The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-30
JOHNSON'S
SUCCESSOR
It Looks as Though Wakelee
Will Be Nominated for
Senator.
LEADERS ALL FAVOR HIM
Was One of the Eyler Investi-
gators at Trenton Last
Winter.
LEADERS ALL FAVOR HIM

Especial to .The Jersey City News.'o
HACKENSAcsK, Aug 3o 1e00-There
was so little doubt in Bergen county yes
terday that the ultimate act of the Re-
publican County Convention would be
to nominate Assemblyman Edmund W.
Wakelee for State Senator. TO sue
ceed First Assistant Postmaster-Gen-
eral johnson, that Republicans who
were not favorable to his nornina-
tion were, like the oceasiontily
unballasted vote at the polls, scatter
ing and rather difficult 10 identify. In
fact, the disposition to get ION the band
wagon" as one OF the strongest Repub-
licans in Bergen county sententiously put
1t, had grown so rapidly within the last
few days that most of the best seats are
occupied, but, like the proverbiai old fash
ioned stage coach there is always room
for one more
C. E. Breckenridge, the member of the
State Republican Committee for Bergen
county, said that, as he saw the situation
yesterday it seemed clear to him that
Mr.. Wakelee would sweep the conven-
ton" and his nomination seemed as
sured
Mr. Wakelee," Mr.. Breckenridge said,
sis one of our brightest and most promis-
ing young Republicans, and I, with other
members Of the party who believe that
popular control of the party is true Re
publcanisya, will be glad to give Mr..
Wakelee our most earnest and active sup
port if the convention shall, as 1t now
seems almost certain to do, nominate him
for State Senator. / expect to be back
from Europe in time to be in the thiekest
of the campaign and il Mr. Wakelee is
Bergen county's candidate for State Sem
ator he will have no more loyal and sin
cere supporter than / shall be, and his
election, 1 think, will not be in doubt
From an equally prominent source it
was learned that First Assistant Pest
master General Johnsons views were en-
tirely in harmony with those of Mr..
breckenridge 1t was remarked that Mr..
johnson. when he was President of the
Senate, and before that time, became
. greatly interested in Mr.. Wakelee and
that the Senator had always stood his
firm friend while he was member of
the Assembly, indeed, to Mr.. Johnson
was given much of the credit for Mr..
Wakelee's appointment to the leadership
of the Republicans in the Assembly last
year, and it was said that Mr.. johnson
was uDquestionably now as firm friend
of Mr. Wakelee as he had been at any
time.
J. Hull Browning, who was conspicu-
ously mentioned as the probable success
sor of Mr.. johnson in the State Senate
Immediately after the vacancy was made,
was reported to be earnestly in favor Of
Mr.. Wakelee's 5 nomination. While he had
expressed his gratitude to the party for
the kindly mention of himself as the
coming Republican candidate for Sena-
tor, he could not accept the nomination,
and he had openly said that he thought
the selection of Mr.. Wakelee would be
an honor to the county
Prosecutor Ernest Rooster, who was
from the first an open and above-board
supporter of Mr. wakelee for Senator,
had no doubt yesterday, in which opinion
it was said he was sustained by the
veteran editor, Hugh NJ. Herrick, whose
opinion, in the popular vernacular goes" "
that he would be nominated and elected,
''as he should be and as he deserves to
be- to quote Mr.. Koester's frank dec
laration.
It would seem, therefore, that the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Wakelee is only waiting for
the Bergen County Republican Conven-
ton to get together and ratify the wish
of the majority sentiment Of the party.
Mr.. Wakelee was a member of the
committee which investigated the charges
against Mrs. Eyler's management of the
Reform School for Girls, and his at
tempts to carry water on both shoulders
during the investigation were comical.