The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-30
NEW JERSEY SAFE
FOR REPUBLICANS
Roosevelt Expected to Run Ahead
of State Ticket, Which Also
Will Win.
BY w. w. Jermane.

BY w. w. Jermane.
Camden, n; j., Sept. 30.-New Jersey
gave Mckinley q plurality of $500
in 1900. This was considerable re-
duction from the plurality Of 1892
Whc fra It gaye him 1896 but in 1900
and the inevitable reaction had set in.
This reaction continued thru the cam
paigns of 1901 and 1902, when it is
claimed it reached its limit. In 1901
New, Jersey gave Franklin Murphy,
republican, a plurality of 1913 for
gave q congressional majority for the
ef d23 w5 he or
nearly as much as the plurality for Nc
Kinley. .g3%
It is. asserted that the rupbilcan tide,
been rising since 1902: The congress
SIGNAL plurality Of 1902 shows this
There are other familiar tests that are
always applied to ascertain the drift
of political sentiment. s.-..
Republicans say they will give Roose-
The state ticket viii not be quite 50
strong, but it will undoubtedly be safe.
New Jersey people are under peculiar
obligations to the republican! party this
year, for it has instituted many needed
reforms and endeavored to respond to
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t a$ fha q GeSsrpe5 MS ~:
factory inspection law, the ten
ement house commission, and the
collection of interest on state deposits
in banks: have greatly improved public
ways, non:political state board of ed
ucation, and the. withdrawal of the
state institutions from political control,
else bic it'd to the Sen
farther by, pledging itself to reasonable,
business-like taxation Of railroad prop
erty. y i. r4i;~ s- ..:t- ~ ~.
Democrats on Taxation.
The democrats, on the ; other hand
Of railroad taxation that has incurred
the hearty i'll will Of the railroad man
ayers without satisfying the people.
The platform has gone SO far that the
people are convinced it, not a sincere
The interest in the equal-tax
Gty where al fs' tSe railroads S7fSe Of
the state converge at the door to New
York city, Jersey City is normally
democratic by 5000 to 10000 plurality,
but it has republican! ma yor, and it is
believed its democratic plurality will
be much cut down, as the result of the
republican attitude toward taxation.
In the lower tiers Of counties there
is little or no, interest in this equal
taxation question, because of the alb
sence Of important railway lines and
These lower counties will this year give
as large a republican plurality as they
gave in 1896 or 1900, according to es-
Inmates made by republicans in charge
of the state poll: One of the leaders
on the republican state committee told
line today:
! eve have been claiming $4,000 for
Roosevelt, but in the light shed on the
general situation blythe Vermont cleo
ton I am not sure that we ought not
to put the. figures at IS, 900 to 40 900. "
mRoqfz6eystb vii b st5onger in N Ne
which was recently completed, was
made with especial reference to the
candidate for governor, E. G. Stokes.
Tt is our Judgment. based son the poll
and thoro knowledge Of the situation,
that he will win by from $4,000 to
100000. He may get even more. ~
Democrats Dodge. ~.;zf..
/ I next tried to get the managers n 29; of
W VIII ~ thew thought> thew Would win the
state, but was not entirely successful.
The democrats here are long on sweep
ing claims, but short on corroborati tive
details; They told me that the fact t
that the democratic state convention
was held on Sept. 10, ten days ahead of
democrats a good start, over the repub-
Leans in the matter of equal taxation.
eve went on record in our platform
favoring the taxation of railroads at a
rate higher than that nov preXalling,
and the republicans would not have
prodding, ~ said a prominent democrat
IF +hic ci+v a1Iinr. ttPerhans orr
platform has not been worded, as it
should be, but that viii! not make any
diference: If we are, given the power,
we will give the people just what they
want in the way of a tax law: We
believe they will turn to us. We re-
gard our state ticket as stronger than
the presidential ticket. If we elect our
candidate for governor by plurality
of say 10000, Parker will get the state,
but if we go below that figure, the state
will probably go ffor, Roosevelt.
The influence of the railroads is be-
ing thrown quietly into the scale against
the democratic state ticket, because
of it's extravagances. These extrava-
gances are being emphasized by repub-
lican orators and newspapers and the
people are beginning to understand that
the democrats could not fulfill their
and manufactures Of the state.
declares State Sa1e'
w. J: Browning, chief clerk, of the
house OF representative OF W Washington,
is resident Of this city, and is taking
an important part in the presidential
campaign. He is unusually well posted
regarding the politics Of the state. He
said to me today:
"The talk that Roosevelt will not
carry New Jersey is absurd. He will
get at least $4,000 plurality, and I
should not be surprised to see it go al
ly republican state. 1t is republican
5 today" #%aDe
tBut how about the presidential cleo
tions of 1880, 1884, 1888 and 1922 I
asked
I'm the years following the war,
New Jersey was democratic. Gradual.
~ its political complexion changed, and
in the end the democrats, in order to
retain their power, resorted to gross
fraud and crime. The state was rapu5
hold Of it,
How did the republicans happen to
get in? y [ inquired.
For many, years the race tracks cf
the state had been public. disgrace
and shame. The race track owners
: were cheek by iowl with the democratic
leaders, and eventually became SO
bra that fha1y lho1 THAR own