The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-06-23
TO Unite DEMOCRATS
Colonel E. 1. Price Preparing
an Address, Which Will
MOI Refer to the Cur
reney Question
Semple Wins.
Especial to ..The Jersey city News..l

Especial to The Jersey City News."l
NEWARK, June %, 1S97.-Col. File
CANT L. Price. as Chairman of the State
Democratic Committee, has decided to
appoint Samuel Semple of Burlington
county a incriber of the Board OF Elec-
tons of hat county The selection Of
Semple was the only one that was not
approved by the State Committee, and
this; was due to the fact that it had been
alleged he voted and worked for McKin-
ley in the last election.
EclSard P. Budd, member of the State
Committee from Burlington, who had en-
dorsed Semple. could not attend the meet
ing, and it was left for Colonel Price to
decide whether or not he could be APP
pointed
MI. Semple convinced Colonel Price that
he had been falsely accused. and the
Colonel agreed to appoint him just as
soon as he receives a reiteration of Com
mitteeman Budd's endorsement. That will
arrive tomorrow or Thursday, and will
complete the list as far as the State Com
mittee is concerned. But Colonel Price,
who, under the law, makes the omina-
lions to the Governor, who in turn APP
points, has decided not to recommend
Paul Revere of Morris county, who was
endorsed by the committee.
At the meeting which was held in Tren-
ton last week, Thomas H. Hoagland. the
member from Morris county who had
endorsed Revere, was absent. Senator
Kuhl objected to Revere on the ground
that he believes Revere was an ardent
McKinleyite last fall.
Johnston Cornish of Warren, in the abb
sence of H%oagland, defended Revere, and
informed the committee that he was, so
far as he knew. 'all right in the last
election. That induced Senator Kuhl to
withdraw his opposition n the selection
of Revere was endorsed.
Since then Colonel Price has received
innumerable protests against the selection
of Revere, all SO strong, he says, that he
cannot consistently appoint him, and will
not do So,
Colonel Price says he is in receipt of
encouraging reports from every section of
the State, and more particularly from
South Jersey, The Executive Committee
is hard at work on an address to the vo-
some time during the month of August.
1T will refer to State and local issues
only. and will not, it is safd, contain any
reference whatever to National affairs.
ClS AIlto y 0al :.
members of the committee'say, can have
no bearing whatever on the financial
question or any other issue raised last
fall. n should, they assert, be fought
solely from a local standpoint.
Reform in the general corporation laws
of the State will be made the foremost
issue. and the Republican party will be
attacked for its alleged shortcomings dur
ms the last three years. The corporation
act Will be attacked on the ground that it
affords too wide a field for the creation
and protection of trusts, and the last
Legislature will be scored for enacting a
law which has for it's ostensible object
the protection of trusts against the an
THRUST legislation of New York and
other States.
Colonel Price says that it is an issue
upon which all Democrats can unite. no
matter what their views on the currency
question may be. 1t is also one which he
believes will draw to the support of the
Democratic party the Independent vote
whIeh IS generally Dun on the side of
good government.
The Colonel thinks this will unite the
and cause them to forget. for
the time at least, their difference on ma
tional issues, and rally to the support of
the common cause. He is also counting
on the diSsenSiOns in the RepuhIican
ranks throughout the State, which are.
he says. more widespread thar is gen,
orally known. The address and future
line OF action will be definitely deter
1nlned Upon at a meeting to be held in
ASDury Park about .Tulv u