The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-11-02
READY FOR THE FRAY
Last Conference Of the
Democratic State Com
mittee Receives Re-
ports Which As
sure Success.

The Democratic State Committee has
practically concluded its labors and will
remain upon its oars until Tuesday night
when returns will be received from all
parts of the State by a private wire
The members gathered in the committees
headquarters in the Hotel Washington
yesterday afternoon and although no for
NAL meeting was held the situation gem
orally was considered Each member
present submitted a report of the situa-
ton. in his respective county. The figures
given were all on conservative pasis
and every precaution was taken to Keep
away from everything of rainbow char
acter Still every one was confident that
Mr.. Seymour would be elected by sub
stantial plurality. =.
Each member of the committee was I'M
pressed with the Importance Of getting
the vote out and getting 1t out cary.
There Is much work vet to be done u tHat -
direction and when the members le1t LOT
their homes they were determined that
every Democratic vote in the State should
be deposited in the ballot box for Mayor
seyi44e5urs before the polls close next Tues
day. Colonel E. livingston Price, mem
ber-at-iarge from Essex, was present anu
still adhered to his opinion expressed 4
week ago that Essex county .wouid break
even He said that the prospects Tor MT.
Seymolrs success We're even ptis tsa isSa g,
keeping with the conservatism which the
committee was resolved to adnere 70, ne
would not go beyond his former predic-
ton. Perhaps the most entnnsasllc s, iietu-
Der present was Robert J. Warke OF At
lantic Mr.. Warke was positive that W.
b. Loudenslager, the Democratic candl-
date for the Senate. would be elected ana
that the plurality of IT, 277 which the coun-
~ gave for voorhees, would be materially
reduced. He declared that the action of
the Voorhees, law, which mas caused tne
closing of the saloons on sunday tnroush- IT
out the county, would pe Responsible Sior
Senator Johnston Cornish Of Warren
and Nelson Pidcock of Hunterdon and
Senator Lewis Martin q Susse1 sa s,lra spoh1e =
ity for the Democratic ticket in the old
Fourth District Three years ago hun
terdon, Warren and Sussex gave Elvln
NJ Ferrell came up from Gloucester with
encouraging reports from that hotbed OF
RepublicanisIn. He confirmed the reports
Of Ropert Gwyhhne fns1 aaem and eod'q that
Mayor Seymour would make great gains
in Cumberland owing to the manner n
which the workingmen believe H;,iia,,, n nls w
Thompson for Camden declared that
Dayy Bairds estimate OF Camden $
plurality for Murphy was most kaieide-
let IT get above the 4,105 given Voorhees,
three Years ago Ex-senator William ]. .
Keys OF Somerset said that Samuel {, s.
and Calvin b McMurty, the candidate
for Sheriff on the Democratic ticket,
would be elected. Somerset gave Noor--
hees s47 plurality, and Mr.. Keys was Of
tie opinion that Mayor Seymour could
overcome that. IS !, :.
Good news was brought from Bergen by
Luther A. Campbell Of Hackensack. State
Commit tteeman and ex-Assempfyn man
George Zimmerman, Democratic nomlnee
FOR sheriff Mr. Zimmerman was confl-
s5ent fhaf he would be elected. and both
he aid Nj Campbell had high hopes Of
overcoming oorhees's plurality OF w;
9ahe resorts received from those who
/ :atcofnDanied Mayor Seymour through
Monmouth County on the day before, Of
the earnest enthnsiasm with which the
bury Park Atlantic Highlands: Red
Bank Keyport and Mats wan indicated 6
that there Will be an increase over tne I!s