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THE POLITICAL ROBBERY.
MIR. SCHENCKS ATTITUDE Still A
SUBJECT OF S0LICITUDE.

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The Failure OF the SENATE to Act On
the vetoes Occasion1ng Suspicion
that Some One Has Called a Halt.
TRENTON, March 21-The adjournment
of the Senate without action on Governor
Abbetts sharp vetoes of the bills curtailing
his appointing powers, has elected COM
ment. The reason alleged tor the inaction
was the absence of some the Senators. But
no one except tyro in politics will be de-
ceived by this plea. The Republican SEN
thrs wouldn't have absented themselves if
it had not been secretly understood
that the bills. which cannot be
passed without their votes would not be
acted on this week. There is certainly a
more marked diversity of sentiment among
Republican Senators, concerning the bills
than any one anticipated there would be.
One of the Republican Assemblymen re-
Elected it, in conversational had with him
day or two ago. ST was opposed origi-
nally," he said, s'to the whole scheme of
reprisal. and the more it is developed the
better am | satisfied that was right. Now
that there is a possibility of the appoint
ments being made by the Joint Caucus,
the woods here are full Of candidates for
the phases about to be made vacant. and
In the whole raft of them there are not
three fit aspirants. They represent the
heeling, machine elements in the parties
They are men of no character and stand
ing, hungry for Office. l couldn't consci-
entiously vote for more than two of
them.'
Altogether a fatal thirteen of political
bills have been rushed in by the Joint
Caucus. Two of these affect Hudson's Di-
rector at Large; third is the Newark po-
lice bill; a fourth is Griggs Passaic county
School Superintendent bill. The other
nine strike at the Governors patronage.
They are designed to take from him and
vest in Joint meeting, the appointment of
Morris Plains Asylum managers, State
Board of Education, the State Board OF
Charities and Corrections, State Prison Su-
peryisor, State Pilot Commissioners, Trus-
tees of the State Normal and of the State
Industrial schools, aud of Fish Wardens.
The Morris Plains Asylum and Board of
Education bills have been whipped through
the House over the vetoes, but the vetoes
yet need the action of the Senate. The
other bills still lie in the Senate en- their
way to the Governors Office.
It is settled beyond all question that the
District Court bills are not to be allowed
to pass the Senate, and some of the others
awaiting action are in danger of being de-
feated. President Schenck's attitude as to
the Normal and Industrial School mana
gers excites alarm among the Republicans,
and he is said to have made threats that,
unless something is done with some of the
bills the Joint Caucus is not dis
posed to push, he will not vote for
others they are exceedingly anxious to get
through 1t is possible therefore that the
whole scheme may be defeated
ssBut," said one Senator the other morn
ing. 'sYou will find that Schenck will
stick, and that all tho political bills will go
through. In the Senate Caucus Monday
night, he showed signs OF weakness, but
we braced him up, and I have no doubt he
is all right..again. A change of front he has
made however in the District Court bill
has led to some surprises In the Joint
Caucus two weeks ago, the District Court
bill was the one that elected his warmest
advocacy. In the Senate Caucus Monday
evening, he was as warmly opposed to it as
he had previously been warmly in favor of
it, We know what has changed his views,
but to tell you what it is would be to re-
veal a caucus secret, and that / cannot
do"
The vetoes will be calico up for action
in the Senate Monday evening. Then per-
haps the story will be more fully revealed.
QUITS.