The sun., 1901-09-30
WARRING JERSEY DEMOCRATS
SURE TO ne a nor FIGHT AT
STATE CONVENTION.
Disruption Of the Party Is Almost sure 20
Follow whether seymour wins er Loses
Party Machinery Arrayed Against
Him Weakness of the Opposition.

Of tho dav. New Jerseys Democracy u
/ sup In tls air Tomorrow night tho
Representatives of tho once great party
In tho State are to gather hero 20 formulate
! plans for tho convention that meets IN
! Tuesday 60 name a Gubernatorial candidate.
( To-day finds the party with two factions
as bitter IN their hate of each other as the
/ political world ever knew. Each side
I l. claiming the votes necessary Ia control
! tho nomination and each II prepared Ia
/ fight to the limit.
Mavor James NJ Seymour Of Newark
. Il backed hy the Hudson short -hairs, under
tho leadership Of Bob Davis. more or
2 less famous because ~ his interest in a
, bunch Of ballot-box suffers that were
-cni to State Prison from Hudson some
/ wears back DAVIS IL the principal. hut
/ by no means the only support Of the Newark
Mayor. who poses as tbe friend Of tho work
I ingman and tho only Simon-pure BRYAN
: candidate Associated with the Hudson
T hoss IN tho support % tho plutocrat-hunt-
! ing Seymour In E = &. Young tho wealthy
I banker and trolley magnate of Jersey Gty.
Young IL Ia hnanOs the CANVASS OF ths
delagat-- to-norrpw night and Tuesday
, morning should II develop that Sevmo,rs
popularity IL not sufficiently convincing
10 capture tho convention.
Arrayei against seymour l. the party
machinery all over tho State outside of
Hudson cspuntv Former United States
senator Jams smith, Jr II Leading IN"
fight on the Newark Mayor Smith il still
the great money power In the New jers"y
Democraov desri,s the fact that he long
sine, fell bv the wsy-ldc ~ a popular idol
~. was very strong gold man m lsse. hut
last year swallowed BRYAN. cheap money
and all Hts nght on seymour - purely
personal ono and the indications arr that
Il will t,s = succ,vSsful ono He counts
among his adhsrrnts ~" men who nanipu-
late delegates a. stat" conventions and his
pocks' i sufficiently deep ~ admit of cor-
nerng the market. no matter what the cost
smith - he mau who first brought Sey-
mour forth a. political factor IA IN" state
He had tine would -be Guh-rnaturiaI cam
didat- nominated for Mayor of Newark
and h accredited With having expended
sums yaTipusly estimated AT from toOIuo
tn 500 ,ODO to secure his election AFTER
seymour had b~en IN offics n short time
Smith asked him 20 name James y Connolly.
now City ,l~rk of Newark. and then re-
Gently returned from japan, who're he had
held consulate a. the gift ~ smith. 10 one
uf the Newark police magt-tracl"- but
SEYMOUR was carried away with tho notion
that he had won by hts popularity and not
smiths money. and ho declined point
blank go name Connolly That was th' b--
ginning Of the fight Who're II will end no
one neens 10 know and the wondering
Democrats uf tho State In the meanwhils
ar. nocking into the Republican camp,
where many II them are likely % remain
forever
Three wears ago Smith sacrificed ths
pafty In order 10 accomplish the defeat
nf Seymour, who at that time had work-t
up for himself a GutaTnat ortRl boom ~
considerable proportlons smith trotted
out a. his candidate Elvin W. Crane, who
had iust heen retired rs Prosecuting At
torney 81 Es-.I county He manipulated
the convention so successfully that Crane
was plaCs-i In nomination with apparent
unanimty but when the candidate toured
the State the impressions h" made vere
80 had that he was beaten AZ the polls.
Tho Democrats fel' very -anguine over
the outlook a. the time and when election
dav brought defeat. they wera very bitter
In their denunciation 81 Smith
R,it the ex senator has bohb~d up 49,
rrn.ly again in this campaign with hrm
determination Of -queelching seymour
weeks ago, the Democrats all over h"
State we're shouting Seymour and nothing
else |, waS no easy task for smith 10
oNsp, the hsadwav IN" Newark MsvoT
had made hut he SGT about hl- work With
his usual robust energy. and the hui'a,
tions to-nigh, arr that h" will l~ re~ard"i
with another victory ~ the convention
on TUESDAY The Seymountes are making
positive assertions thnt they will control
,h. convention, however. and they can
H. rehcd upon TO maze the battle lively
one
The Smith forcc- have found their labor
nartiCularlv arduous because OF the fact
that they have practically teen without a
candidate They r~alin" the wisdom OF
N" remark made bv rofn" pol'ical PHI
=. ... - "A l..uN H.0.u.a
hpdv with noi,odv But 'hey hav" worked
faithfully and we'll for their man and will
remain constant tn the end. no matter
what the consequences Former 'oh-
gresham Thomas ferreu ot thuce-ter
or former Judge Child Of E-eex will IN
all likelihood receive tha support OF tho
Smith contingent. although " possihIe
that some dark hur-' viii be trutted out
Tomorrow night. Close friends OF smith
say that he would undoubtedly b" glad
10 ac-ept a comprumi-- candidate who
could e. In and make a good hight At the
polls He will never acc@p' Seymour
and should the Newark Mayor h" nominated
he will receive uo aid from hi- opponents
smith and his cohoris will establish
themselves Tomorrow night IN Room 100
of tho Trenton Hou-n, the scsno OF all tho
great political hgh,s IN New jersey dur
ing the past hfty year Republicans
and Democrats alike have occupled the-s
quarters and from them lei their BATTLES |
Bob Davis made an efori to get the |
quarters for Seymour. hut Smith heat him |
out and tho S-ymourites will have 20 bs |
cou,eut with pSrlors In another section |
Of the house Already all the old-time /
warriors Of the Democracy have engaged |
accommodations al the hotels and tho |
town Tomorrow night promises to take |
on the activity that attended ante-con- |
ventinn gatherings in th" bsloypn davs |
of the Democracy Tho harS In the centre !
of the CITY have been especially stocked /
for tho occasion and everyihi Is IN readi- |
ness for a rAd-hO, time Af,er tho siege ~ 1
highhall- and schooners Of tomorrow /,
night III" delagat"- will be IN rsrc shape Z
for -crauping in the CONVENTION on TUESDAY. :
While ~" Democracy IL thus preparing 1
90 dig it, own grave. the New Jersey he |
publican organization finds its' sailing |
IN the smouth"-i ~ watrrs The candi- |
date fur Governor. Franklin Murphy. is = !
tower ~ strength and even without the |
nii that hc II e. go tr"m he Democratic !
ciisrIp'luL. vuulA bn almost cert ain o; |
el,ctlou rho ,uly gloom iu tho camp - /
the caut!uge4 iutisp Of 'scu william |
= N"Nrll ''r recognized leader ~ a" |
rar-v ,g t'rn state lii- absence from ~" |
convention Wa kcvn'y fcl' and many "a
yr.s~.Hr- e hopo 'ot his su"-siv r~cpNsrv |
Wer. heard II wa tho hrs' ErpIitirsg 1
STAT. tuuve. non sifJ"e 1870 thai he Ill not |
attend A. chairman - the Camden dcl"gs-
'loN
4 notable fpatur. uf tho Iprul.li~nn ON