The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-12-07

when the q. o. P. delegation from tnls
county went to Hudson on Tuesday ana
reaa SOM thing very like the riot act to
Governor voorhees,. the imperturpapis
Johnny Macarthur. threw a bombshedl into
the ranks of the faithful, in his own I'M
perturbable way. by declaring thar the
next candidate for Governor would come
from Hudson, and that his name wouio
re samuel D. Dickinson. There was
something 80 very much alive about this
suggestion that it created CONSERVATION
IN The inner circles of the Senate ring.
Tha senators. who have been most caustic
In their attitude towards Hudson at once
became apologize, and for a while ~
looked az if they would give anything
even a share Of the pap. 10 Mr.. NC
Arthur's constituents. If only he would I'M
say those cruel words.
Tn naming OF Mr.. Dickinson as a guoer-
Material possibility could not but awaken
varied emotions in various classes OF citi-
gems. The cynical and ribald emocra
IS art to laugh c~onsumedly when he is re-
minded Of the Macarthur joke. Some OF
the G.. D. p. luminaries are apt to De IN
suired with a fine scorn, and still others
are likely 10 feel symptoms Of panic about
the Dit OF their stomachs. There is the
truly good Mr.. Mahlon Pitney, for IN
stance the promising young Senator from
Morris. without doubt he is horribly
shocked at the idea. He looks upon Mr.
Dickinson as the exponent OF that element
In politics generally designated as boss
ism and this Mr. Pitney and the other
truly good men OF the party never weary
Of condemnfng. The shock to OR. Pitney
VIII be all the more intense since he him
self is a candidate for the nomination and
is doing all in his power to secure the sup
johnson, Of Bergen. the self-appointed
watching. Of the State Treasury. who
continually keeps his hand to his ear so
as TO not miss the call OF the people TO
the Gubernatorlal chair, will also be in
clined to lift his unsoiled hands in holy
horror at the mere mention of Colonel
Dickinson as the Republican candidate
for Governor. Other gentlemen who have
the G~ubernatoria bee buzzing in their
bonnets viii also be Mortified at the idea
OF such a practical politician as Colonel
Dickinson being exalted to the highest
position. in the State.
And yet there is not one of these same
sHoiier than thou" Republicans who
would not do all In his power to obtain
the support and assistance OF Colonel
Dickinson IN obtaining delegates to the
convention for himself. There is not one
of them who would not in that case forget
that the Colonel represents bossism and
is what is known as a practical pc ~itician;
there is not one Of them who would not
receive the vote of any delegate he might
contribute without any conjunction as to
how that delegate was obtained.
There is not the slightest reason why
Colonel Dickinson should not be a Repub-
lican candidate for Governor. He is a
faithful observer OF all the traditions Of
the Grand Old Party" and one of the
best examples Of the modern Republican
extant. He has this extra n un-Repub-
iican characteristic in his favor. that if he
should be chosen Governor. the Executive
Department at Trenton would not be occu-
pied by q hypocrite or q humbug.
The Rosrs Disseminating Their Own