. Modern battles of Trenton .. . secure his nomination bythe State convention. Bedles name had scarcely been proposedbefore it became apparent that he would have to measure lanceswith an antagonistic power in his own county. From his posi-tion on the bench Judge Bedle had thrown obstructions in theway of some public schemes that had been set on foot by Con-gressman Orestes Cleveland, who was then the most considerablepolitical factor in Hudson; and Mr. Cleveland set out to cripplehis canvass by weaning his home delegation from him. Ofcourse, by the rule of politics, the failure of his own coun
. Modern battles of Trenton .. . secure his nomination bythe State convention. Bedles name had scarcely been proposedbefore it became apparent that he would have to measure lanceswith an antagonistic power in his own county. From his posi-tion on the bench Judge Bedle had thrown obstructions in theway of some public schemes that had been set on foot by Con-gressman Orestes Cleveland, who was then the most considerablepolitical factor in Hudson; and Mr. Cleveland set out to cripplehis canvass by weaning his home delegation from him. Ofcourse, by the rule of politics, the failure of his own county tosupport him in the convention would have been an insurmount-able bar to his nomination. If Bedle were allowed to standalone before the people of Hudson as a candidate for Governor,local pride and affiliation would have given him their supportfor the asking, and in order to furnish the local politicians withanother Hudson name to rally around, the shrewd Congressmansuggested that Leon Abbett, Bedles next-door neighbor in old. Henry S. Little. 36 MODERN BATTLES OF TRENTON. Sussex Place in Jersey City and tLen rising into prominence as achampion of the workingman and wage-earner, be Hudsons candi-date for the Governorship. In spite of this attempt to divide hisneighbors against him, Governor Bedles strength grew apace, andMr. Cleveland saw that he would secure the nomication unless abetter-known name were brought into the canvass. One Democratic name was known in every household inthe State. Joel Parker had been its Governor in war contact with the men whom the State sent forward toWashington to fill its battlefield quota, and his sympatheticreception of their bereaved wives and children when they wentto him with their tales of misery, gave him opportunities forpersonal acquaintances among the masses that he had im-proved. A great big, good-natured, rollicking fellow, tall ofstature and broad of girth, with the air and manner and dressof a farmer, always accessible,
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