The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-28
The COMING BATTLE
Republicans Think They
Can Win On Their Legis-
1ative Record.
DEMOCRATS WAR MATERIAL
Soon the Hot Campaign for Cover
nor and United States Senator
Will Be in Full Swing.
DEMOCRATS WAR MATERIAL
Especial to .rhe Jers by. city News."l

Especial to "The JERSEY. City News."1
TRENTON, March IS, 1S9S.-The most
active members of the Senate on the Re
publican side are of the opinion that the
session just ended has been one hat VIII
help the Republican party to victory next
fall. 1t is needless 10 say that the Demo-
Gratis do not agree with them. On the
one side are Republicans pointing to the
grade crossing. beet sugar bounty, oyster
and appropriation measures passed, as
evidence that the party is disposed to do
the best it can to please the people py
faithfully serving their interests, and, on
the other hand, the Democrats are hold
ing up the corporation acts, the Delaware
Dam law and the appropriations as PROOF
positive thai the Republicans have been
guilty of vicious and unpopular legislar
ton. Il is a case where you pay your
money and take your choice.
Whatever the sins of omission and
commission may Fave been 1uring ~
were very careful TO make no serious
blunder. Whenever the Democrats, I'M
der the leadership of Senator Daily. have
made a play for political capital, the effort
has been stretched to sucn an extreme
that not much ground was gained. Their
action in refusing to vote for or agalnst
the approximation bill has been adversely
criticised by some of the members OF the
party, VINO hold that the bill was either
S0Ou GlOQSH IL kOtC y Vi Rco
vote against, and that the Democratic
Senators should have had enough cour-
age 10 put themselves on record one way
or the other.
One of the things that the Republican
Senators pride themselves on is the fact
thai there was 10 partisan ieglslation IN
the grist that was turned out. There is
a prevailing opinion among them that
that fact will count i'm favor OF the Re-
publican party with the people to whom
it will be evidence of honesty OF pur-
pose. The leaders argue that the Demo
Gratis made themselves obnoxious 70 the
people by their persistent making ana une
making of laws for the purpose OF
strengthening the party, regardless OF the
necessity for the legislation. This was
one of the snags that the leaders deter
mined to avoid. Two or three bills were
introduced that savored very strongly OF
partisanism, but they were Quickly
s~quelched, and the members given TO un5
derstand that the leaders We're opposeu
no any such movements.
One of the most important measures
passed by both branches of the Legs
1ature was Senate bill No. 257. which
provides that there shall be appointed by
the Governor a commission TO consssl OF
three persons. whose duty it shall pc TO
hear the claims OF any person holdlng
deeds from the State, the conveyance OIL
which has failed. and loss resulted there
from. 1t is provided also that the com
mission shall determine what amount
should be paid to such persons. The man
purpose of this bill is to put an end TO the
oyster-wars that have been a eonslant
cause of annoyance to the authorities OF
South Jersey for many years Inc cues
tion of how to accomplish this mas puz-
zled the Legislature for a long tlme, puS
up to this winter no Satisfactory pam Aau
been devised.
Now that the Legislature has shut up
shop and departed there is some chance
for discussion of the coming fall cam
paign, and some very sharp eyes are nv
eted upon South Jersey. The recent tie
publican rout in Camden is counted py
the Democrats as an indication OF what
NAV be expected in the great battle Tor
Governor and United States senator
The Democrats lay claim to a large snare
cans in one of their ~stronghoidS, ana
they expect that victory to count IN the
fall, because Democratic workers nave
been promised place under the new city,
government, and these appointments Will
go a long way toward strengthening the
organization.
There is no doubt that Congressman
H. C. Loudenslager will seek a renoni-
nation in the First district. TWO years
g he broke through the third-term rule
which was until then considered prac-
tically u~nbreakable. The Congressman
has gathered about him, however, SUCH
strength in the Republican organization
that there is practically no one willing
to measure swords with him.. State SEN
ator Stokes, of Cumberland, has fire.
quently been spoken of as a successor TO
Ieudenslager, and, indeed, he was a
candidate for the nomination Two years
ago, but now Stokes desires to to go back
to the Senate for a third term, and he has
O6Gl lfiQtJdll6dblC IL IA L - - etA~N
body during the session just ended. The
Republican organization in Cumberland,
however, is undoubtedly for Bloomfield
H. Minch, who served three terms IN
the lower House of the Legislature with
marked distinction. The Democrats in
Cumberland are more closely united
now than they nave been in several
years, and their success at the recent
election in Bridgeton has imbued them
with fresh courage and hope. They mean
to make an aggressive tight on the SEN
arorshin and the RPDlDliCdnS fully Toa-
lie that division in their own ranks
means defeat.
Considerable indignation is expressed
by the glassworkers of Cumberland coun-
ty because the Anti-Company Store bill
did not reach a vote in the Senate. After
the bill had passed the House and gone
to the Senate it was referred to the Com
mittee on Labor and Industries. In the
last hours of the Senate, Senator Stokes
moved to have the committee relieved of
further consideration of the measure,
which motion was promptly defeated. The
glasSworkers openly charge Senator
Stokes with bad faith. The Anti-Com-
ton measure. and when it was in the
House was properly referred to the Com
mittee on Corporations. They expected
it would be referred to the Corporations
Committee in the Senate, of which Sem
ator Stokes was chairman. AS it was re-
ferred to Labor and industries, stokes
motion to relieve was not made until
it was too late to be effective.
Atlantic county also elects a Senator
next fall. and it is likely that Senator
Hoffman will be a candidate to succeed
himself, though he has as yet made no
formal declaration to that effect. The
as Mayor of Atlantic City has inspired
the Democrats. and they may name him
for Senator, with fine chances of winning.
Il is likely that Congressman John ].
Gardner will seek a denomination for a
fourth term in the Second district.
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