New-York tribune., 1896-09-28
TO FIGHT ON STATE ISSUES.
DEMOCRATS WILL PRACTICALLY IGNORE
THE SILVER QUESTION.
EQUAL TAXATION TO BE A sHIBBOLETH OF THE
CAMPAIGN-PERsONAL ATTACKS on Mr..
HOBART-POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN
ESSEX COUNTY.

The Republican County Committee in Essex
County has provided every safeguard for the proper
conduct Of the party primaries. to be held on Mon
day. October 70. The Republican voters of the
county will have compete enrolment. and II"
time for the primaries has been increased from two
TO hours. giving three hours OF daylight
voting Infractions of the rules will he considcrcl
by the County Committee as a Board. which
order a new primary to be held. Tomorrow will
be the first registry day from TO 3 p m The size
OF this days registry will be an index OF the
interest felt in the coming election. Names must
be registered personally by affidavit. There are
lS5 polling districts in the county.
The Democrats first In the field with their TO-
cal conventions. The Congress District convention
WAS first called for tonight in commonwealth Han,
East Orange. but when Chairman Price was in
formed that Bryan would probably appear in New
ark tonight the date was changed to tomorrow
night. In the primaries on Friday night Joseph \.
Beecher an old Greenbacker secured a majority
of the delegates Beechcr was prominent In the
Greenhack craze and ran The Essex County
Press" the State organ Of that party until II col
lapsed with the craze. His opponent for the nom
ination is Joseph Il. buchanan. fopullst i'ah'''
who ran for Congress on the Peoples Party u'N''
two years ago and got 79s votes. In the election
last wear tho Popuisi vote in Essex was 22i and
the Democratic vote was 2G2l on this proportion
Of 10 100 the Populists last week calmly proposed
fusion hv the terms Of which they were TO get IN"
Congre ssman and three Assemhymen. me o"''
was declined. The other party 10 the pioposed '''
gain found upon ciphcrng. that even wh'n ''e
Democratic vote Of last year was dlNid'n lh'o o'''
half Popocratic and the other half Tor souhd
money the POpulisis sun representa- o''' CIV
fraction Of . per cent.
The Popocratic headquarters was removed iaS'
week from Lehman's saloon 10 Nos. ~ an" -
Academy-st where the bar Is not so convenient ."
the members and 80 distractns to committee ''
lberations The headquarters ~ the N'd'" ''''
rol,,ee &c % he in the JeNersonau cuhroomS' III
,y.s, parks, 4 meeting Of the committee viii be
ho,d an Wednesday, when all the county chalrmen
will appear and report
COLONEL. PRICES ADNANCEMENT.
The elevation Of Colonel T.. l.. Price to the char-
rnanship Of the Popocratic State Committee tak'1
that active political genius into pro'"'i "''''
Colonel Price IS Lndeniaby an able poh'i'' ma"
aser Senator Smith once tried to down the Colonel
in the Fifth Ward and turned upon nm Il" '"'
mower Of the machine but the senator came ou'
second best After that he had an ABIDING reSp'''
for Prices talents. and has used MN as i"s "'''
lieutenant IN Essex County
The old factonal quarrel among Newark RcpuO-
licans will not down. II cropped Up recently over
the appointment Of election officers. ana had an
airing in the Republican County 0nI'' '," 't' -"
Friday night when r'pres, natives Of tne vul',;
Republican Society. which is opposed to 'hairin"h i man
Lent made protests arns; cnanhEe1 htc III '"' '''
The committce with its eighteen clerks. has n"'n
mns nusy eTGry of an q' nGs No date has ~ been md
FOR the ratification meeting. which VIII hr n'I" al
an early day. an answer to the Bryan demon
stration Tonight. - -, o,.
for Sheriff among Republicans il still uncertain
All the three leading candidates are popular mon
and have large fOlOwnGS and tn"y are Worh4hS
onergeticallV There will be a great battle az t'r
primaries for Shrievaliy delegates irtW'"n itrirN
If Doremus Richard H. tOOgan ana Joseph f.loI
For tn. Democratic nomination. * Sh"rlU ltaiSs-
ling IS named IN the hope OF catching the GERMAN
Vofe There are no Democratic names Tor soma
tor and nobody seems to want IN" nomination
Three years ago Michael T. Barrett was r"nou-
inate ed with the belief that he would hay" walk
over and George W. ketcham took the Republcan
nomination with small prospects OF cIcciOn. lie
received the largest majority ever pOlcd iOr
Senatorial candidate In Essex
A Personal. FIGHT on MIR. HOBART
The purpose of the Democratic State Committee
is to make a fight on State lines. Equal taxation
as against the railroads will bc shibboleth
although a State commission appointed 10y GOV
ernor Griggs and having a Democratic majority Is
now labOriOusly AZ work gathering data and get
ting testimony for a report to the next Legislature
Carret \. Hobart is getting rakinc over. too The
proceedings OF the state Senate when he
honorcd member OF that body are in process OF
WeapOns and the Qucs ion Of the ownership of
the watersheds Of the stat" is 10 bee brought prom
inently forward. bccausc Of Mr. IiOharts cOnu'c-
ton with the East Jersey Water Company. which
In the country AT terms which the company's OPP
ponents ADMIT Wer" ruinOuS TO tn" company and
Of immense advantage 10 IN" city. The attempt
will also be made 10 identify Mr.. Hobart with The
aware OF this intended fire in the rear The Na-
tional ticket and smile at the diversion the