Modern battles of Trenton .. . ine of old grandees and to the manor born, he had provenhis political skill in contests for Representative in Congress fromthe district in which this ancient estate of his family lay. Thedistrict was Democratic. But that had not stood in the way ofhis winning the seat against even that veteran among Democraticcampaigners, Miles Ross, as the result of his first was then but twenty-eight years of age, and among theyoungest men who had ever sat in Congress. Robert S. Greenran against him when he sought re election in 1884. It was aDemocratic tidal-wave
Modern battles of Trenton .. . ine of old grandees and to the manor born, he had provenhis political skill in contests for Representative in Congress fromthe district in which this ancient estate of his family lay. Thedistrict was Democratic. But that had not stood in the way ofhis winning the seat against even that veteran among Democraticcampaigners, Miles Ross, as the result of his first was then but twenty-eight years of age, and among theyoungest men who had ever sat in Congress. Robert S. Greenran against him when he sought re election in 1884. It was aDemocratic tidal-wave year, the one in which Grover Clevelandwas chosen to live in the White House, and Kean went the wayof all things Republican. Two years later he girded his loinsfor the fray again, and easily vanquished McMahon, whom theDemocrats set up against him. The second subsequent year,when he asked his people for a renewal of his term was Presi-dential year again, and he went down bemath the Democratic?wave that swept over the John Kean, Jr. MODERN BATTLES OF TRENTON. 429 There was enough in this record to convince the Republicansthat he was a shrewd and successful campaigner, with positiveelements of strength ; and the delegates to the State Conventionthrew Grubb aside, discarded Magowan, slighted Murphy, andplaced its battle-flag in Mr. Keans hands to be planted on theramparts of victory. The battle that followed the completion of the tickets was anotable political engagement. Mr. Kean, in his tireless quest ofvotes, found the people in a state of revolt against the abuses oftheir trusts of which the Democratic State and local managershad been guilty. Governor Abbetts seizure of all the Stateprerogatives, his appointment of discredited men to the publicplaces, the control of the cities by gangs, the crimes of theballot-box stuffers, the open defiance of law by the race-trackmanagers at Guttenberg and Gloucester City, the sale of legis-lation, under cover of a party service, to
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