Evening star., 1898-09-15
NEW JERSEY POLITICS
The Gubernatorial Contest Will Begin Within
aFortnight
Republicans Will Hold Their Conven-
tion n Week From Tomorrow and
Democrats Following Wednesday.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.


CAPE MAY, N. j., September 13, 1S0S
Within fortnight the gubernatorial con- |
test in New Jersey will begin in earnest. |
Thursday of next week the republicans will |
select their candidate. and the democrats |
will choose theirs on the following Wednes- |
day. Governor is the only state executive |
officer for whom the citizens of New Jersey !
vote, and his power is very large. There is |
big scramble for this nomination in both |
parties, because to the independent voter |
there Is a possibility of New Jersey being |
found on election day in either column this |
year. The natural tendency is toward the
republicans, because Attorney General !
Griggs carried the state for governor three
years ago by $4,000 plurality, and the con-
gressional candidates Two years ago receiv-
ed about 10000 plurality, and Mckinley for |
President had $1,000. Last year, however, |
a summing-up of the puraties on candi- |
dates for the lower house Of the legislature |
showed that the majority had again been |
reduced to less than 5000 plurality. In this |
falling off, and with :. considerable growl- |
ing over several acts of the republican legis-
lature of last winter, the democratic lead |
ers believe they can win.
New Jersey will eleCt besides the gov
ernor, eight congressman, one-third of the |
state senate (seven members) and q full |
house of assembly of sixty members, aside |
from various county officers, which have a |
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counties
Leading Republican Candidates.
The leading candidates fer the republican |
nomination for governor are Acting Gov |
ernor Foster NJ. Voorhees, and Congress-
man Mahlon Pitney ot the fourth district. |
Gov. Voorhees,, who holds his Office in the |
place of Attorney GeIelal Griggs, by virtue |
of being president of the state senate, ap-
pears to be in the iea.G for the plum as |
Senator Sewell has declared for him and !
others are taking the Mint Governor Voor- |
heeS, who is d young man of forty two, has |
served TWO terms as senator from Union |
county and been leader in boih houses of |
the legislature. He was in the memorable |
senate Of 1884 when ten democratic sena-
tors tried to make themselves more num- |
erous than eleven republicans, and was Of |
fered JuSticeship of the supreme court by |
Democratic Governor Werts, at $4,000 a |
year, II he would leave his SJ00-a-year job !
and make the body tie. He did not, how
ever, and this one thing alone has made |
him many friends within his party.
Representative P1tney has lad his eye on |
the gOVernorShip for i year, and has been |
working hard to secure delegates. being !
supported by several leaders, and especial |
ly Representative Lourdensiager of the |
first district. He only announced his candi- |
dacy last week Officially, lnu at the Way
erly state fair, within three days after, was
told by Senator SeweI tliat he must not
aspire. Franklin Murphy, who for years
has Deen chairman OF the state committee,
and who was a receptive candidate, also
after the fair made the statement that he
was out of it.
Democratic Possibilities.
On the democratic side there are moro
candidates, the leading ones being Mayor
James NJ Seymour of Newark, Richard a.
Donnelly, quartermaster general of the
state; Senator William d. DAILY of Hudson
county and Judge Howard Carrow Of Cam
den, with ex-Supreme Court Judge Benja-
min F. Lee and ex-Unlted States Senator
John Z. Stockton, possibilities. Gen.
Donnely is in the lead, il is believed lie
has an honorable record q soldier of the
civil war, has been twice mayor of Trenton
republican town, and has tor nine years
been the efficient quarternaster general of
the state.
Mayor Seymour of Newark is a strong
man. who is not so much of a politician
as a business man. He has been twice
chosen to his present Office the last time
last April by 5000 plurality, while only
six months before The republicans carried
the city by equally as large plurality.
Senator Daily has served six years in
the state senate, and has been the leader
of his party for three years in the upper
branch. He is the only pronounced free
silver man of the democratic aspirants.
Judge Carrow is south jerseys candi-
date. The democrats of the first congress
sional district are trying to have him run
against Representative Loudenslager, who
St6llQS a cHdTlce OF being returned TO
Washington by not less than 10000 plural
| ity.
In the Districts.
In the second congressional district Rep
resentative John ]. Gardner has been nom
| mated by the republicans. His democratic
| opponent will be named next week.
Representative Howell will be renamed
| in the third district, and will probably be
| reelected.
| Representative Pitney viii probably be
| replaced by ex-senator johnson Cornish,
| democrat.
| In the fifth district Representative Stew
! art is after denomination, but is being
| fought by Colonel William Barbour, the
| millionaire thread manufacturer and friend
| of Vice President Hobart and Attorney
| General Griggs, The best guesser cannot,
| at this time, prophesy the outcome.
| All is uncertainty in other districts, save
| the seventh. the city of Newark where
| Richard Wayne Parker will be renom-
| mated but his election depends upon the
| personnel IF the two party tickets, which
| are yet to be named.
| The next state senate is likely to be
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