The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-01-07
THE NEW LEGISLATURE
Interesting Information
About the Members Of
.,a the Assembly.
THE SESSION TO BE BRIEF.
But the Liquor and Race Track
Dlen Will Attempt to Disturb
the Harmony.
[E SESSION TO BE BRIEF.
Special to the jersey city Ns,es.

TRENTON, Jan. Z, 1871 can't remem.
Der a week just preceding h opening OF
a session of the Legislature as quiet as
this is," said a prominent politician this
morning as ne watched the workmen
putting the finishing touches upon the
new Assembly Chamber. The fact thai
Senator Adrain will be elected President
of the Senate and Mr.. Bergen, Speaker OF
the House, without any contest, has
robbed the days preceding the session OF
ali interest. There is hardly any talk
over the committee. and 80 those who
wantt to talk about the Legislature con.
tent themselves with discussing the men
who e1uipose the new body OF law
makers, the measures they will consider
and adopt aud how long they will con
tin ue in session.
THE NEW AssEMBLYMEN.
In listening TO what is said of the law
makers themselves it IS learned that OF
the sixty A~ssemblymen who will be
sworn into office on Tuesday Afternoon,
thirty-three are natives of New Jersey,
nine were born in Ireland. two in
Germany, six in New York, four in Penn
~sylvanil, aud one each in South America,
England, Della aware, Ohio, Vermont and
New Hampshire. No representative by
DlTIl U6lDuSS W IUllG k1tluhblSt OCCahy
Cumberland. Gloucester or Union
county. Only one of Hudson's eleven
members was horn in that county. Six
are natives of Ireland, three of New York
aud one of Mercer county.
There are thirteen lawyers, nine mer-
chants, four manufacturers, four farmers,
four liquor dealers, four editors. Two I'm
dertakers, two real estate dealers, and one
each as iollows:-A barber, miller, cop-
tractor, butcher, insurance agent, school
teacher, cigarmaker, tax collector, build
ing inspector, city collector. civil engi-
neer and mason and builder. There are
three clerks. one leads a life of retirement
and another has no calling outside OF be-
ing a professional politician.
NASH, TIL PATRIARCH.
Mr.. Nash of Camden is The patriarch of
the House, he being in the sixty-eighth
year of his age. Next TO him i'll years
come MIR. Niece of Hnnterdon and Mr..
Warner of Middiesex, each of whom is
f1fty-nine. Mr.. Honce of Monmouth and
Mr.. Smith OF Essex are each tfty-seven,
and MIR. Ernst of Ocean Is fi~fty-Jhree.
Tue "baby OF the House, is MIR. White of
Burlington. who Is only twenty-five. MIR.
Tahen of Hudson is twenty-seven; Mr..
Cavanagh OF Essex, twenty-eight. ana
Mr.. Nleder of Essex, twenty-nine.
These are the only members under thirty.
Only one is over sixty and eight are over
fifty. The average age of the sixty mem
bers is about %forty-one years, being only
three years less than that of the twenty
one Senators.
TIT experienced members. those who
| served in former years. are Mr.. Honce OF
| Monmouth, MIR. Flynn of Passaic. Mr..
O'Neill OF Hudson, Mr.. Cole OF Camden,
Mr.. Bergen of Somerset, Mr.. Potts OF
Hudson and Mr.. Post of Morris. With
| the exception of only one or W years
| Mr.. Potts mas been either an officer or u
member for about q score of years.
"Herp," as he is familiarly called, seems
to be the mainstay of tina Republicans in
the Assembly Chamber. AS a reading
CLERK he mas few, If any, equals in ability
in the State, and his voice is strong
| enough to be heard almost q mile away
He excels as a parliamentarian, and as a
wire-puller he taxes high rank, his
shrewdness and sagacity being unques-
| toned. Without Herb" in the Assem-
bly, Chamber and Mr.. Gardner in The
Senate the Republican party would in.
deed be in very bad straits.
THE E REPUBLICANS.
The Republican eighteen will find it up
hill work to buck against the Democra
tic forty-two at the coming session
Never since the adoption of the new cou.
stitution in 1874 has the minority party
in the Lower House had such a small
representation as it will have this winter.
And the only debaters worthy of mention
on the minority side are Potts, Engard
| Stokes, Keicham and Hutchinson. The
burden of the Republican position or
every question must therefore rest on tht
shoulders of this quintette. Potts mus1
lead. the others must follow, while all the
others can do is 10 vote. But all the de
batting and voting the little band can dc
will not have any effect Whatever in tile
face of the action of The Democratic
forty-two. Mr.. ketcham will receive
the complimentary vots OF the Republi
can minority, who will receive thu
votes of the five Republican Senators for
President has not been decided upon.
A SHORT SESSION.
Every one who has n right to speak
with authority upon the question declare:
that the session will be a short one. Ten
weeks, say the leaders, and 90 as fur as II
declare tina they viii adjourn in eigh'
weeks. fine reason given for their posi-
tiveness with which these weeks are
named is tina there will be no politica
legislation. This might be all vel
enough il it was certain that the majorit,
can be held together. Ga strict p~olitica
questions there is no doubt that they CHI
be, but on matters outside of politics th'
leaders of the majority will be LIABLE t.
disagree among themselves.
For instance, on bills for the legaliz1
tion of pool selling on race tracks. whlcf