Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-25
POLITICAL
SITUATION.
Condition Throughout the State
Reviewed Encouraging for
the Republicans.

TRENTON, Oct. 25:-The chair
men of several of the republican
county committees and other repre
sentative republicans from nearly all
of the counties of the state we're here
yesterday. Many of them had brief
conversations with the governor and
with Frank o. Briggs, the chairman
of the state republican committee,
and other republican leaders.
Major Carl Lentz, the chairman OF
the Essex county republican commit
tee, said, not especially for publica-
ton, that the county would return
a large majority for the whole repub-
lican ticket. Other e. sex republic
n reinforced this statement.
Reports from Monmouth county
were encouraging in so far as the
probability of the election of Sena-
tor Brown was concerned. 1t was
said by some persons that the cleo
ton of such a democrat as DR.. Kin
month for state senator would be an
ever greater calamity than would be
the election of Charles Asa Francis
as sheriff. Some fear was expressed
that trading" would be resorted to
to elect Francis, but the statement
was made that such trading would
be productive of a loss in the vote of
Francis. The determination of the
republicans of Monmouth generally
was to support Senator Brown, and it
is known that many self-respecting
democrats will do the same, al
though they will not vote for Mr..
Francis.
Davy Baird. the Camden county re-
publican leader. said the republican
victory in that county would be COM
plete. He added that the change in
name of the Republican Voters
League to Roosevelt Republicans in
that county would help rather than
hurt the prospects of the success of
the regular republican ticket.
The reports from Sussex county,
made by both republicans and dem
ocrats, were that the republicans had
a good fighting chance to elect at
least a part of their ticket.
In Somerset county it was said
that the indications were that the
prospects of Colonel Frelinghuysen,
the republican candidate for senator,
were daily improving, and that I'M
less there should be some change in
the conditions there he would be
elected, and that Irving Hoagland.
the republican candidate for the as
sembly, would be reelected.
Warren county republicans assert
ed, and some democrats admitted,
that Johnston Cornish was having
the fight of his life in his campaign
for state senator. Mr.. Cornish, it
was said, was aware that his repub-
lican opponent, Winthrop Ruther-
fnpd uac of thA ctrDn eynet oov1i
dates for senator that the republic
n had made in many years, and
that to save himself from defeat he
was making an almost house to house
canvass in the county, which is some
thing that he never did in his three
previous campaigns. John |. Blair
Kelley, the shairman of the Warren
county republican committee, is more
hopeful of republican success than
he has been since he became assoc
lated with politics in ma county.
The reports of the campaign in
Gloucester county indicate high hope
of the election of Speaker Avis as
state senator. Congressman Loud
enslager, who led the opposition to
the nomination of Mr.. Avis and who
has a strong personal and political
following, has urged MS IrlendS from
his sick bed to support Mr.. Avis, and
is evidently doing what he can to
bring about his election.
Senator Hillery said that every
thing was running along smoothly
for the republicans of Morris county
and that there was no doubt that the
republican ticket would be elected.
There were two opinions expressed
as to the probable result in Ocean
county, but the majority view vas
that Captain George Warren, the in
dependent republican candidate,
would be elected and that the Shinn-
Brown-Fisher republican ring would
be routed.
The death of Jacob Geroe, n OF
the republican candidates for the as
sembly in Passaic county, was an.
hnounced. The committee on vacan-
cies will make a nomination to fill
the vacancy. There seemed to be nc
doubt that the republicans woul6
elect their legislative ticket, but i
was said that they probably would
have to be satisfied with the election
of a part of their ticket for county
commissioners to take the place o.
the old Board of Freeholders.