Evening star., 1900-10-16
Bryan to Tour $he State October 25
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DEMOCRATS 5AsE l1usE HARD FIGHT
Little Prospesas'Ihat They Can
sega@ }he State.
CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS
special Correspondence of The Evening Star

CAfE MAY, N. d., OctOOer 10, lSuU
Col. w. J. Bryan will turn his attention
| to New Jersey on October 25 and 26. while
en- route to New York. The colonel will be
up against hard proposition If he expects
by his eIoquence to turn New Jerseys cleo
toral vote to him. He will devote the first
day to south Jersey. beginning at Wash
ipgton Park In Gloucester. and speaking at
Burlington and Trenton. In the second day
he will speak at Morristown, Flemington,
Paterson and Newark.
These towns have been picked out by the
democratic state committee because they
are In the vicinity where the democrats
have hopes Of turning the voters back to
the moorings as they existed in the days
when the state went democratic.
While the democrats have been making
an extensive effort to reclaim the state
they will not meet with success, because
| the republican state committee, under the
leadership of Chairman Franklin Murphy
and the vice chairman, Senator Edward
C. Stokes, has kept the people generally
informed of the benefits of the republican
policy, not only in the nation, but In the
state.
It is the opinion of all the leaders of the
republican party that Mckinley and Roose-
welt will carry the state by 10000 majority
and secure its ten electoral votes. In 1895
Mckinley carried New Jersey by the un-
precedented majority Of e. 800, but that can
not be hoped for this year. Mr.. Hobart
was very popular. and had much to DO with
the turnover in the northern part OF the
state where he was we'll known.
Democrats Were Divided Then.
The democrats then were more divided
than now. Only 6.OO0 votes. however, were
cast then for Palmer and Buckner. NOW
the democrats are more united. Some or
those who did not vote four years ago Will
to- Of n
mort of BRYAN is the desire of the demo-
Gratis to control the offices OF the state
again, from which they were ousted six
years ago by reason OF their partnership
with gamblers and race track owners. Inc
| leaders today are the same as tnen. anu
| the biggest race track man OF the lot Is the
| owner Of the park where Bryan Will speak
| first when he comes in the state on ms ten
days tour. The people. however arr, are NJ NJ
| ticing these things and the more they no
| tice them the less chance the democrats
! will have of carrying New Jersey.
,rwo years ago onilocal issues the re-
publicans. however, only won the govern1r- 1snr
! congressman the combined republican ma
| jority was about 10000. Mindful OF these
| facts the republican leaders have lett hoth-
ing undone which would help their canvass.
The smallness of the governors plurality
| is what has caused the democrats TO WORK
| so hard. 70 -
OF the eight congressman in the next
| seven, II not all. The only district which
! may send the democratic congressman
would be the seventh, comprising Richard
| Croker's adjuncts. Jersey City and Ho-
! boken. rr.
Representative Henry c. Loudenslager
will go back to Washington for the fourth
term. He is oppesed this year by ex-sena-
| tor George Pfeiffer. T, OF Camden. VINO car
| ried that county once when there were two
| republicans running for state senator to
settle a facional quarrel. Mr.. Louden-
| Slayer has not had much time to look after
| his own district. because, of being busy In
charge Of the republican congressional
committee headquarters at Washington.
In the second District.
| In the second district Representative
| John J. Gardner will go back for his fifth
I term Four years ago he had 1900 ma
| jority, and two years ago 5000. He will
probably get 5000 this year His opponent
is Col. Thomas j. Prichett. a man little
known outside his own bailiwtck OF Bur-
lington city.
putting up stiff fight against Representa-
| tive Benjamin F. Howell. who has been re-
nominated. Mr.. Howelrs majority of 5000
| Of four years ago was reduced to 700 two
years ago. The district was formerly al
| ways democratic except when the present
United States senator. John Kean repre-
sented 1t. Mr.. Howelfs opponent is James
j. Bergen. former speaker of the New Jer-
| four years ago. but who came back into
the silver fold last year, when he was the
| democratic candidate for state senator in
| Somerset county, which office he did not
| get. Mr.. Howell will have about 3 900 plu-
rality
| The fourth district is now represented by
| Representative Joshua 8. Salmon. a demo-
| crat, who Is serving his first term. He
| had 2600 majority when elected, but in the
! election of 1895 Mahlon Pitney, now a state
senator. carried the county by 1890, he be-
| ing then the republican and gold demo-
] cratic nominee. Pitney served the term
previous also In Congress. The republican
| candidate Is former Judge H. Burdette
! Herr. who is from the rock-ribbed uemo-
| cratic county OF Hunterdon. but who Is
| popular. He will doubt defeat Salmon
| by at least 1000 plurality, from reports
! from that district.
| These four districts comprise most of the
| agricultural sections of the state
| In the fifth district James Fleming 6tev-
art. republican, will again go back. His
| democratic opponent Is John Johnson, who
| was only put UP to complete the ticket
| In this district are the thriving towns of
| Paterson. Passaic, Hackensack and Ber
| gen. Stewards majority four years ago
was 10000, and two years ago it was 2 ono
He will have about g. 600 this time
| In the Sixth District.
The sixth district is made up Of the citv
| Of Newark. which has been represented for
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