New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-01-07
NEW-JERSEY LEGISLATURE
THE QUESTIONS OF ORGANIZATION.
CURRENT GOSSIP ABOUT COMBINATIONS foh
OFFICES.


OFFICES.
fppou THE PrcrtAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRfBUNE'I
TRENTON. Jan. 6.-The contest over the or
ganizaon OF the Legislature this week continues singu
lrly dull 40 far a. outward appearance Is concerned me
general impression that A. D. Stoney, OF monmouth
County will be the Speaker still seems to be well foundeui
although the allegations that Thomas Flynn, OF Passac
his chief rival collision with Stoney, nave lorceu
FLYNN TO assume an attitude apparent bitterness toward
the Monmouth County member. Flynn declares thh1
whatever else happens stoney shall not be Speaker ana
is backing this declaration with heavy and apparently
bonafde bet
The latest development lie that Miles Ross the exCon
gresham Is working for Stoney 1t Ia an open secret
that Ross aims be the Democratic candidate TOT 0on
gress next fall Monmouth County Is IN his disct' ann
stoncy can help to make Monmouth County sold tor
Ross Ross can is said, Stoney the four Voes Vi
Democratic members from Union and Middesex III all
these persons were not above the suspicion OF political
trade the solution OF the BoSsSOney partnershp ques
ton would be easy.
This same matter adds additional compiled
ton 10 the contest the clerkship OF the
Assembly. Arthur Wilson, the present C!efK' VINO
desires a reelection, il from Monmouth County
II stoney Is Speaker, Wilson can scarcely
secure the cerkship Wilson Is also booked Tor Demo-
cratic candidate for Senator from Monmouth next year,
and s power in the politics OF that county MI Ross ny
helping soney hurts wilson, and next fall II wilson u
defeated for the cerkshp, Mr.. ROSES walkover In Mon
month may he less easy than the cxCOngressman desires
Therefore the latter would like to see both stoney and
Ross successful Mr.. Ross IL pretty good political
manager hut 1t il doubtful If he is enough of an Atlas to
bear up both the Speakershp and the cerkshp by at
tempting too much Mr.. Ross and the other friends OF
stoney likely 10 cause general Dreakng-np oil inc
whole slate in which combination OF North jersey
members may make Chapman, OF Hudson, or NeighOor
Of Morris Speaker and divide up the rest OF the offices to
snit Themselves H. however the stoney people are able
70 keep stiff upper lip and have the backing. which they
claim OF senator Mcpherson and Governor Abbet-not to
sneak Of the ralroads-thcrc IL little doubt that their
organization schemes will be successful.
COMPOSITION OF TWO BRANCHrs.
The following statistics 10 the perSonne Of the Lcgs
taturc are Of interest:
The Senate consists OF twelve Republicans and nine
Deuocras the same as last year. In the Assembly there
are thiIy-four Democrats and twcntysX Republicans
Republican gain Of one last year. The Democratic
majority on Joint ballot Is Ave OF the twentyone sena
tors ive-vanderblt. Pmcoa-t. Ezra Miller, Brinkerhof
aud Cranmcr-are serving their rrst year All put two
been Speaker Gardner Is serving the first year OF his
thrd term, his seventh consecutive year in the senate
Youugbopd and Nichols aIe beginning heir second terms
Vail who will be President, is serving the last wear O '
second term in tine Senate aud tn eighth year 81 h-
I'm pant of service Eight SenatOrssalnshury or Essex
Apologize OF Monmouth; YAH, OF Union; pouehty, OF
Merritt Of Camden and Hires. Of Salem, are serving me
DonShiv are Republicans seven Democrats and six Re
nu,icans hold over the IGOcrats must eec tour
Srngtol1 next fall 70 gain the control Ordinarily, War
ron aud Monmouth are surely Democratic. and Essex,
(;louccscr Camden and Salem surely Republican. SOM
csot and Union are close The Republicans must carry
one OF the other OF them next fall they nope To continue
in power IN the senate $500
The united age of the Senator, s 10l5 years, and The
average - ID Senator Doughty i the Oldest beng In
y--rcoud senator's Beatty aLu Ezra Miller
ave each -ixtyeight senator smith sXty~evcn SEM
tnr sch. NO age sXtytwOs the Oldest Repubucdn Grggi
H. The Youngest senator being thirtyfOur and looking
twenty-five. CranmeT IL thiItyhve ana NlchOS Jhlry-
six Seventeen are natives of NcwJcrscy, ana one rach
of Nr,y.Yark, Massachusetts,, Vermont aud England.
There are ci-nt lawyers two editors, three mere hts,
tyo manufacturers real estate dealer, one tYl tng
fer one clerk one lumber dealer one farmer, and one
senator without any particular occupation. Eleven sen
aors have previously served IN the Assembly ana one IN
Congress. ,--.,.. -.
ing on their hird twenty members arc about
la serve second terms. TwcGyiour have never served
before Tie united Of the members amount 70 2+52
years averaging fOrtyOne and Onc-third. lie Oldest
mon er Ofthe AssemUly-and Of tie LoSisaturcis Isaac
WlIlck OF Warren, who ts eighty-onc. Mr. Lupt0n, 81
Cumberland is next being seventytwO and the third
oldest Is Nr WOItendyGc. OF Bergen, with sXty-tWO
udpr forty Mr. Armstrong OF Camden Is the youngest,
beng twenty-five. william f. OCOunor, son 81 the iaat
sneaker vcnIy ana two other men, beTs are twenty
nine FOry-twO born In NCw-Jer5ey four Ia Penn
syyauia three each in Newly Urk Ireland and Germany,
and one each IN Massachusetts,, Maine Rhode Island,
LAWYERS six merchants, five clerks, four manufacturers,
four physicians, two liquor dealers, two mllers TWO real
estate agents, editor, dentist, druggist NEWSLETTER
steamboat superintendent, yard MASTER deputy sheriff.
bopeeper harneSSakCr, surveyor cOnYCydutcl Eidss-
blower auctioueer and superintendent Of mari pits