New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-14

John l. Blair Kelley as their district delegates
to the National Republican Convention
The chairman Of the Hunterdon County Re-
publican Committee ex-Assemblyman Charles
N Reading, said yesterday that there
n'tle doubt that Richard B. Reading would be
Reelected as the member from that county of
the Republican State Committee. There may
be some opposition, but 1t will not be. MI Read
Ing thought, anything like as determined it
was three years ago,
Now that John H. Conger has positively de-
clared that he will not be candidate for
appointment the MIddlesex County member
of the Republican State Committee it is prob
able that Theodore Strong will be chosen He
was the member for that county before Mr.
Conger was chosen after a contest in which
there was some bitterness, and in which Mr..
Strong was defeated. Mr.. Strong was an active
and useful member during his term and 1t is
expected that he will give better account of
Middlesex County Republicanism than was
given in the New-Brunswick municipal election
on Tuesday, when, in the popular vernacuIar
the Republicans laid down and let the Demo-
Gratis walk all them"
At this distance from the seat Of government
and from the home of the Governor Of New
Jersey it looks as though the many columns and
that the next Chancellor Of New Jersey will
probably be Justice William s. Gummere are a
prodigal waste of labor and printers ink.
Whether Chancellor McGill decides TO resign or
to hold the office until the expiration OF his
term, Mr.. Gummere is more likely to remain a
Justice of the Supreme Court for indefinite
term than he is to be made the Chancellor of
New-Jersey. AS newspaper has said, Gov
ernor Voorhees, may make the appointment a
personal one" bur both the personality and abil-
ity Of the successor of Chancellor McGrI will
probably meet with pretty general approval all
over the State.
If Colonel Edward Livingston Price of Essex
County, and Robert Davis, Of Hudson County.
should be opposed 10 each other when the time
comes TO nominate a Democratic candidate for
Governor the excitement of a horse race between
two favorttes will be as nothing compared with
that which will prevail IN the Democratic State
Convention OF 1901. Mr.. Davis has already an
nounced and reannounced that Hudson County
will have candidate. and that If Edward F. C.
Young should decline the honor Of the nomination
Mayor Hoos of Jersey City will be presented by
the Hudson delegation. Colonel Price does not
need to put forward Mayor Seymour The
Mayor OF Newark has made that step quite I'M
necessary But when it comes to getting con-
troll of the party machinery of the convention.
with Mr. Davis and the Colonel both struggling
10 boss the job. there may not be an increase in
the vital statistics Of the State but there will
be a good many Illuminated metaphors which no
prudent individual will touch with the
naked hand.
IT is matter OF State wide publicity that
Governor Voorhees, would be pleased TO he
chosen a observation-disclosures to the National Re
publican Convention II this is his wish. there
ought TO be doubt OF his selection In the
State Of New-York II is expected that the four
delegates at-large will be the two United States
Senators, the Governor and the chairman of
the Republican State Committee Moreover Il
is expected that nearly. every Republican Gov
ernor in the United States will be a delegate
at-large to the Philadelphia convention. It has
been generally understood that the two United
States Senators and the chairman OF the Re-
publican State Committee would make three Of
the delegates at-large to that convention, but
the selection Of the fourth has been in
doubt. The name Of Governor Voorhees, has.
however been frequently mentioned, and now
that II is so we'll understood that he would be
gratified by the opportunity to represent his
political party in that capacity II ia only
ural to expect that ne will be chosen without
friction difficulty and there ought 70 be no
hesitation the part OF the State Convention
At last. and after an unusually long wait be-
tween the acts, enough large Democrats IN
sight 10 fill the ticket for the Big Four dele
gates 20 the Kansas City convention. The men
toward whom the party appears TO be looking
not coming surreptit!ously out OF the
''roosts" or the caves TO which MI. Bryan al
luded in his Paterson speech, but standing
forth in broad daylight doubtless ready TO take
up the party burden if they shall be called upon
TO do when the Democratic State Convention
meets. The names Of the Democrats now men
toned for delegates at-large are Robert Davis
OF Jersey City; Colonel Price, OF Newark SEN
atOr Cornish OF Warren County, and Colonel c.
Meyer Zulick, OF Monmouth County. II is under
stood that ex-United States Senator Smith ex-
United States Senator Blodgett. Edward r. c.
Young and ex-Congressnan Miles Ross do
not care for the distinction Of representing
New-Jersey in the next Democratic National
without all Of these notable Democrats
New-Jersey would have appeared to be as lone
some in National convention as Republicans
used 20 be in the Horseshoe District Of Jersey
City. Verify, have fallen among strange
times. And the name of Congressman DAILY is
not among the revised Big Four" although ne
expects it to be there.
If Congressman Howell, OF the lid District
should decline a denomination. as has been fire.
quently intimated. 1t is almost certain that Som
erset County will make a determined effort to
name his successor the Republican ticket
Not in twenty years has Somerset County had
the honor OF sending a Representative 20 Con-
gress and since the Congress redistricting took
place when the With District was added Mon