The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-11-28
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very sick man, and has gone away for
GENERAL sEwELL's POSITION.
1t is generally believed that Mr.. Sewell
is keeping his hands off this fight and
all these calculations to some extent,
progress of the Senatorial battle he
find it necessary to make some. deal
with one of the candidates, it will ma
terfally affect the result.
Nothing is heard of the opposition to
the reelection of Judge Cross as Speak
er. 1t seems to be a foregofe eonclu-
sion that the Union man will WELD the
gavel again. No better evidence of this
is wanted than the fact that there seems
TO be no canvass at all over the Speaker
Judge he is doing it very quietly.
Senator Ketcham is developing into a
first class sphynx. He attended the
meeting of the Board Of Canvassers,
but would not say anything upon the
Senatorial situation or the fight for the
Presidency of the Senate. 1t is pretty
Il bad attack of the Sewellphobia which
is now epidemic in Essex county. Messrs.
Stats of Warren, and Winton of Bergen
were the two lone Democratic Senators
who came to attend the meeting of the
board. They were looking very we'll for
Democrats, but a nothing to say
about the recent election.
OTHER VISITORS.
DIR. Parry, the newly elected Senator
from Burlington county accompanied by
Editor Joseph Kingdom of Mount Holly,
was familiarizing himself with those
duties of his Office incident to corridor
work. such as shaking everybody's hand
and looking wise when asked how poll,
others hat swelled the throng and
spoke wisely upon the situation, We're:
-Assemblymen Wilbur of Mercer, Olcott
of Essex, Matlack of Burlington, ex-As-
semblyman w. H. Cole of Camden, who
paralyzed everyone by announcing that
he is not a candidate for any office what
ex-senator w. H. Carter of Burlington,
General W. S. Heppenheimer, Colonel w:
P. McMichael of Bordentown. ex-Sheriff
bur Mott of Newark, and Richard b.
Reading of Hunterdon, B. J.. Ford, ex-
Superintendent of the State House, ex-
Police Justice Harry Paul of Camden.
Later in the day came Edward Fielder
of Monmouth, and Assistant Journal
Clerk Robinson of Railway, who are
both candidates for the Secretaryship,
and have the race just now about neck
and neck.
INSPECTING STATE PRISON.
The Joint Committee on State Prison,
Hoffman of Atlantic, and Assemblymen
Ginder of Mercer, Wilbur Stecher of
Camden and Olvaney of Newark, in
spefted ot the prison; A number i Of the the
then Supervisor Anderson's office was
looked over, and then a dinner was serv-
ed. Head Keeper Patterson and Major
Anderson made the visitors at home.
After dinner the prison was inspected,
and many needed improvements suggest
ed, which will probably be embodied in
a special report.
The Court of Pardons met in the after
noon and appointed a committee to visit
the State Prison. DR.. /. N. Quimby
of Jersey. City went before the board in
behalf of young Hall. who was re-
Gently convicted of policy dealing. The
doctor appeared simply as a physician.
to tell the board hat Halls health
was bad, and that Imprisonment in
State Prison would threaten his life.