The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-01-13
THE WHIRL LAST NIGHT.
James Smith. Jr.'s, Caucus Of the
Essex Delegation Weakens
MullOne's Chances.
Special TO the JERSEY cityNs,os-


TRENTON. January 10, 1891 Things
night at the Trenton House, where the
various candidate for SPEAKER have had
their headquarters. Mr.. MuIlone was
located in No. 4s. and all the evening
there was steady stream of visitors
pouring in to wish the popular member
from Hudson success. Among those
there were Judges job Lippincott and
Albert Hoffman, Corporation Counsel
Edwards and Corporation Attorney Hud-
speth. County Clerk Dennis Mclaughlin,
ex-Sheriff Davis, City Collector O'Neill
Fire Commissioner Brown, Police Cap
tain Kelly, ex-Judge McGrath, President
john r. Feeney of the Police Board, Tax
Commissioner, NJ j. O'Donnell. Cit y
Treasurer Cleveland and many other well
known Jersey City people.
Mr.. Bergen kept open house on the
floor below. and regaled all comers with
liquid refreshments and Peter katzsnz
backs cigars. On the same floor WITH
him was Baby Trefz. the Newark brewer,
who kept steady stream of beer flow
ing to which every one was welcomed ex-
cept Baron de Kalb. What the infant
Assembyman has against the dusky
attractive rooms WAS that occupied by
James Smith the Essex leader, which
WAS almost opposite TO that of Dir. Ber.
gen, and in which SOME exceedingly
hard work was done for the blonde
whiskered man from Somerset
SETTING TOWARDS BERGEN.
The tide tonight is setting in toward
Bergen, and several who were counted
upon for Mr. Mullone are now outskoken
for Mr.. Bergen. Their position is best
illustrated perhaps by the remarks of one
of the South Jersey Assemblymen, who,
speaking Of himself and his colleague,
said:-
I'VE want to get on the winning side,
and it looks as if things were going Ber-
gems way"
The Newark delegation. after drinking
Mr. TrefZ's beer aud having a good time
generally in his rooms, locked the doors
and held caucus. They talked the mat
ter over and concluded that as they
could not get any votes for MIR. Trefz
outside of Essex they had better drop the
infant statesman, just what every Que
knew they would do when the time came.
They then resolved 10 cast their votes for
Mr. Bergen, and Mr.. Trefz turned down
the lights, locked his door on the outside
and went out and took walk. One of
The last year Essex members. who is also
10 this House, told me. however. that the
Bergen men could not hold one OF the
Essex Assemblymen, who would cast his
vote for Mulioue.
The six members from the South Jer-
sey counties went over TO the State Street
House aud held a little caucus OF their
own, which degenerated into a monkey
aud parrot time over the position of ser
geaut-al-arms.
MAD SOUTH JERsEYMEN.
1t seems that Billy Thoinpsou, Of plank
shad fame, promised II. w. Turley, of
Gloucester. the Sergeant-at-Armsship il
he would run as a dummy candidate for
Sheriff last fail so that Thompson's man
could DO elected. Turley fulfilled his
part Of the bargain and Thompson tried
TO deliver the goods ut the caucus. A.
Harry White, of Burlington, who is one
Of the Youngest members IN the House,
objected 10 being pledged in that man
ner aud walked Out Of tile caucus. DAVID
son, of Gloucester, went after him aud
brought him back, but he refused to enter
Into any such bargain. The caucus
wrangled for awhile and agreed to dis
agree.
-Four of the men are for Mullone:-
White and Nash, of Camden; Strimple, OF
Salem, and Davidson, of Gloucester.
Perkins. of Burlington. ana Van Syckle.
of Cumberland, were also supposed TO be
for Mullone, but keepership In the
State Prison for man named Duffy, one
of Perkins followers, seduced Perkins
allegiance from Mullone 70 Bergen. and
VAT .Syckie. too, has his eye on some-
thing within the gift OF Bergsn's hackers
Notwithstanding this state OF aHairs,
everything but a state Of gloom Is Visible
About Mr. Mulione's headquarters. ana
as friends still claim that shey VIII 60