The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-16
REPUBLICAN SPLIT.
Mai. Anderson'S Nomination
Raises the Very Deuce
in the G.. 0. P. !.
READY ITO HEOFFICES
Democrats To Be Assaulted All
Along the Line--Thompson
Investigation.
Specia1 to the Jsrseu Citu Netrs.

II OC6AAS UnAc OfOhAA5 PAOtAiioSo W ~
one Of the most extraordinary Of this most
extraordinary session of the New Jersey
Legislature. The principal event will in all
probability be the fight over the nomination
of Major Anderson to be Supervisor of the
State Prison. Since the adjournment
Thursday evening the Major and his oppon-
ents nave been moving heaven and earth to
secure votes for their side of the contro-
versy.
The political accidents, like Storrs Of
Orange, and Exton of Trenton, who talk of
nothing else but s'the promises we made to
the people, are still shouting against bosses
and bOssisln, and declare that General
Sewen is trying to foist Anderson upon the
partyfor his own political advancement.
They also stick to their declaration that the
nomination Is the result of a deal between
Governor Werts and General Sewell.
DOUBT THERE WAS A EAL
Senators Voorhees,, Smith, Stokes and
Thompson refuse to believe that the Major
is party to a deal with the Governor and
other democrats. Senator Bradley believes
a little bit in the deal and SO does Senator
Hoffman, but the others stand out because
they understand that the Major is unpopu-
lar with the rank and file or the party. Sen
dUOl lAOlAkcOA,f WIN = 440JOA 41lA4O4oOA .
own Senator, did not support him for State
Comptroller because he understood the feel
ing in his county, but will not hesitate to vote
for his confirmation for purely personal
reasons. This much is sure, that the Demo
cratic Senators will vote for the Major be-
cause he was nominated by a Democratic
Governor and many OF them are personal
friends of the Major.
IRREDEEMABLE SPLIT.
There is reason to believe that the whole
truth of the matter is that the Republican
party is irredeemably split into two factions,
each of which is straining every nerve to OBJ
tain supremacy. Instead of being a battle
for political independence and the overthrow
of dictatorial bosses, as the under-done
statesmen would lave their misrepreSented
constituents believe, it is really an undigni-
fed and selfish scramble for spoils.
: There is no institution in the State that
possesses the same political significance as
the State Prison. 1t gets its supply OF Off
GERS and employees from every county in the
State, and it can bring together a band of
workers capable of forming the nucleus of a
machine against which it would be as vain
to kick as the pricks of st. Paul's time.
ESSEX AND HUDSON TOGETHER.
Essex and Hudson have compromised their
differences, but there is still trouble between
the ~second-class counties. Passaic, Mercer
and Camden nave been classed together Tor
of legislation, and the latter wv
want Republican Boards of Chosen Free
holders, Boards of Public Works for Tren-
ton and Camden, and the city offices now
tied Common Council leads Speaker Holt
and Assemblyman Lewis to oppose any plan
will give to the council the appointing
power.
1t was. their objection which prevented
the passage Of the Freebooter law in time
to give Republicans control at once in Mer-
Ger and Camden, and some feeling has
arisen against them on this account, which
may come out in the fight over Major An
confirmation. Holt and Lewis are
the ~Assemblymen in the demand
upon the Republican Senators to reject An
derson, and their purpose is to secure the
passage by the Senate of the bill giving the
choice of Supervisor to joint meeting, and
then secure the election of Henry L. Butler
of Paterson. Butler is quite as chronic an
officer holder as Anderson, but not as useful
to the party.
SMITH IN 1T, co..
The scheme was so far successful last week
that action in Anderson's nomination was de-
ferred until Tuesday. The attempt is being
to bring the United States Senate strug-
gle prematurely to the front by enlisting the
faction against Anderson, and
charging that General Sewell and United
ODlLCo oO1AUO 0AAiAt 10 co
Werts, nave effected a combination. Other
deals are limited at, and Assemblymen
Stofrs, Lewis and Exton threaten to give
them away on the floor of the House if
Anderson is confirmed. The Republican
Senators who ~sy1npathized with the Butler
followers are becoming angry at the threats
are made and the attempt OF the AS
to coerce the Senate, and friends
of Major Anderson predict that the Repub-
lican Senatorial caucus will unanimously
favor confirmation.
In n event enough Republicans will vote
with the Democrats in favor of confirmation.
The term of Supervisor Seymour expired a
month ago, and under the law the Governor
is empowered to appoint his successor. The
nomination of a democrat would have re-
suited in the passage of the Exton bill giving
the choice to joint meeting. Governor
Werts saw an opportunity to favor a re-
publican friend by appointing Anderson
at the some time make rouble in the
party. He has been successful.
While these good goodies were doing the
whited sepulcher act, others were down in
Jersey City behind closed doors, arranging
to snatch all the offices from the Democrats.
published in JERSEY CITY NEWS at the time,
and tonight the raid will begin.
The bills already in to abolish offices and
create new ones to be filed in joint meeting,
will be rushed through the House unde a
suspension of the rules, and others will be
This new programme leads to
the belief that the session will be prolonged
into June.
There is much talk of taking a long recess
in order to prevent the democrats from tax
ing the decision of the Supreme Court,
which says all A~ssemblymen must be elected
on one county ticket, into the Court of
Errors and Appeals. The republicans fear
that the appeal would act as a stay and next
falls election would have to be held under
the old lines. In case the appeal is taken
the Legislature, a recess being in progress,
then come together again and pass a
gerrvmander act which would ensure them
q majority or the Assembly.
THoMPsoN'S INVESTIGATION.
The House Elections Committee has tenn
porarily abandoned the Thompson investi-
CATION until after the grab after offices is
over. No meeting has been held since the
one two weeks ago, when the last witness
that money had been promised him
by republicans to swear that he had been
bribed to vote a Democratic ballot. That
evidence evidently had a chilling effect on
the Republican members of the committee,
who are uncertain when the investigation
will be resumed. There is a suspicion that
The race track influence has been potent
rr EtI .EA A aME