The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-23
SEWELL'S SHOES.
More About the Conspiracy
to Depose the General
From the Bosship.
CONSPIRATORS DISAPPOINTED
Many Candidates for the Few
Plums Now at the
Governors Dis
posal.
[special q ..rhe Jersex clty News.ol

Especial to The Jersey City News.
TRENTON. Jan. %. 1S99.-Phere is
much in both Republican and Demo-
cratic ewspapers about a movement to
seize the Republican organization of the
State as soon as it is d~iscernible thai
United States Senator Sewell is obliged,
by reason of age or infirmities, to let go
of the leadership of the Republican
party. Most papers call it an anti-Sewell
movement, but it is not. 1t is rather an
effort on the part of certain men to seize
the toga and the shoes of Senator Sew
ell as soon as he puts them aside.
1t is a daring thing at the best. 1t
has had it's origin in the exaggerated
statements that have been made con-
corning General Sewell's health. There
is a suspicion thai General Sewell will
be succeeded as leader by Vice President
Hobart, and that Attorney General
Griggs is to get General Sewell's toga-
that is, when it is vacated. To prevent
this another group of men are quietly
preparing an organization which will
come to the surface in more or less COM
pleted condition whenever a turn of af-
fairs makes it necessary.
Editor Hugh M. Herrick, of the Hack
ensack Republican" who was for years
an aggressive critic of the movements of
General Sewell, has given considerable
attention to the recent underground poll
tics, and he makes the following remark
able deduction of the new deal in Re-
publican politics in the editorial column
of his paper
THE whole movement as reported
involves an amount of ingratitude and
political treachery that is almost incred-
ible, and, if well founded, would be APP
palling to the most hardened political in
CRATE. Men are said to be engaged in
it who would never have been heard of,
politically or officially, but for the aid
of General SeweI. Some of them have
been indebted to him for a comfortable
living for themselves and their families
for years, and are now basking them
selves in the sunshine of ease and lucra-
tive political places through General Sew
ellis favor.
''Others who have local or State leader
ship in the party nave it entirely through
the Sewell influence. The whole movement
as now understood, is confined almost
wholly to South and Middle New Jersey.
llt w III AOpG ~ dtlll O4ICs aS Lily
Paterson Cali terms it, General Sewell,
but they are now trying to undermine his
influence for the purpose of more easily
selling upon the Sewell machine in the
event OF the Generals demise. They talk
of his age, his frequent attacks of illness
and his habit of high living, which they
calculate will undermine his constitution.
Every time the General is reported to have
a slight illness the would-be revolutionists
are said to become Immediately alert.
CONGRESSMAN L~oudenslager is accredit-
ed with being the head of the ~anti-Sewell
movement. Whether he would boldly avoW
it or not is not known. The others are
moving very cautiously in order to get
back to cover again should the movement
| turn out to be a fiasco. 1t is claimed that
Barker Gummere of Trenton has been Sc
lected as their candidate for United states
| Senator as the successor of General
.sThe anticipated South Jersey revolt
is not wholly directed against General
Sewell, but is also intended to prevent
Vice President Hobart from becoming
the supreme political leader OF the state
in case the reins of leadership should
| for any cause drop from General SewelPs
hands. They are determined in that
case to seize the Republican leadership
in South Jersey and to make MT. no
| bart and other conspicuous North DER
| sew leaders Acknowledge their authority
and their. right to the succession.
This is a fine political scheme 50 far as
take this into consideration:3General
| Sewell is scarcely GA years old, and so
long as he lives he will be able to nam
tain his hold in South Jersey, While IN
| North Jersey, if anything, h" is stronger
than ever. He has occasional lapses
from robust health, but he soon comes
| out all right again. He is as likely as
any one else of his age to Y many
years yet" -.
From another source it is learned thai ht
| the combination has fixed a slate for the
| future. It is Mahlon Pitney for Governor
to succeed Foster M. Voorhees,; Congress,
man Harry Loudenslager TO De gnlteu
Barker Gummere. of Trenton. to be State
| Chairman. and State Comptroller Han
cock to succeed himself.
1t is said that those men have gone IN.
to General Sewelps own balliwick. Last
fall they forced Mahlon Pitney into the
| Gubernatoria contest, after General
Sewell had declared most emphatically
for voorhees,. General Sewell a to take
summary measures to break the comblna-
ton. On the organization of the Legisla-
ture they turned down Editor George Frey
of the Camden Courier He was secre-
tary of the Senate and received Sl;ooO
They gave the place e Se Eai6of SEVEN &; q 6 an.
deavored to get the State Senators to re-
Consider the matter. They did not take
any action. This was highly satisfactory
to Congressman Loudenslager.
h Republican workers, throughoul
Trenton are to gather at the City Hall
this evening and go in a body to the
State House. and through a few selected
spokesmen are to express themselves 70
the State officials on the question OF
retaining Democrats in the State depart
ments. 1t is not known now whether
there will be any expression on the sub
iect. of bipartisan boards and retention
of Democrats in the State institutions;