The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-01
TRENTON
TR|BULAT|ON,
Anguished Conference Over
a Plan 10 Destroy Mayor
Wanser's Power.
CONFIRMATION THE SOLUTION
But There Are Grave Doubts as
to Whether the Governor
Will Agree.
OPPOSITION TO PHELPS.
But the Impression Prevails That
He Will Be Confrmed-Legis-
latiye Doings.
OPPOSITION TO PHELPS.
Special to The Jersey citg Ne,us.

ed you, yesterday, the Senate held brief
executive session, and refused to connrm
the nomination of William Walter Phelps,
for Lay Judge of the Court of Errors and
Appeals. The opposition to Mr.. Phelps
is growing stronger. although Senator
Winton and other friends OF the
Governor declare he will Dc
confirmed Monday evening. "A
statement was made yesterday to the
effect that Senator DAILY had caused the
nomination of the Minister to Germany to
be hung up. Mr.. DAy had nothing in par
ticular against the Bergen statesman, but
he wanted to worry the Governor little
for his refusal to sign Mr.. Days Corpor-
alton Attorney bill. 1t was also ss-.a that
he had been at work among the -enatofs
aud had impressed many of them with
the idea that it would be good politics to
reject the nomination.
1t is doubtful If the story is true. Sen
ator DAILY is too shrewd a politician not
to see that he would be more than likely
to come out second best in any contro-
yersy with the Governor. He certainly
must realize that 1t would be most diff
fcult task to get the Senators to antag-
onize the Governor at the beginning OF
his administration.
MORE NOMINATIONS
The Governor sent in another batch OF
nominations to the Senate yesterday
morning. Judge William S. Yard was
reappointed Lay Judge of Mercer after a
service of nearly twenty years on the
bench. William Plummer was made Lay
Judge of Salem. Job J. Decker was made
Lay Judge of Sussex, James Mcdowell
was reappointed Lay Judge of Warren.
Joseph a. Moore Harbor Master Of Hud-
son.
HUDsoN's TR1BULATIoNs.
Few matters have been conducted here
r elsewhere with the secrecy which
characterized the conference yesterday
between the Hudson and Essex men over
the municipal complications in Jersey
City and Newark. Senator James Smith,
Jr., Colonel Price. Comptroller James
Connolly and one or two lesser Essex
tights come down on a late train. They
did not show themselves in the State
House, but went direct to one of
Clerk in Chapcery McDermoJPs
rooms where they met the clerk,
Robert Davis and some other Hudson
men. It was supposed before the session
opened that the proposed scheme to take
from Mayor Wanser the appointment of
the members of the various Boards and
place it where it would insure the selec-
tion of Democrats would have plain sail
ing. But the course of Governor Werts
in regard to Mr.. Daly's bill for the ap-
pointment of Judge Hudspeth's successor
threw them out of their reckoning.
THE MAIN QUESTION.
8The main question before them there
fore was what kind of a measure, which
would secure the result desired, would
the Governor approve Off The Newark
men broached ah entirely new charter
which would make the members Of the
various Boards elective and which should
be submitted to vote of the people. They
said they had reason to believe that the
Governor would approve such measure.
The Hudson men objected to this strenu-
ously. They pointed out very plainly
that the people of Jersey City would
never accept such an arrangement If it
was left to them. They had elected
Mayor Wanser for the express purpose of
trying change in the administration and
they would not do anything to take any
power from the Mayor until they had
given the experiment fair trial.
VERY DOUBTFUL.
Considerable discussion followed and
then the plan which telegraphed yester-
day was agreed upon, that the Mayor
should make the nominations subject 10
confirmation by the Board of Aldermen.
Then the conferees went down to the
Executive Chamber to lay the scheme be-
fore the Governor, but when they arrived
there he had gone home. They concluded
to lay the matter before him some time
during the week, and, If the plan is agree
able to him, dill will be prepared at
once.
Some Of the Hudson men think that the
Governor will not sanction the scheme.
The Aldermen are Democratic and it is
hard 10 see what good it would do the
cause the Mayor represents, and which
the Governor upheld in his veto of the
stumbling block as confirmation by them
THE ATLANTIC DISPUTE.
The Senate committee on elections
listened to the argument yesterday after
noon in the RIDDLE Hoffman contest.
Judge Thomas J. Noonan reviewed the
evidence in behalf of William Riddle the
contestant, and ex-Assemplyman James
Nixon did tue same Tor Alr. Hoffman the
Incumbent. II was four O'clock when
,he committee adjourned. and Mr.. Nixon
still had the floor On Friday. Judge
Pancoast will SUN up for Hoffman and
Allan McDermot5 for Riddle.
IN THE CORRIDORS.
Judge Whitaker, who leaves the lay
bench of the Court of Errors aud APP
peals for Mr.. Phelps haunted the State
House looking very dlseonsolate. Il Was