The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-11
TIE SLATE on ESSEX
Newark Republicans Think
S Theirs the On1y County
in New Jersey.
MORE BUNCo ECONOMY
Talk Of Abolishing. the Expressing
Clerks TO Make an Office for
Some Partisan lawyer.
Special to the JERSEY Cttu Mems.

TRENTON. Dec. IL, 1S95.-The corri-
doris of the State House presented an
animated appearance yesterday. The
Senators and Assemblymen. the candi-
dates for the legislative Offices, the
place hunters and the lockers on made
an animated scene. The contest for
Speaker was going in a lively manner,
which shook ones faith in the stories
that Mr.. Derousse had a cinch on the
office which nothing could loosen. Mr..
Derousse himself was on the ground
with that air of confidence which has
characterized him throughout the en-
tire contest. He said that he felt con-
fident that he would WELD the gavel.
Mr.. Skinner was not in Trenton, but
his interest was safe in the hands of his
fellow member, Mr.. Duncan. Mr.. Dun
can was just as sure that Mr. Skinner
would be elected Speaker as Mr. De-
rousse was that Mr.. Derousse would.
He said that Mr.. Skinner would have
the eleven member from Essex, the
three from Union and the three from
Mercer. Then Mr.. Duncan stopped par
ticularizing and said that Mr.. Skinner
had seventeen votes in addition to the
Essex delegation. If that is SO, Mr.. Skin
ners need seek no further, as that
nOd4d 64fO al LIE ~ fONOet N
all he needs to secure the nomination is
twenty-four, leaving out Bullock. the
Republican of last year who was turned
down by the bosses because he opposed
Sewell and was elected on an independ-
emit ticket with a Democratic endorse
ment. Last week Bullock announced
that he was Independent, with the big
gest I in the printers case, and would
not go into any caucus. Yesterday it
was said that he would go into the Re
publican caucus if he is invited. If he
does ne can be relied upon to vote for
Mr.. Skinner. Mr.. Derousse is a rail-
road employe and a railroad man, and
anything connected with railroads, es-
pecially the Pennsylvania Railroad. has
the same effect upon Mr.. Bullock that
a red flag has upon an enraged bull.
Mr.. Duncan was also booming Danfe1
H. Hunt, of Essex county. for sergeant
alarms and Louis Peale, the private
secretary of Franklin Murphy and the
working secretary of the State Commit
tee. was also on hand looking for the
engrossing c1erkship of the House. Mr..
Duncan's attention was called to this
manifestation of patriotism upon the
part of Essex's son, and asked if the
fact that Essex wanted these lucrative
QUShllOuS illSnl AOl III / 05os
Mr.. SINNERS chances.
s'Why should they?' he asked. Essex
has one-fourth of the Republican mem
bers and should be entitled to one
fourth of the patronage. The value of
the House offices is SIG, 600, and the two
positions she is looking for are not
worth over $1,000. I think Essex is ex-
anything Hike what she is entitled to-,
In the good old Democratic days it used
to be the State of Hudson Now ITS
the State of Essex.
In the last House Mr.. Duncan was the
champion of mat miqultous measure
Kearny from Hudson and annex them to
Essex. He was asked yesterday If the
attempt to steal a part OF. Hudson's ter
ritory would be made in the coming ses-
sion. He replied that he did not know,
and spoke of a movement which is on
iLto a city. ExiAssem5lyman Ksarns
has a scheme for diSnenlbering Essex
n making two counties out OF 1t. The
scheme contenaplates making one coun5
ty Of Newark, Harrison and Kearny and
another out of the townships. The fact
is that the Harrison and Kearny annex
alton scheme is just now orman Its
Of an ~intimation from MIR. Griggs as TO
got as far as him. They say there is
no use of undergoing all the labor which
it requires to get the bill through the
House and the Senate only to have it
killed by the Governor. Thus far Mr..
Griggs has remained dumb as the pro-
verbal oyster. and the secessionists are
in despair. The mad scramble of the
Republicans for office is getting com
ical. There is not one of them who
does not want an office of some kind,
and the comical feature of the whole
thing is the frantic manner in which
some who have so long been suffering
from political starvation are fighting
for the crumbs which fall under the ia
Bile. Already Mr.. Griggs is being over
whelmed with applications for the nom
inal offices of notary public. All thess
he has turned over to Governor Werts,
who will take care of them as the cir
cumstances of the individual cases de-
serve.
Prospective legislation. as well as the
distribution of offices. formed the topic
of conversation among the statesmen.
The more guarded were averse TO dis
cussing their plans in that direction for
the coming session but enough was
gathered to give an idea of what is an
ticipated. "Retrenchment and reform
will be the shibboleth. and if the senti-
ment of the legislators. as expressed