The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-01-08
SETTLING DOWN
Senatorial Fight is Nov
Between Dryden Griggs
and Stokes.
MINOR B00MS COLLAPSE
Caucus to Determine the
Matter Will Probably be
Held January %.
MINOR BO0MS COLLAPSE

Especial to .sThe Jersey City News.'1
TRENTON, Jan. 8, 19o2.-The eontes
among the Republican statesmen fer thu
seat in the United States Senate lett va
cant by the death of General Seweu wat
sinplifed at yesterdays gathering at tht
/ State House to the extent that the fight
I has narrowed down to the three leaders,
| John F. Dryden, John w. Griggs end Ed.
ward c. Stokes in the order named
| Which Of these, however, is in the lead
IS as much in doubt as ever. As set
forth in these dispatches yesterday. Mr.
Dryden at this time appears to have the
| advantage. This is due to the fact that
| he starts off with the twelve votes Of
Essex, and although Senator McCarters
who is In charge Of his canvass. enaptaat-
ically declares that his side is not claims
| ing any more votes, it is as certain as
matters of that kind can be that the
estimate of the first ballot. as printed ir
.'The Jersey City News yesterday is cor
rect. The surprise Of the day was TIE
almost total collapse of the Baird boom.
His staunch supporters nave been ciaimina
so persistently for him most all of the
South Jersey votes that there came to be
| a belief that he had them sure. But
/ when it became apparent that Senator
1 Stokes could command eleven of them.
! Congressman Loudens1ager two and Com
gressTnan Gardner as many more the
Baird stock fell away below par. That
I did not seem to Tease the redoubtabls
4 ''Davys' himself. He was about the cor
ridor all day as clipper as ever and gave
everyone to understand that he had rea-
son to believe that he would win out
I The sitting of the aspirants down to the
three big leaders did not at all diminish
I the zeal of the lesser lights, and most OF
them were on hand acting as if they had
some chance of winning John W. Her
I bert. formerly OF this city, who claims
i to have the votes of Monmouth and Mid
dlesex. in which latter county he now
lives, was about the corridor getting ae-
| quainted with the legislators. Although
he was received cordially his boom did
not awaken much enthusiasts. Congress
f man Loudenslager also circulated among
the statesmen, but if he made any pro-
gress it was not apparent on the surface
There was some half-hearted work for
Barker Gummere, but the appointments OF
s ex-Mayor Briggs of Trenton as State
Treasurer by the Governor the day before
made all efforts in his behalf very de-
pressing.
Senator Bloomfield NIinch Of CumbeS-
land helped along the Stokes boom
got II well under way. Stokes whea
asked for a statement regarding his cam
didacy. said, laughingly:-
why, haven't you heard that Mlneh
says I'm a candidate?''
Yes. but will you affirm it,
Il don't see how I can do anythings
else he retorted II have no intention of
/ questioning the preroga1ves Of the Sem
ator from my county. and I can't very
well go back on his candidate, can T."
'swin you say anything about the out
! look?'' Mr.. Stokes was asked.
sOh. no; 1 guess not. You see. I've got
a campaign manager. Senator Mineh. and
+, he'll have to do the talking
Concerning Stokes's candidacy, Senator
Minch had this to say
Stokes is a candidate in good faiths
| and 1 am authorized to say so. He viii
have the loyal support of Cumberland's
! delegation from start to finish. He is in
the contest in a friendly spirit with good
will toward ALL He IS at al times .
/ peacemaker. and in this matter his
/ friends will conduct his campaign in SO
| fair and honorable a manner that no BIT
terness will be- engendered, but good feel
| ing will be preserved throughout the COZ
| test. He will have support from all sec
! tions of the State. his record being known
IN every county in New Jersey.
Among those who were here working
/ for Mr.. Dryden was the great Carl Lertz
/ His particular mark was the ex-Attorney
! General. who. when Governor. turned ths
Essex Kaiser down with sudden7ess
which discounts the dun. eiekening thud
! of antiquity Lentz went about telling
everyone who would listen to him that
/ 1a4d aA
responsible office with which the people
! had honored him and was therefore not
fit to be a United States Senator. Hs
might resign it. you know" The Majors
iil-concealed spite did not carry much
weight.
John Macarthur, of Jersey City. came tr
look the ground over, but he was not
able to throw much light on the situation.
/ Colonel Toffey was another Hudson Re-a
publican who came down to see what was
doing. The Democrat end Of the situation
was maintained by John DENIM and
/ George Tenant of Hudson. They said
that the Democrats had not as yet agreed
upon candidate TO receive the vote Of
the minority.
There was considerable talk of the time
/ for the caucus. Some wanted it held
| within a comparatively short time and
| intimated that next week would be
| good time. There was considerable OPP
/ position TO that. 1t was said that
| would be very unseemly TO hold the can-
i Gus before the Legislature had tAken
/ suitable action upon General Sewers
death. Such action viii be taken imme-
diately after the Organization next week
and the prevailing opinion among ns
members was that the caucus should Ps
i he,d as soon as convenient dur ng tnS
week following. It was generally under.
/ stood that 1t will take place on 4'nqT ~
/ January 2s That viii leave only tWe
weeks for the canvass and things may pe
| expected to hum in the political wore 81
| this State during the next fourteen Gays
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