The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-05
Is II BREAKING UP?
Indications that the Sena-
toria1 Deadlock Will Be
Settled.
THOMPSON is, WORRIED
Nelse Pidcock Said to Hold the
Key of the Situation in
His Hand.
Special to the jersey City Nears.

TRENTON, req ., loS7.-lHc edlh VI q
speedy settlement of the Senatorial .muddle
is particularly lively today, and predictions
are freely made that the deadlock is about
to be broken, and that, too, by a surrender
of the Democrats to the Republicans. 1t is
said that the Democrats have fallen to quar-
relling among themselves.
There is no doubt that there is more in the
story that ex-CongreSsman j. Nelson Pld-
cock has swooped down on the camp with a
scheme or two to settle the whole thing to
his own advantage than the Democrats will
admit. Those who have been around the
State House during the last ten years have
learned to know that when Pidcock puts in
his appearance during a controversy or en-
tanglement that there is a plot or two in his
inside pocket which he is preparing to spring
on the u~nsaspecting. Pidcock is against
Thompson this year for some reason or other.
His reasons may be peculiarly personal. His
presence at the State House early last week
brought rumors flying fast and thick, which
rumors had some substance because of the
frequent stormy conferences between
Thompson and Pidcock, and some of Pid-
cocks allies.
1t is stated on very good authority that
Pidcock has brought together four Demo-
cratic Senators, and that they propose to
hold the key of the situation. This alleged
division of Democratic sentiment, coupled
with the disposition of the Governor to treat
with the Republicans, indicates to many that
the deep and desperate plot of the desperate
men is gradually going to pieces.
THOMPSON IS
William J.. Thompson FASTENED to Wash
ington after the adjournment of the Legisla-
ture, and those who know say he went down
to see the big United States Senators, Smith
and Mcpherson, and urge on them for party
policy to stop this little conspiracy that has
begun to work within the big conspiracy.
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Smith is quite in accord with the plan of
obstruction as devised and operated by the
ten minority Senators, but there has always
been doubt as to the position of United States
Senator Mcpherson, but Senator Winton
came back from Washington OF Wednesday
morning and assured his fellow party work
ers that he had seen the great chiefs of the
party in Washington and came fresh from
their counsel and could assure the demo
Gratis of New Jersey that both the senior
and junior Senators were in sympathy with
the whole plot.
THE DEADLOCK DooMED.
This blockading of legislation, however,
cannot be permanent. 1t has been intima-
ted tina if it amounts to a deadlock this
year it will probably be a deadlock next
year, that the Democrats will pursue the
same course and SO continue to save their
bacon. But the facts are against any such
conclusion as this, because if the Democrats
next year refuse to acknowledge Bradley,
voorhees, and Thompson and the others as
holdover Senators because they were not
members of the body this year recognized by
the Governor and were not sworn in accord
ing to the custom, then the Republican hold-
overs will do the same as to the rights OF
Stats of Warren county. Now 1t SO hap
pens that next fall elections will be held in
six counties now represented by Democratic
Senators, namely, Burlington, Cape May,
Afsll101a- Doerafo ard St1rcnv
There will be four holdovet' Republican
Senators, namely, Hoffman, Stokes, Skirm
and Smith, the same followers as
of this year. There will only be three hold
over Senators in the Democratic party,
namely, Winton, DAILY and Drake. There
will certainly be nothing to prevent Hoff-
man. Stokes, Skirm and Smith from coming
together and organizing and accepting the
new Senators of this year as holdover Sena-
tors. together with the Senators that may be
elected next fall, and proceed at once to
business, for the outlook is, even upon a
conservative calculation, that the Demo
Gratis next year will have but five Senators
counting the three holdovers and conceding
a possible election of a Democratic Senator
in Hunterdon and Middlesex counties.
THE NEXT SENATE.
Perkins of Burlington and Miller OF Cape
Nav were accidents and their successors will
be republicans. It is quite possible with a
strong candidate in PaSSaic county that a
republican can be elected there with a hand
some majority. Up in Sussex, which has
always been strongly Democratic, a change
of heart has come at last, and they are now
represented by a Republican Assemblyman
and give every indication of continuing and
sending Republican representatives to Tren-
ton, so that McMickles successor will be of
the opposite party to what he is. 1t is quite
apparent that no matter how the Democrats
plot they are bound to come to judgment
next year.
Ex-State Senator John w. Griggs of Pas
sale, who is a careful observer of public
affairs, is also of the opinion that the whole
scheme of obstruction has been set up in the
interest of the race tracks, and he says that
as the law now stands all that can be done
makers is to fine them $25 for each convic-
ton under the disorderly house act. He is
of the opinion that the Democrats are not
sincere in their efforts to get into court. but
if they do they will continue their desperate
plotting and try to lock the whole affair up
as long as possible so that racing can con-
tinue for a long period.
AN EYE FOR COMPROMISE.
There are others who doubt whether the
Democrats were after a deadlock, as they
were after the control of the Legislature. 1t
is thought that they expected long before
this to trick the Republicans into some COM
promise, and that would be the unseating of
one of their Senators, against whom there is
a bogus contest, so that they would have a
working majority and prevent the Republi-
cans from doing any mischief.