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10; Ocean. LIB Total Republican plurality.
Ivth District-Hunterdon Democratic plu-
rahty). LOIS; Mercer. ISL: Somerset. 500
Total Republican plurality. 1107
vth District-Morris $50 Union 1859; War
can plurality. 1885
With District-Bergen 1910; Passaic. 1902:
sussex Democratic plurality. 651. Total Re
publican plurality, 99l
In the With and With districts. all in Essex
county the aggregate Republican plurality in
the vote Tor Governor was 6.S95. and the aggre-
gate Democratic plurality in the IXth and Nth
oIstrlcts all in Hudson County was S99S.
Although the Republicans have not named
tn '4 candldates in the With and With dis
8 LES ~ IS reliably said that Congressman
w "1I u W awe Parker. of Newark and Robert
w Hawkesworth. of East Orange will be
ch"Sen. Congressman Allan 7, NcDermott will
pao9a1ly. II is said, be one OF the Democratic
Ialu'udtSS IN hudson County The other Demo-
cratic candidate has nor vet baan definitely
ueterInined upon. The Republicans in Hudson.
their selections ~
10, MOI lne least interesting and possibly not the
East EAST important, are the issues upon which the
DeInocratic party in New-Jersey will make their
campaign One of the county Danocratic plat
forms already has been drawn and glance at
4. SHOWS that the leading issue will be the trusts.
AS TINS platform is understood to have the in
dorsement Of the national and State Democratic
ieaders-py one of whom il was drawn-its con-
tents uouptlesS Will be re-eChCed in the Demo-
cratic platforms of everv county in the state
ana spelIhinders from adjoining States AID home
s Nd VIII II Is expected. eloquentIy arraisn
NeW-Jersey, under Republican rule as the home
OF the trusts and the house of i'll fame for their
InCo5 poIaIon hrst and their protection after
Maiu. = S'ate literary bureau. fostered and en-
.ouIdseu ~ the Democratic Congressional Com
mlttee will, unless high hopes are disappointed.
dIu IN the dissemination of Democratic literature
OF TO quotel "a high class and such as will
strongly appeal to the conscience of the ma sses'
~ mas been given out that Congressman Louden-
slagers district will he the reciniant of special
matt
II the present Democratic programme is fully
carried OUT. the county platforms generally Will
Contdln the allegation that President Roose-
ven Is d usurper, In that he wants Ito take
from the States the right to control their inter
MAJ AFFAIRS and to give such control to the Fed
eral Government No county Democratic plat
form Will be complete without an attack upon
Goyernor Murphy's suggestion that the State
build mansion for its Chief Executive at Tren-
ton Almost every Democrat of prominence in
the state already is ridculing that proposition
by word OF mouth. and some Of the party news
paPe,s are beginning to harp upon IT IN way
"hch indicates that where at present para
graphs serve the purpose volumes will ultl-
mately be written and printed. This feature, 1T
IS now intended in fact. TO make the spook IN
chief of the local Democratic platforms. and any
number Of touching appeals Will be made to the
people to express their indignant protest
against such reckless squandering of the peo-
pies money the building of executive
mansion in State which agile man may
cross in hop skip and jump before break
fast indignant and apparently abused
Democrat put 1t only yesterday. This issue may
turn out to be the joke OF the campaign.
For some reason Democratic hopes OF carry
ing Congressman Fowler's district run high
higher, in fact than they do of victory in other
Republican districts To this end in particu-
lar. and with the expectation that the card 10
be played may have some political influence IN
the State generally. the Democrats have dis
covered what they call the Fowler Currenc;
Bill" and which they declare to be a worse
wildcat scheme than the old State bank cur
rency issues ever were. This bill. accompanied
by whitening comments the Democrats If they
do not suddenly change their minds, intend 10
place before the people of the With Congress DIS
trict in particular, and of the State in general
SinguIarly enough the Republicans have not as
vet In Il body petitioned Congressman Fowler
to either disown his connection with this mo-
mentousIy obnoxious currency measure or retire
immediately as candidate. On the contrary.
Mr. Fowler Is prepared to convince the voters
that his currency bill is decidedly all right
There will be other features of attack. but no
defence as a Democratic State leader said a
day two ago, in the Democratic platforms;
but the foregoing issues will be the most sonor-
Gus of the Democratic platform sentinels' ana
will be duty all the time
A somewhat extended intercourse with repre-
sentative public opinion in both political parties
in the several Congress districts OF NeW-Jersey
during the last two weeks has been sufficiently
convincing to warrant the statement that the
tide still is with the Republicans. But II would
be unCaIdid and misleading TO say that tney
have wide margins to spare in any OF the dis
tricts with the exception of the lid and the
With and With wherein Republican victory
is not only assured. but is conceded by all well
Informed and outspoken Democrats That the
contest in the closer districts Will be agrees
sively waged by both parties IS as well known
as is the necessity for constant and intelligent
EFFORT by the Republicans if they would retain
political supreme y