The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-11-10
ELECTION AFTERMATH
Gossip About the Men Who
Are to Figure at
Trenton.
THE sPEAKERsHIP AND PRESIDENCY.
Contests That Are Threatened for
Seats in the Assembly--The
Coming Inaugural.

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One of the State papers--the Trenton
State Gazette, Ithink-says that, on the
basis of the old Assembly lines, the
Assembly this year would have been Re-
publican. This, taken in connection with
the other fact that the State went Demo-
cratic last Tuesday by about 1900 MAJ
| Jority, but serves to show the essential
iniquity of that old tine Republican
gerrymander. Happily what might have
been Is no longer possible, and the Dem
ocratic State of New Jersey Is permitted
by the more equable division OF the dis
tricts to elect Democratic Legislature
when 1t sees fit.
Whether because of dissatisfaction with
some members Of the last Legislature, or
because OF the change in the lines, only
about twenty of the members Of the last
House nave been returned to the new
one. Potts and Patterson, the Mon
| mouth ANGELS" who did more than all
the rest OF the Assembly put together 70
bring it into disrepute, were among those
who were left. OF the members of last
years Assembly Heppenheimer and
Pagan are the only two returned Last
Tuesday to new terms. Potts, of Hud-
son, has served in the Assembly of pre-
a
the members many years as Reading
Clerk. There Is none better than he.
SOME THREATENED CONTESTS.
The contests in some of the Assembly
districts, not here alone, but in other
| partssof the State, present some phases
that may be worth talking about. For
instance, Kane, who fathered the Ballot
Reform bill of last winter, was beaten in
| one Of the Middlesex districts by only
twenty-nine majority. He ran on a Re-
| publican ticket last Tuesday and threat
| ems to ask for recount or to contest tho
| seat of his successful rival before the
| House.
That, too, will be an interesting contest
which Is promised from Camden. In the
redistricting bill one of the Assembly dis
| tricts there was made up Of certain
| cratic. The Republican council of the
| city thereupon changed the lines OF one
| of the wards so as to take in Repub-
| lican constituency, and In that way made
the district Republican. The natural
result followed, and now the Democrat
whose district was thus stolen from him
| is preparing to present his case to the
| House.
Down here in Hudson Gallagher, the
| Kern Kicker who was beaten by ex-P POST
master John +. Kelly in the Seventh dis
trict, talks OF making g contest for the
seat In some shape or other, but he will
probably think better of it before the
Legislature gets together.
4 THE SPEAKERSHsP.
| THE JERSEY CITY NEWS has already
| stated that Colonel Heppenheimer Is to
be Speaker of the next Assembly. The
| only conspicuous figure that threw his
shadow over his path was that of Fred.
| Marsh the light haired Assemblyman of
| Union. Mr.. Marsh is anxious to see
Johnny Matthews reelected to the House
Clerkship, to which he is entitled by
party usage, and as Matthews is from
Union, and Union cannot reasonably ex-
| pect to have both Speaker and Clerk,
Mr.. Marsh very gracefully withdraws in
favor of Colonel Heppenheimer.
Naughright, of Morris, may try to
make some capital In his own interest for
the Speakership, because of Meppen-
| heImer being Hudson man, and the Lass
| Speaker having been from Hudson; but
| il will not amount to anything.
WHO'LL BE PRESIDENTf
1 There Is good deal more of uncer-
| taiuty as to the Presidency of the Senate
than there can be over the Speakership OF
| the House. Gardner. OF Atlantic. who Is
beginning his fifth term as Senator-his
| thirteenth year this is-has so often been
| its presiding officer that he will not Dc
! over anxious for the honor again; but
| there will be lively scrimmage between
| soldier from Monmouth, and George
Cranmer, of Ocean, for the honor. Gram
mer will probably be easily persuaded to
| keep out of the way, because he has three
| years yet to serve, and three chances, OF
| course, to reach the goal
Martin and Nevius are on the other
hand both about to serve the last year Of
their current terms, and the proverbial
courtesy of the Senate gives them the
| preference in the fight. They are both
| closing their first term, and SO they stand
on an equal footing in that respect AS
| Martin, hailing from county that some
! times goes Republican, has better
chance of getting back into the Senate
than Nevius, who Represents county
that never goes republican except in 1T
of insanity, that Senatorial courtesy Of
which / have spoken will probably de-
eide the contest in Nevius' favor.
I THE INAUGURAL.
Governor Albeit will be the master Of
the situation during the session. His
Inauguration will probably be no less
notable and significant and widely her.
aided than was his last. Then he drew
the eyes of all the people to the inequali-
ties OF the tax laws. Now, he will prob
| ably open an equally interesting and
aggressive campaign for reform in ballot
methods. The lines in which he will run
| will be his own; and his inaugural viii
| probably set the people .a-thinking in the
| liveliest kind of fashion on the subject.