The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-06-11


would give to the Democrats to go ahead
with the work of reorganization with the
view of having their forces fully equipped
for the great Gubernatorial battle of 1901.
In few weeks the real lines of battle
will have been drawn by the two great
parties. The National Conventions will
then have become matter of history
while the candidates and policies of each
party will have become the theme of dis
cussion throughout the land. Already the
Republicans of New Jersey are preparing
themselves for the great contest. Their
State Committee will meet in this city
next Tuesday for the purpose of organ
ization. No doubt Franklin Murphy will
be retained as chairman. The Republi-
cans could not select better man. He
has wide experience in politics, is deep
thinker ana most intrepid fighter. As he
is a man of means and leisure, his busi-
ness being able to take care of itself,
he makes it easy for his party to raise
all the necessary campaign funds. And
he is ambitious, too. He wants to be
Governor of New Jersey, and he would
rather have that honor conferred upon
him than any other in the gift of his
party, either National or State. From a
party standpoint his friends claim that
he has well earned this reward for vail
ant services which he has rendered at
all times to the Republican cause. Should
large majority be rolled up this year
for Mckinley in this State much credit
will be given for it to Mr.. Murphy, and
to the Executive chair, provided, of
course, that his party will continue in
the ascendant next year.
The meeting is for the purpose of COM
pleting all arrangements for the national
convention. The plans so far that have
been made is that the New Jersey delega--
ton and the members of the State Com
nittee who will attend the convention, will
make their headquarters in the Lafayette
Hotel where an entire floor has been Sc
cured for the comfort of the delegation
They are better fixed than most States,
because the arrangements were made ear
ly by Senator Kean, who was making ar
rangements for the National Committee.
The State Committee will also arrange
at this meeting the preliminary details OF
the national campaign. AS soon as the
convention is over work will be begun.
The State quarters will be opened, as
usual, in Newark, and the county commit
tees will be expected to get in line at once
so as to assist the State Committee in It's
work of distributing important literature
The principal business will be the distr1-
button of publications, some the State
Committee will issue itself The cam
paign of education will continue until ear
ly fall, when series of mass meetings VIII
be held throughout the State. The state
League of Republican Clubs will hold us
convention in September, and conclude lts
session with a banquet. The league WILL
as usual, take an interest in the dlstrlpu-
ton of matters which will be PROVIDED py
the National Committee. The clubs IN
rural parts become very useful In TINS
kind of work.
There has been a revival of the Cleve-
land talk about the Sage of Princeton
being willing to take another term.
There are a number of men in the State
who believe that it is possible, II the
convention at Kansas City gets congested
in any way. The New Jersey delegates
are not instructed and are free to go in
any direction. They are supposed to pe
on their honor and to vote for Mr.. Bryan,
but If movement should develop Tor Mr.
Cleveland the delegation would be expect
ed to come to his rescue because he is
now a Jerseyman. There are strong
Cleveland men in New Jersey at the pres
ent time who would be very much pleased
to do some effective wire-pulling for Mr..
Cleveland. The talk in political circles
ever since the recent State convention has
had a decided flavor of Cleveland in 1t.
Mr.. Cleveland was seen In Princeton
and stated in his most positive way that
he had little or no concern for politics
and was not devoting any time to the
subject. He disclaimed any connection
with the proposed new party that his
friend. E. c. Benedict, said was needed.
The drift of political talk would indi-
cate that the coming election was for the
election of a Governor instead of Presi-
dent. The Democrats seem to have all
their interests concentrated in the State
and not the National campaign. There
is liable to be some lively campaigning
before the selection is made, for candi-
dates are becoming numerous. There IS
going to be some deep wire pulling to Sc
cure that nomination for Senator john
son Cornish of Warren County. OF all
the names that have been mentioned IN
connection with this contest his has been
accented with the greatest amount of en-
thusiasm.
Senator Cornish is we'll known through
out the State and has been an energetic
and generous Democrat and the leading
favorite with the younger element of the
marty