The sun., 1895-04-08
Voorhees, BOOM HARMED
,rpsry EDIToRs' BILLS LIKELY TO
RE cut Down,

r..u,t Or nv. Com,n'ttee's Investiea-
,,o, Of the stats Fr,nttng-The Inquiry
a.. q, On and Alleged Corruption, Out
la. Of Trenton. also to he Probed.
r,,xros. y. j., April THE Senate Invests
,iug Committee has given up its intention of
s.,lnu Trenton and starting work In Jersey
r",v or Newark. The matter of extravaganza
S,,te printing will be continued next FRI
-. and the committee, IL is said, 10 not yet
,'rourh with the state Board Of Arbitration.
sor, matters In connection with probing into
.ho rrlnting question arc expected Tn show fla
.ron, violations OF tho law on the part OF Stnte
oncisls in giving out TO favorite publishers, at
W.. ,rjces. work that the law requires should
ss awarded to the lowest bidder, under contract.
nho secretary OF states office has been re-
.ron.iblc for great deal of this, and experts
~. now at work digging out facts and figures.
Wills the committeeman and Counsellor Cor
vi, refuse to make known in advance the char
sc,er OF tho work outlined, enough can be gath
.rrd from other sources to warrant the
.,,,ement that the affairs OF every department
Al the Capitol are being looked into. Unless,
bovever. the extravaganza, crookedness or vio-
l,,ions of the law are important enough to war
,,nt II, some Of these lines Of inquiry may be
sropped and not brought to public attention.
Tho committee and their counsel are con-
State, and from both Democrats and Republi-
cans, for Investigation of all sorts of irregu-
Iar;ties. There arc many from mon OF promi-
nepce urging inquiry into tho doinEs OF tho
Worlds Fair Com missioners. the Sea Girt En-
campment the receiving of bonuses by State
Employee. for moneys deposited in banks in
Burlington and Hunterdon counties, the with
holding of large amounts OF moneys to their
own use by state officials, when the law re-
ouires them to be paid into the State Treasury
At short intervals; the green goods business in
Jersey City aud Hoboken, the Ivy Hill reservoir
iob and other alleged crookedness at Newark !;
the corruption of the Mddlesex and other mu-
inequalities which have been spending money in
excess Of the appropriations, and giving con-
tracts to favorite bidders without regard to the
law.
There has been change in tho nature of tho
pressure brought upon the committee. Finding
that it 10 impossible to stop the Investigation.
Interested parties hero have been secretly work.
and 20 to Middlesex, Essex. or Hudson counties.
In the hope that enough would be found there
10 engage its attention until the members were
compelled TO stop work through lack OF time.
On the other hand. interested parties in all
those counties have been working, and success.
fully, 1t appears, to keep the committee busy at
the Capitol as long as possible. with similar
hope.
only would there be o thorough inquiry into all
alleged or suspected irregularities at the state
seI. Hudson, and Middlesex counties, and ali
other localities where sufficient evidence was
furnished to warrant % % visit: Sheriff Ege, who
May. attends the hearings of the committee and
his presence has given rise to the report that
q Jury will be summoned to indict all tho per-
sons implicated in tho apparent conspiracy rob
berry. and othor crookedness revealed. Chair
drnce would be sent to the Mercer county Grand
Jury.
communication with the committee continue.
third party, he has oiier,d to come to Trenton
punishment is guaranteed TO him. With prom.
ise that he will not be exposed to Mr.. Corbin's
MnH Tps ts prossct Ford Il he viii IL MAKE clean
breast Of his Wrong M doin. but ;d thy hays nc nc
believe that Ford is seeking TO obtain immunity
BY telling what they have already discovered
There nsids are Indications that Chairman voorhee:
has damaged his prospects for tho GovernorshI
ubiect is q tender ono to the country editors
and p9bl!shers The revelations =, made and M 3 t9
many % Of AS tho Smaller Weekly papers from IL pat
ronage. worth nearly $1,000 q year to them: %
VIII oaSn TO aSe on
boom from collapsing.
Congressman Gardner Of Atlantic county and and
latest additions to tho list Of Republican candi
dates for Governor. while announcement ha,
been made that Garrett and Hobart Of Passait
and ex- x-Postmastor-G General Thomas l.. James OF
Bergen are not candidates. Both will support
John W. Griggs who is said TO be assured OF the
solid delegations from the Fourth and Fifth
Congress districts, with great strength in bott
Hudson and Essex counties.
senator William ID. DAILY Of Hudson county i
the latest addition to the Democratic candi
dates Ha was the Democratic leader in the last
two Senates. He said Friday that he would
accept tho nomination II it was offered to him
and is evidently not frightened at tho confidence
expressed by the Republicans.