The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-08-03
TARIFF CRAZE.
New Jersey Republicans
Have a Worse Malady
Than the Dem
ocratS.
PLANS FOR THEIR CAMPAIGN
State Convention on August FL
Who the Orators
Will Be.
Special to the yerscu csty Ne.s.

Special to the Je7scu City Ness.
TRENTON, Aug. 8. 1Se6.-The Republi-
can State Convention has been called for
August q. at Trenton. when the electors
viii be named and the action OF the Ma
tionaI Convention will be endorsed IN re-
1 solutions that viii make the duty Of Jer~
sey1nen very clear. As to the electors,
there is no definite information on the
subject. The name of Samuel II. Grey has
been connected with the honor 10 the
! FIRST District. because he was one of the
Grant electors. In the Second District,
Colonel Washington Roebling is named.
In the third, J. n. Janeway: in the
Fourth District, Howard P. rockingham
OF Morris. who is the secretary of the
Fish and Game Commission; in the Sixth,
J. f. Dryden, president of the Prudential
Insurance. Company; Flavel MCGEE, in the
Seventh, and Mayor john Rankin, in the
| Eighth.
The Democrats are altogether In the
dark. Nobody seems to know whether
there VIII be d convention or not. The
Gold Democrats are arranging to hold a
conference so as to select delegates to the
Gold Democrats Convention. The Silver
people are taking no chances and are pre-
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Pepulists viii want a representative on
the ticket and il Is q question whether
they will ask for two electors or more.
| There is likely to be q wrafsgle in the con-
vention when the question of indorsing
the Pops" comes up for consideration
The Democrats do rot feel very kindly
to the Populists because they nave been
more or less hostile in days gone by, and
they are likely. if admitted, to drive a
number OF Democrats out in the world.
On the other han there are among the
Popalists some men who readily see that
il their party joins forces with the Demo-
Gratis in this fight that they Will lose their
identity and may pass out Of existence
as a party The Pops VIII hold their
convention in Newark, on August l6, and
a lively gathering is expected.
The firing OF the first gun of the poliri-
cal campaign BY the denomination of
Congressman Loudenslager. in the First
District has awakened some enthusiasm
in the Republican ranks. 1t has spurred
the leaders in the upper end Of the State
with an energy which promises effective
work for the cause OF a sound currency.
The Republican leaders of New Jersey
nave concluded that this must be a cam
paign Of education and that the money
question IS paramount to everything else.
The orators OF the party are preparing
for the stump with the intention of being
able TO convince those voters who have
been led astray by the silver heresy that
they are pursuing an unpatriotic course.
The second Republican convention to be
held VIII be that of the Fourth district,
which is scheduled for August IS al
Phillspsburg. Congressman PIfney VIII Be
renominated without any opposition. The
convention promises to BIZ interesting
because It win bring together a large
number of the representative workers
OF the party. n the situation will be
reviewed, for the Fourth Is naturally a
Democratic county and 1t can only be re-
captured by hard work. Blu the Com
gresham has had assurance enough to
warrant him making the second at
tempt.
IT has been definitely settled that Mr..
Hobart will have charge of the New York
headquarters. His vacation Is over and
ne Is at work. He has been keeping his
weather eye open for silver converts.
but like others engaged in the same line
ne is unable to gather anything definite.
Re had an opportunity up a Lake
country. and they al reported tina there
Fl We're advances being made by the sil-
yer people, but when ne tried % get
sverted, they could not say anything de-
finite. Mr.. Hobart has reached the con-
clusion nat the silver exodus is more
Hobart is trying to induce sGorernor
Griggs to accept an invitation and. go
into Vermont and make some speeches
there, but the Governor Is afraid that
~ he begins 20 accept Invitations to make
stump speeches that he Will find it hard
Roswell g.. Horr. Of Planned. viii be
active in the national field. Ex-Judge
Frank Fort is 10 go into some Of she
ana Speaker ssa9 Reed Th hsa asked saa fs ge,,ne eo aea.
gresham Pitney TO go into Maine forstde
State campaign there. while Congress
maj Stewart. of the Fifth District. viii
also be heard on the national st1rnn
New Jersey has some very able stump
orators on the Republican side, Among
Stew sieMar are F S9nsres and M pI5Rsy; G sssaaa..
gresham Roswell G. Horr. formerly Of
Michigan; Senators voorhees, and Stokes.
son, ex-Judge Buchanan and Francis j.
Swayze Those are on the Republican
side. They will do hard work during the
results. With the exception Of Mr.. Horr,
tske prominence. Nj: HoFr Is DESTROYS
front, and he has already made a speech
IN Essex county In support of his idea.
The friends Of sound money deprecate
the intention of Mr.. Horr, because they
say II he is permitted to have his way
thousands of Democratic votes may be
lost TO the Republican ticket. Those
Democrats who have already declared
that they will cast their votes for Nc
Kinley and Hobart say that they do so
protective views Of the head Of the t.cksst'
If they are to be kept in line for the
perpetuation OF the gold standard the
advocates of the Republican tariff doc
trine must be careful how they discuss
that question so as not to ALLEVIATE the
Democratic recruits.
Ex-Judge Fort sounds a note of warn
ing wheE he says that the campaign
4 must be conducted in a most respectful
manner. and with the utmost Difference to
every other mans opinion. There must
be no abuse of past political ~opponents.
Every man should be made to feel that
he is welcome. II he so desires, to temp6r-
arily. or permanently, dwell in the Repub-
lican marty, and whatever he mag fIave
been IN the pazt should not be referred To-.
There will be no new parties formed. but
There VIII be a new alignment Of indiv-
EQUALS in the existing parties
AS Mr.. Fort is very close to Vice
Presidential can-1kiate Hobart. it may
4 be assumed that he voices the opinion
of that Republican leader.
William Riksr. Treasurer of the Essex
County Republican Committee, agrees
with Mr.. Horr that the tariff Is the vital
issue of the campaign He sayS:zeFor
my own part / think that the fa1i6 duea-
ton is the most Important one fRr work
inqinen, and that work. work should Be
more important to the mass Of the people
than the silver question. or any other
leading Denaocrat. who had an
4 poauced his Intention OF Voting f4f Mo-
xinley q Hobarf n Z fs3zake 5ke {tse