The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-06
NEW JERSEY POLITICS.
No Action Yet on the Senatorial Ques-
tAOn-An Editor Ordered Out OF the

tAOn-An Editor ordered out OF the
Senate, Etc. q
TRENTON, April 5-The political contest which
has been agitatiug the hitherto quiet people of
this staid city for some days past was renewed
again this moning, In public and in private,
with unabated vigor.
Immediately succeeding the Divine invocation,
Mr.. Scovel said;--"The Sergeantat arms will
will inform the editor of the State Gazette that
he Is not entitled TO the floor of the Senate"
This at once created lively sensation among
the members and the lobbyists, and those who
occupied seats in the gallery.
Senator Buckley discussed the question, and
held that the editor oil the State Gazette was enti
tied to come onthe floor of the Seuate for the pur
pose of transacting the business assigned to him
by the Senate.
Mr.. scovel then took the floor and fully and
forcbly explained why he had given the order
above cited to the Sergeant'at-Arms. He said
that the editor in question had insulted the dig
nlty of the Senate, and abused the privileges
granted him by continually publishing false
hoods and ISLANDERS against a member of the
Senate (himselD, and had refused to give him
(Scovelj chance to reply to such statements,
when he sought to do so, through the columns
OF the Slate Gazette.
Mr.. scovel referred to the following article in
to.day's Gdzate:-
We have already demonstrated that JAS NJ. scovel
Is hypocrite, turncoat, and falsiher-a man of
much pretension and little brains. It would seem
that little more could be added to this catalogue of
viclousness but we have now to add our solemn
convection that tins man Of much conscience and
little principle has been bought and has received
came to the Senate this winter he was as poor as a
church mouse and the circumstance that on his re-
turn from his visit to WASHINGTON, after the rejection
of Mr. Stockton, he visited Mr.. Vannetta, tinman of
Camden, and ordered TIN box made to contain
Seven-thirty United States Treasury bonds, using
one of large denomination for a measure, and the
case is clear, James NJ Scovel was brbed.
Alexander g. Cattel, the finished gentleman and
noble patriot is the peoples choice; and, 1t not
elected now he will yet be sent in triumph to the
United States Senate.
Mr.. Scove denied these charges made against
him, and entered into series of explanations.
He said he acted in this matter this morning
only because the reputation of those dear to him
was assailed, referring to where the editor OF the
Gazette, in an article, said:-"We would not
wound those who are intimately connected with
him, but so far as he is concerned the public in
dignation against him cannot be too strongly
expressed"
An announcement was received from the
Assembly stating that that body had concurred
in the Senate resolution passed yesterday to ad-
journ tomorrow, at II NJ, after which the Sc
nate went into Executive session, land thus ended
the business of the morning session.
AT the afternoon session OF the Senate the
United States Senatorial question was again re-
vived. Senator Horner, Republican, offered a
resolution to go into joint session at halfpast
o'clock this evening, which was lost the vote
standing ii in the negative to 10 In the atfirma-
lve-PTesident Scovel voting against it.
1t was then moved to rescind the resolution
requiring a majority of votes of all the Senators
elected necessary to pass d resolution TO go into
| Joint session. 1t was finally decided, by a vote
| of II to 8, that the resolution requiring a ma
| jority of the votes of all the Senators elected
necessary to pass a resolution to 60 into Joint
session for the election of United States Sena-
| tor was not standing rule of the Senate.
During the debate this afternoon Senator
| Winfield, OF Hudson county, made some remarks
| about party when Senator Scovel asked him to
| define how many parties there were in the
] Senate. Senator Winfield replied by saying
| there were three-the Democrats, the Republi-
| cans. and Scovel
The Senate remained in session until o'clock
| in the evening. In all probability the Legisla-
| ture win adjourn tomorrow without having
| performed the important duty OF electing a
| United States Senator.
The Senate reassembled at fifteen minutes past
eight o'clock tonight. The attendance was
| prompt and complete. Indeed it was well that
the Democrats were on hand in good season, as
at the time when the Senate clock denoted
eight precisely it was found to be too fast by
fifteen minutes, and had to be set back to the
| proper time. ...t
The Senate remained in session until IL
| O'Clock, then went into Executive session, and
afterwards adjourned until tomorrow morning
| N. Y. Herald.