The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-25
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PLACEMENTS DAY.
Governor Griggs Receives
Anxious Office Seekers
From hudson.
FOR CIGARETTE FIENDs
Date for the Republican State
State Convention Fixed
Gossip in the
Corridors.
FOR CIGARETTE FIENDs
Special to the jersey Cttu Ne,us.

t0% ~ liz v
nor's room last night was thronged with
citizens from all parts of the State who
dropped in Just to pay their respects,
to the Chief Executive of the State. 1t
was noticed, however. that it took them
a long time to do that simple bit of
courtesy, and when they came out the
faces Of some looked as though they had
had a very pleasant time, while those of
others denoted that they had NOT enjoyed
themselves at all. There were many Jer-
sey City people in the throng. Ex-Judge
John A. Blair and Henry S. White were
among the early arrivals. Mr.. White was
looking after the Circuit Judgeship, which
was offered to Foster Voorhees, year be-
fore last and declined by him.. 1t has been
vacant ever since and the candidates for
the place are legion. It was said by one
gentleman who had a long interview with
the Governor that Judge Blair would
come about as near as anyone to captur-
ing the prize.
Chief Murphy, Colonel Abernethy and
Commissioner West of the Police Departs
ment, also paid their respects to the Cow
ernor- They are interested in the meas
ure which provides for the attaching for
contempt of any witness who refuses to
obey a from any municipal
board. This is intended to reach the case
of Sergeant Kelly of the Greenville sta
ton, against whom grave charges are
pending. and the Commissioners find
themselves powerless to compel recalci-
trant witnesses to appear against him.
Colonel Charles w. Fuller, who wants
to be Prosecutor of Hudson. also kicked
his heels in the anteroom and let all
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the place of Addison Poland, who has
just left the State. Superintendency of
Schools to become assistant superintend-
ent of New York City.
Senator Stokes friends who are urging
him for the place says he will not take
it, as all he wants is to go to Congress.
Foster Voorhees, says Mr.. Stokes is to
be clerk in Chancery, but many people
think that Foster himself will succeed
Allan McDermott.
Emil DATE was another visitor to the
State House. He is worked UP a tri1e
over a bill which Mr.. Cagney introduced
last night, which abolishes the CRY Hall
Commissioners and places the Grove
street monstrosity under the control of
the Aldermen. Mr.. DATE was very much
surprised when told that such a bill had
been introduced, and said he didn't care
a cent about the measure.
John F. Landrine. Street and Water
Commissioner Richard Brown and Will
lam .. Cudlipp appeared before the SEN
ate Committee on Finance in reference
to the building and loan bill. Police Jus.
tice Potts must have had a very pleas
ant interview with the Governor, for
when he came out of the inner apartment
his face was suffused with smiles. His
judicial side partner, Wilbur Mott, was
also in the Governors room and by a
wonderful coincidence a bill was intro
duced which on the face of it authorizes
the appointment Of a deputy police court
clerk. Mr.. Potts explained thai the meas
ure only corrected a clerical error in the
bill of last year and makes the law read
that q clerk can appoint a deputy to take
his place at his expense.
Ex-senator Brinkerhoff came to the
State House to look after Mr.. Fleming's
an~ti-cigarette bill. which is now before
the House. Mr.. Brinkerhoff is counsel for
the Lorillard tobacco works, which has
just about completed an extensive plant
for the manufacture of cigarettes. This
new departure of the Lorillards contem-
plates a great cigarette war. 1t appears
that the American Tobacco Company,
otherwise the Cigarette Trust, made an
agreement with the Lorillards that they
would not manufacture plug. They lave
violated that agreement and the Loril-
lards propose to retaliate by going into
the cigarette business, and a lively battle
is imminent, which will be hailed by the
cigarette fends with ~joy-unless Mr..
Fleming's bill becomes a law.
Robert Gentle, of Elizabeth, Chief Con-
sui of the New Jersey branch of the L,
A. w, and James Tattersall, of Tren.
ton, Secretary "A. D. McCabe and c.. r.
Zacharias were up here looking after Mr..
Francis bill providing for for a bicycle
path from Trenton to Asbury Park. The
bill will be amended SO as to provide for
a definite appropriation and then pass
the enthusiastic bicyclists declare. II it
does an effort will be made to build the
road five wide by May /.
Sussex was very strongly represented
by the Sons of Sussex Of which the
Governor is one, who are interested in
the law judge fight. for which they nave
two candidates. Henry Euston and ]. f.
Conkling, and for H. c. Herrick, who
seeks to be made chief factory inspector.
Delegations representing these three men
called on the Governor early in the af-
ternoon. Essex County sent down a mum
Der of prominent citizens, who appeared
at a hearing late in the afternoon to urge
the passage of the Newark Library bill,
which provides for the erection of a new
library for that city. The principal OBJ
~jections are to a referendum clause
which q number of Senator'S insist on
having attached to the bill because of
the large amount Of money involved, and
it IS argued that the insertion Of this
clause would delay the erection of the
building, which is badly needed. because
it could not be put to a vote Until the
spring of 1897.
Mercer played a very important part in
the corridors. Nearly every politician IN
the county was present in the throng, and
all were pulling strings for ex-sheriff
Skirm and ex-Congressman j. Hart
Brewer for the position of keeper Of the
State Prison. The rumors were altogether
conflicting. Early in the evening it was
given out that the appointment would
not be given to Mercer, but would prob
ably go to South Jersey, and that the tie
was between ex-senator Roe of Glouces-
ter and ex-Congressman Willetts Of Cum
berland. but later in the evening the in
dications pointed to the selection Of ex-
Congressman ]. Hart Brewer.
The call for the Republican State Con-
vention viii be made tomorrow and 1t
will be. for Thursday, April 16. Garrett
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