The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-12-21
Bergen and Mullone Both
Assured They Will Cap
ture the Prize.
VIEWS OF THE CANDIDATES.
'sBaby" Tretz Can't See Where the
Others Are Gong to Get There
Votes From. As He Has
Them All.
ESSEX CLAIMS BALANCE OF POWER.

AS the time for the meeting Of the
Legislature draws near the fight for the
Speakership becomes warmer Although
there are several candidates In the field
the contest will eventually narrow down
10 Michael Mullone. of this county, and
James J. Bergen, of Somerset. THE sun
DAY MORNING NEWS has secured the views
of some of the leading candidates and
members Of the House upon the subject
which it lays before It's readers this morn
ing.
THE prospects of my success are
bIight and encouraging" said Mr.. Null
lone yesterday morning. "Messrs. Usher
and Boyle, who were appointed by the
Hudson County caucus 60 make can :
vass for its choice for Speaker, have been
over the State aud inform me that the
assurances which they have received
show that will have twenty six votes in
the caucus.
They have not completed their can
vass yet. and say that they expect
to secure few more votes. They
feel confident that the Speak
ership will come to Hudson County.
Several members of the Assembly have
personally assured me of their support,
This, with the solid delegation from Hud-
son, encourages me In the belief that /
Will be The Speaker Of the next House.
Chairman McDermott, of the State Com
mittee, WAS credited recently In New
York newspaper with saying that the
Hudson delegation was not solid for its
caucus nominee for Speaker. I am sorry
to differ with my friend Allan, but | be
lieve that caucus held in Jersey City Is
as binding as a caucus held in Trenton.
q tl1af
tee, or certain members of that commit
tee. Is taking an active partin the contest
in the interest of Mr.. Bergen But the
chairman of the State Committee declares
that the rumor is untrue. If. however. It
should prove to be true, it Is very likely
that the members of the House will re-
sent any such declaration or any attempt
on the part Of the State Committee to in.
terfere with the organization of the
House
What is the outlook for the session,
MI. Mulloneg" | asked.
believe that tho W ork of the next
legislature the Assemblyman replied,
will be done properly and in manner
satisfactory to the people of the entire
State alsd that the session should not ex-
tend over ten weeks
USHER SAYS IT is MuILoNE.
Nj. Thomas B. Usher, member of AS
sernbiy from the Tenth district Is ona Of
the caucus of the Hudson county mem.
sDers TO canvass the State In the interests
Of Mr.. Mullone. In speaking OF the conn
mittee's work yesterday he said:-
We have made canvass OF the State,
north aud south, and everything looks
favorable for Mr.. Mullone. We found
most OF the old members opposed TO Mr..
Bergen because he was NOT member Of
the House last year. We found among
the new members feeling of Indignation
against being pledged by any one to any
candidate for Speaker before the election
We have already secured twenty six
votes for Mr.. Mullone and have not COM
pleted the canvass yet We expect to se-
cure more. We found a great sentiment
for Malone in various parts OF the State
In some places where we went to visit
new members we were introduced to
them by prominent county leaders, who
all had a good word for Mr.. Mullone and
spoke in his favor. We also found many
of the new members for Hudson's candi-
date"