The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-11
The Situation in Union County

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There Is blood on the Republican moon
in Union and the cheering prospects tnat
the Democrats now have Of carrying the
counsy are sending cold chtlls down the
sninal columns of Governor Voorhees,,
senator Kean. Congressman Fowler ana
the other Republican leaders. The cause
Of The dificulty is the prevailing charac-
teristic of the modern Republican-greed
for Office. One faction thinks the other Is
getting too much of the loaves and fishes
and vice versa. In the expressive Il not
elegant language of one of the rural
leaders, "Elizabeth still wants to hog all
the ~ofiees,' and right there lies the
trouble. The metropolis of the county is
at the public crib have been coming her
way. The Governor. a United States
Senator. a Representative In Congress,
the Senator, the Surrogate, Assistant
Surrogate, County Collector and Prose-
cutor all come from that city and the
rural section of the county is declaring
that 1t Is high time that some Of the
oAiees. with fat salaries annexed, should
be parcelIed out among them.
Elizabeth does not seem to thoroughly
agree with this sentiment. and two Of
her citizens are hard at work to secure
me nomination for Sheriff and County,
Clerk. The rural districts also have cam
didates for these offices and the fight Is
on. So acrimonious has the strife be-
come, that. no matter who wins, the seeds
Of bitterness have been SO well sown thai
a fine crop of discussions may be expect
ed for the benefit of the Democrats.
The aspirants for the Shrievalty nomi-
nation are Robert G. Houston of Eliza
beth and Frank Coriell of one Of the
townships. Assemblyman George Squire
of Enzabeth wants the nomination for
County Clerk and william Howard Of
Railway Is clamoring for It. too. Besides
the claim that Elizabeth has enough al
ready, the rural voters say that she is a
Democratic city and is not entitled to
one-haH Of what she has. let alone what
she claims.
The indications, however, are that the
Elizabeth candidates will win, and if
they do the rural men declare their in
tention Of showing their resentment at
n polls by defeating the successful city
men, This IS a situation for which the
leaders profess to lave no concern. They
say that their followers can be depended
upon to vote the regular ticket when the
nominations have once been made and
that all talk of a bolt is moonshine. But
they are only talking to keep up their
courage- They know the situation is
Eerious.
What really does worry them, they ad-
NIT. is the effect which this state of af-
fairs win have upon the denomination of
Senator Joseph Cross. Judge Cross was
elected Senator last year to fill the re-
manning year of Governor Voorhees,
term as Senator. and he has only occupied
the seat a year He was slated for a re-
nomination as a matter Of course, n
there was no opposition to him. But
Q It Is feared hat he will get in be-
tween the two contending factions and
viii be squeezed out of sight. 1t is
fhought that the countrymen may
y deal with some one controlling enough
Eotes to give them victory by which a
new candidate for Senator will be Sc
cured II such a course is pursued it
win be a very difficult matter to whip
Judge Cross friends into line and serious