New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-31
SEW-JERSEY LEGISLATURE.
= AK PRELIMINARY TO ORGANIZATION


-,, EIGHT FOR THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
SENATORS IN ACCORD.
,,,, THY REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRTBUNEJ
'TpRyroy, Dec. 30.-The approach OF the day
o.. the teossture to meet January g. creates certain
,nt of interest In contest which has hitherto beeh
n,ou0h While the three four candidates for the
,Lor.hip OF the Assembly have been exercising some
,igor In their eneav0rs 10 bag the votes Oh tuc WI
leagues the general public has taken little OF no ees
IN the matter, and what little discussion there mas oeo
An the press has chiefly beeu in maintenance OF the ouhu
,bat It did not make any particular difference which can
didate won The fact is that of late years the pOsoo
Sneaker has come be regarded as OF niue
and less honor With ex-Speaker Egan awaiting sehVeH
for attempted bribery, ex-Spcaker Dunn IN tne 'uo "
amad endeavor TO got a clerkshp IN inc nou'' ,sl
winch he once presided and several other eA79pcaao
occnnvne scarcely less dgned positions there n.o
,nducement for man OF fair regulations to exert h
self TO obtain the honor OF being their successor
CANDIDATES FOR THE sPEAKERSliiP
Tho man generally spoken OF Us tue ieAulus o'0 ~ ~
race Alfred b. Stoney, now serving us ,i,at
from Monmouth County. Mr.. stoneys enemies say ln"t
no IA the candidate of the railroads 1t Is certain that
there ia nothing in his record which would be hAoV 10
ontaOonize the railroads There no dOnbC that NC WI"
receive nearly the solid vote of the Democratic members
from south Jersey. Eighteen will be necessary TO
choice in the Democratic and If Mr. Soney Is the
railroad of course that the railroads
have candidate which will be vigorously denied-he can
count on half of eighteen. from Delaware and central
counties of the State In North Jersey however where
the majority Of Democratic members are found the
spnport of a railroad does man more harm than good
Two candidates for Speaker from that quarter are h. D.
chairman of Hudson, aud Thomas j. Flynn, OF Passaic
Mr. Chapman was Democratic leader In the last House.
aud being good deal of antmonOpois BESIDES 1t was
naturally to expected that he would concentrate the
Democratic strength In North Jersey
Mr. FLYNN is Patterson liquor dealer VINO mas seINeu
three or four terms In the Assembly already. lie has
never won any particular distinction as legislator ana
he has frequently the victim OF charges-dle tuotS
do doubt-whch II true, would have damaged the char
+er nj He was last winter prominentkcker
anst Mcpherson in the Senatorial contest bolted ne
caucus and otherwise acted In manner WhCh was maui
re basis of charge that he acOrupt combination
70 ada TO the expenses of McPhersons campaign His a
pealace a candidate for Speaker was surprise onS
he has succeeded In gathering following "hlGh Moul
otherwise have gone Chapman making mnsel at caSt
second in the and leaving Chapman with only tree
OF four votes. Mr. Flynn announces hhseil " opP
ncnt of the railroads in politics In spite OF TINS mere are
people unind enough TO nsnqae that whea tne P1p1
lime the votes which Flynn mas kept away lIoI
Chapman will be placed as to do no harm to storey on
the rst ballot and good deal of good to nun aIterwId
outside OF these three candidates tne 0hV Nv mo Mn W
mentioned for the Speakership are Chattle' inc MOL
County who also has Prohibition tendencies Either OF
these gentlemen would I'LL the chair nonora6Iy aqa IN
case the alleged FlynnStOuey combination faS 10 WORK
and caucus gets itself into triangular snare MIN MY
these two candidates and Chapman, tnere - pDi S
tlat Chattle Neghbor may be chosen as cOlhrolc'
AsPIRANTs FOR MINOR PLACES.
For the minor offices OF the Assembly there are fewer
candidates than usual Ex-Speaker Dunn and Judge
Rankin of Hudson the only competOrsyet aunounc-
ed to Clerk Arthur Wilson, who Third tenn. Ser
eeant-at-Arms Con Donovan, of Hudson keeper OF
Cortandst iauor-shop in NewYOrk, also wants tAiTd
term and is feebly opposed by three candidates
Reading Clerk NoOnan has nOOppostion worth speaking
Of Private Secretary Samuel Semple wants 10 be pro
NOTED TO the place of Engrossug Clerk Maugcr and as
the latter already served two terms, Sempe chances
are good.
TIE SENATE ORGANIZATION.
The Republicans are having the most peace
tnl sort of time over the organL
cation Of the Senate Senator Vail, OF Maine
has no opposition for the presidency and all the other
officers are likely remain last year. under the usage
which gives Republican officers in the Senate terms OF
three years sensational article. purporting to be
special dispatch from NewYOrk appeared In The PhHd-
elphta Press yesterday morning giving full details OF
an alleged combination by which four Republican and
seven Democratic Senators organize the Senate
I'm the interest of the Reading Railroad aud upon the
basis of a division Of the spols Two or the
four Republican Senators named have publicly ana
repeatedly announced that they were In favor OF Val for
the presidency. one of the seven Democrats Is nearly
dead from pneumonia aud cannot possible be present az
the organization This latter fact alone would MAKE he
alleged scheme impossible OF execution Besides thls
there no possible advantage TO be gained for the Read
ing or any other railroad by controlling the organization
az tbe Senate The officers OF the Assembly and eSpe
ciay Speaker 40 much 10 help or hurt corpora
ton bills but the Senate is small and compact Dod
at all against majority or
The individual members The Philadelphia papers
uOry exctes amusement among politicians