The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-14
AFTER THE SPOILS.
Republicans Scrambling for
the Loaves and Fishes
at Trenton.
HOBART FOR GOVERNOR
Tom Flynn Says Garry Augustus
Is Sure of the Nomination
Senator Rogers Ambition.
spsctaz to the Jerssu cdtu .Nens

| special TO the Jersey Caty NetS-
TRENTON, Nov. IA. 1S94-One would
have thought that the State House
would have been crowded yesterday with
| Republican statesmen with heads of
4 more than ordinary circumference, who
| had come to Trenton to tell how they
had carried the State. But somehow or
| other there were scarce a corporals
| guard about the Governors rooms and
the corridors and they were exceedingly
| modest. One local Democrat who has
not yet recovered from the soreness of
| the drubbing administered to his party
on the previous Tuesday said he guessed
| all the Republicans in the northern
part of the State were at home recover
| ing from the effects of the jubilation at
| Newark on Monday night
! Most prominent among the few on
hand was Senator Rogers of Camden
with his queer Philadelphia hat, the
| large crown of which is said to act as
| a sounding board and greatly increase
| the buzz of the tiny Gubernatorial bee
| which has been incubating therein ever
since he was elected Senator last fall.
| The Senator came up from Camden, he
said, for no particular purpose, but it
soon became apparent that he would
| like 20 be his own successor, and again
| WELD the gavel over the Senate He
| found no one to cultivate except Senator
| Williams of Passaic. But Mr.. Williams
was too busy looking out for his desk
| to pay much attention to the Presi-
| dency.
| PASSAGES SENATOR.
| The young Senator from Passaic is
| by no means a novice in legislative mat
| ters. He was a member of the turbu-
| lent Houses of 1890 and 1891. and was
! looked upon as one of the ablest of the
| Republican Assemblymen. He was
member of the committee which the
| House of 81 sent to Atlantic City to
| investigate frauds in that hot bed of Re
| publicanism. He was perfectly familiar
with the practice of assigning newly
| elected Senators and members in the
| rear out of the way seats, and he pro-
posed to take time by the forelock and
| get a good seat. These We're the only
| two members of the Upper Chamber
| about the State House, and if there were
| any of the Lower they kept out of sight.
! Henry B. Robinson. newspaper man
! of Railway, who was assistant Journal
| Clerk of the last Senate, was working
hard to succeed Wilbur Mott as Seere-
| tary of the next Senate. He is opposed
| by Edward M. Fielder, of Monmouth,
a protege of Senator Bradley's, who was
| Mr.. Motifs assistant last winter. The
competition between these two gentle
men is brisk, and whoever loses the
prize will receive the second best posi-
| ton.
There are host of aspirants for the
4 ri rIrcI In, Of tba
| who ought to know what he is talking
| about said that if Hudson would come
! to Trenton agreed upon a good man she
| could receive the position. He based his
assertion on the fact that Herbert Potts,
| last years clerk, came from that county,
| and as he would have been entitled to
a second term if he had not been made
police justice of Jersey City, Hudson is
| entitled to name his successor.
| JAMES LOGAN FOR CLERK
| BY that same line of reasoning Essex
\ would be entitled to name the Secretary
| of the Senate. but it is certain that the
| successful man will come either from
| Union or Monmouth. The argument for
| Hudson does not deter the candidates
! from hustling, and the Republicans who
are looking for the place are legion.
| One of the very foremost is James Logan
| of New Brunswick. lifelong Republi-
| can, and one who, as editor of the Ere
donian of New Brunswick. did much
| toward making possible the recent Re-
| publican sweep in Middlesex County.
| He is also well acquainted with the
/ duties of the position, having once
| occupied the place during one of the off
years when the Republicans controlled
the House, and is, according to all prece-
dents, entitled to another term.
HOBART FOR GOVERNOR.
Tom Flynn received the congratula-
! tions of the statesmen of minor degree
who congregated under the dome upon
| the fact that he ran so far ahead of his
| ticket in Passaic and proportionately
| received the highest vote of any Demo-
crat who ran throughout the entire State
| He was as clipper as ever and took his
| defeat with that philosophy which has
I always characterized him. 1t was gen
orally conceded that although General
| Sewell might have a hard fight for the
| Senatorship he could secure the prize.
| Franklin Murphy's candidacy is not
taken seriously, further than the effect
| it may have upon his chances of secur-
! ing the nomination for Governor next
| year. Mi. Flynn says that Mr. Murphy
or no one else will get the nomination
| except Garret A. Hobart. This announce
| ment was received by the Republicans
| with enthusiasm and it was said that he
/ would make a strong candidate and one
| exceedingly difficult for the Democrats
| to defeat.
When asked if they did not think that
| Mr. Hobarts connection with the water
| syndicates that claim to own all the
| available water sheds of New Jersey
| would harm 9s him, the Republicans
said mo- They admitted that it might
| do him a little harm in Hudson but all
they wanted of Hudson was to keep the
1 Democratic majority down as they could
carry all the other counties. There is
| no change in the Speakership contest
| and it is generally conceded that Judge
Cross of Elizabeth will succeed himself.
1 CIGARS TIPPED WITH G0T.n