The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-12-05
18TH LEGISLATURE.
republican Place Hunters
Ready to Spring on the
State Treasury.
ANXIOUS FOR POSITIONS.
"BoSs" Swell, However, Has Sat-
tied Nest Matters. and the
Machine Is Ready to Do
His Bidding.
sptssal % tAe y.r,su a.fu Ne,e..

the organization OF tss l.sgisla3urs arawa
neaT. the states ehalxsd up after election
DAY are gradually dropping aud amasa-
lug The IFS LeRislsturs Will meet
January 10. aud in many respects will be
The most rsnarkabls body OF msn that
has vet convened IN the State Rouse. The
Senate will eOuslss of II rspu olicans aud
10 democrats. a Republican majority.
The Bouse of Assembly with consist of 40
republicans And 30 democrats. . Rspubli-
can majority OF 20 This will givs q Re-
publican majority of 81 On j9iut ballot.
The legislator to be enacted will be
Important. out it will dsaend Gu a slim
majority of one in the SsRags, aeeesst-
tating close application to 6usio ass on
the par, OF ali the Republics Sa~nasors.
Thr character of the legislation to be
passed Is bet kuowu. except that the
State COMMITTEES, the Advisory Co mmit
tee and the Republican State leaders SAY
they will 60 iato partisan lsgisias len
eniy so far a. they dare 80 humor tue
place huaterb, who have become numsr-
Dus. The Republican State Com Dittas
bias selected al Advisory COMMITTEES 80
assist them TO think and act. Tires
lawyers, With = State reputation aud
- sSN 6~9H 11A = lVAlSE
fat'on OF the past twenty years, were
. mad. They are w. II. Corhiu of Elizl-
bath, formerly Z membsr of the Hauss,
aud who was the counsel 10 the State
Election Commlttes that Investigated the
hudson County frauds; Samuel II. Grey
Of Camden. ssvsral times named AS an
available Candidate for Governor, aud
Due OF the we'll known constitution |
LAWYERS of the State; ~ex-Judgs W. Il.
hoffman Of Monmouth, WHO has been
sonnecIed With the legal department of
tue Stats nc various times, and who IL
familiar with all recent legislation.
These men will decide on just what is
Gecrssary 10 reeonstr uct tue State, aud
will prepare the laws that the people will
nsed Independents of ths demands OF tu&
politicians They will maize aure that
the fepeRlefs OF ths race track Ia Wa are
sound Documents, aud that the race traak
men cannot find . single reason TO cues,
ton the conEtitutiouality OF the repsalsrs
ana re iu To the Suprenle Court aud
Court of Errors aad gain a Vear's time
sn costume racing. The raciug men
AFe figuring on hndtng soma mares nest,
herau-e repealers. as q rule, nave been
re kle@slY drawn by recent Legislatures,
and opinious that have been rendered
startled ths State, particularly In the
case of repeat Of the Jury Coninfssioaers'
net. The repeater Was f1Vud uaconsti-
futinnal. bat the Court ailo tue law
to stand because 81 the confusion that
woota fellow.
SOME SALARY GaASeRs
IL can be expected that acme changes
viii D. made Ia tbs salaries OF the State
of1rerE. and some others drRwfuR COM
peasstioi, from Lhe State Treasury will
tie e2i II entirely. There will PROBABLY
be az stssnlpL III some Legislation IN The
interest u The politicians, hu. the Ad-
sisors Committee will see 10 that. There
WIZ De SEEMS interesting gsneraI leeisIa-
tie IEH lamar man r-ii1 auk EAR on,,v4
LEGISLATION. Fosy want a bill to restrict
ths ssr OF sxioous III cities to so
much population. and a change 50 AZ to
mskf TIE license Zee higher and Sunday
selling more difficult The sa.ooas In
New Jersey are on tbs increase, and tue
last report Of toe lntarual Revenue De-
psgtnear shows the remarkable fact
thai there is u drfaKlpK place for every
ttirgy-.w wa voters.
The school tsaeusrs are planniBg to or
Eanize 40 that p~sdsgoguaat ia service for q
long period Of ysars can be retired on a
pepsie6. An sfort will be made to have
coroners receive a salary iustead of fees,
~ As to prevent the csndHis that have
characterized the office Ia uanY counties,
where the snactity OF tbs death
has been Invaded for ne purpose than to
create = bill aRsiusE tbs ceunIy. Nom
pouth couuty IL to be divided so as to
spread the intsfssi aud secure legislation
more beneficial to the share end of the
E0nnty.
HOLT 0 sPEAKgK OF 1aE Hogsk.
As 10 the organization of the House,
Joha /. Holt OF Passhic county would
Ike to be she Speaker Eassx county
will give . aom plitoentary vote to j.
Brodhead WosIssg. their candidate for
Speaker, vho was 3 memosf OF the
house last ysss. Hudson Will back Max
SKiirgsr and be IL likely to land tue
prize. OIEer COUNTIES will probably
YfFAr cOtn nil m RutaFY Yotwa tn anna
lnemssr Of Ibsir owl delegation.
Tbs Clsrkship IL stu hsiag con-
Tested for by the three candidates. tha
were originally IN the fight. j. Herbert
Polts Of Hudsop, \ former Assembly
man and many tinss a msmber of the
House. Ii being urged far the Cisrkship
by some Of the prominent Republican,,
On the srou DIS that ne Ia an exaeilent.
officer, aud would be q handy maa to
have around the Asse mbly Cham Der, be-
cause of his complete knowledge OF tbs
laws Of the State. rulss Of the Heuss and
parliamentary rulings. james p, Logan
of Mlddlessx, whs was The last Republi-
can Clerk, seeks q denomination, op the
round that by custom he Is entitled to u
second term. William II. Cole Of CAM
den. q former me On Ger. claims that Cam
den shoaid bs Recognized, aud becau,s he
has the H~onlfnaifou ef tine last House
caucus that hs IL eutftlsi to soma oen-
sidsraLioa. x-Asssmb lyman Stader OF
Essex wants to be engrassing clerk.
Jack" Graham of Hudsss sesks to ba
sergexnt-at-arma. It In likely, however.
that the ergeaat- st-a-ns viii! eofne from
either Essex or Hudson. with ga assistant
herueAhE-At-arms from South Jersey. In
The Senate Mxurics a. Rogers will be
made president. The majority Of the
Republican Senator's have reached that
nopcldaton.
Within the past week an srort has been
made sy some republicans Ia the upper
part OF the Stats ts break the coIn Dira-
.ieh. The Opposition. howsTsr, 10 based
pn persouais shd not political reasons aud
10 nos likely TO amount to anything. Ex-
ssnntors William n. Carter of Buriiug.
ton and Wilbur A. Mott OF Essex are ssfit
In the fxnt for Secretary There are
three candidates for Eagressiag Clerk
Robert A. Starr Of Salam. Edito Jonn
bnreys of Atlantic CITY. aud w. Ii
FIELDER Of Monmouth. One OF these
ptsnds a good chance of gsttiug the As
sis aut Seeretaryshtp of tile Senate when
tho Time comes so make up tbs deals.
William H. Sharp Of Trenton. who was
The last sergeant-At-Rrms, and now a
very aggressive candidate for reelection,
hpds himself Ia an ward position be-
rausa he In uot supported by the Senator
from Mercer. Sxmuel Rose, a Council
nsn In Atiaatia City. Il $50 a Candidate
for this SANS office.
: There have been several conferences
recently on the State COMPROMISING
and State Treasursrshi2 ~ is pretty wsll
settled til the State lreasurership Will