The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-03
A Paterson Man Appointed
Assistant Custodian of
the State House.
FLOOD OF HOBART BUTTONS
Ex-senator Large Somewhat
Doubtful About Taking the
Equal Taxation Commits
sionership.
FLOOD OF HOBART BUTTONS
Special to the JERSEY City Neaus.

| Special to the JERSEY City Nelrs.
! TRENTON. June 8, 1S96.-There was a
most decided Hobart atmosphere about
| the State House yesterday. Young MIR.
Hobart Tuttle, the Governors Private
/ Secretary, brought with him pocketful
| OF buttons, bearing an excellent counter
felt OF the great man of Passaic and a
| legend to the effect that Mr.. Hobart was
| the choice of New Jersey for the Vice
Presidential nomination at ST. Louis
| Everyone, except a few Democrats who
were present, put them on. The presence
| OF SO many evidences of Mr. Hobart s
| candidacy opened a discussion as to the
probability of his securing the prize 1t
was somewhat remarkable to observe
| tnat Notwithstanding all that has\ been
said i'm the Republican prints of the
clnch' that the great water monopolist
had on the nomination that all the
shrewd Republicans who We're present
smiled and winked the other eye when
they spoke of the matter. They all seem
4 ed to think that Mr.. Hobart had about as
much chance of securing the nomination
| as he had of becoming King of the Can
nfbal Islands. They all thought that
| the Governor was playing for Senator
| Smiths place. Nevertheless there was a
great deal of Hobart talk in the corri-
doris among the simple-rMnded of the
rank and file, and Mckinley and Ho-
! BART were rolled about in the mouth
| of the gufleless like sweet morsel Sem
ator William D. Daily was at the State
House for the first time in two months.
He returned from the Hot Springs Mon
day night and came to Trenton the first
thing yesterday morning to attend the
! opening of the Supreme Court He is
one of the examiners for attorneys IL
censes, and he also came down to look
after the examination fer admission to
the bar, which will take place ON Friday
Mr.. Daily was looking much better than
he did at the close OF the session. He
overworked himself during the session
and was on the border of nervous pros
tration when his physicians demanded
that he should so away and take absolute
rest. Accordingly two months ago he
went to the Arkansas Springs, where he
underwent the treatment there prescrib-
ed. He has returned much benefited and
ready for work again. Mr. Daily said that
he was much surprised at the prevalence
of the silver sentiment in the West 1t
was to be met with on all sides and
the great majority seemed to be in favor
Of the coinage Of silver. This sentiment,
the Senator said, was not confined to
any one political party, but that those of
all shades. of political belief were favor
able to silver coinage in some form or
would experience much trouble over the
question at their convention. Mr.. DAILY
was heartily greeted by all in the COR
ana was sned fne lion o Of ht The day.
day. With the signing of these two bills
the Governor disposes of the large num-
islature. The last two bills to be signed
were Senate No. 23O, which provides for
the appointment of three Sinking Fund
yeaps S Bear Tor o the 5er Of three
ties having bonded debt and House
No; 2Ss, which requires all surety COM
panles 70 report annually all premiums
received and a tax of per Gent. on the
gross amount SO reported. This exempts
from taxation under the insurance laws
The State House Commissioners met in
show how much faith was to be placed
in the Republican elamor for economy
stock of the Governor and his great pre-
tensions in the same line. When Cap
tain Burton was summarily bounced from
the State House the Commission came
out with a great blare of trumpets that
the Governor had announced that the
would not be filled again. How much
stock the Republican rank and file took
in this declaration of the Chief Executive
was demonstrated by the grand scramble
which Immediately set in for the office.
From Ocean, Morris, Salem and almost
every ether county candidates appeared
Gerry hoa pach Wes ah dea al hSfea
position, a good salary and nothing to do
but strut around the corridors and i'm
pogt Of the wiph TbeT e ba
sieged the Governor, worked their SEN
ator, ard members and got their
eaders moae to 90 in 0oa and ana eoqnay
the Governor If there was anyone
foolish enough to imagine that the Re-
lestations Of honesty ard regard for
economy in public expenditures they were
cured Of their infatuation yesterday wnen
None are more disgusted over this ac-
tion than the disappointed seekers for the
can't find words strong enough to express
their contempt for their Governor. To
protestation m s @ about the public bic coed s'i and
Selecting the best men for positions and
those whose appointments would be Of
turn m around and appoint one of II his i'ov1n own
private henchmen from Paterson
The SELECTION wi will nc no doubt be graft
the South Jersey Republicans, who are
apparently useful only for psling up Re-
publican maJoritieS, are much wrought
Up over it, Assenlblyman Austin, Of
Cumberland and Assemblyman Lower,
Of Ocean, We're candidates for the place
and they are turned down with such
dull thud that they feel resentful B1r-
lington and Salem counties also had
candidate for the place and the impress
sion prevailed that the plum was to fall
into the lap of some South Jersey work
err as Custodian Bonnell halls from New
ark.
sfThis administration appears to be
Loo.
Jersey has the only capable Republicans
for office and South Jerseymen are sim
ply useful on election day., said one
worthy worker after hearing of the selec-
tion of the Patersonian. The most char
table thing to do is to drop the curtain
upon the scene.
Mr.. Martin j. Roll of Springfield whose
Assembly chamber in defense Of the
called it. was in the throng as loud as
ever. He was very much down on Hud-
son and Jersey City for their action on
The question of equal taxation. This was
caused by the presence of ex-senator
Large, of Hunterdon, and General Rus
ling, of Mercer, two of the members Of
the Governors Commission. to enquire
Senator Large says he has not made IN
his mind YET whether he will accept the
position or not, he has been somewhat
disturbed over the criticism the commits
sion has received on all sides.
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