The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-12-14

he found time 70 talk with me about the
coming session Of the Legislature.
NO MATERIAL CHANGE IN THE BALLOT LAW.
In response 10 my question whether he
had seen the statement made by Mr..
Allan McDermott that the election law
would be altered, the Senator said
i do not believe that the law will be
amended or altered in any material re-
spect- OF course the little Inconsistent
ctes md contradictions which have come
to light viii be corrected. but no change
will be made in The form. style or distri-
button OF the ballot. have heard some
talk of doing away with the outside dis
tribution OF the ballots. ! would not
agree to that until the law has had fur
Their trial and it has been demonstrated
that the system Is unsound. As ! said
after the last election. when the law had
had q fair trial, that am perfectly salts
fed with its workings and believe that it
has accomplished all that its promoters
claimed that it would y
= 4 see it mentioned In the papers, Sena-
tor, that the Legislature proposes to In
vestigate the Comptroller's and Treas
urer's Office. Do You know anything
about itf''
T have not heard anything about such
an investigation" replied the Senator.
s.and what is more. / know of no occasion
for such an Investigation"
In speaking Of the proposed reappor-
tIoumeut of the Congressional districts,
the Senator said:
"a proposition has already been made
to increase the number of Representa-
tiYes from S24 TO 356. II that IS carried
out New Jersey will get an additional
member, and I We do cannot tell where
the district Will be located. There Is a
bill before Congress now which provides
that Congress snail not only exercise the
right to apporti0n the new districts but
also TO assign them. That Is a right Con-
gress has never exercised before and IL
Congress should not assign the districts
that task Will deyolve upon the Leg is
lature.
AS a general rule / am not in favor of
new countess continued the Senator
when / had called his attention to the
subject; lin some cases it Is wise aud in
some cases it il unwise. I suppose the
matter Will come before the Legislature.
but what will be done abouti 1t l can't tell.
AS TO changing the manner Of represen-
tati0n in the Senate from county to seua-
torial districts. that will have to be done,
as you know, by amending the constiIu-
ton. and don't think the smaller coun-
Ties VIII consent TO being deprived or the
weight anc representation they now have
in the Senate.
ADRIAN FOR PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.
As to the organization. y the Senator
Went on. ! know nothing except the GER
tain fact that Senator Adrain will be
President of the. Senate. All know about
the Assembly is that Albright, of this
county, is for Campbell, OF Monmouth.
II looks as ii Senator Mcdonald will be
given the seat of which he was
deprived by the Republicans last
year. Every Democratic Senator who
was here last winter is on
record as fayoring Mcdonald and I
see no reason why he should not be
seated According to the precedent es-
taDlished by General Sewell when he was
elected United States Senator, Mr..
Mcdonald can remain a State Senator
until Congress meets next December"
The Senator further said that he did
not know Of any measures which would
come before the legislature unless it was
a bill for the equalization of taxes which
would be presented by the commission
ers who have been examining into the
methods of taxation in various sections
or the state. He did not know AM tiring
about the successors to Major Anderson
and Colonel Toffey he declared, except
what he read IN the papers. What sur.
prised him most. he said, was that there
was not more strife for the offices. He
thought that the liquor law would not
be jllferfered with