The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-18
SPEAKER SKINNER
That's What the Essex Men
Call Him Now and Claim
Twenty-Five Votes.
LIKE A REPUBLICAN SPLIT.
The Colored Brother Wants Recog-
milton and Has His Eye on the
State Board Of Assessors.
A REPUBLICAN SPLIT
Special 10 the Jerseu City Wears.

Special 10 the Jersey City Netna.
TRENTON, Dec. IS, 1S95.-The Speaker
ship contest o-vershadowed every other
topic In the corridors Of the State HOUSE
yesterday. Messrs Derousse and Skinner,
the two aspirants for the honor OF be-
ing the third officer in the State. We're
on hand, and it was most delightful TO
see the confident spirit in which these
two men spoke of their chances Mr..
Skinner was confident, u not so much
SO as Mr.. Derousse. the Camden man.
The latter woul not admit the posi-
bility Of his defeat, and his opponent,
while saying that he felt confident that
he would win. was willing to admit that
it was possible that he might be de-
feated. Mr.. SINNERS friends We're will
ing, for the first time, to give some par
t~iculars of their claims. Heretofore they
have been content to announce that they
had enough votes. but when asked who
they were, or where they came from,
they would close up like a clam. They
begin with Bergen, in which they claim
Mr.. Ullman. the new member from that
county. Then they go into Mr..
territory and claim one from Cumberland.
Just which one is no definitely stated.
but the inference is that it is Mr.. Austin.
Mr.. Austin himself will not admit or
deny the charge, but say the Cumber-
land delegation is unpledged. His career
in the last two Houses would naturally
place him on Mr.. Derousse's side. but
this is to be a Year of surprises and he
may be a Skinner man after all.
From Cumberland the Skinner men
jump to Essex n claim the entire eleven
and everyone appears to be willing to
concede them to him. Then they claim
one in Mercer. Mr.. George w. McMer-.
pherson, one of the new members. Some
people are inclined TO give them another,
but Mr.. Skinner friends say that one
is all they can expect. in the capital
county. From there they journey up to
Middlesex, where they are positive of one
Mr.. Hicks. This young man has been
one of the leading men in the last two
Houses and was himself a candidate for
Speaker early in the contest, but seeing
that he had no chance, lowered his ann
bition a degree or two and is now work
ing hard for the leadership of the As
sembly. 1t is apparent that be has
formed an alliance, offensive and defen-
sive, with Mr.. Skinner. When he with
drew he did so in favor of Mr.. Skinner
with much more noise and parade than
the paucity of his following would war
ant. He is to receive the support of
Mr.. Skinner and his friends in return for
all the votes s ne can n, sscu ds,, for the he Essex so4s
from his own county 1t Is evident that
he cannot expect much from the Skinner
ofn he liveiiest kind Of m missionars work
among the other two members OF his
county, which cad many to put at least
IN Ens th me ssIn II not ool s0sh Of P sagse E from Men.
mouth whose information on the politi-
cal situation. is always considered re
| county can be relied upon to vote for
the Essex a In Passaic Henry W;
Gledhill is counted q Skinner man, and
take much muc coaxing to get Bullock into
the same olumn. Charles A.. Reed, the
new Somerset man. n Schoolmaster
two previous assemblies, also march I'M
der the Skinner banner. There rs no
doubt where the three Union men stand
Mr.. Skinner. Thissgtves the Essex man
twenty-five voteS not counting MT.
from Mercer. This is just the number
required to win the caucus nomination;
st This ar msn Of sIgS Sups s maie aau gsgs th saa
considerable -~elation, had no depressing
effect upon Mr., Derousse or his followers:
t Wnsn a aapw ask eS nm h anyone " maa fsoa ngnt S He
would be down here wasting his time #
the other fellow hal all those votes, He
caily reiterated his statement that he
sembiy. Dick Reading. William BEETLE
| Mr.. Derousse,s confidence and ridiculed
the possibility of his defeat.
Nothing was heard Yesterday Ct the
further than the expression Of a general
Somerset has secured the prize already.
apropos Of this same presidency. Of the
Senate. It Is SAID ala tia asa the friends aers ov Of
the way their idol has been taken down
from the PEDESTAL upo which, they. placed
him and rolled around in the dirt like
| the commonest kind of clay. When they
| recall the way in which Foster has been
jollied along by the leaders to suit their
pup honorable bew po ns gave On uP the e bench se
how he was the brains. and genius on the
Repnbiiipa nw she Ss 81 q ne See anv one Sc tbs c c6ief
4 factors in bringing about the present de-
lghtful state of Republican supremacy.
he asked for the nomination for Cover.
nor, to make room for the. king pin. OF
the corporations, and now when he asked
was again thrust aside as though he was
a Rogers, for another fayolite of the
same corporate influence. they are mad
D w H..
This discomfort, the story went on. has
development in a strong element of oppo-
sition which will make itself felt in the
next Legislature. It will take the form
4 Of an ~anti-Sewau an-ti-corporation ele-
ment in the Republican party. lThe. large
and influential Democratic minority of
three, the story goes on to say, are
aware of this state of affairs, n will
I be ready to take ADVANTAGE OF It upon
every opportunity. 1t even went so far
as to Intimate, and in very. soft tones.
too. that the real purpose OF. the dinner
which Senator Daily gave IN Hoboksn
| Senators and the Republican maIcoa,-
tents together n talk over a plan OF
action under tho Senator's highly pol
There was little fuss over the minor
| Offices, The only new developments We're
in the contest over the House Engross-
ling olerkship. and these were FURNISHED
by Mercer, which, by the way, has
about the worst enlarged head in the
self sufficient leaders OF that county are
more Thoroughly saturated than ever
with the idea that they elected Griggs,
and the air OF proprletorshlp which they
assume about the State HouSe Is more
comicai than anything elise.
Mercer now has " candidate for En-
crossing Clerk in the person of Colonel
Lodar. the geftlemanlY- and popular
clerk OF the Windsor Hotel. which for
the past two Years has been, Republican
headquarters. LysandsE Watson, the
zion. does not seem much worried over
the entrance of Colonel Lodar In the
race. He says that Mercer Is making q
harder fight for I9aac Shreive. who up to