of Democrats in this
town VINO are pronounced gold standard
men and will vote for Palmer and Buck-
ner Among them is Charles Klein the
Since Mr. Klein has declared himself to
be sound money man the Republicans
nave endorsed him and he will have nd
SSpposiuon. There Is large number of
and they will not vote for honest money
Union township. II is conceded, viii
give Bryan majority, although reduced
one. and the Town of Union will be about
stand off. North Bergen Is Inhabited
% great extent by men employed upon
the west Shore Railroad, and these are.
reason to believe that The majority Of Sc
given for Chancellor McGili last fall can
pc greatly reduced If not wiped out al
t9gethsr- IN faet, conservative estimates
In all these townships there are many
Renocrats who will vote for Buckner ana
Ralmer, but their votes of course will
cslnt against Bryan and Sewaf
WAT has been said Of the head of tbe
Republican ticket is equally applicable 10
the Congressman. Every man who. votes
for sound money ticket will cast his bal
lot for the honest money nominee for
Congress, knowing that il is essential
that the sound money President should
be sustained by sound money Congress
But when It comes to the Shrieyalty and
the remainder of the ticket the Situation
becomes different and that is one Of the
peculiar features Of this campaign Az
though these six to townships viii probably
tors and nominee for Congress, there are
reasons to believe that they will give q
majority for William Heller the Demo-
which impel man to vote for the Re-
publican candidate no longer exist when ii
comes to voting for the remainder of the