The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-12-20
REPUBLICANS MERRY.
Their Leaders Pretend to
See Only Harmony and
Fat offices Ahead
of Them.
FACTIONS ARE ALL UNITED
Their Hopes Based on the Hudson
Revelations and Will Be Work.
ed for All They Are Worth.
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TRENTON, Dec. 20, 1S97.-The Repub-
lican leaders of New Jersey are con
graduating themselves over what they
consider a bright out look for the restora-
ton of harmony in the ranks of their
party organization. They believe thai the
unanimity with which Senator Voorhees,
will be chosen as the successor of Gov
ernor Griggs, as soon as the latter be-
comes a member of McKinley's Cabinet,
is a f~orerunner of peace and good will
among the factions which heretofore have
FLASHED swords, much to the dismay of all
loyal Republicans, who a~pprehended dis
astrous The name of Fos-
ter Voorhees, has, SO far, Gained the
troubled waters, and it is hoped hat it
will continue as talismanic in the future.
A deliberate opposition to the elevation
of Senator Voorhees,, no doubt would
cause much trouble and would heap fuel
on the fire of fractional disturbances.
A further reason for congratulation
lies in the fact that the leaders have
succeeded in fixing a slate for the or
will, in all probability, go through with
OQL lldCI lIlCllOI. <At lAC lCSiSidllNS
offices have been parceled out and the
disappointed -place-hunters evince a dis
position to peacefully abide by the re-
suit. General Skirm will be chosen as
pro tempore President of the Senate
and Assemblyman Watkins will WELD
the Speakers gavel in the House. The
only Offices which remain in doubt as
to their future occupants are the sec
retaryship of the Senate and the clerk
ship of the louise The naming of
George A. Frey, of Camden in connec
ton with the former has aroused con-
siderable opposition which may prove
strong enough to encompass his defeat
as a candidate. Former Assemblymen
Charles N. Codding. of Union, and
contesting for the cIerkship, with the
hances of success much in v of
the former because his name is sup
posed to be on the slate prepared by
the leaders.
With acting Governor Voorhees, in the
chair of State and the legislative ma
chinery well-oiled and all its parts work
ing in harmony, the Republican leaders
expect good results from the session.
They will frown upon all attempts at
radical and partisan legislation and will
insist upon a brief session and the en-
actment of only such laws as are re-
quired by the exigencieS of the occasion.
With such a roseate record in view the
leaders expect to be able to present a
solid front in the great campaign which
will be carried on Y year and in which
the perpetuity of the Republican admins
s~tration will be at stake.
The Republicans hope to make much
capital out of the recent exposures in
Democratic official circles in Hudson
sustained the Democratic party as
a whole, no doubt, will suffer
the consequences and the Republi-
can party will be much strength
..-1J rr1,o D4-,,1J;oaD Oo1Ar do NOT
feel disposed to make Simpsons case
a party question. He may be permitted
to take his seat and then the question
of his right to occupy it may be referred
to the Committee On Elections. AS long
as a mans citizenship has not been
revoked the natural presumption is that
he is qualified to occupy a seat in the
Legislature if there is no dispute as to
his election. 1t is a knotty question
and one for which there does not seem to
be any precedent in New Jersey. The
Legislature will meet three weeks from
next Tuesday. 1t is hardly probable that
in that space of time the case of Simpson
will hav been finally acted upon by the
Hudson County Court, n that the Bar
Association will have arrived at its
decision.
The complications surrounding this
Simpson matter will most likely cause
a breeze at the opening of the Legis-
lature. The Republican majority may
find in them a hard nut to crack, and con-
1loSAAl4 AcSotI 49, ~
as well as deplorable. Anyhow, no mat
ter what the judicial outcome may be, the
Democratic party is sure to suffer from
the disclosures in view of the old adage
there must be some fire"
The Democrats of New Jersey seem
to be very unfortunate during recent
years. Just as they were getting ready
with the good showing they made at
the polls last November, when they elect
ed five of the six State Senators, they
are now confronted with scandals in
Hudson County, the stigma from which
is bound to stick, and besides, one of their
strongest men, Judge Iippfncott, who
was mentioned as a G"ubernatorial candi-
date. has publicly declared that he will
not permit the use of his name in that
connection. So one black eye follows
another, and how the party can bear such
a strain is, indeed, a marvel. The re-
fusal of Judge Lippincott to become a
Gubernatorial candidate nay prove in
fictitious with other distinguished jurists
whose names ave been mentioned in
the same connection. Perhaps the next
surprise in that line will come from
Judge Garrison and Vice Chancellor
Reed. whose friends are now busily en-
gagged in booming them as Gubernatorial
timber. But the Democrats are not
short of material as long as they have
Senator DAILY to fall back upon. 1t
may be true hat he is not the choice of
the upper ten of his party, but still, at
the same time. 1t is we'll known that he
is the idol of the vast army of the un-
terrified, who worship him because of
the enemies he has made. If the Demo-
Gratis want to run an out-an-out silver
champion for Governor, and a man whose
loyalty to party has never been ques-
toned, Senat Daily is the logical candi-
late.
Changes in the political horizon in New
Jersey occur so frequently and unex-
pectedly that it is unsafe to make calcu-
iations as to future events. In years
gone by political prophets were more in
demand than now, and their predictions