The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-13

it was Stokes last year, and ne was not
sure of a reelection, on the distinct I'M
-derstanding. that he was to nave lns
say that he Withdrew be-
cause he had not enough. votes 70 WIN.
Senator Rogers was hard at work ior
TO work on, the only other Senator pres
ent being Robert 81. Engie Of Ocean;
Mr.. Engle was in tow Of Charles e pas-
Courier" who claims to be the political
~discovcrcrt AID maker Of the new oeld b
tor. The Senator keeps q hotel at Beaon
along the entire Barnegat shore; MT;
Patterson is a candidate LOT Ensro Of fhss
friends consider him in the direct land
Of Succession H ss,,e oppon anoth as r neWs-
paper man. from Atlantic City. John
has now held the Office for W years,
besides other her e go tSe senate saaattsa and Patter-
sons friends think that it is time ne Steps
down. Patterson has many yarn sup,
porters and vii gd give JACK sneNe
hard G llgNSip iP5 lrT go FoR SPEAKER.
Two candidates for Speaker We're on on
and They were Ane = Ssmden
The latter DIS in the fight seriously, Wilt
there is some question as TO what Lowet
means. 1t is more than probable INA
IN I ca ID l1olD NAt0 r.
TO the Craftsmanship of a good commit
tee. as it is the general practlce 70 ap-
point the defeated candidates FOR speaker
to the best committees. MI. De Rousss
%nounc his candidacy last winter =
has been working for 1t ever since: ms
chances were considered good untli MI.
Skinner. of Essex, doomed up. Mr. skill
ner is one of the best men of last years
House and would make an ideal speaker;
The Essex delegation met last night ana
resolved to support him: He will come
TO Trenton with the solid backing of the
eleven members from Essex, which Will
put him away ahead in the race.
There was a lively row IN n ns Gus T,owep
and Captain ohm Burton, Mr.. Bonnelrs
assistant. Both come from Ocean, where
they claim to be leaders captain d sara
with Senator Rogers, Mr.. De Rouse
and a number of others, when Lower
came in. The Captain greeted hlm warm
did not want anything to do with him,
at the same time accusing the Captain
of going down to Ocean and telling ms
SAbe's" relaxation from the cares of
The Captain denied the charge, but
Abe reiterated his accusation IN ornate;
things We're getting exceedingly warm
when Senator Rogers poured oil on
the troubled waters with a suggestion
winch MRS Re' M I'd CROW.
One of the sights of the day was the
lordly air of proprietorship which Barker
Gummere exercised over the new Gov
ernor. He reached the State House
about noon and fastened on to Mr..
Griggs with pertinacity of a barnacle.
He was choked off, however, when the
two Governors went to lunch. Gum
mere thinks that. he did everything in
Mercer, and is of the opinion that the
office of Clerk in Chancery would go
a short way toward paying him for his
valuable services. 1t is said on good
authority now that Mr.. Gummere will
not succeed Mr.. Allan McDermott.
Mr.. McDermott went into the State
House restaurant yesterday noon to get
some lunch. He carefully scanned the
bin of fare and asked the waiter if they
hadn't any o The waiter. bein g
had. and wanted to know how Mr.. Nc
Dermott would like to have it.
'As palatable as possible" replied the
Clerk in Chancery.
With the inevitable eyes, sah,'' the por-
ter turned away and soon placed before
Mr.. McDermott a savorv dish with much
the appearance and odor of "Terrapin
a la Maryland At any rate, Mr.. Nc
Dermott disposed of it with relish.