The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1879-01-21
TIE OLD MAN IN TRENTON,
uow NIX PLATED ms HiND IN THE OR
NV WING or rms LLGISLdTURE.


nu cr Truap Cares In New dorsey.
vrr.,pK Ian. 90 You always have to |
,,m,r lavs aftcr tho organization Of n new |
s..i.,,ro to find cut exactly whose fingers !
T., bs.u burned In playing tho rdlo of the |
.t,r and the eat. Thu present time is no eX-
.,,rt,tlle rule. and the brief history Of how |
, .oH Nan pl1ycl his nnnd IL essentially n |
..e.,,i-n " what was anticipated in THE SUN |
nowc.As ago.
~. very we'll known that tho OLD Man could
,,,o,ntnrt o impair Scwcl's chances for tho
r..sil,p,y W the Senate In this body there are
an uepuhlirans. all told. Otthcsr. six como
t.,,, what is known w. South Jersey. and these
,l, we're solid Tor Scwoll. In case Of necessity.
r,hal one vote up Jersey on which he could
4,rerd Thrrc was. therefore. no fight over
me- Presidency itself in the Senate caucus. But
rtsptca came o. the other officers. the band be-
geoopay. There WAS really no now candidate
sye,tt for one o.llrc. that Of Engrossing Clerk.
secretary Novrhis II Huntnrdon is UNDER
r,,l q, o.. ha'hcd by ex-senator Fred Potts.
rt, has au eye ON the succession to Mcclellan.
end ID. therefore, not To be- trinrd with. Assist
snf Secretary Cloto is rlso editor of the Tren-
nn Vit ga. the leading Republican organ;
spdC.1ke'- hu 'krr Johnny Murphy is another
tough ono 8, tackle. Frank Patterson somc
uma c..,or oi tho Ne,rdrk Courier hero. was
t..I up .u SUSSEX County last year. on the
charge of having libanod the Commissioner Of
Insurance ia series OF newspaper articles
growing OWE ~ The wrcckiug Of the Ncw Jcrscy
Mutual Life Insurance Company. over whose
remar- c,-GHv joel Parker OF Monmouth
Stands GUARDIAN
TlnNufuN liio was somewhat in the wnv "
ue Mutual benefit. When il went up. no tears
.t.s e. f.f f.t. a
mM.tonIy one thing could have pleased tho
olMln more. and that was tho chnncc to re-
insure. .n Ais own compauythe risks Of the de-
Ma.t Mutual He Is said to have boon particu-
hr'y crarN'l whom the Sussex ycomanry--
Commissioner Kclscy's friends-brought Pat
,er-ou 10 guilty. and Patterson made the Sus-
sexIa.l his Headquarters for a longer time than
was pleasant or profitable. SO when Inst falls
ro,urt- showed the election Of a clear Rcpuhli-
can majority the ilrst point 10 be olr cted was 10
make sure that Patterson was kent ont of his
on p.arcas Lngrossing C.erS To- the senate. To
ti~ rni letters wrr" poured IN mp 10 the E"uuO-
lean senators. detailing awful consequences
that must follow II "a fellow who had been In jail
should be permttcd 90 taini an otherwise i'm
caucus was Therefore. mnd" wholly on Paf"r-
s1n hut Patterson won. b"Dru-" tn south Jcr-
Soy senators refused To be made the instruments
o. -upulrWcntiug the rr-"utU"uts Of either tho
Nutunl Benefit or those of the Comnissiou"r u
INSURANCE.
In the organization Of the House the Old Man
paved his hnnd much better. Up until last
lueslny morning stiles Of Union comioricd
himself with the delusivc hope that tina game
WIS his own. He had been iudustriously
coached NJ u this notion hy some few Rcpubll,
rams. hut more especially 10y several Mutual
L nent Democrats For weeks they gave h m
nothing but tafly. ana Stiles checrfully footed
DE bils incurred IN the pulling process. lie
found out his mistake soon after the caucus
m,t now throw tho light on the history OF
this caucus.
Pour uulidptes We're nominated for speaker
jacks 90 of ESsrN Dea con u Burlington. stiles
of Irnu, and Dominic Robinson Of lassaic
Their W"rc nut two bal OTIS On tha fret ballot
luWmie Robinson hnd oncNote. that ~ Conk-
SO .t.I blank. Stiles had fv" votes. They
cam. from Axlrll and Bruen of Morris. Rineel-
man 4 Somerset. Stiles himself. and Vernon OF
Union. who had put Stiles in nomination. Jack
t.li-.yeu pr cent. Mutual Benefit men with the
execution ~ Ewing and Parson Of Cumberland
VIII werr coached by little south Jersey .llu-
tual Brhgr Newspaper mnh named Nickels
Deacon ~ Burlington had thirteen also. mad,
" Ml ~ "a slS p,r cent. mncr WIN inc posi-,
required seventeen 10 nominate. another ballo
onti. s"cond ballot honest Old Dominic Rob
iusnn fired another blank cartridge into th'
la'. u iae furi0ru hope that the result nigh
leave Deacon and Jackson sixteen "arh an,
iase l'1ninson the MMwlgk Of The hour
Nrra 3D. remained faithful u his CHEZ. Bu
ANtrl Buen. ami lngrlman Topped oyer In
't - 80 ~" W. thit l,, ,r,. II 80 w.
,-t ,., r,ol, I, Voc ,,tb.r bi.t u.rrtn,. ~
t' ~ ~ b. b. .. w.. - mi ,..st,r az II In,
In. NIercer A. Trert.n h ,n Nres
iit'.s 90 TO III i 90, 90. cont
U'. I. 49,. .,..,..r,i ,.rtti. - a., ho.r.i,,,
ma I,r,i.ii,', J,.tton's r.. 80
49,. Ken, N. , r,.'iu'r,.i ,,,r,.,ri,y ''N ~
r,u- th. ol1 Mnn s"ir'J hts first victory
II rny.i ms hnud w..ll although yhv an In
s.-Ii. o.. ,Imuany hould need 10 piay any han,
az al .u siuta politics Is a very Old and IN
answered Jersey conundrum. The mino
l,, uGlres were arranged after the speaker
sNIp v.fh comparative ease. How one it'll
20 -ulu made his stake would require soyeru
games 2 Draw poker TO d"termine. He was "a
tHr ff... tHuuglt 10 be- in % boat sim liar To tina
Do Nu.A Frank Patterson was swamped up il
SI--rN. Whether the Oh Man thought II
EHur uNf worth the candle. or whether l.
l,- made his ueaco with Broad street q
Wl-'l.r Is d. pflpnssd To make him useful 81
thHfatulc los ruuI4niug his uppo-ed pastfault,
bad better Boz" referred 10 tho Hon. AMI bod
Cr Iu"N tr'r lightning insurance calculator.
10 iln Democratic eau us. The play Of sind
bad The sailor and the Oll Man Of the NJ i
{. r4iue ont. not rs a farce exactly, hut ratne
~ iHif.ulmr. The nominations. AZ best. Wit
sN h.ll..I'au majority against them. wer
Wlrh uut little save iu the even, that some on
w"uIl kI seven Republican members. III
a. tU" NI Man thought h only decent mo-
Wfu-'aui.ls tln small audience and the AZ
lar"ut -Iiurr~s 40 the pire money. 10 ring IN
curtain up. iu Wow ~ The future possibilities
aben'.t Niit revival There were really on
we 'hini .N"-. Duryr" ~ EssrN. seven p'
.Hpl Mtu man. and De W.T. VINO hhl
mol