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PASSING or GRIGGS.
His Senatorial Manifesto
Looked Upon AS His
Retirement from
Politics.
NO CHANCE TO WIN ANYHOW
Battered His Independence for
Sewell's Favor and Was Thrown
AZ Down by the Sage of Camden.
Especial to THE Jersey city News.

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey City .News."1
TRENTON. Aug. IS. ls9z.-GoyerEol
John w. Griggs has bowed his proud
head to the inevitable and formally with.
drawn from the United States Senatorial
hight. He came up to the State Capt.
toi very early yesterday morning and by
half-past min o'clock an official inter
view Withdrawing from the fight had
been prepared and typeWritten copies
were given to the reporters. The inter-
view was given out by Secretary Wurts
ana was published in full in yesterdays
News"
This seems to be a most graceful way
of getting out OF the race when defeat
was staring the Governor in the face. 1t
f~ssjoyful news to the henchmen of ex-
Congressman John Kean of Elizabeth,
who has been an aggressive candidate
for the Senatorial roga now adjoining the
head of Senator Smith ever since Griggs
was made Governor.
The United. States Senatorial contest
has been absorbing all political interest
in the State for a long time. Already the
county and State leaders are consider
ing candidates suitable for the six Sena-
torial contests and the Assembly nolni-
nations.
3AA& $1,000 04A4 OAA ID.
have been mentioned as rival aspirants
for the seat, all eyes have been on Gem
eral Sewell. watching for something from
the Camden boss. The Governor had ac-
ceded to the demands of Sewen in the
matter of executive appointments and it
was the belief that he did SO hoping that
Sewel would in turn help to make him
his colleague in the Federal Senate.
Blu the astute General had other poll
tical fish to fry Already ne was pledged
to Kean. It is said when the Governor
recently went to see him and unbrsomed
himself, asking direct for support, the
boss. told him that his case was hope-s
less. A warm personal friend of the
Governors who has always had easy ac-
cess to Senator Sewells ear, also, it is
said, called to plead the Governors case,
but the Senator was loyal in his devotion
to John Kean.
Secretary of State sWurts yesterday
supplemented the official interview by au-
thorizing on his own account a denial of
the story that Griggs called on Sewell for
support.
Persons who are close to General Sewell
and who are high in the councils of the
party as Sewelrs lieutenants, insist, how
ever. that the story of the Governor CO.
ing to Sewell is true. They tell with a
good deal of detail what took place be-
tween the two. They say that Sewell
said he could not support the Governor
because of his friendship for Kean, whom
Griggs defeated for the Gubernatorial]
nomination two years ago. They also
tell with glee that the Governor reminded
Sewell of the Difference that was paid to
the Senator's recommendations in the
matter of executive appointments last
year., and the Camden leaders attention
was. particularly called to the turning
down of Senator Stokes and the appoint
ment of William BEETLE as Bank and In |
surance Commissioner. According to the
same authorities the chilling response
to the Governor was:-"Well, you could
not have appointed a better man" /
Whether the Governor ever was a cam
didate for the United States Senatorship
(and 1t will be pretty difficult to make
most people believe he was not) he no
doubt realizes now thai his course last
winter in surrendering to the Sewell In
f1uences has lone him endless personal
harm, besides FORGETTING the respect of
so many of his warmest supporters when
he ran for Governor. He turned down
Senator Stokes, who had done much to
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and who was known to be clean and in
clined to be independent of Sewelrs
domination, simply Because Sewell want
ed it done. He appointed BEETLE against
q mighty protest to please Sewell. Hell
aEterfered 20 defeat the Voorhees, JUL
dietary amendments, which Dick Read-I
ing and the other Sewell agents were
fighting, because the .old man. did not
want them, and even ]. Frank Fort. who
more than any one else nominated the
Governor. was denied the Attorney GEM
sralship. upon which he had set his heart
and had to bs content with a county
judgeship because the Camden boss pre-.
ferred some one else. He appointed Arm
popular protest, 10 get the Camden State
Senator's vote. and in many other ways
incurred the displeasure Of the anti-ma-
chine Republicans to get the benefit of
the machines patronage.
john w. Griggs was made Governor by
the independently voters of the State and.|
in hopes that it would be for the peoples I
good. He started off yell enough but
when the Senatorial bee commenced to
build for himself a political machine. The
elimination of his efforts in this direction
Is his decision to get out OF politics and
go back to practicing law in his native /
town.
And while he was building up Senator
sewers FENCES ne was weakening H1m-4 l
self with those who had supported him
because of his presumed independence of
Sewelrs dictation, and today he finds
himself in a position las he Is said to |
have been told by Sewell in the talk with
the latter when he has practically no
one favoring his election to the Senate.
Senatorial fight will have one good ef-
fect-it will insure to the State an indie /
pendent government until his term of !
Office expires. Now that the bosses havej
given him the marble heart he will not
likely be subject to their dictation, and 1
as he is . brainy man the State will be
benefited.
The formal announcement OF the Gov-1
ernor will have a marked influence on
the political aspect In this State.s In the
first place, unless some new Developments
should take placeeit will very matepally
Increase Mr.. Keanss chances of being i
the next United States Senator.
The many friends of Comptroller Will
fam S. Hancock who would like to see
him Governor, believe that the Goyernor's]
action has rather helped Mr. Haneock's Y
chances In this direction. as$With a Unit I
ed States Senator from the northern part.i
of the State, It is notSfikely that the more
northern counties VIII makesa determined
claim for the honor Of selecting the next3t
Governor. Mr.. Hancock has always been
Al staupcf Republican, andShas won for}i
himself d high place in the party in this
State. Congressman II. @. A~oudenelaker 3
and MahloH Ritney are among the others II
who are being prominently urged by their Il
friends for the Governership
The Governor has as yet not decided