The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-14

G. BRACES DESIRE.
To Be a Member of the Inter-
state and Foreign Com
MERGE Committee.
HIS INFLUENTIAL" BACKING
The Kind of a Man the Speaker
Believes in Appointing-Other
Washington Gossip.

WASHINGTON, Feb. IA, 1S94.-The entire
New Jersey delegation, including the Sena-
tors, are ~endeavoring to secure the appoint
ment of Representative g. Bragg Fielder to
one of the vacant places on the Interstate and
and Foreign Commerce Committee. This is
one of the most important committees OF the
House, having jurisdiction over all railroad
matters and over the erection of bridges. AS
at present constituted, the committee has
ten members from the South, seven from the
West and four from the East. A strong
pressure is being brought to bear upon the
Speaker to give the two vacancies to the
East. Senator German is also working for
Mr.. Fielder. The Chairman, however, is
not favorably impressed with G. Bragg. he
desires the members of that committee to be
men of brains and ability, and men whom he
will not nave to send the Sergeant-at-Arms
after, every once in a while. The effort OF
G. Bragg to get on the committee is the sub
ject of much amusement to the other Eastern
congressman. The secret of the desire is the
probable construction of the bridge across
the Hudson River.
NEW JERSEY PETITIONERS.
Senator Smith has presented to the SEN
ate within the last day OF two an unusually
large number of petitions which show now
deeply the New Jersey people are interested
in the tariff question. Quite q number OF
these petitions, notably from the Democratic
Reform Club of East Orange,the Jeffersonian
Club of Newark and the Democratic Com
mittee of Union county, pray tor the speedy
passage of the Wilson bill. Other petitions,
as those of sundry workingmen OF Newark,
of the Passaic Chemical Company, OF sundry
sulphur reiners of Newark, of Leon Albeit
Guards of Paterson, of sundry w~orkingmen
4 "a $50 - nyn~l1unc af tho RaQSoIR Rnl-
Fling Mill Company of Paterson and OF
|sempleyes of H. H. & B. G. Reeve, manufac-
turers Of floor eiloloth of Camden, remon-
against the passage of the bill.
circumstances against a reduction of
duties have bsep presented from the en-
,ployes of F. NJ. Pierce & Co., of Clayton,
IN. J.; from workers in glass bottles at Will
1amstown, n. j.; from the employees OF the
Clark Thread Company and Clark Spool
Cotton Company, Of Newark from employees
'sof the Nairn Linoleum Company, OF Kearny,
IN. j.; from the employees of the Barlow Flax
Spinning Company, Of PatersSn' ana from
the employees at the Mluvllle, N. D., Manu-
Efacturing Company.
In addition to These Senator Smith has
represented petitions of sundry cigar manu-
Fifacturers of New Jersey, praying for the
imposition of q uniform duty OF 80 per cent.
,onu pstemmed leaf tobacco; of Typographi-
|. cal Union No, 195,of Paterson. praying for the
governmental control of the telegraph SER
vice; and of Provident Lodge No. 4, Ancient
Order of United Workmen of Camden; of
w. G. Harrison ond sundry other citizens Of
Asbury Park of Union Council No. 4 Ma
tional Provident Union of Newark; of VIII.
Bowers and sundry other citizens of South
Orange, of New Jersey, in the interest of
fraterna1 college and society journals, pray
ing for the passage of the Henderson
Hainer bill, proposing to amend the postal
laws.
PLEASANT SOCIAL OCCASION.
Senator Smith gave a luncheon at Cham
berlin's yesterday, at which the guests OF
honor were the Misses O'Rourke, daughter
of Supervising Architect ORourke of New
ark. The young ladies have become very
popular here. Other guests at the luncheon
were Prosecutor Gourley of Paterson,S State
Senator Henry D.. Winton of Bergen County,
Louis F. Braun of Paterson, Supervising
Architect O,Rourke and other New Jersey
people.
THE PRINCETON INNER
The dinner of the Princeton Alumni in
this city last night was a very enjoyable
affair. President Patton and Prof. Sloane
came down from Princeton to attend; and
Mr.. Joline, the President of the New York
Alumni, was also present. Other guests IN
cluded Associate Justices Brewer and Brad
ley and Senator Gray. There was a large
representation of the Alumni, and the
speeches wero unusually good, even for a
Princeton dinner. An ovation was given
Joseph K. McCammon, of the class of 1865.
The menu souvenir was a leather fac-simile
of a foot ball.