The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-05
SUMMER CAPITAL
Jersey Politicians Will Be
Found at Long Branch
This Year.
REPUBLICAN REORGANIZATION
Hudson's Deplorable Condi-
ton Still Worrying the
Leaders.
[special to ..rhe JERSEY city News."l

Especial to s'The Jersey City News."l
TRENTON. June 5, 1S99.-Long Branch
will be the summer capital of the State.
Vice-President Hobart has moved his
Lares and Penates from Washington to
Norwood Park, where he will rest for the
summer. Ex-United States Senator James
Smith, who is still regarded a leader by
some of the Democratic forces, will re-
side in a cottage at Long Branch. Attor-
ney General John w. Griggs will visit
Long Branch during the summer for sew
eral weeks. Governor Voorhees, will make
an extended trip this summer and will.
during rifle practice season, occupy the
Little White House at the Sea Grit camp
| grounds He will be near enough to Long
| Branch to make a few calls on the Vice
President.
Long Branch has become quite a poll
| teal centre in recent years. The New
York politicians find Hollywood a conven-
lent trysting place and the New Jersey
politicians have followed them. There was
hardly a Sunday last summer but wit
messed a group of New Jersey statesmen
| on some of the hotel porches. This sum-
| mer the presence of the Vice-President al
| Norwood will nave the effect of i%ncreas-
ing pilgrimages to the resorts that clus-
ter about the Long Branch bluff.
Vice President Hobart has not taken
| an active part in New Jersey politics since
| his election to the office of Vice-President
and there are no conditions that invite any
| particular political activity this year. Pas
sale county will & a tame election this
fall, electing no count officers except a
| Coroner and three new Assemblymen. 50
far as the representation to the national
| convention is concerned, he need waste no
| time over it, for the New Jersey delega-
| ton are for Mckinley and Hobart. While
| politicians will journey to Norwood Park
| it will be rather for social than for poll
teal purposes.
The Republicans of Monmouth have set
tied on a second term for Senator Asa
Francis, and it is generally believed that
it is possible to elect a Republican Sem
ator and a whole ticket this fall. In Mer-
Ger county there is a sharp contest for the
Surrogate and the Sheriff nomination. L
is believed that the present Surrogate.
Cornell, will be renominated; but ex-Sner-
if Charles H. Skirm is d candidate for
the office, and he has many friends at
work for him through the county. Surro-
gate Cornell has had the office for two
| terms, and it is claimed now that it
should go TO some deserving city poliri-
clan.
The nomination for Sheriff in Mercer
will probably go to Charles McDermott
of Princeton, a member of the Mercer
County Board of Freeholders. Samuel T..
Atchley. who was the ser-geant-at-arms of
the New Jersey Senate, is also a candi-
date. but he comes from the same town.
ship as Surrogate Cornell. and that has
had a depressing effect on his eandi-
dacy.
It is reported that Franklin Murphy,
the chairman of the Republican State
Committee, has a notion of taking a hand
in the necessary work of reorganization
of the Hudson Republicans. Should he
do so and then succeed in placing the
Hudson Republicans on a fighting basis
his claims for the occupancy of the GU
bernatorial chair, when the term of the
present incumbent expires, would be
bright.
When the proposed mission was men
toned to Mr.. Davis he ridiculed the idea.
He contended that the Democrats of
Hudson are united, that North Hudson
is loyal to the party, and will remain
so regardless of who is nominated for
Sheriff or any other office as long as his
Democracy is unquestioned. He welcom-
ed the proposed mission of Mr.. Murphy
because it would arouse the Democrats
to renewed efforts to keep their o%rganiza-
ton up to the present excellent standard.
1t is hardly possible that the reorganiz-
alton of the Republican machine can be
perfected in time to do the party any
good at the next election. 1t is so rent
and torn by discussions that it seems that
nothing short of a miracle would suffice
to put it back in fighting trim.
Last November the county gave a ma
| jority of over il, 900 for Crane, the Demo-
cratic candidate for Governor, despite tae
| fact that Voorhees, was considered very
| popular among the voters. Again last
spring Mayor Hoos was reelected by a
largely increasing majority in Jersey City.
These results were due to Democratic
unity and Republic apathy and dissen-
sions. Al those elections the Republican
machine was sadly out of gear, and since
then it has been crumbling to pieces. 1t is
no wonder, then, that a loud call has been
made for the unhorsing of Colonel Dick
| inson and other leaders, who are held re-
spensible for the chaos which exists.
There is a belief in some Republican
| circles in Hudson that Democratic VIC
| tories have been helped along the silent
| support of ~disgruntled Republicans. Re
| publican leaders are now investigating
the matter with the hope of finding OUT
who the traitors are that they may be ex-
PEELED from the party. But it is very APP