The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-12-23
LEGISLATIVE TIMBER.
The New Members of the
Senate and Assembly
Sized Up.
gH0 AND wHATTHEY ARE
II EA
I n$ Business, Politics, Abilities
and Antecedents.
HOAND WHATTHEY ARE
LIVELY ESSEX POLITICS
specio1 10 the .Ier.ey cgty Ne,c.

TRENTON. Dec. @, ,1s9o. The Legislature
will be organized In this city on Tuesday,
january IA. at three O'Clock in the after
noon. The Democratic managers do not
= 3prehend any friction in the organiza-
don. because their majority in each
branch is so large that It would require q
well developed plot on the part Of disap-
pointed spoil seekers to smash the precon-
ceived slate
The Senate will contain fourteen Demo-
Gratis any seven Republicans. In this
computation is included Mcdonald,
Democrat, of Hudson county, who will
certainly be seated in Stuhr's place on
the first day of the session. In the House
there will be forty Democrats and twenty
Republicans. The seat Of Mr.. Mulhero n.
Republican. of the Second district of
Mercer, is contested by Mr. Stull, his
Democratic opponent, who claims that a
recount of the votes will prove that he
received majority The Democratic
majority on joint ballot is 27, and should
Mr.. Stull be seated 1t would be 20. This
is more than sufficient to insure the
success of all plans for partisan legisla-
tion.
WHO THE SENATORS ARE.
or the twenty-one members of the Sem
ate Mr.. G ardner. of Atlantic. the Repub-
lican leader, just enters upon his four
teenth consecutive year of service, which
Is something unprecedented in New Jer-
sey. Without him his party would have
been in dilemma for a leader during
many sessions. Senator Cranmer, of
Ocean, is entering upon his eighth year
of service; Senator Carter, of Burlington,
upon his sixth; Senator Rue, of Mercer,
and Werts, of Morris, upon their sixth.
and Senators Leaning, of Cape May;
Adrain, Of Middlesex; Mallon. of Passaic,
and Smith, OF Sussex, upon their third.
The new Senators are;-Rogers. OF Cam
den; Barrett, of Essex; Baker, of Glouces-
ter: Brown, of Monmouth; Butcher, of
Salem; Keys, of Somerset; Marsh, OF
Union, aud Cornish. of Warren, ali OF
whom were elected last Novem-
Der. The Republicans are without law
yer, while the Democrats have feur mem
bers OF the legal fraternity-Werts. Bar
rett, Marsh and Adrain. There are four
merchants, three real estate dealers and
one each of the following vocations:-
Farmer, live stock dealer, glass manufac-
turer. dentist. editor, collector, manutac-
turer, bookkeeper and hotelkeeper One
Senator leads u life of elegant leisure.
BY birth thirteen claim New Jersey. four
SsW York, two Ireland, one Pennsyl-
yania and one Delaware. The New Jer-
sey men are divided among the following
counties:-Middlesex and Hunterdon. two
e1En. ulD1s Ju5ecAt G<oocAf <thAnntiCs
Cape May, Mercer, Warren, Salem and
Ocean. one each.
Mr.. Fowler, of Cumberland, is the old
est Senator, he being in his SEVENTEEN
year. Mr.. Brown. of Monmouth, who is
sixty-seven. comes next. while Mr. Car
EFT, of Hunterdon, fifty-four. and Mr..
Rue. of Mercer, hfty-two. Mr.. Rogers, of
Camden who is only thirty-two, is the
youngest Senator. Mr.. Cornish, of War
rem, is thirty three; Messrs- Marsh, OF
Union, and Barker, Of Glouce3ter. each
thirry-four, aud MIR. Barrett, OF Essex,
will soon be thirty five.
With Mr. Adrain in the chair, Mr..
Werts will have the brunt of the Demo-
cratic leadership, with the assistance OF
Messrs. Mcdonald. Barrett and Marsh.
or course Mr.. Gardner will continue as
the leader of the minority, with whatever
help Messrs. Carter and Cranmer can
give him.
FOUR SMITHS
There will be four Smiths in this Legis-
lature-the Senator from Sussex, one
Assem- blyman from Hudson. another
from Morris, and the other from Essex.
There will be two CAROLS, one from Pas
sale and the other from Union; two Coles,
one from Cape May. the other from
Camden; two Johnsons. one from Atian,
tic and the other from Monmouth, aud
two Burns (Byrne) one from Hudson and
the other from Mercer.
THE AssEMBLYMEN.
The House of Assembly will have fifteen
lawyers-twelve Democrats and three
Republicans There will be only seven
farmers. The liquor dealers win number
seven, all of whom are Democrats, as well
as one brewer. Other professions and
vocations will be represented as follows:-
Merchants, eight; journalists, real estate
dealers, manufacturers ana superlntend-
ents two each, and a physician, mechanic,
miller, potter, cigarmaker, building in
spector, school teacher, book keeper,
leather manufacturer, opera house man
ager, contractor and civil engineer.
Three members have no particular voca-
ton. Thirty-six members claim New
Jersey as the place of their birth; six, Ire
land; eight, New York; four, Pennsyl-
vania; two, Germany. and one each,
South America, Delaware, New Hamp-
shire and England. The Jersevmen are
divided among the counties as follows:-
Hudson and Sussex, four each; Burling-
ton, Hunterdon, Middlesex and Mon
mouth, three each; Essex, Mercer, War
rem and Monmouth, two each. and Allan
tic, Bergen. Cape May, Gloucester,
Passaic. Salem and Somerset, one each.
The oldest member is Mr.. Nash. of Cam
den. who is sixty-seven. Next to him is
Mr.. Smith. OF Hudson, who will soon be
fifty-seven, while Mr.. Smith, of Essex,
is fifty-six. The youngest is Mr.. Trefz.
OF Essex, who is only In his twenty fourth
year, and Mr.. White. of Burlington, IS
but one year older. There are only five
members under thirty years of age, and
the average age OF the whole number is
forty years. Messrs. Potts, Bergen, Post
aud Cole. Of Camden, have served in the
Legislatures of ten years or SO ago. Mr..
Hoover, of Warren. Is serving his fourth
consecutive year; Mr.. Cole of Cape May,
his third. Twenty eight members are en-
tering upon their second terms, while
twenty-seven are entirely new in the do
main OF legislation.