The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-23

there to lead his State ort of the wilderness
of Democratic corruption into which it had
been wandering 50 long The leaders OF his
party could not recognize the wilderness he
so graphically depicted and attempted to 81.
OH him but they found that he possessed
many of the attributes Of bent pin. Time
works wonders, however, and before long
the attitude which Mr.. Storrs took upon
many of the measures the people asked Tor
caused much comment in the lobbies, Last
year he was leader of the House, and one OF
the chief diversions of his party was sitting
down upon hir.
Colonel Olco.e was one of the monotonv re-
levers of the session. He had blaff, hale
way about him and peculiar line OF rea-
soning which always created merflmeht
whenever he discussed question. he has
sood deal of hard sense and argued lntelh
gently on every question he discussed BUT
he early became inocculated with the cor
poration virus, and was one of the worse
enemies the people had. he leglslated MN,
self into position on Quartermaster General
Donnelly's staff with the rank OF coionel, anu
his supreme delight consists of tearing
around Sea Girt astride big black charger
and arrayed i'll fatigue UNIFORM VIII piS
jack boots.
Wesley c. Smith, who represented ATTAIN
tic last year, was such quiet and unobtru-
sive member that few will recognize the
change that has been made III his county.
Daniel D. Zabriskie disappears from the
Bergen delegation. He was a faithful mem
ber and did MS duty conscientlously. Gay
ton Stafford and George w. Barnard DO nou
return from Camden. MIR. Stafford has been
made clerk to the State Board OF Assessors,
the position held so long by Colonel Jonu l..
Van Cleef, and Mr.. Barnard goes back TO
private life. Charles Readlng,. cousin OF
"Dick" Reading, king of the LOBBY, Will not
sit for Hunteruon in the next House. he
was so thoroughly tainted with the corpora
ton poison that the good people OF duhtef-
don sent Democrat III his place
MEKCEh'o TRIO DISAPPEARS.
Mercer will have an entire new delegation,
but it will be some time before the memory
of the Kaleidoscope trio which represented
her last year viii fade from memory. me
school teachers will rejoice lhat ~ un,so
liam Lane Wilbur will not be IN the lhouse
so kill their pension bill, and peopie g. g.
orally will be glad to know that tnose s"o
narrow-mined political blgots, Jonl oi,.s n
better known as "Ginger." and Wniiain :.
Exton. will no longer insult the lnteln9eiicsS
of the State with their TRADES. Monihou1u u
loses David Demorest Denise, the Presldehs :
of the State Agricultural Board, ana one "
the more influential agriculturallsts III ene
State An entirenew delegation comes ilolil '
Morris, and the big jolly Charles A, BAKER
win go back to farming, and the lohs'
earnest William C. Bates will again till fne
soil in Parseppany. Samuel Frederick WIN
be the only old face missing from the Passaic
delegation, and Frank Somers will no longer
look after the interests of Somerset. He
has been promoted and Is now County Clerk.
From Union will come three new men tax
ing the places of speaker Croes, Charles Mel
son Codding and the solid John N. Burger.
Samuel V. Davis and George W. Smith VINO
so ably represented Warren are among the
missing also