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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1895
Page
2
Local commentary praises Governor-elect Griggs for favoring a public reception over an inaugural ball. The piece notes his public touch with voters, opposition to exclusive patronage, and calls for a broad open event for residents. It also cites national tariff debate and wage news as context.
Nov 14 Entrants report Senator Foster M. Voorhees will run for the Presidency of the next Republican Senate. He plans no re election and rejects runs for Governor Griggs appointments. He rules out Chancery Clerkship and denies political motives beyond service, aiming to lead the Senate as president.
From Our Regular Correspondent Waanthotox DC November 11 1895 a regular correspondent reports Cleveland and his cabinet conclude last weeks overwhelming democratic defeats were endorsements of the administration and condemns anti Cleveland democrats. The piece forecasts political maneuvers by Gorman Hill and others to nominate Cleveland again and predicts Republican chances next year with Reed as Speaker. It notes Cuban policy tensions and Cabinet hesitations on Hawaii plans, mentions Ellery Anderton in antitrust railroad matters and Senator Quay as a potential but unlikely candidate.
The Newark weekly notes a shift from rural New Jersey to towns and cities since the war. Farmers face lower land values as urban migration grows, yet improved land prices and cheaper farm machinery promise renewal. electricity and better city links may boost farming as a viable livelihood for smallholders. The Board of Canvassors meets November 26 to certify election results. Griggs leads with 163,563 to McGuire 195,165. A nor’easter off Long Island hinders the steamer Lost waddy near Agoung Port, with heavy seas and a stranded vessel awaiting salvage.
Swans, Nov. 13. A right train from Hoboken to Summit broke loose at Summit while taking water, derailed into the early morning wall, killing Allon Tyndall, the engine driver, who was instantly killed. The engineer reversed, jumped, and perished, with severe injuries to others including Martin Nixon of Phillipsburg. The caboose and two freight cars burned after 9 o'clock. no other passengers harmed. Ad for Monongahela Rye Whiskey follows.
An 1868 incident recalls James Willets, barefoot for years, wearing boots again after Republicans funded his new clothes. The piece cites a fierce gubernatorial race between John S. Blair and Theodore F. Randolph, with Willets’ footwear symbolic of party gift and public thrift rhetoric amid crisis-era politics.
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