The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-10-04
THE COUNTY SITUATION.
Lawyer Allan Z. McDermott
Will Undoubtedly Be
Named for Senator.
AND SEN. DAILY FOR CONGRESS-
Republicans Are All at Sea
With Speer Looming
Up in the Oflng-

Dermott will be our Senatorial candidate
and William D. Daily our Congressional
candidate, said Leader Robert Davis this
morning "The names of these gentle
men have been mentioned with marked
persistency for the last month for these
offices, and can find no change Oh seHtl-
ment among the party. WORKERS Our
primaries are open to all ana The more
healthy competition there is. the. petter
it will be. 1t will serve to arouse voters
and bring them out. There has peen @ some some
torial nomination. / do not believe that
statement. / guess it is all newspaper
talk, and newspapers are NOT running TINS
campaign. Mr.. DAILY Is in the hands OF
his friends. That being the case, | be-
lieve he will experience little or no troll
bic in capturing the Congressional noml-
nation. It would delight the RepGDll-
cans if they could create dissension. They
do not want Allan L. McDermott nomlnai-
ed for many reasons. They know they cam
and they know he IS fearless, bold
speaker, For my part / do not believe
the Democratic party can flnd stronger
man than Mr.. McDermott. The Demo-
cratic party will Of course be in the
minority In the Senate, and the Repub-
licans. knowing that, would like US to
send a man 10 Trenton to represent US
who would sit still and allow them to
lam through partisan schemes With
Mr.. MaDermott in the Senate, Republican
tricks would be exposed and the people
c0uiQ rest assured IQelT interests 4WOuiu
be well guarded. Such a fearless man as
Mr. McDermott would compel the Re-
publieans to do what is right and give
us decent legislation. think It would be
unite and seat Mr.. McDefmOtt in the
Senate. He is the man for the present
emergency. He is the man for the party.
We want him. and viii have him, think
/ do not care who the Republicans name,
Mr. McDermott can and will beat him.
AS Mr. Davis says. the party workers
are united for Mr.. MeDermott and the
odds are 20 to ! that he will have no
opposition at the primaries on October II.
Mr.. McDermott will file his petition for
nomination tomorrow or Thursday; 1t
has been reported, from all parts of the
city, that ex-Assembiyman William
Klink will be pitted against Mr.. McDer-
mott by the Republicans Today there
appears to be a change of sentiment.
and having just now discovered that
Hudson county has never returned Re-
publican Senator, feels like. withdraw
ing from the race The possibility of his
retirement has given certain branch OF
the Republican party an opportunity to
spring the name of Counsellor William
like a windmill, and would doubtless win
hundreds from the Democratic nominee.
Speer, like Robert Carey, whom the Re-
pub1icans think quite seriously of non1i-
mating for Congress, was supposed to be
Democrat a few months ago.
The likelihood Of having two renegade
Democrats head the Republican ticket IS
causing amusement in Democratic cir
cles. In Republican quarters it IS Gre
at1ng something bordering on consterna
tion. Speer's chances to defeat klink
are considered excellent. and the outlook
is that that there will be lively fight in
the convention. Leader Dickinson de-
clines to discuss Speer's chances Out
side of making fight for Foster NJ
Voorhees,, and fight against Thomas Nc
EVAN Colonel Dickinson win not take
an active part in the approaching cam
paign. His intimate friends kSay that he
knows there is no chance to elect any
one in this county under present condi-
tions, and he proposes keeping his hands
off until he sees an opportunity 10 drop
in and scoop good Office or two.
One of the reasons advanced by certain
Republicans for nominating Robert Carey
for Congress is that he may have strength
enough in Greenville to bring that ward
back into the Republican fold and give
representative in the Board of Free
holders. The Republicans are so thorough
ly at sea that it will not be known until
after the Congressional convention, on
October u. who the Congressional nomi-
nee will be. The same rule applies to the
Senatorial nomination. The Senatorial
convention Will not be held until Octo-
ber II.
Party workers are commencing to take
keen interest in the fight for the Boule-
ward Commission nominations. From
various. parts of the county word has been
received by the party workers that the
proposed nomination of Daniel 7. Lewis
and Charles Blrdsall is satisfactory. The
nomination of these is not assured by any
means. There may be a dozen aspirants
for the nomination., but the indications
are that Messrs. Lewis and Brdsan will
have the strongest pull on the party or
ganizations.
Whom the Republicans will name has
not been decided as yet. Ex-Assembly-
man Robert d. Crquhart is after one Of
the places. Colonel Dickinson is not par
ticularly opposed to him, and there is Just
a possibility that he will win out Uruu-
hart is a hustler If nothing else He will
be satisfied If he can get the minority
representation on the Commission. The
Republican workers are doing their ut
taking the second place on the ticket.
As Boulevard Commission candidate,
they arrive at the conciusion,~<by some
unknown system of reasoning that he
will bring strength to the whole ticket.
Mr.. Vanderbeek would be the representa-
tive of the sflk-stocking element Mr..
Vanderbeek, it is said, will not run.
deavoring to induce him to accept. Dem
ocratic workers do not hesitate to say
that no matter whom the Republicans
name for Boulevard commissioners they
will be buried. The only reason the Re
publicans will get minority representa-
tion on the Commission is that the law
makes such a representation necessary.
dent of victory that they give the Repub-
leans. two Freeholders, one from the
Eighth and Ninth and one Boulevard
Commissioner. Outside of these three
Democrats see no way the Republicans
can get anything. Although confident of
victory the Democratic workers will put
up a harder fight this year than ever be-