New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-30

AN NHAPMONIOCs MAJORITY.


DEMOCRATIC INCcMPA1IBlLITY-A MYSIERY ABOUT
oe,E or SECRETARY KrIsrYs FEE HILGs-IN-
MoRED PLOT AGAINST doyEESOR MCCLELLAN ;
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDACY-sESATOR SEWELLS
RAILROAD BILL.
IRON TIE REGULAR CORREsFoSDESr or TIE TRBrNEl
TRENTON, Jan. %. There is q great deal Of
iucompatbity in the councils OF the Democratic parry
Just now Secretary Of State and Commissioner Of In
surance Henry c. Kelsey l. beng inycs-dt" 10y COM
mtee who is already suspected of having in advance
prepared the necessary amount o ka,somne: Governor
Mcclellan has raised storm by his impolitc noiniua
lions and now state PrsOnkeepcr, General Mott, has
been handed over the tender mcrcics Of tc state
Prison Committee to De investigated for alleged cruelty
10 convicts. As prominent Republican Senator re-
marked last night: The Democrats are between tine
devil and the deep sea- with the devil nearest az hand
At the last session Of the Legislature bin was passed
requiring all corporations in the State land thcro are
about 800 10 file list Of their directors and officers,
with the Secretary Of State. For this service the seerc-
tary has charged the corporations ono dollar eac a.
though 10 provision in the act called for the payment Of
any moneys 10 the Secretary There was at fret zephyr
Of discomfort this method Of increasing the norinate
fees Of Secretary OF STATE, which has now assumed
the OF gale, and the author Of the hl is be
ing looked for. Senator Magic said, last night. hf lac
remembered drawing bill similar 10 the one com
planned OF, and had 10 idea that it provided any
additional compensation 20 the Secretary OF STATE
On investigating inc matter ne u,.co'ciUu ln"t tHc
original Of the bl which became law, was not IN MS
T.. ~.
plOy6 OF secretary Kelsey. There are nose 80 IN
charitable 10 inslnuate that Secretary Kelsey had
hand the peculiar transaction ana mat the suh,iiu-
ton took place while the bill was ~ me hauds OF INC
committee. Mr.. Kelsey was interviewed on the subject
last night when he replied that he would tell what he
knew about the bills when he was paced on the witness
stand -, -. ,... ,,.,.,o,,.
what they should take relative 10 the Cover
nOrs nominations II is understood that five of
which. with the votes of the Republican senators
would their rejection. No decision WAS
.ltoH Int lt. fftlF.-s
inee for the Monmouth lay indeeship (who
IS only twentyseyen) would NOT be confirmed but hlt
OF peculiar methods and vast resources, has sineale1
himself with war pant ana delres ne VIII pave nc
Clellans scalp. There is impression among knowing
ones that Governor clisn las pa his iOo into badly
He was getting entirely too pou'ar to please senator
Mr. HendricKss kite in 1850, and 50 the plan was mad"
10 get te Governor me g"rFe WIN o ,1 p " a5
senator Randolph, Secretary Kelsey and Chanceiy Clerk
Little are 50 Tar happy.
TIE RAILROAD BILL.
Senate bill No. l. an act to amend an act entitled AN
Act TO authorize the formation OF railroad corporations
and regulate the same approved April . 1873, miro
duced by Senator Sewe has been amended 80 as to a.
low the construction Of any railroad within three
miles Of an existing road and in this shape has dvcs,ed IL
self of much opposition Undor he Old a", articles
of assOcia ion cDud be filed IN The O'e OF the Secretary
OF state when $1,000 OF stock FOR every mile Of railroad
proposed 10 be made was subscribed thereto and 10 per
cent paid thereon IN cash 10 the directors namci III
the articles OF association Mr.. SewclPs hll provides
until ~ least $1,000 OF stock for every mile
OF railroad proposed 10 be made is subscribed 1t ~
claimed BY friends Of the bill that it, passage VIII
protect existing roads from runOus competition, project
people at large from sharpers, and aid enterprises when
hampered BY the directors Of railroads which
have existence only paper. and which one ever
expects 10 be built Ia short 1t Is claimed thdt the
passage o. the bill would prevent wildcat railroad
Schemes and open wide the door TO legitimate railroad
enterprises The bill sprObably aimed at the Cape May
Short Line Railway Company, of which Charles X Lands
is president and which being built solely bonds.
While this generally admitted IL also claimed that
In this instance the interests Of the West Jersey Railroad
those people are Identical There Is n strong
lobby here working defeat the bill, but from the
present appearances, the bill viii become law, with,
perhaps further amendments.