The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-11-01
Essex Republican Leader De-
clares He Will Support All
the Ticket Including Colby
MONMOUTH WORRIES LEADERS
CAUSE OF ASA FRANCIS GROWS
WEAKER AND WEAKER-U. s.
SENATOR KEAN SEES THE
GOVERNOR.
Special to "The Jersey city News,

sex situation was not so much the lead
ing topic Of discussion as it has been
heretofore. This is due to the fact that
there is an impression among the leaders
that the entire legislative ticket will be
elected. This was strengthened by as
surances from Major Lentz Winton G.
Garrison, chief of the bureau Of labor
statistics, former Assemblyman Gnichtel
and other Essex men who were here, that
there was no trouble between the Colby
organization and the regular county com
mittee. and that the ticket would in the
main be Loyalty supported by the Repub
licans of the county. Major Lentz had
his usual weekly conference with Cover
nor Stokes, but what it was all about
was not so apparent.
The Monmouth situation, received more
attention than any other. 1t was the pre-
vailing opinion that the cause of Fran
els, the Republican candidate for sheriff
was growing weaker and weaker every
day, and that the action of the Metho-
dist ministers at Ocean Grove repudiat-
ing him and chiding Rev. DR.. A. E. Bal
lard for championing his candidacy had
been a severe blow to him. There was
much discussion over the effect which
the agitation against Francis will have
upon the legislative ticket, and it was
conceded that it will damage it consider
ably, but whether enough to defeat it
was still problematical.
Senator Brown, who came into the
State house during the morning, was
eagerly asked for news as to Monmouth,
but to all inquiries he replied that the
situation looked promising. He acknowl-
edged that the agitation of the better
element in the county against Francis
would be detrimental to the ticket, but
he did not think it was sufficient to ac-
comphsh or defeat any one else on the
ticket.
Former Assemblyman William T.
Hoffman, of Monmouth, said the situa-
tion was a grave one. and the result
was all matter of guesswork at this
time.
Prominent among the callers at the
State house was United States Senator
John Kean, who said he had come to
Trenton merely on a social visit to the
Governor and other State officials.
Nonetheless he was anxious to learn all
he could Of the political situation
throughout the State, and closely ques-
toned those he met as to what was be-
ing done in their particular balliwicks.
He had no information to impart. He
explained that he had not been paying
much attention to things political of late
Nevertheless it was noticed by the ques-
tions he asked and comments he made that
heshad the general situation well in hand
He did say, however. that things Repub'
lican in his home county, Union, were
all that could be desired, and that the
ticket would be elected by good plural
ity.
Senator George L. shinn, of Ocean,
and J. Horace ssprague, the regular Re
publican candidate for the Assembly
from that county, came into the Govern
or's room together and were soon sur
rounGed by a group, who wanted to know
from them how matter stood in Ocean.
They were inclined to eb conservative in
their opinions, but none the less positive
in their assertions that the straight Re
publican ticket would win out. They had
their doubts, however, as to the success
of the proposition to abolish the Ocean
board of fourteen Freeholders and create
in its place county commission of three.
In 1898 he said the county went
against Johnston Cornish, this years
Democratic nominee for Senator when
he ran for Congress against Mahlen Pit
neys and elected Republican Surrogate
by over 800 plurality. He thought that
conditions this year were favorable for
a repetition Of that, Winthrop Ruther-
ford, the Republican candidate, was very
popular in the county, was making an
energetic canvass and gaining strength
every day.
At any rate, M Reilly summed up
Mr.. Cornish was working harder than he
had in many a campaign, and Just as
if he did not consider the Democratic
hold On the Senatorship the c;n.'b t is
popularls supposed 70 be