The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-10-25
SENATORIAL OUTLOOK
Democratic Prospects Of Elect.
ing the U. S. Senator Y
Efforts to Land State
Senators.
[From the Newark Sunday Calf OF
Yesterday

[From the Newark Sunday Calf OF
Yesterday
TRENTON. Oct. 23.-The policy of the
Democratic managers this year appears
to be to let the Assembly go by default,
elect as many of the Senators as possible,
and wait for the general election next
year, when members of the Legislature
then chosen are to elect a United States
Senate at the session of 1899. Six Sena-
tors are to be elected this year.. The re-
firing Senator's are five of them Republic
cans and one Democratic. The Democrats
hope now is that four of the Senators to
be elected will be Democratic.
Burlington and Cape May counties are
generally considered safely Republican.
ocrats and a still hunt may take it out
of the Republican rank this year. Things
political are not wholly at peace in Cape
May. Senator Ross was turned down for
denomination this yeaer. The Senator
charges that Congressman L~oudenslager
is responsible for it. Robert E. Hand is
Congressman Loudenslager's candidate
for Senator and he may be defeated.
In Burlington county there is a strong
feeling against the Republicans for the
failure to nominate A~ssemblyman George
Wildes for senator Assemblynan
Wildes is a farmer. At the last session
of the Legislature he was the farmers
friend. Burlington county farmers de-
sired to reward him by giving. him the
Senatorship this year, but the bosses de-
creed otherwise. Burlington is a railroad
county, and AsSemblyman WildeS is not
a railroad man, and he is not wanted.
the Republican ticket is a Camden
lawyer. 1t can be readily understood from
this where his interests lie.
HunterdOn, MiddleseX and Sussex coun-
ties should belong ordinarily in the DEM
ocratic column MiddleseX and Sussex
counties have both been represented in
the Senate for the past three years by
Republicans, but things have happened
in the past three years which are likely
to be reversed in the next three. The mis-
take the Sussex Republicans made in
nominating DR.. t. H. Address, postmaster
at Sparta, has not been made good by the
substitution of Daniel Bailey, of Vernon
township. The nomination is a weak one.
Efforts are being made to pacify ex-As-
into the Democratic ranks, and the ne
cessity of electing a Democratic Senator
from Sussex are so great that this Will
probably meet with success. Ex-Judge
Martin is personally strong. In Middle
sex Miles Ross is again at the helm and
is expected to elect the Democratic
ticket.
with the situation in Passaic county.
There Is little doubt of the election of ex-
Mayor Braun, of Paterson, the Demo
cratic candidate for Senator Even Re
publicans of Passaic county are inclined
to concede this. With four Democrats and
two Republican Senators returned this
year the Senate will stand fifteen Repub-
licanS and six Democrats, against elgh-
teen Republicans and three Democrats at
the last session.
In the Assembly the Democrats are al
most certain to elect eleven from Hudson
county, two from Hunterdon, probably
two from Bergen, three from MiGHlesex,
three from Monmouth, two from Warren
and one from Sussex. This would give
them twenty-four A~ssemblymen. The Re
publicans would have thirty-five and still
be in control of both branches of the Leg
islature. Passaic may possibly return
four Democratic Assemblymen and some
delegation; but twenty-five is enough this
year. Essex's eleven would give the DEM
ocrats a majority, but the candidates and
the plan of campaign adopted in Essex
seem to Indicate a design on the part of
the Democratic to elect the
Republican ticket.
Next year seven Senators retire, six
Republicans and one Democrat. Hudson
and Bergen counties are reasonably GER
tain to return Democrats, and possibly
Mercer and Ocean counties, the other
four. are ordinarily included in the Re-
publican column, but the Democrats may
make a fighting chance in one or more
Republicans returned the Senate would
stand thirteen Republicans and eight
Democrats. The situation in Essex coun-
ty next year will be radically changed
and the Democrats will need the Essex
vote with the vote of the .Assemblymen
from the counties named above as prob
ably Democratic this year to give them
a majority IN joint ballot.