New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-25
THE NEW-JERSEY CAPITAL.

GOVERNOR MCCLELLAN'S FIRST BLuNDEh.
SOME OF MS JUDICIARY NOMINATIONS pisIASih' VI
10 THE OPPONENTS OF TIE STATE HoosA "iN"
"A BITTER FACTION FIGHT EXPECTED
rYRoM A SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE IklboNh'J
TpvSrox Ian 24-The dellrlOus enthusl-
,sn with which Philadelphia and Tammany halleo inc
uauopration of Governor Mcclellan was very eXhl'"
rating draught for him as Presidential cahu'ea'c ~
no relied upon il tonic which was 10 brace MN "P
aud enable him TO bear down and ride over all Demo
,ratic opposition TO his will, as Governor vi NC"
Jersey. he has already discovered his MISTAKE.
Tho war has actually begun over his hrst oa'ch VI
nominations Not only Miles Ross and Leon Aooc''
Infatuated by the Difference which the new suo'en'i
pays TO Their old enemies Of the State House ns, "
Senator stockton has a grievance, so mas attorne9
raj yanatta and worse than all Senator HendrlcHSon mas
been wounded and through him Joel Parker VINO mas
o,ce more nfured that Monmouth ensign as denahce
to the intruder and warning that whoever nopeS i"
secure the NewJersey Delegation at the Natohai Demo
cratic Convention in 1850 must hold himself ID feaue'
10 fight for IL. ,.
,o nov but there are areas of depression IN Monmouth
and Hudson too where the Hon. Charles H. Winheid
who did such effective service through the late campaign
has been osentatiousy snubbed. IL HunterdOn county
especially. and in measure throughout the state IL
has prown.fo be a matter of considerable emolument
to serve as Judge OF that SPECIFIC variety
blospbcmousIy styled "wOoden" which term incilues
those members of the Judiciary who are not disunety
claw Judges" Eight ten years ago, lay Judge hed
court about fOryye days per annum, ana lece'euq 80
day for his services In recent times however, nun
erdon Comfy judgehas acquired habit passing the
accounts % an orphan aud then adonFhhS un'h
the next morning, so that an energetic aGourhci
ran manage 10 nut in $50 200 days ont OF the 800
He receives present 50 per diem ana cerah eV 80
that the position InSures for his Honor snug h''ie
revenue and does not interfere with his ord! aNoct
ton if that avocation happens to be pohticS' Oh
fPiO
in Uuuterlon and Senator PidcOck imagined mat
he as tbe peopls representative, might possibly have
something TO say about the appointment But governor
Mcclellan names an enemy of Pidcock-one john ) Jones
a goodish citizep hereditary seeker after something
with no definite occupation except that of standing ex-
pecanly around everybody and everything that happens
to be old aud inrm, that he can always De 1ouhu
when some one needed auctoneer to sell out
concern is dying or TO administer on the ehecs Vi
the dead. The real objection is not. howeVeiA
to Mr. Jones personally, who is wooden enough
and wise enough very solemn judge but to the
way in which MI Jones nominated. His sole III
dorser seems to have been the Hon John T. Bird Mr.
Bird was a Congressman, hut lie never was ac-
cused of cXering any powerful influence Oh inc ues
TIMES OF the Nation. lie did, however, serve
General Mcclellan indirectly by keeping the
Hunterdon Coanty delegation away from Mr.
Stockton the GubernatOTa Convention last year. ana
he helped to cOmpicate things generally into the snali
which made General Mcclellan the candidate IN view
OF this that MI Bird should now control the politics OF
the country irritating fact 20 Mr. Stockton 10 sen
ator Pidcock 10 Senator PidcOcks cousin, the Hon Al
yah Clark and to Senator Sverthorne who can usually
be persuaded 10 think as Mr. Pdcock wants him 10.
without going the details Of the Monmouth
County appointment it is enough to say that senator
Hendriclson not consulted in the matter. "hlch
was the objectionable, because NJ liendrckson is
q gentleman who is accustomed to consideration and
who really deserves 1t. The judge named is quite
IeudTickSOu
Parker as MIR. Jones Is to Senator PidcOck, and he
was evidently selected crafty Mr. Parkers old enemy
Henry S Little Clerk Of the Cont Of Chanccry. and one
of the widest the state House Ring AL this looks as If
the new Governor has allowed himself TO be absorbed ny
this oganzaon and 1t is no wonder that eeiln2 has
been generated and that several eminent Democrats re-
fused 10 attend the Governors reception.
Whether the disahccted VIII sucoec 10 defeating the
histastefui nomination remains 10 Pc seen II the
Governor had gone outside or both the cOntchding
factors and made his selections solely the ground
Of eminent fitness he would have been easily mas
ter OF the situation But as ito -, he ms /
aimed direct blow AT a powerful combination
of future recognition. The fact that the Governor
The aggFesslr gives moral advantage 20 h- opponents,
which they gladly avail themselves ana make ,bC most
Of TIE faction is. however. seriously crippled by the
Guided that il would be wiser for him 10 follow after
Randolph than to keep getting IN front oi hun 1"
be stepped But Mr.. Mcpherson Is not yet fanny
5ccimatCd Ia ms surroundings ana although ms I
Did friends will miss his counsel ana his checks his
ones can make little use OF BIN.
Upon the whole il promises 10 be very bitter hglt !
and Republicans looking forward 10 the carnage
with Wild and unrcgeuerac joy. There Is not particle
Of principle involved, the other ana they
endure TIE discontinue OF either party with great com
9osire.