New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-10-15
NEWJERSEY POLITICAL NOTES.

AdlaI r Stevenson Democratic candidate Tor
vice-Presdent will enter New-Jersey by the PACK
door to-day. He will be met at wilmington lei
by Senator Johnston Cornish, OF warren; eN-Ju use
tIorard Carron of Camden; Samuel lredel OF
Cumberland, and ex-senator William ). Keys oA
Somerset who Will represent the State Committee
1fr stevenson will speak at Salem and Bridgeton
in the afternoon and at Camden IN the eyer. S
dbII- take him to New-York, although they nave
been urged TO b nei' BEEN learned that he will have
more than day to devote to NeW-Jersey
tho meeting Of the Executive Committee of the
Renublican State Committee day or two ago ex-
Senator Williams of Passaic County. emphaticaily
said that it his opinion that the RepuDhcalS
tbere would elect Wood Mckee as State Senator,
and that the entire county ticket would be elected
C. e Breckenridge equally as confident Of the
result in Bergen County, where ne salq uE Eulutu
sfstant er-General Johnson in the Senate.
He also said that the whole Republican county
ticket would go through
Franklin Murphy, chairman OF the republican
State Committee, said in substance on SATURDAY
afternoon that recent reports from the several
counties of the State made him inclined to believe
that the majority in New-Jersey for Mckinley and
Roosevelt might go to $4,000 or in that neighbor-
hood He also said he still had strong hopes that
the WITH Congress District would be carried by
publican candidates for State Senator would be
s9eTs Tdsoh the ony really doubtful COUNTY in
the Republican column. When Mr. Murphy ven
thing in sight to warrant it,
The effort made by sprinkling of 16 to 1 Ho-
boken Democrats to induce Alexander c. Young, of
that city TO accept independent Democratic
nomination for Congress against Allan L. Nc
Dermott, the regular Democratic nominee, who is
boring holes into the 16 to 1 dollar often he
gets the opportunity to do so. failure. Mr..
Young may not now believe, any more than he be-
lieved two three weeks ago, that Mr.. McDer-
mott is ANY more of a Democrat than Mark
| his courage to the point of accepting an indie
pendent nomination II wouldn't stick. Meanwhile
Gratis Of Hoboken against Mr. McDermott is said
to be gFowng ana it is IeP9TTed thai It | ae sG6 tx
| the kind and clever canine in the old song.
| There is or there ought to be, a better and
stronger way of bracing up the candidacy of Allan
| L. McDermott, the Democratic candidate for Con-
gress in the With NeW-Jersey District, than re-
| sorting attempts beittle his opponent Mar
| shall Van Wrinkle, because Of his age. Mr. Van
Wrinkle is it is true, young man. but he is notably
| a clean one and admittedly man of unusual abil-
| ity for his years, with the excellent promise of
| more ability he grows oder Mr.. McDermott
| has at least attachment to his public record
| which is as well remembered as is the notorious
| Legislature which passed the Coal Combine" bill
| the political effect of which to drive more
than one State Senator into what appears to be
| permanent retirement. IT is also true, the
! Democrats proclaim that Mr.. McDermott has had
a wider experience in politics than Mr.. Van Win
ke. He is forty-six years old and has been pretty
regularly holding public Office since he was twenty
five years old In fact the year 1897 appears to be
the only in which he took brief but doubtless
! well earned rest. Here is Mr. McDermotts record
! as oficeholder, and rather interesting reading
it is: From 1879 TO 1885, Corporation Attorney 1883
TO 1854. District Court Judge 1884 to 1885, member
Of the State Board of Assessors: 1886 1896 Clerk
of the Court of Chancery; 1898 1900, State SEN
atOr; 1892 Subway Commissioners 1879 1880 and 1881
member of the Assembly 1858 1885, Finance Com
missioner; 1898 date, still holding on Cor
sion of these numerous and various offices has
developed the striking attributes of craftsmanship
which some of his Democratic admirers profess to
have discovered in Mr.. McDermott, there other
Democrats who do not look at it that way as
was made clear when he overwhelmingly de-
feated for the office of Mayor by General Peter F.
| that act TO extend the tenure of office of the
Mayor or Jersey City passed chiefly for his
| beneht There may be another snowfall approach
| ing. sudden changes of political weather not
| frequent but they do occur again in
| Jersey City. Anyway, since the McDermott Dem
! ocrats grievously offended by the youth of
| Mr. Van Wrinkle it may not be arniss 10 remind
| them that there is a homely old axiom which South
! ern Democrats before the war had a liking for
| that tells At least the foregoing is the sub
| stance of the remark, which more than one Demo-
| crat was making in Jersey City Saturday.
Colonel S. D. Dickinson. of Jersey City said on
| Saturday that he we'll pleased with the Repub-
| ucan outlook In Hudson County. The Republicans
| he said, had made excellent nominations the
meetings were being well attended and much en-
| thusiasm was being manifested. Colonel Dickinson
| was not yet ready to predict Republican victory
! in that county, but he thought the Democrat Is
| would be treated TO a surprise.