The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-12-29
FAT State OFFICES.
.yeritt and Blackwell the
Real Rivals for the
Treasurership.
HEPPgSHEIMER's LONE HAND.
He Will Surely Make the Comp
trollership Trick = The
Legislative Plnms.
lEPPgSHEIMER's LONE HAND.

TRENTON, Dec ~. lcJu.-lne otate
Treasurership contest has to all appear
ances narrowed down to Senator Moses
e. Everitt, of Hunrerdon County, and
n Ex- Senator Jonathan Blackwell, OF Mer-
Ger. The men who haunt the corridors OF
the State House. and volurt teer prophecy
for the edification Of the small statesmen
I, declare that the Democratic chieftain OF
Democratic Hunterdon is now on top.
At least twelve men have been listed as
aspirants for the honor and the
S5s- N year The favcrite, so far as
newspaper gossip has It, was Treasurer r
cray, of the Newark Water Board, bu {
he has been seen recently, and declares
that IL he is candidate, he never knew
il. No one has promised to vote for him.
and he has no particular faith In his own
candidacy.
DIR. NEwELL's CARD.
DIR. William Newell, OF Millville, has
published a card that he Is not hankering
after the States cash box. He is still
considered candidate for the clerkship
of the Supreme Court. which his friend,
Benjamin +. Lee. has had for twenty
years, and who was particularly fortunate
in the last campaign, carrying both Salem
and Gloucester counties. The Demo-
cratic victory in the latter county proved
the greatness Of Manager Lee.
Moses K. Everitt is the present Senator
from Hunterdon, and the next session
euds his term. He is sworn friend OF
Pfdcock, the leader of the Fourth Con-
R,essional district who proposes TO land
] ; Democratic Senator In the berth. 1t
being generally circulated that Ever
/ is not eligible because he cannot be
cted to an Office In joint session while
member OF the Senate. The only re-
Fiction that the constitution places on a
Senator or Assemblyman succeeding 10 a
l. - y. .s.sI -.
created nor its emoluments increased
during the term Of the Office or Assembly
man. This leaves 1t open for the Senator
to be candid ate before the joint meet
ing.
Ex-senator Blackwell is busy hunting
votes. he has hard road TO climb. be-
cause of the bad feeling that exists among
the leading Democrats Of bis own county,
aud the fact that he will have to resort to
the disagreeable method OF unseating the
Republican Assemblylnan, MuIheron, TO
| have the Assemblyman OF his district.
| Howell Stnll. get footing in the caucus.
CANDIDATES FOR OTHER OFFICES.
The state CompIrollership fight has no
new phases All Indications point to the
sesection OF General w. S. Heppeuneimer,
! with Colonel John Van Cleef, of Somer-
set county, as a contestant.
1t A given out as a settled fact that
John Carpenter, Jr., Will again be the
Secretary of the Senate. He served dur
ing 1889. and is entitled to another term.
Senator Fred Marsh wants TO secure the
Assistant Secretaryship for ex-AssembIy
Clerk John Matthews. The friends of
Clarence Sackett, of Essex. cain that he
has the inside track for this place. He is
now stenographer to the Tax Commis-
mission. Editors Robert Gwynre, Jr., of
Salem, and Ben Elfreth. of Millsille, aud
Carpenter. of Woodbury., are candidates
for the subordinate offices of the Senate.
Ex-Alderman William Harrigan. of
Newark, is assured of enough votes to
make him Sergeant-at-Arms Of the
House. William Z. Ross, of Sussex. will
again be assistant, and John F. Kelley, of
James Beckwith, of Atlantic. is to be the
Reading Clerk.
THE wERTs LIQUOR LAW.
The most notable piece of legislation
which will be ATTEMPTED will be the
amendment of the Werts liquor law so as
TO lower the license fee and allow selling
of liquor on Sunday after twelve O'Clock
noon. The amendments are TO be offered
by the Hudson County Liquor Dealers
Association and viii have the support of
the Essex brewers. The reduction of the
license fee is generally opposed. but many
are in favor of permitting by law that
which the law is powerless to prevent.
As it is now, the saloons of Newark,
Jersey City, Paterson and Hoboken are
open on Sunday. Nobody MAKES 1t a
business to prosecute. and consequently
nobody Is ever punished for the illegal
act In Trenton, Camden and all the
smaller places the law Is observed, be-
cause of the watchfuluess of the authori
ties and the aggressiveness Of the Law
and Order people In nearly all the larger
seashore towns liquor can easily be pur-
chased on Sunday.
There will be an effort made on the
part of the law and order societies and
the various temperance organizations { o
defeat these amendments. The Republi-
cans, it is stated, will hold firmly to their
position of opposition to liberal govern
ment. There is considerable independent
feeling among the Democrats of the
House and they may either dodge or op-
pose eny rampering with the liquor law.
Mr.. SMITH.
s'Mr. Smith figures conspicuously in
this years Legislature. Fortunately
there is no plain John Smith. Senator
Peter Smith, of Sussex. is serving his last
term He is the Peter who caused the
commotion when the famous Jersey City
charter Was passed and he was missing.
Every body In the State House went wan
thouf" John Mccormack, of Camden.
then Sergeant-ar-Arms of the Senate, with
John r. Feeney and others, rode all night
on q hand car down the dreary Long
Beach to drag Peter out of his bed, after
days cunning. aud hustled him back to
Trenton to vote.
Next in notoriety to Peter is little
Thomas Smith, who looks all the world
like Presby yterian clergyman. in his
broadcloth and white tie: He acquired
his fortune in selling whisky by the bar
rel He is now one OF the Worlds Fair
Commissioners. representing New Jersey :,
aud serving with General w. j. Sewell.
Thomas Smith is one OF the humorists oil
the House. He halls from Essex Comfy
Simeon II. Smith comes from Jersey
City. aud is the only Republican Smith
among them. He had the satisfaction of
defeating James Murphy, prominent
Democrat, last fall
Ford ID. Smith Is a well known Demo-
crat OF Dover, in Morris county. and a
good talKer, who will serve his tirst term