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NSULIEDASENATOR
Secretary Frey's Criticism
Of Mr.. Braun's Pass
Action Severely Con-
demned.
GINDER BREAKS OUT AGAIN
Plan to Make the Naval Reserves
Subordinate to the Military
Establishment.
Especial to ..rhe Jersey City News."l

TRENTON, Jan. 10, 1SsS.-"What man
ner of Legislature is this going to peF
is the ~conundrum which is puzzling the
brains of the State House quid nuncs just
now. 1t is perhaps the only Legislature
i'm late days that has gone home at the
end of the second week with only hfteen
bills in the House and less than thirty
in the Senate. 1t is that phase OF the
case which causes those who pretend TO
be acquainted with the conduct of afralrs
to think. They do not know whether II
portends a short session or the ordinary
sitting. with only a small amount OF laws
exacted.
Governor Griggs has evidently received
a tip that he is bound to be in the
Cabinet. He told a committee of news
paper men that waited upon him to m
vite him to attend the dinner which the
correspondents propose to give Senator
VOORHEES, when he assumes the duties OF
Governor, that he expected to bid fare
well to Trenton as Chief Executive next
Tuesday and that some day prior to that
set for the dinner would be more accept
able to him. Accordingly, Tuesday was
fixed as the day for the dinner and the ar
rangements are about completed. 1t will
take place in the large banquet hall OF
the Trenton House and will be confined
exclusively to the working newspapermen
of the State. Alex Mclean, OF the
Evening Journal of Jersey, CITY, WI
nature which has made the annual din
ner of the New Jersey Legislative Cor
respondents Club so famous.
There came very near being a scene IN
the Senate yesterday morning and was
averted alone by the modesty of Christian
Braun. the new Democratic Senator from
paCcnfa NJ N dfn fh fact mar
the avs of New Jersey compel the rail-
road companies to furnish the members
OF the Legislature and certain State
officials free transportation and that
every pass which a member of the Legls-
lature receives is his by right and not by
the courtesy of any railroad: Mr.. Braun
editor. Frey. whom General Sewell forced
upon the Senate for clerk. thought 0
show his gratitude to his master, by a
scurrilous attack upon Senator Braun in
his Camden newspaper. The Senators.
without respect to party, rowned upon
this. They looked upon such criticism
of a Senator by an officer of the Senate
as the worst kind of Senatorial discount
esq. without regard to his lack of good
taste and ungentlemanliness. Mr. Daily
strongly resented Mr.. Frey's lack OF
decency and prepared a resolution calling
the attention of the Senate TO the episode
and censuring Frey. When Mr.. Braun
heard of this he FASTENED over to MIR.
Days desk and requested him to take
no action, as he did not care to cause any
disturbance. 1t was only at Mr.. Braun's
earnest solicitation that senator Daily re-
Trained from introducing his resolution.
Governor Griggs said yesterday that he
would not appoint George NJ. Thompson
succeed Commander Jacques. resigned.
The reserves, he thought. should be
merged with the National Guard. the
Battalion of the East going into the First
Brigade. and that of the west into the
Second Brigade. He intimated. too, that
he would leave the task of promulgating
Al order to that effect to President Voor-
hees when the latter becomes Acting
Ga-ernar and Commander-in-Chief of the
National Guard.
Senator Voorhees, as Acting Governor
will r%eappoint Hobart futile as private
secretary. Mr.. Voorhees, has not deter
mined upon his personal staff, but may
reappoint several of the present members.
Senator VOORHEES, has an idea that the
staff of the commander-in-chief should be
men of military bearing. and for that
reason he intimates that it would be well
Senator Eng1e. chairman of the Com
mittee on Railroads and Canals, intro
duced a bill to validate certain sales OF
mortgaged premises made by the Erie
Railroad. The act stipulates that the sale
shall be validated only where ordered by
the Federal courts.
DR.. Henry F. Rue of Hoboken as a mem
Der of the State Board of Health to sue
coed Prof. A.. R. Leeds, Phi D.. also of
Hoboken. DR.. Rue is an old Mercer
county boy, who has been practicing
medicine in Hoboken for the past fifteen
years. He is a Republican and a brother
of ex-Assemblyman A. Judson Rue. He
is a member of the Board of Education
Of Hoboken, having been appointed by
Mayor Pagan.
Unparlianentary language and epithets
unfit for publication uttered in a loud
voice, drew a crowd to Speaker Watkins
room after the adjournment yesterday.
The Honorable John Ginder. Street Com
missioner of Trenton and an ex-member
of the House, whose general department
while in the Senate won for him the
s~obrlquet of Ginger" was the fountain
head of all this vocal racket John as
sumes TO be quite a Republican leader in
Trenton and he was laying OUT one OF
any kind of position without first con
sulting him.. A Pycraft was the Offend
Ing gent" The Engressing Clerk of the
House has to have more help than the
State will pay for and on Monday he
began to make inquiries about the avail
ability of Trenton men for that purpose;
Pycraft heard of his wants, applied and
on the early bird principle, captured the
job.
Now. Pycraft has a position in the
Trenton city government which pays him
81. 200 a year, and when some other good
Republicans who are out of work and to
whom the job in the Engrossing Clerks
heard of AIS manoeuvres they got
mad. They kicked to Ginder. and inn
mediately all the ginger in the ex-As-
semblyman began to boil. Followed BY
three or four of the faithful he rushsd
over to the State House ito call Pycraft
down. The offender was encountered in
the Speakers room and away went
Gjnder. He told Pycraft what he thought
of a man who would take the bread and
butter out of the mouths of better Re
publicans han he ever thought of being"
Pycraft said some things in return and
the atmosphere in that region was soon
very ~sulphurous. The Speaker finally
came around and cleared out Ginder and
his followers.
There was a lively time at a meeting of
the Stationery Committee, held yesterday,
over the contract for stationery supplies
for the session. Former Assemblyman
Charles B. Duncan of Newark and Mat
tnias Plum were among those who were
looking for the contract. The fight be-
came so warm that the committee decided
faat the contract shall be awarded to
the lowest bidder.
The Proseeutorship for Mercer county
Is still a bone for contention. It now
looks as if the appointment will go over
10 the new Governor. Mr.. voorhees,.
Sill however, ii Senator Skirm takes
fhe bull by the horns by announcing his
choice on Monday night, Governor Griggs
rgaF taFe action before he goes out of
osIiee. Prosecutor S~tockton's term ex-
pires on February Z.
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