New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-06-05
SURE OF NEW JERSEY.
REPUBLICANS WILL RETAIN CONTROL
OF THE LEGISLATURE.
A SAFE MAJORITY POSITIVELY SECURE
DEMOCRATS MAY APPEAR IN AN


ANTITRUST FARCE
The elections in New-Jersey this year will be
for members OF the Legislature and court Of
fcers. Eight counties will elect Senator'S and
seventeen counties will elect Sheriffs. In seven
OF the Senatorial counties the outgoing Senators
are Republicans, and one Senator IS a Demo-
crat. In nearly all the counties TO elect Sherffs
the present officers Republicans. elected In
1896. when the State went Republican on Presi-
Dental Electors by 1892 plurality. The only
counties that will not vote for Sheriff Ber
gen, Cape May Passaic and Somerset The
counties TO elect Senators are Essex. Monmouth,
Union, Somerset Gloucester, Salem and Cam
den, now represented by Republicans, and War
rem. which has Democratic Senator
EIGHT SENATORS TO BE CHOSEN.
Prior TO the change in the system Of electinS
Assemblymen. as to have them chosen by
counties instead Of by districts, the elections Of
Senators who would have a vote for United
States Senator in future Legislature were held
to be Of prime Importance. Usually the majority
either way in the Assembly under a district
system OF representation was small, and, there
fore, in anticipation. every vote gained in the
Senate was valuable Last years new Senator'S
will vote for United States Senator in 1901, and
20 will the Senators elected this year and in
1900 The present Senate stands fourteen Re-
publicans TO seven Democrats. The Republicans
may lose Monmouth this year. but all the
chances are that they will carry the other coun-
ties The loss can be repaired In 1900 with the
exception Of the Passaic Senatorship, which
lost In 1891 az we'll az that in Burlington. The
next Senate will probably stand, Republicans.
13; Democrats, s. AS there seven hodover
Republicans 1t will be necessary this year TO
elect four for a majority. For these Essex,
Union Gloucester and Camden seem absolutely
sure
NO LIKELIHOOD OF A DEMOCRATIC AS
sEMBLY.
The House of Assembly. being reckoned by
full county instead OF district delegations the
political complexion OF the county since 1873 is
q fair index Of the result this year. The Re-
publicans start off with the whole southern tier
OF counties sure. There eight OF them, with
a. total vote Of twelve in the Assembly Mercer
is now surely Republican, and its three votes
make 10 Essex is equally cure with its II
votes making %. Passaic which ought TO be
sure and isn't always to be relied on has
votes Union has g. Morris 2. Bergen, now a
Republican county, has 2, and Somerset /.
These counties all naturally Repub-
lican and have elected Republican Assem-
blymen
sibty OF a Democratic House Of Assembly, and
every calculation POINTS to Republican Legls-
lature in both branches by substantial MAORI
ties
In every election for Assembymen under the
county system the majority in the House for
the successful party has been large EsseXs cleo
ton under the present system means the whole
eleven Assemblymen one way or the other For
merly the delegation would be divided. IL 10
the same in all the larger counties, 40 that the
State goes heavily for Assembly whichever way
IL votes This has diminished the Importance or
the Senatorial elections in relation to the cleo,
ton for United States Senator, and has lessened
interest In them.
DEMOCRATS LACK AN ISSUE.
This wear there will be no well-defned State
issues The Democratic leaders are canvassing
the advantages TO be derived from making an
issue on trusts but as nearly all the leading
Democrats including ex-senator James smith
and Senator Allan L. McDermott. are identihed
with large corporate interests, the performance
is embarrassing for them. Senator McDermott
the self-consttuted Democi attic leader IN the
LEGISLATURE also made dubious record TOT NM
self and his party at the last session In a des.
perate effort TO aggrandize the Morris Cahal
company and it's affiliated corporation the East
Jersey Water Company at the expense OF the
State His object defeated by Repuollcan
members by the suppression Of his bill. lie
also fought in vain for a bill which would nav
enabled p. II. Flynn TO secure moncpoiy OIL an a.,
in the control Of the East Jersey water COM
pany.
"JIM" SMITH MAY TRY TO BOB UP AGAIN.
Ex-senator Smith, who failed to elect Gov
ernor and Legislature last November, VIII De
the Democratic leader in the state, ana IL Is
understood that he will reserve his energies TOT
the legislative election OF 1900 in the attempt TO
wrest the Senatorship from General Sewell HIS
only interest this year is IN the Senatorial elec
tion in the eight counties. In loS' Dy shreWa
combinations he carried all the counties that
voted that year except Cape May, but MS Sena-
torial cake which looked so promising tnTn,
became all dough last year. 1t Is yet 10 DC
seen whether he will think 1t worth ms WINE 10
make a big fight in the Senatorial counties 'hls
year o, mill boya
the elections for county officers VIII nav
more or less influence on me results, II w.
sbrievaltv fight in 1897 in Passac that causeu
the loss OF a Senator there but there are as yet
no signs OF local factional quarrels over COUNTY
nominations A lively interest in Senatorial anu
county nominations Is already stirred up hI i,i
candidates are building fences, but no more VIII