The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-11-17
TRENTON PROSPECTS.
The Organization of the
Legislature Is Making
a Peck of Gossip.
ABRAMS SURE THING.
lie Will Be President Of the Sem
ate-Jealousy of Hudson
Hurts Mullone.
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Legislature. The Democrats, having a
large majority in both branches, have
brought out a large crop Of candidates.
The history Of nearly all contests for
the officers Of either Senate or Assembly
shows that it is not the early candidate
that gets the position. Il is generally a
week before the organization that the
deals aud the dickers are made, and some
surprising changes are made In the list.
IL will be so this term. Claimants win
turn up In least expected quarters. The
change was SO radical in some counties,
Gratis who claim TO be extraordinary now,
because Of the credit they take TO them
selves for e~lecting their man."
ADRIAN TO BE PRESIDENT.
There Is only one post that looks as II il
were to stay. That is Robert Adrain, the
Senator from Middlesex, who is down for
president. New Jersey has no Lieuten-
ant Governor, but the president of the
Senate, TO all fntents and purposes, fills
that Office. The constitution provides
that lin case Of the death, resignation or
removal from office Of the Governor. the
powers, duties and emoluments of the
office shall deyolve upon the president of
the Senate"
Senator Adrain was the candidate last
year, but the Democrats did not have a
majority So he holds over. and viii no
doubt get the place Adrain Is the Adonis
OF the Senate. He is a big fellow, of fine
appearance, a fair talker, and politically
ambitious He viii be a political Pooh
Bah
He is a colonel on the Governors stan,
selected because he is a jolly good fellow.
lie is h Prosecutor Of the Pleas of
Mfddlesex county. Some day he expects
10 be Governor. 1t is believed, because he
has the ambition and keeps company
with the Abbett leaders.
WANT TO BE SECRETARY.
There will be O contest, and a sharp
one, for the secretaryship Of the Senate.
John Carpenter, J. ,who had the position
W years ago, thinks he Is entitled to
another year. John Matthews, twice
Clerk of the House Of Assembly, standing
a poor chance for any House Office, will go
over to the Senate and try to get the sec
r~etaryship. The leaders do not look with
favor on either of these two contestants,
and they will no doubt be dropped when
the dickering begins.
Carpenter has been well taken care OF
by his party, and he is now locally In a
bad fix. He is a Hunterdon county man,
but recently went to New Brunswick, and
this is thought 10 be his abiding place.
IL would be impossible 10 give to Middle
sex Jnis additional honor. Matthews has
also had a lions share OF the party
spells, and it is limited that he ought to
retire
samuel ]. Macdonald. Of Newark, has
doomed up during the latter part OF the
week as q candidate. John Mccormick,
OF Camden. was sergeant-at-arms TWO
years ago. He is entitled to another year.
He was Senator Pfeiffer's candidate, and
1t is possible hat he can make 1t again,
unless the recent factional fight between
Senator Pfeiffer and w. j. Thorn pson. of
Gloucester, should interfere with his
chances.
Jacob Eidelman, of Paterson, has an
nounoed himself as a candidate for the
position of assistant ~sergeant-at-a arms.
Gloucester county Will be entitled to a
good Office, such as reading or journal
clerk, for Gloucester comes into the Dem
ocratic column when IL was not expected.
Salem county having gone Democratic
twice in SUCCESSION, can naturally demand
a good position.
II SPEAKERSHIP CONTEST.
There is NO end OF candidates for
Speaker. Hudson county has a man for
every Office in both branches. lead by
Michael Malone, who wants to be
Speaker. Michael Mullone comes from
the First district. He is a man of
capability. The strongest point against
him is that Hudson has had the Speaker
ship for the last three years: There were
Dickinson, Hudspeth and Heppenheimer,
all in direct succession.
The knowing ones say that the next
Speaker will be Assemblyman Bergen. Of
Somerset. He was a member In 1875 and
1877. There is a second consideration in
reference 70 his candidacy. While he has
served his party well in Somerset there is
another man there VINO has been work
ing hard and who Is now prominent
among the candidates for the State
COMPREHENSIVE. II is Colonel John T.
Van Cleef, now the Secretary of the
State Board of Assessors and a member
Of Governor Abbett's staff. Somerset
county is not sufficiently important TO
merit two offices.
Ia the upper part of the State much is
heard about James P. Albright, of Union
county He is the Mayor of Madison He
is a man of much force of fcharacter- He
comes from Senator Werts' county,
which has not had much recognition in
the lower branch. 1t has not had a
Speaker in eighteen years.
William d. Campbell, a rising Mon
mouth county orator. is also mentioned,
but he has been too much associated with
Senator Biodgett to expect much favor
from the administration.
John f. Kerr. of Paterson, a man whose
independence Of speech attracted much
attention last session, is the Passaic
county candidate.
Thomas Smith, a little elerical-looking
member from Essex, who furnished his
share of the fun last session. is named
also. he Is one Oh the nOftQ , Il iii OOlu-
missioners from New Jersey.
Charles Trefz. who was the baby MEM
Der. aspires also. He is a brewer In New
ark.
Abram Nash, who was w. ]. Thomp-
sons candidate IN the Third. OF Camden,
would accept the honor, but Camden is
mot in it,"
Burlington has a clean-cut and popular
member In Mitchell B. Perkins Of the
Second district. He will not take any
steps himself, but it is understood that
his friends will push him as near to the
Speakers desk as possible.
FIGHTING FoR Il CLERKsHIPS.
The clerkships IN the House viii aus
a lively scramble, because those who are
aspiring are all born fighters and never
know when they are whipped. Thomas
+. Noonan, OF Hudson, the Respondent
Reading Clerk of last session, is in the
advance for the clerkship. james Beck
with, who has become a permanent fixture
here. would accept the Reading Clerk
in preference TO the Assistant Jour
Clerk,
The sergeant-at-arms invites the atten-
ton of a number VINO would like to 90 TO
Ex-Assemblyman Henry Tur-
ley, Of Camden, is in for it, with the
backing of A-ssemblyman Nash and W.
Thompson. Big Tom Titus, Of War
rem, twice assistant sergeant. wants a
promotion The others named are VIII
lam Harrlgan and Anthony Bellingnam.
Of Newark.
There IS no end Of the talk about who