The sun., 1896-02-03
THEY ALL WANT OFFICES.
COZ. GRIGGs HAS 20 PLACES AND
THO USANDS OF APPLICANTS

COZ. GRIGGS MAS 20 PLACES AND
THO USANDS OF APPLICAyT
LeeisIntivc Biocksd TO Be Raised To-day
Ants-raco Track Crusader. Pushing
the Constitutional Amendment Prohib.
iting Any Laws Lekniizine Raeins.
TRENTON, Feb 2.-To-morrow or Tuesday 10
10 expected that Senator voorhees's bill to aim.
plify the form Of bills and n numberin OF laws
Will pass the Assembly and open the blockade
against legislation. Tho law is to TO into imme-
diate effect, and to proceed with legislation with
1t pending would make 1t necessary TO reprint
and reengross all bills acted upon, but not ap.
proved by the Governor before the approval of
the voorhees, bill. 1t was suggested that the
bill be changed to mako 1t operative next year.
in order that the work OF the present session
might not DO delayed. but Senator Voorhees,
thought the reform should be effected now, and
that course was adopted.
Because Of the Voorhees, bill, q number OF
measures, including some Of Importance, hays
been held back
Tomorrow afternoon Gov. Griggs will begin
his second weekly seance with the offlce cehoders.
These are likely to continue as long rs thero IN
an office to be filed. The Governor has said
that he does not consider II his duty to hurry
the appointments in order to avoid the impor.
tunities Of office seekers and that he will Give
to every applicant n hearing before filling the
Office for which he Is n candidate The number
OF offices which the Governor can fill this year
is just forty-nine, and the number of applicants
runs into the hundreds. Tho offices range
from q Supreme Court Judge to succeed
Justice Dixon, with a salary OF $4,000,
down to manager of State institutions.
who served without salary and at some
expense to themselves. There arc about .
dozen offices in that class. leaving less than
forty positions OF profit. Nothing like the
swarm OF Republican Office seekers who wore
here last week has over been seen here before.
At one time on Tuesday there wero nearly q
hundred OF them waiting in the Executive
Chamber for an opportunity to speak to the
Governor. Among the applicants arc mon who
have not been heard Of in politics in score Of
years, and others who have nevcr done work
for the party nut all want office in this ora Of
promised reform. The places most sought after
are the prison keepership and tho CHIEF in.
which nearly every county has at least ono ap.
plcant For the prison keepership the list in
ators As.smhymen aad snasDss ssAssemsiynsn,
sxshers an and those Of less degrees while hS
Assemblymen and ex:A ssem bymen
he b Tep9rt Ate last week that race.
would be ntrodueed during the h" session @ sw had no
basis, so far as can be learned. beyond the
o' rss
excite the Rev. DR.. Kempshall. President Of the
Citizens League and leader Of the ant: i:raoe.
track crusade in recent years. He has induced
Senator Voorhees, to promise to Introduce o
resolution this week recommittinR the Legisla-
ture against race track legislation and an effort
will be made to have the Legislature adopt
the Constitutional amendment that was
adopted last year prohibiting such legislation.
The proposed amendmen mt Is one of a umber
including one reorganizinR the higher courts
and abolishng the lay Judges therein. Tho
proposed constitution OF the Court of Errors and
Appeals is not satisfactory to many lawyers
who prefer a court made of Judges who hear no
other causes but those aDpeal. An
is being made to agree upon an amendment sat-
isfactory to all. and delay submission to the
people until next year In order that all might
ne voted upon then; but the race track agita-
tion may induce action this year the amend.
ments to which there Is no opposition, and
thereby postpone the reformation of the courts
for five years.