The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30
STATE SENATE CHANGES.
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COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN.

$50. rv,,,p,e 20 Ne clerk OF the Senate
80 clerk Kenyon ts Ne. Made Secretary
Ar the Raiirond Commission in Place 81 ne
Rree,t, the Democrat who Hnn h,eid Over.
A dozen or moro up-country Republicans have
brcn at the Fifth Avenue and other hotels for
the Iast two days, and more came last night.
Nav y, tho visitors were Republican Senators
and Assembly men. inc hepuohcen SENATORS
arc greatly interested in the successorship to
tho late Joseph Mullin OF Jefferson as Chairman
~ the sepate Finance ommitt Mr.. Mullin
d,od late in the summer. and ut o special cleo
| tion Elon r.. Brown was elected for the unex-
nircd term. Mr.. Browns friends have been
In New York for q day or so. declaring that he
was not only elected to Mr.. Mullins scat az
senator. but practically to Mr.. Mullins places
on tho Senate committees, and especially do
Mr.. Browns friends proclaim that he should
succeed to Mr.. Mullins place as Chairman Of
the Finance ommitt Republican Senators
who were In town at the Fifth Avenue Hotel
Inst night said that any such aspirations on the
part of Mr.. Brown were the veriest nonsense.
| and that he should prevent, IL possible, his
| friends from putting him in o ridiculous light
before tho State Senate.
II was said by those who had looked over the
situation that 1t looked very much az IL Senator
Frank wayland Higgins Of Cattaraugus or
Senator Cornelius r. Parsons Of Monroe would
succeed to Mr.. Mullins place as Chairman Of
tho Finance Committee. Others thought that
Senator Timothy Edwards Ellsworth of Orleans
would be tho man. He is second on the Finance
Committed, and his friends believe that he Is
entitled I. the promotion. 1t was said by
others that the place belonged to Senator
Parsons because of his long service In
the Senate. He has been q member
of tho upper house at Albany since
1892. To this the friends of Senator Henry ].
Coggeshall of Oneida took exception, for the
the tSeT place see on tho ground Of long nla seryice Senator
Coggeshall is certainly entitled to the place. He
sinse s fssG. Senator 81 aho qHRiPsfi hq Sas b sSnsln IN SsS
York and so has Senator Coggeshall. The ques-
who 10 tho Republican leader of tho majority.
leader as W IL as the duties of Chairman Of the
steam engine for work. and his friends would
like to see him succeed to Mr.. Mullins place.
Senator Cantor, tho leader Of the Democratic
fur fly at Albany this winter. The foreqoing
statement came from Senator Cantor's friends
last night. He is to introduce all sorts of bills
attacking the Republican policies. and. it was
Senate. but the large Democratic minority in
the Assembly Is to be used to the best advan-
s wifi ha Te1 2 ersit %ueS Or to t5G do Df in etsrm 81 AlSa sRS
selection of the new Chairman OF the Finance
The time is at hand when Charles R. De
Freest Of Troy. Secretary to the Board Of Rail-
road Commissioners is to be retired. Mr.. De
years. during which time he has taken no active
part in the affairs of his party. He was for a
number of years Secretary of the Democratic
State Committee. All hands, Republicans and
Democrats. said last night that Mr.. Dc Freest
had made a tirst-rate Secretary to the Railroad
pose now to %supplant him with John s. Kenyon
Of Syracuse. Secretary Of the Republican State
Committee. and for several years Clerk Of
tho Senate. MT. KENYON iS n strong HiScOCk-
Hendricks man. The salary is $4,000. Ex-
Assemblyman James 8. Whipple of CattarauRus
is to succeed Mr.. Kenyon as Clerk of the Senate.
The friends of Charles A. Ball of Wellsville. who
has been Assistant Clerk under Mr.. Kenyon,
have put him forward as o candidate for Clerk,
but last night it was made known that Mr..
Whipple 10 to be the fortunate one.