The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-03
QUIET AT TRENTON.
Republican Bosses Doing
the Work of the Assem-.
b1ymen and Senators.
MUST OBEY THE WHIP
Sewell, Murphy and Company Will
Hold the Lines Over House
and Senate.

TRENTON, Jan. 3, MISUNDERSTANDING
it is but a week before the organization of
the Legislature, there were only a few
statesmen at the State House yesterday,
and the few that did come had very little to
give out in the way of gossip that was inter
esting or that gave any additional light on
the organization next week. Prominent. in
the group was Congressman Cornish of War
rem county, now representing the Fourth
district. He was ON his way to Washington
and stopped over to see a few of the State
officials and hear what was new in reference
to organization. He paid his respects to all
the heads of the departments and did con-
siderable handshaking in the corridor for an
hour or SO, when he was Joined by Senator
Martin, who accompanied him to Phila-
delphia.
Senator Foster voorhees, of Union County
made his first appearance since election. He
came down to dc some business in the Court
of Chancery, and then called on Governor
Werts. He expressed himself as believing
that the session will not be as long as it has
been predicted, and that it will be pretty
well settled during the first week of the ses-
sion just what legislation will be accom-
plished, and, as many of the bills are already
prepared, Uu0 WOIk Ol DuDulllS tublll GuIOuSn
the two Houses will be very prompt.
POTTS MAKING FRIENDS.
J. Herbert Potts of Hudson county, who
is in the fight for Clerk of the House, came
down to shake hands with such members as
gathered, but was disappointed to find that
there We're so few Oh hand,
Wilbur A. Mott, who is a candidate for
Secretary of the Senate, was at the State
House for an hour, when he and Potts went
off together for lunch. Mott was the former
Secretary of the Senate in 1890, and claims
the Office again because he had it but one
year. He will have the support of the Essex
delegation, and thinks there will be no OPP
position to him.
None of the candidates for the State
offices were on hand. Comptroller Heppen-
heimer states that he is willing to step down
and out as soon as his successor is named,
and that all talk as to o legal contest was
made without his warrant. He states that
he is satisfied to get out of public office, be
cause his private business of late has become
SO extended that it needs all his time for it.
Ex-Sheriff N. w. G. Hayes of Burlington
county came up to see some OF the members.
He is said to be a candidate for janitor of the
State House.
BARNEY FORD BUSY.
Superintendent R. J. Ford has his men at
work getting everything in shape for the
organization next week. The Senate cham
Der has been thoroughly cleaned, the desks
rubbed down, and in the House yesterday
the men were engaged changing the names
on the desks. The arrangements will be
about the same as last year, although Hudson
county is endeayoring to get their seats
changed SO as to be nearer the Speaker.
William j. Thompson, it is said, will not
participate in the opening of the Legislature,
having gone to his mines in Indian Territory,
and he will not return until the latter part
of January.
Senator Smith of Ocean dropped in the
State House late, in the afternoon and had
just been in conference with Senator Gran
mer.
SENATORS CONFER
There was a conference of the Republican
| Senators last night at the Hotel Windsor,
! which was attended by all the Republican
Senators that held over and were elected.
The conference was informal and the pfln-
cipal subject considered was the attempt that
! the Democrats will make to obstruct the or
| ganization of the Senate. All the legal
phases were considered, and Chairman
Franklin Murphy, of the State Committee,
was also in Trenton and consulted with some
lawyers on the subject. : The matter of
the selection of the State officers by the
joint meeting was not considered. Senator
/ Bradley, of Monmouth, was present, n he
expressed himself as being prepared to make
a vigorous fight should a contest be made to
unseat him.
A comparison of notes showed that each of
| the Senators has an unusually large number
of applicants for positions in the Senate. One
of the Senators reported a list OF thirty APP
~piicants. Allthe Republican counties report
a large number. No formal motions were
made, and nothing whatever agreed to as to
the organization of the Senate. The election
of Senator Bogers to be the President is con
ceded. 1t was concluded that the fact that
certain candidates for Offices asked for them
because they are entitled to another year,
will not nave any particular weight with the
Senators.
Wilbur A. Mott, a candidate for Secretary
of the Senate; R. B. Reading, of the State
Committee, and Franklin Murphy, of the
State Committee, were together for some
time at the Trenton House, prior to the con-
ference.