The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-12-02
FRANK FORTS PLACE
His Friends Say He IS Yet
to BE a Judge of the
Supreme Court.
ABE" W ON DECK.
He Wants to Be journal Clerk Of
the House-State House
Gossip.
B OWE ON DECK.
Spscids to The Jersey 9th Nsars.

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Specaatt % nc Jcrsep cag 1NeatS-
TRENTON, Dec. z, lSs6.-The Repubh-
cans are learning fast and are beginning
70 appreciate the OF that time
nonored democratic institution, dover-
hofs LAY a iarse NUMBER OF Inc ieau-
ers. OLD and new members OF the Legls-
azure ana oInce-seekers' the iat1er lai
IN the as~cendency, gathered IN fhe
corridors OF the state House ana discus
sea Inc situatlon- Inc snuatlon 70
most OF Them appeared 10 pc the sHua-
uon whlcn 1ney Wouid receive When lhe
Leslslature organized ihe most remark
aoie 1ealure OF Inc DAY was the entire
ABSENCE 81 any nneInDer iron Huason- "
rTanA outheriaha was there, however
looking Ior ms oid POSITION OF DIN clerk.
He has held the Office only one year and
| is clearly entitled to another term; but.
40 a,a s.sa xyasfora.x, ~ dc bard ~ +el1
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what the HUDSON delegation will do.
Without the endorsement of ones county
81 ss na- ~ yrra.s.,,Ia ~ ,otta,n orr
~ 0'a a"s
ONCE from the Legislature.
The Governor furnished the throng
snuethipc 10 talk aho,,t eaylu IN tha sas-
49, -s.S..~-.N S-s4IA {.
SION py announcing tine appointment Oh
j.. Frank Fort as Judge of the Essex
cos,ntv Ca,,rt rba anna+man
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stoned more surprise 1nan anything else,
and some of the uTinftiated wondered
| whether Mr.. Fort would accent ii. Since
he sn,aaa .rsorvat A H,bart Via 4,ras;aan+
~ l
as he permits his friends to claim for
| him. an impression made mostly by his
avn banahast;e manner n was penarallxy
sss 49, - -
snpposeo inal iiolinss lorl VI q seat
| on the Supreme Court Bench, preferably
l fh1f - fhr Tlfof T.1f;oarl,,S xIor ~ a ~
WOW .o,nroa,s,,r.+a ,ui+h M Eovt,s aha
80 -, 80.
ny Those VINO uid not know the snail
| lowness of the great spelIbinder said that
| on no consideration would Mr.. Fort ac-
- - - 1870. -
oept Sucn Ii neiio posiAoa' az Ple-
dicted an open rupture befWeen the Vice
| President maker and the Governor. But
tbey Ala not tnouy ubot 4bay wsra +arL-
I'M ahn,,t Thnv did not Enow that M
/ Fort who was q M fair LAWYER two
| or three wears ago. was now enjoying a
lucrative practice, much OF which came
I'd him from the Governor or that the
| Governor had a sort Of cinch on the
Newark spellhinder. Those who knew
these things were not surprised, there
fore, when Secretary futile carried Mr.
Forts commission upstairs to the room
/ OF the Court OF ErrOrS and Appeals, where
Mr.. Fort was holding the learned Judges
| spellbOund by his eloquence, and laid the
document before him that Mr. Fort
smiled and accepted the place
When this wonder that Mr.. Fort would
take such an inferior position began 70
planning why he had taken such an In
ferior position. They said that the Gov
ernor had persuaded him to accept and
fiji the position until the Legislature met
| In order to choke off the army of hungry
! oficeseekers who were ciamoring for the
| position, and that when the Legislature
met and the Governor had had time to
| look the field oyer undisturbed. MI. Fort
would ibe given the seat on the Supreme
| bench now occupied by Bennet Van
Eyckel ana another man would be Judge
az Essev
Mnch of 4he excitement Of antf-organj-
1af;on 40 We Is manfing on account a. the
renS nna-siIsdnas If the CONFESS for
49, eaaaIe e rSiedhin og Passair- Tones
sPea aa 1 ~ H. % a aS Z 49,
" " IIssSSSs ana - So - NJ Maonhar
- = = Nxarcar TTs1aas 81 Rn-5i1pren
son, OIL Msleet. ssaalss, ,5 .aathessb
alone rsluSea - 49, MsuN. - 1870 : ~ ~
ne acknoWleogeu lIlal tlle aosslcs u a.ls
osneT me- y ! .aov y hat4sr ~
Of MI. MacpnersO son, s so n ILL., oale ca,,n ~
ed in the caucus; ME- Wlldes IS PLAYING
the old gold brick game Tor a good COM
mittee, but the brick has been 50 long In
use that the plate Is worn on, and every
4 body to whom it is offered can plainly see
ne sA 6aSe lower mesar; Of ocean, who made an
=unsnr,ahle i REPUTATION sgs nd0am,t for n ni% RsiIroaa &c
4 and Canals last session, was around look
| ing for anything In sight. ABE was
not reelected this fall Even the hide
bohnd Republicans of Ocean could moi
/ nominated and elected in his place. An
last summer ABE who vas wise enough saaa
| less, announced himself as a candidate
! for clerk. Yesterday he changed and APP
| peared as candidate for Journal Clerk.
terry. "Abe" went to Mr.. Clark ana tried
4 10 persuade Aim TO mention MS name IN