The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-26
THE BOSS COMMANDS
General sewell Orders the
Senators to Confirm An
derson'S Nomination.
sKIRM SAYS HE WON'T.
But the Great Majority Of Repub-
licans Bow to the Will Of
Their Master.
Special to the Jersey CITY Ncscc.

Spcc;aI to the Jersey CITY Nclrc.
TRENTON, April 26, 1S94.--Another move
has been made in the game concerning the
appointment of State Prison Supervisor to
succeed James NJ. Seymour. The command
came to Trenton early this morning that
Major Anderson must be confirmed, and I'M
mediately there was stir in the Senate and
House. The men who do the bidding OF the
powers that be, were active in Anderson's
behalf, before the sun got any where near
the State House.
.Maior Anderson will be confirmed today,
sure" said one lobbyist in an exultant tone
'Holt looked like winner yesterday, but I
guess we have him beaten"
| Assemblyman Storrs paid visit to the
Senate Chambers and had a talk with Messrs.
Ketcham and Skirm. He declared that the
| appointment of Anderson was one OF the
| features of a deal whereby certain hudson
| county Judge is to be New Jerseys next
| Governor and certain appointments made.
| II is paving the way for General Sewell to
| the United States Senate. Messrs. Ketcham
| and Skirm assured Mr.. Storrs that they
| would hold out against Anderson, and Voor-
| expressed himself as willing to break up any
| sort of deal Senator Thompson OF Sonler-
set is Anderson's most beligerent supporter;
| He will not waive point to Sklrm. and
don't seem to care whether the Mercer SEN
ator resigns or not. Speaker Holt's friends
are about ready to give up the hght. al
| though every Republican member OF the
| House is angry and indignant over the Sen
| ate's proposed action The Democratic SEN
ators, while preferring Mr.. Holt on
personal grounds, will, of course, sus-
tain Anderson because the latter
| is Governor Wert's selection. Several he
publican Senators are on record as being
against any proposition to place the selection
| of supervisor in joint meeting. Some re-
| publican Assemblymen declare the State Re
! publican Committee issued orders to have
| Anderson confirmed. Senator Stokes said
at noon that it might be impossible to have
| an executive session of the Senate today, and
| if it is not held the confirmation of Ander-
| son will have to go over until tomorrow. In
! the meantime fight will go merrily on
| SKIRM WON'T.
| Senator Skirm still remains unreconciled
| to the confirmation of Major Anderson. He
| cannot be persuaded to look upon it with
| any degree Of complacency. This afternoon
| he took ssDick" Reading, one OF General
| Sewells lieutenants here into one OF the
committee rooms and told him to tell the
| General that if he insisted upon forcing
Major Anderson upon the party he would
not receive vote from the Mercer delega-
| ton for United States Senator. The Senator
said he Favored Sewells election as Senator
| but he would not vote for him if he (Ander-
som was confirmed He also served notice
| on the General that he would not vote for
any more partisan measures If the Majors
| name was not withdrawn, and that he would
resign as Colonel of the Seventh Regiment.
| The Seventh is in Sewell's brigade
| Senator Ketcham introduced bill this
morning providing that in any first class
| county the Supreme Court Justice presiding
| in such county may appoint i've persons to
| be known as County Park Commissioners,
who shall hold their office for two years
| from date of appointment and shall Serve
without compensation. VancancieS shall be
| filed by the Justice. but only for the unex-
pired term. The commissioners shall con.
slider the advisability OF laying out open
| spaces for public parks and shall have au-
| thority to make maps and plans, and shall
| as soon as convenient make writ
| ten report of comprehensive plan
| for parks. The commission may employ
assistants and incur any legitimate expenses
not to exceed the sum of $4,000. Any bills
| SO incurred shall be certified by the justice,
who, after his approval, shall order the
county Board Of Freeholders to pay the
| amount out of the appropriation for public
| highways. The bill was drawn by A. O.
| Keasbey. Petitions in its favor by the
Boards of Trade of Newark and Orange are
| in Senator Ketchans hands.
KETCHAM AWAKE TODAY.
| Senator Ketcham counted eleven Repub-
| lican Senators Including himself) at duty
| this morning and he at once called up the
Newark and Jersey City Law Department
| bill on a motion to reconsider the vote by
which the enacting clause was stricken out
Yesterday. The eleven Senators stood to-
gether on every point. The measure was
| resurrected and advanced to third reading.
| The State Water Board bill was reported
| favorably this morning and was ordered
engrossed and to third reading without
| comment.
| bills PASSED IN THE SENATE.
The Senate passed Senate bill No. 145,
which authorizes the payment of $1,000 to
| the estate of the late Judge Bennington F.
| Randolph for work which he had done on
| the digest Of the laws of Chancery; also SEN
ate No II, which pays John Graham and
the other Sergeants-a Arms of 1890 for
work done in the Stuhr- Mel Donald contests of
| that year. Senator DAILY wanted W. H.
Dougherty of Jersey City put in the bill
| legal service. Congressman Gardner was
| communicated with and said that Dougher-
| ty was never employed by the committee;
SO his claim was not allowed Jamison T.
| Altemus also had modest claim of S400,
which he wanted in the bill, but it was not
| allowed
The bill to GUST Barney Ford out of the
superintendency of the State Capitol and
put two republicans in his place passed the
Senate. Senators Daily, Adrain, Hinchliffe
and lVinton, democrats, voted for the bill.
WILL EXEMPT VETERANS.
| Mr.. DAILY presented petition from John
Stuart, representing the veterans of Hudson
county and the State, asking for the striking
out Of section nine of the Freeholder bill
| Senate Bill No. 152l, which prac-
| tically abolishes the Tenure of Office
Act, and which would be the means
Of turning out of Office many old soldiers
and sailoas now. making living by the
| emoluments of public Office. Mr.. Daily and
Mr.. Bradley stood up for the veterans. The
measure rests at second reading, where it is