The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-29
POST Al APPOINTMENTS
Senator Smith Busily En-
gagged Preparing the Way
of Applicants.
Social TO The Jersey city ve,os.

Mcpherson Is the only New Jersey rep
ressntative possessing a residence here.
Some of the delegation, most notably
G ardpfr Of the Second, aud Dunn. of the
Eighth district, are hardly ever here. tn o
first named bscguse he prefers his HON Q
near the seHceast and Mr. Duun bee suss
the cljmnte here does not agree with him.
DR.. English. wh3 Is Qua of the oldest
men IN the House bears up remarkably
well and spends q great deal of his time
in his seat listening to the outburst Of
oratorial pyrotechntcs. He rarely ever
misses o vote, and was recorded on every
vote taken on The financial measure yes
terday.
=., ras i ssns praise ?. sss as + to gga ans,o1 .T.s aud
Smith. Jr. He aevotes his morning
hour 10 his correspondence, aided By Mr..
Hutchinson aud by young Mr.. Perch, TO
whom the Senator seems To have taken n
great fancy. After the mail is disposed
OF the Senator goes from department to
Ing constituents and Legitimate matters
affecting the State, bnt by q quarter TO
twelve O'Clock moon he is sure to be at
the Capitol, which he rarely leaves until
the Serate adjourns. The time he can
snatch between debates of but littls in
terest and a vote he dsvotes to CORES
popdence and Interviews In his commit
49, go - @AS NS0AdSs Al WIZ Dlk
building.
JeraeYmsn visiting the Capitol and pay.
Ing their respects 10 the Senator in the
room of his committee, that of Organi-
cation. Expenditures ana Conduct OF the
Executive Departments. Will fluid there
the pleasant aud familiar face OF q tai
Gated Young Newsiker, Mr.. Martin J..
Connolly, who has been recantlY ap-
pointed a messenger Of the Senate at
81 ,440 per year, MIR. Connolly is a son of
the late Captain Connolly, once on the
Newark police force and for many years
contested with the Morris and Essex
railroad, City Comptroller James f.
Connolly Is an uncle of the appcintee.
When Mr.. Connolly is not about Senator
Smiths room be stands guard over the
diplomatic galleries Of the Senate Cham
ber- II Is not often that adiplomat goes
there and 80 Mr., Connelly has rather a
soft thing of It when the Senate is in
session, His real work begins when the
ready made many friends.
Senator Mcpherson, Chairman Of the
Committee on Naval Affairs. also has a
new MESSENGER, a gentleman named
Doughty. whom he imported from Som
erville. When the Senate ia IN Session
Mr.. Doughty guards the entrance to The
famous marble room and passage.
DR.. English, having obtained q com .
mittee, is entitled to q clerk, and A. NJ.
DalryInple, his private secretary, has
been formerly installed as clerk of the
Committee on Alcoholic Liquor Traffic.
There Is something funny about the room
of this committee. You enter all the
COMMITTEES rooms Of both Senate and
House from the inside Of the building,
but to get into DR.. English's room you
must come to the outside OF the House
wing Ard enter there, The kitchen of
the restaurant is right opposite.
Since iase report two more postofices
Of the fourth class have been established
In New jersey aud one at Westlake, in
Sussex county, and the other az Rock
be supplied from Landing, three miles to
the southeast. and the other from
Beatyestown. two and oae-half miles TO
the southeast.
Commencing with August %. a eaily
service has been established between
Brookville and Barnagat.
POSTAL APPOINTMENTS.
The pressure brought upon Senator
James Smith, Ir., having charge OF the
First Congressional District. to change
the remaining Republican postmasters In
that Republican stronghold is simply i'm
mense, Durthg the week Private Secre-
tary Hutchinson q been exceedingly
transmitted o very bulky list i the
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General by
order of the Senator. Since August 6
the following postal appointments have
been made Tor New Jersey
Fonrth class Offices doug money order
bnsiuess-Perelval d. Wragg, at Fair
View. Bergen County, the income of
which office was last officially stated to
be sSt8. 43; William Mcfarland, a5 Mer-
Granville. Camden CDnnty, 81. 069. OF;
Joseph x. RerthoIf, at Crssskil. Bergen
County. $a42: 5l; Henry Fair, at Maple
Shade, R~ufllpgtoa County, $lS4.75;
Albert 7. Lewis. at Rocky Hill. somrr-
81 Rsraardsvils. Somerset County.
S53s. 50, Peter Prentice. at Carlton Hill,
Bergen County. SSse.5S; Andrew Van
Sickle. at Lebanon. Hpnterdon County,
s435.53; James NJ, Bateman. at Di-
viuing Creek. Cum erland County,
s272.50; Otis Madden. at Tnekahos.
u GsI eo aay cram saan1'! Morris sa.i.ss so Sun1 s snln q:
David @. Bush. at Oakland, Bergen
caunty. s232. %; jacob K. Maths. at
Readingtown, Auntsrdon county, 1888. 40:
Christian BroFzman, at Riegelsvlile,
Warren county, s41s,s7; Howard Sutton.
al Califou, Hun,srdon coupty. s4os-67;
Calvin y. Van Oievs, at Irvington,
White House, Hunterdon county, s266,9l;
Jonas w. Hulse, at Ksnyil, Morris
county, s243.8 81; Marius Robinson. a5
Mendham, Morris county $3.50, IL; Sam
mel n. Chatter, sat Pennington, Mercer
county, $905, 25; Sidney Forman. Az Point
Pleasant. Ocean county, S01Q.6 /.
Not MoHey Order Oficss-Eflan Day at
Fairfield. Essex county, $40. "A; Thatcher
Trimmer at Quakertcwn, Hunterdon
county. s1TQ. a.; Warren G.. Krsssler at
Finesvilie, Warren county, 1928. SO; Felipe
p. Y. Martinez at Union, Union county,
$l2a.6l; Joseph II Evts nc Karrsvilie,
Warren county. $50. IL: James D. Hop
peck at Mount Pleasant. Hunterdon
county. s103. 98; John e.. Apgar at New
Hampton, HunSeraen county; Ezra NJ.
Johnston at Battystur, Warren county.
$S4. 81; Edward Brephy at Skill nan.
Somerset county, SOL. 10; Henry j. Missl
at Brookside, Morris county, S116; john
II. Clark at Smiths Landing, Atlantic
New Vernon, Morris county S169. 80;
Charles j. Farrell at Port Reading.
Lawrence Fall. Jr., sou OF Mayor Eel
Of Orangs. mas been appointed Assistant
Postmaster of The U. S. Senate at a COM
pensation Of SIT5.@ q month. TINS ap.
pointment IL 10 be credited to Senator
Smith.
The New Jersey delegation has been
very successful of late IN obtaining
places for constituents in this depart
ments, aud this Is especially true as to
the Printing Office. Politically speak
lug, New jersey is entitled to some sixty
places there, bat has barely q dozen,
Senator Mcpherson Is especially severe
on the present Repnblic III printer, Fra ak
w. Palmer, aud will send him no fart her
requests for appointments. Other mem
bers frem New Jersey have followed