The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-12-15
FAX Readjustment Will Be
the Leading Topic.
SENATORIAL REINFORCEMENT.
Pidcock is the Main Source Of the
County Division stories-The
Governor May Ignore the
Subject.

concern about the next message OF Gov
ernor Albeit to the One Hundred and
Fifteenth Legislature of NewJersey. which
convenes Tuesday. January 13. 1891.
Governor Albeit always writes an inter
esting document He speaks for his party
on all the paramount issues Of the day,
and the people know that whatever
promises he may make he never fails to
keep. Those who seem to know what
the next document will contain say 1t
will be the best Of all the messages he
has written.
He has already begun his work, and on
Thursday he came to the State House and
locked himself in his private office, and
made up schedule Of subjects 1t iscer-
tain that he viii have practical solution
of the tax question. which is receiving
mu ch attention from the prominent men
OF the State, because of the prominence
given to the subject by the sittings of the
Tax Comnilssi on, created by the last
NlLegislature. During his legislative career
Leon Albeit was the author OF much tax
fflegislation, and 1t has always been pet
"A theme with him. The other day he sat
~ with the commission in hts ex-officio ca
b p.zcity, and heard the testimony OF asses
p sors and other officials. The Governor
believes the tax question live issue. and
8 he will exhaust It in his message, and will
0smake the way easy for the commission TO
@,ame the Oill which is expected OF them.
! NE Albeit idea will no doubt prevail,
Sai ne will Justly claim much OF the
ior of the construction OF the law.
ti{she farmers are TO come in for consid-
pfable attention from the chief executive.
Fe has been much interested In the ques-
Fyn OF trans portation, and he will en-
S5seavor to solve what the joint commission
\. struggled with during the year; He will,
VI no doubt recommend some changes In
4 the ballot reform law. and they viii be
III for the purpose OF simplifying certain
posts OF the law. and reducing the ex-
lenses.
SENATORIAL REPRESENTATION.
There is doubt expressed, however.
about his touching on the question OF
changing the Senatorial representation
by creating new counties. 80 Tar the
Governor has not shown his hand on this
absorbing topic. which seems to be up
permost in the minds of the leading
Democrats
There are lots of other schemes under
contemplation. but whether they VIII
meet with executive consideration no one
is able TO say Ex-Congressnlan James
Nelson Pidcock. a standing aspirant for
the executive chair, aud a big leader in
the Fourth Congressional District, states
that there is no doubt but that the Demo
cratic leaders will create Two or three
new counties, and make the Senatorial
representation by either districts or
counties TO do the former the Constitut
tion must be changed, and that cannot
be done Tor seven years without con-
vention; but additional Senators can be
gained by making the upper part OF
Hudson the county of Hamilton, and
joining the lower part to the upper town
ships of Essex and calling it Carteret.
Union, Middlesex, and Somerset might
be hacked here and there to get a new
county to be called Central, Ocean and
Atlantic might be made into one, and
Cape May added to Cumberland. IL this
were done instead OF there being four
Republican Senators from the lower end
OF the State, there would be only two,
with a gain of three from the other end.
There is no probability, however. OF
this being done. Nothing which would
Justify a howl of unfairness would be
ludicious at this time There can be no good
reason why big Democratic populations
of the northern counties should not have
more senators. and 1t is very possible
they may be given more. But no effort
will be made to ''disfranehise" the
Southern Republicans The act would
be too odious not 10 recou on the party
that sanctioned it.
REAPPoRTIoNMENT.
The reapportionment OF The State must
also take place this year, aud no doubt
will. as soon rs Census Chief Porter sends
along the official figures. The constitu-
tion only allows sixty members in the
State House of Representatives, and SO
the gains will be in Essex and Hudson
l counties, and their new members will be
Democrats The loss Will no doubt be in
Burlington aud Cumberland. They ex-
pect to squeeze in another Congressman
in the upper end, and he Will naturally be
q safe Democrat.
All the live political news seems to
come by the way of Jersey City now. The
hotel gossips have 1t that the Governor IS
going TO talk very meanly about the Jer-
sey City Ring. Davis and the Ring are
going 10 try and prevent General Hep
penheiiner from being made state Comp
troller, us rebuke TO Leon Albeit The
only Office Hudson is to get will be
Michael Mullone for Speaker There is
also talk of having ex-Congressman Nc
Adoo made the State Comptroller. He
has been named for every vacant Office In
New Jersey and a few over In New YORK.
The rumors seem 10 warrant the infer
ence that the eloquent McAdoo is look
ing for job
There Is scheme on foot to legislate
all the Republican district court judges
out of office. In 1917 the District Court
act was passed. giving power 10 the Gov
ernor to create judges in all cities of over
1900 Inhabitants, and in the frstclass
cities TO allow two judges. The Legisla-
ture OF 1855 was Republican. aud it took
the power out of the Governors hands |
and gave it to the joint session Ii is now
the idea of the Democrats 60 give II back
10 the Governor, and to give every muni-
cipality that IS entitled 10 jndge of this
class the opportunity TO be benefited BY
Its provisions.
New candidates are announced for the
State Treasurership. The latest is ex-Sen-
Rfur Bogert, of Bergen county. Wilson
ID Haven, who WAS defeated tor Congress
In the Second District by Judge James
Buchanan, is in the field. He claims
recognition because he spent time and
money In the Congressional campaign on
promises of success Ex-senator Moon
Is receiving mucn strength along the
Delaware Valley, where Democrats are
y thick Is hops Treasurer Gray. Of the