The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-05-11
GRIP.
Senator Mcdonald Holds
his Firmly in the
Senate.
ONE HONEST RFpTRTIrAN
ONE HONEST REPUBLICAN,.
Correspondents Banquet and GEN
eral Grubb's invitation
Longest Session on Record.

oeHatOflal contest SITUATION a big
lunged, bushy whiskered siren has been
singing song in tho corridors Of the
State House during the past few days,
which has fallen upon the Democratic
ear with very seductive sound. 1t
is too good to be true, and is to
the effect that Republican has been
found who places honesty and principle
above party advantage. This Republican,
the song goes on to say. has declared that
the Gardner Dredging Company,
limited, has not brought to
the surface sufficient evidence to
warrant them in recommending that
Senator Mcdonald be unseated, and that
when the matter comes up in the Senate,
he will vote with the Democrats to main
tain Mr.. Mcdonald in his seat
The song does not divulge the name of
the Senator because the Republican does
not want TO have his colleagues learn of
his intention lest they bring the lash of
caucus down upon his back and compel
him TO vote with them.
There were few who believed this ru-
NOR at first. The idea of a Republican
member OF the present Senate getting
such a fatal attack of virtue seemed al
most beyond belief. But as thematter was
looked into more closely there were many
who began to look upon the rumor as
founded upon some fact.
They say that the Republicans are not
fools and that they realize that there is a
future. They begin to see that If they re-
sort to any such revolutionary and IN
warranted action as the unseating of
Senator Mcdonald on the questionable
and unsavory testimony which Mr.. Cor
bin has produced. the people will con-
denim their action at the polls next fall
"a than will inra all huf
might possibly gain By giving the seat to
Stuher.
There Is also astrong probability that
the Democrats will obtain control Of the
Senate next year without the Hudson
member, in which case they would inn
decision of the Gardner Committee and
restore to Mr.. Mcdonald the seat TO
which he was elected by the people.
GARDNER AND ROE HEsITATTNG.
These considerations are causing Boss
Gardner and good Or. Roe to hesitate
somewhat in their original intention to
declare Mr.. Stuhr elected and it may
truthfully be said that the Republicans
have lost their grip on the situation.
Allan L. McDermott is among those
who believe that Senator Mcdonald will
not be disturbed in the possession of his
seat. In conversing upon the matter the
other night he said that even If the COM
mittee should decide to throw out all the
precincts in which the was fraud
alleged. Senator Mcdonald would
still have majority of between
1900 and 5000. Some of the precincts In
which no fraud is even limited at, he
carried by large majorities, while the
precincts which Stuhr carried gave the
Hoboken automaton very small major
ity The more the situation is examined
closely, the fuller appears the grip of the
Republicans upon the situation.
The RaDublic9ng have haan taking q
great deal Of comfort to themselves dur
ing the past few days over the fact that
the House Investigating Committee did
not meet this week. In spite of all their
smiles the leaders of the Republican
party were very much exercised over the
appearance of the committee at Atlantic
and the work which they did while
in the lair of the lion of the Senate. The
Republicans are constituting their silence
this week as an indication that they are
Disguised with what they found at At
lantic City and are quietly going TO
abandon the investigation, but this is far
from the committees intention. They
are comparing the poll and registry books
of Atlantic county, and as they are doing
it themselves it takes time
A CONTRAST OF COMMITTEES.
And right here might be noted the diff
ference between the two committees.
When the Senate Committee had that
kind of work to do it employed an army
of stenographers, typewriters and young
men to do the work. For fear its dignity
should not be conserved in fit
ting manner it appointed three assistant
sergeant-at-arms to go junketing with it
backward and forward from Trenton, all
at an expense which the Governor lightly
refuses to make the overburdened tax
payers pay, whereat the Republicans get
blue in the face shouting about the Gov
ernors partisanship and unfairness
In strong contrast to this is the course
of the Democratic Committee. 1t has ap-
pointed no ornamental sergeant-at- arms,
and instead of employing clerks to make
the comparison of the poll and registry
lists they are doing the work themselves.
The committee is preparing a surprise Tor
the Republicans, which, when sprung
upon them, will cause them to laugh on
the other side of their faces, as the old
saying goes.
FINAL ADJOURNMENT IN SIGHT.
Final adjournment begins to assume
more tangible shape and the indications
now are that it will take place about Fri
day of next week. This is now the long
est session of the Legislature since 1916
and the only one that has lasted
over into MAY. The session of 1886
but recess was taken from April % to
June l. There have been two sessions Of
fifteen weeks. those of 1884 and 1886, while
the shortest sessions were those of 1S47
and lS49, each OF winch was OF elghJ weeks
duration Six sessions lasted nine weeks,
the last being that of 1880. and sessions of
ten, eleven and twelve weeks have
occurred frequently. The shortest ses-
sion of all was the special session
of the Senate which met on April 20 to
act upon the nominations of the Governor
for members of the State Board of Asses
sors, and which lasted two hours.
THE EVENT OF THE SESSION.
The event of this session will take
place on Tuesday evening at the Trenton
House in the shape of the first banquet of
the Legislative Correspondents Club of
New Jersey, as the newspaper mems new
organization here has been named.
Fred Katzenbach, the host Of
the Trenton House has promised to
provide the best dinner ever given in
Trenton. and all other arrangements have
been made on the most liberal scale.
Among the gentlemen who have been in
vited to sit down with the boys are Gov
ernor Albeit, President Neviws of the
Senate, Speaker pro tenn Fred Marsh, Lon
Albeit, General e. Burd Grub, General
William ]. Sewell. Senator Mcpherson,
State Senators Winton, Mcdonald and
good DR. Roe, Assemblyman Foster NJ.
VOORHEES,, ex-Congressman John Kean,
Jr; Waiter McDougal, Barney Ford and
several others. These gentlemen have
all expressed an intention Of being pre-
sent.
The boys have prepared g neat little
to fr1< ell. 81