The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-12-24
JERSEY POLITICS.
Opening of the Legislature
to Be Attended With
Lively Social Fes-
tivities.
sEWELL HAS THE LEAD
Slate for House and Senate officers
-Werts May Appoint Ex-Gov-
ernor Green TO the
Supreme Bench.
sEWELL HAS THE LEAD

4ONy Nos ~
dications that the opening of the 18TH
session of the New Jersey Legislature
will be attended with some lively social
festivities. There is to be a parade, a
banquet and a general reception to all
the Republicans in the State.
The idea of making the opening an
imposing event occurred to the South
Jersey Republicans, who organized the
William ]. Sewell Association, which
BODY is to come here about five hundred
strong, with lots of badges, music ana
canes. They will have in line many OF
the prominent Republicans of the lower
end of the State, and while they will
boom the cause of General Sewen for
United States Senator they will partici-
pate in a general way in the opening OF
the Legislature. The Hudson County Re-
publican League thinks the idea of a
little extra excitement on opening day
is a good thing, SO they have a com
mittee at work, ascertaining how many
of the thirty-two clubs in the League
ere willing to come to Trenton and help
swell the enthusiasm. There are several
German Republican Clubs in Newark
that will also be among the paraders.
These organizations are to be enter
tanned by the German Republicans of
Trenton, who nave secured the Opera
House and are going to give them a
banquet and a reception. When all these
organization get in line it will make
quite a respectable parade.
AS to the organization of the two
branches, there are no material changes
to be made outside of the Secretary of
the Senate and Clerk of the House. All
of the officers that served last year are
TO be r~e-appointed. Senator Edward C.
Stokes, of Millville, will be the presi-
dent of the Senate and the Speaker of
the House ex-Judge Joseph Cross. The
Clerk of the House will be James P.
Logan of Middlesex, and the Secretary
of the Senate will be Henry C. Robinson
OF Union.
JUSTICE ABBETT'S SUCCESSOR.
There are still wild stories afoat as TO
what Governor Werts may or may not
do, in connection with the appointment
,V~ice-Chancellor Green, who is row a
sitting vice-chacellor and also a member
of the Court of Error and Appeal The
Governor is under obligations to ex-Gov-
ernor Green. for some favors extended
to him, when he was a plain senator
from Morris County. By making the
change it would give the Ex-Governor
a term of seven years at a much larger
salary. 1t is said that there is rothing
in the report that the appointment was
to go to Acknowledgement Stockton. He is
now said to be slated for the next CUB
irrational nomination.
In the upper part of the State there is
a sentiment in favor of ex-Judge Fred
eric W. Stevens, but the appointment
would not be popular. The ex-Judge is
a 1880 l.L T. -
by the people, because he is mixed up
in some political suit.
CANDIDATES FOR GOVERNOR.
There is now more talking about Re-
publican candidates for Governor than
the United States Senatorial contest.
There are some who declare that the
next nomination will be Carrot A. Ho-
bart of Paterson; others say that Sheriff
John J.. Toffey of Hudson and Mayor
Peter F. Wanser of Jersey City are
making eyes at each other and wonder
ing whether the reports they hear about
each other are true. for both are now
considered candidates for the nomina-
ton. Foster NJ. Voorhees, is said to be
in for a fight and that his friends will
get John Kean, Jr.. into the Senatorial
light against General w. j. Sewell, so
as to make room for Voorhees,. This
is one of the midwinter r~everies that
some politicians enjoy SO much.
The Senatorial fight is no fight at all.
The men who have been leading the
opposition are saying nothing and every
body who is willing to look at The mat
ter from all sides admits General W. J.
Sewell has an easy thing of it this year.
The Essex -Assemblymen have had sew
eral conferences. but they have not as
yet endorsed Franklin Murphy's can
didacy for Senator or declared against
General sewell. and the life of the op-
position is supposed to be centered in
these same Essex statesmen. By next
Tuesday week there viii be no anti-Sew-
ell talk whatever. The festivities at
tending the opening of the Legislature
will be of such a character that 1t will
be a huge lovefeast and those who have
been busy trying to stir up factional
strife in the party will be among the
first to come in out of the cold and re-
quest that the loving cup be passed
around.
THE Cash OF WILSON JENKINS.
There is some curiosity evinced by both
Democrats and Republicans to know
what the Governor will do with the ap-
pointment OF Wilson Jenkins. prosecutor
of Camden county. It will be remera-
bered that last session W. j. Thompson
made a personal fight for Jenkins and
Lay Judge John Gauntt. There was
a strong feeling in Camden county
against these men. When the Governor
re-nominated them the Republican Senate
rejected them, and they were appointed
by the Governor until the next Legisla,
ture meets.
If the Governor ~reappoints them again
they will be again rejected by the Sen
ate.
AN ACCUSED DOCTORS DOSE