The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-26

FOSTER STILL IN It
Voorhees, Friends Claim He
is a Candidate for
President of the
Senate.
SAY KELSEY WILL RESIGN
He Has Purchased a $4,000 House
in Newark and is Anxious
to Go to That City.
SAY KELSEY WILL RESIGN


TRENTON, Dec. &c. 1S95.-Contrary to
the custom of former years the Cover
ncr's Day before a holiday brought a
large number of members of the next
Legislature and Office seekers to the
Sta4e House on Tuesday. Sudden inter-
est was. awakened in the matter of the
Presidency of the Senate by the an
nouncement that Foster voorhees, had
not abandoned the contest, and would
make a fight for the office. Heretofore 1t
has been generally understood that Sena-
tor Thompson had such a sure thing
that Mr.. VOORHEES, seeing the futility of
making a contest had withdrawn. But
the announcement on Tuesday made by
one who is known to have his confidence
has put the mater in a new light. Al
though it has not changed the belief OF
THE initiated that MIR. Voorhees, will
add but another to the list of set-backs
he has experienced lately if he persists
in making a fight. 1t is well understood
tina the leaders and the cor
poration representatives. who are
mainly the leaders of the Republican
party, do not want a man of Mr.. Voor-
hees' independence of character and in
flexible will in the Presidents chair, n
that all that inuence has been
brought 70 O6dE dSA1ot IA AA1S
tor. The Senate is composed in the
main of men bound to the corporations
by ties which cannot be severed. and 1t
is comparatively a for them to work
out their will in the Upper House
1t was this same corporate influence
which has brought about the general
belief that AIR. DereusSe of Camden VIII
be Speaker. He Is a corporation man,
an ennploye of the Pennsylvania Rail
road, and all the representatives OF
that powerful as well as other corpora
tions, are Iaboring hard in his Interests.
Those who have seen many a speaker
ship contest before have seen too many
good men come down here on the eve
of a session with enough pledges IN
their pockets to secure the caucus noml-
nation, and then when the caucus was
out going around dazed and wondering
what struck them. For notwithstanding
all the solemn pledges the corporations
have snapped their whip as soon as
the door has been closed and nominated
their man with a rush. So when Mr.
skinner and his friends claim enough
pledges to carry the caucus, name
names, and show the promises in black
and white, the Ole veterans shake tnelf
heads and say they never saw the cor
porations beaten yet in a Republican
Legislature.
Aside from this 1t must be said that
things on Tuesday looked exceedingly
bright for the Essex man, and his stock
was about par. He has a host of shrewd
politicians working for him, and no
honorable means to secure a vote for
him is being left untried. That indie
fatigable worker, Charles Codding, OF
Union, who led SO many gallant ngnts
in the last two Legislatures, IS lapoffils
for him. and is accomplishing mle1
good. He is abby assisted by Assembly,
man-elect Roll of the same county; ana
two more energetic hustiers no cSnd1date
Mr.. Skinner and Mr.. Derousse were on
hand as usual letting slip no opportunity
ing in a vote. The one hopeful. me
o5her positive, and it is this very posi-
tiyeness Of Nj. Derogsse that leads "a S
has assurances from the bosses a
when the critical time comes they know
noW to w get b him 5hf to yot Mr. s Gs4Rsn eh he
asked why the corporations should be
opposed to him. He was not one of those
had no rights which any enc was bound
to respect. On the contrary, whenever
there has beben a corporation measure UP
during his Legislative career, and ne was
assured that the corporation was IN the
right, he had voted for it. and always
you'd in spite OF any pop 219sar de man.
to see why the corporations should be
against him When told that it might
nj nan Dg IN the speaRerts ehair who would
be for them first, last and all the time,
whether right or wreng. he SAID ne did
not believe any such thing.
The Governor-elect was ON the ground
for a short time. and shook hands with
and said a pleasant word to all who
time with Governor Werts. which stirred
up anew the rllmors that he was to pro-
Wien plbe his term expired. There IS moth
ing IN these runors at all. Mr.. Griggs
may give his predecessor some position.
great extent. He. has made arrange
ments to take up the practice of law as
soon as his term expires. He has Ttfiices
building, and wiz start in as the coun,
sel.of The State for the New York and
N NsN g Jersey p;m enadHb to Peep ags W mosf
from the door. Before he became a Su-
preme Court Judge the Governor was an
e ereetIee' iaTT hes prestige ahp Of efl Ssying been
or the Supreme Court bench and II the
Governors chair vii bring him plensy
wondering what the Governor would
his knowledge. of the law and known
ability will bring him all the law bust
ness he can attend to.
The return of Barney Ford furnished
an absorbing topic of conversation anc
many and various were the comments
made upon his appearance in court
The general impression was that BarneS
had made a mistake and that he would
net escape as easily as the others had
It was freely predicted that he would be
made the scapegoat. and would have t.
suffer for all the sins brought to lieh'
by the Investigating Committee. The
fact that he ran away and kept ont o.
the Jurisdiction of the State until al
the others who had been indicted ha6
either been acquitted or the indictment:
quashed, it was said, would miiitatt
against him and it would go hard witt
him.
On the other hand there were those
who said that Barney knew what he was
doing when he came hack and would no
have gone into court if he had not eener
ally understood that he would be allowed
to 20 free like the rest. In proof of thi:
attention was called to the low amour
of hail which had been REQUIRED.
The Ford matter started anew the dis
c1ssion over the result of the Sanatt
Investigating Committees work, and tn
question of impeaching Secretary o
State Kelsey came up again. Durlns
the threshing over of this old subject {
friend of Mr.. Kelsey's said that h
Thought the Secretary of State woult
resign as soon as the legislature con
in Newar looking after the large ga
interests of which be has recently. beel
made head and was anxious to devote
his entire time to them. He had ais
recently purchased a $4,000 house il
Newark on the Park and according t,
the gentleman, would move there as sool
as possible
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