The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-09-09
ESSEX POLITICS
The Position Of the Two
Parties in the Fall
Campaign.
DEMOCRATS ARE WAITING
Republicans Are Bending
Their Efforts to the Secur-
ing of Delegates.

Especial to 1.-THE Jersey city News.''1
NEWARK, Sept. s, 1S99.-It is expected
that the Democratic managers of Essex
county will wait until they know the drift
Of Republican sentiment before they set
tie upon any policy for the campaign IN
this county his fall. They have a belief
that here IS a fair chance to win, If they
do the right thing at the right time, and
the expectation is that the nominations
on the Democratic side will be made to
fit the case very carefully. Nobody can
| tell how things will so. but there is GER
talnly a reasonable hope in Democratic
inner circles which has net existed here
tofore. It is based. arst. upon the trust
issue; second, upon .santi-imperialism, 7
and. third, upon tho disposition Of Demo-
Gratis who kicked at Bryan to unite with
the organization for State and county
elections at least.
The Republicans are talking Of nominal
tons almost exclusively, and appear to
think that the only fight they have is that
which will be made in the convention over
candidates for the important offices to
be filed. These are State Senator, Sheriff,
Surrogate and eleven Assemblymen. The
custom is when such important places as
the three first named are up for election,
to give one to the townships or the city
Of Orange, and that will be attempted
this time. There are, however, so many
city candidates that 1t will be hard to
prevent the convention from naming only
city men.
For State Senator Thomas N. McCar-
ter, Jr.. has had the lead for some time.
He is a lawyer, and was Judge of the
First District Court until he resigned q
short time ago. His residence is in Say
brook place., and he belongs to the we'll
known McCarter family. He Is a young
man Of acknowledged ability and much
energy. 1t is said that he has the warm
support Of that section of the State Re-
publican party led by viee-President Ho-
bart, while the Sewell men do not favor
him. AS the next State Senator will vote
for United Estates Senator In place Of
General Sewell. this is regarded as I'M
portant. The opposition to Mr.. McCarter
is said to centre in favor of George q.
Russell. an employe Of the Wilkinson &
Gaddis Company, and a very active Re-
publican in the southern part Of the city
and we'll known In a business way. Mr..
Russell is a hustler, and has the warm
support Of most of those who look ask
ance upon Mr.. McCarter. Mr.. Hawks
worth. a New York lawyer, who lives in
East Orange, is also talked of, but
scarcely anything Is known Of him.
Judge Fort, ]. w. HIATT and other East
Orange men are said to favor him, and
urge the advisability Of giving his office
to the county outside of Newark. Ex-
Assemblyman G. w. Porter, who made
a good record in the House, but was OPP
posed by Major Lentz, formerly the Re-
leader. Is likewise mentioned,
but IS not working for the nomination.
Nearly everybody would like to be
Sheriff. John H. Bonnell, Henry Dickson
and Frank F. Smith are anon those who
have shown that they nave strong sup-
port.
Freebooter Thomas MCGOWAN is ex-
pecting the nomination for Surrogate, be-
he lives in Bloomfield and will have
a strong backing in the townships. where
he is especially well known. Newarkers
would be more likely to favor Frank Z.
Swayze, one of the most successful Of the
young lawyers of the city, and IN active
Republican.
The original plan of renominating all of
the Assemblymen who served last year
has been upset by the lamented death Of
John L. Billiard, of Miliburn. The selec-
ton of a new man for this vacancy may
make a lot of changes Inevitable. Mr..
was generally regarded as the
strongest man on the Essex delegation
last year, and there was pretty strong
criticism of his colleagues. It is being
urged that some men who viii be able to
a leading position In the Assembly
should be named, and an entirely new
is not impossible.
George Michel Rink is a candidate for
Assembly IN the Thirteenth and Four
tenth wards. He is well known, as a ma
tive of the Fourteenth ward. president of
the Trunkmakers' Association. n an
employ of the late 7. B. Peddie for TWEEN
ty-seven years.
Elsewhere in the State the political sit
uation seems quiet, but the tendency
among Democrats is to get together
again, and while the anti-Bryan feeling
remains strong. there is common ground
on many other matters, and the feeling
seems to be that If the next national con-
vention will give the old-line Democrats
half a chance they will unite and bury ali
differences.