The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-19
TEE TRENTON lEe1s1ArURE
Adiournsa Ter the week AFTER the Senate Cen
Arms . Lot or Appointments.


Arms . Lot or Appointments
TRKzToN, n. j., Jan. 1s.-The Icgislaturo!at
noon to-day adjourned for the week for lack of
work. The Senate. in executive session this
morning, confirmed tho following nominations:
WrliamH.V redenburgh Of Monmouth county as
Judge of the Court of Errors and Appeals; John
A. Blair, Judge of the Court Of Common Pleas
Of Hudson county to succeed Robert 8. Huds-
peth; James S. Erwin, to succeed Charles II.
Winfield as Prosecutor of the Pleas In Hudson
county; George NJ. Shipman. Judge Of Warren
county Court Of Common Pleas; Abel !. Smith,
Judge Of the Hoboken City District Court;
John J. Tofey, Port Warden Of Hudson county
John L. Swayze, Prosecutor of Sussex county;
David Zabriskie. Judge Of the Bergen county
Court Of Common Pleas; James b. Woodward
OF Bordentown, member Of the State Board of
Education; Lewis Parker and Ephraim r. Cook
Of Trenton, Trustees Of the Industrial School for
Girls; Joseph Rice of Trenton, Manager of the
State Hospital for tho Insane at Trenton; Emily
8. Williamson of Elizabeth and Charles H.. An
derson Of Cumberland county Managers of the
The Governor to-day sent to the Senate tho
nominations of ex-senator Benjamin A. Vail Of
Railway to be Judge Of the Union county Court
once, in accordance with the custom. which
holds that q man who Is good enough to have
been,a Senator's all right, and no Investigation
NicholasC. j. English Of Elizabeth to be Prose.
cutor of the Pleas of Union county; Allen b.
Endicott. Judge Of Atlantic county Court of
Common Pleas; Joseph:E. +. Abbott. Prosecutor
Of Atlantic county; James NJ. Parsons OF New
Brunswick.:and Gervas Ely, to be trustees of the
Boys Reform School at Jamesburg.
Tho Democratic Senators held a caucus this
morning to consider the appointment Of Joseph
ager Of the Trenton Hospital. Xyeer ago
they opposed his confirmation because ne was
a~,sound.money Democratsin.the Mckinley cam
paign. This morning Senator Barber of Warren
county renewed his opposition. but Senator
DAILY of Hudson. who is the head Of the
had opposed Rice's confirmation last year, and
inucded Senator Barber to Withdraw his oppo-
sition. Senator DAILY Is seeking the Democratic
nomination for Governor.
would probably be tho last day on which ho
would appear at Trenton as Governor. He
thinks Attorney General Mckenna will be con
hrmed as a Justice of the United States SUI
nation to be Attorney General will be sent to
the Senate by President Mckinley at once and
be confirmed by next Monday. Next Tuesday
evening the newspaper reporters aud corTespon:
dents are 70 give . dfnner 10 Gov. Grisgs and
guests will be only Senator Sewell, Speaker Wat
kins. President pro tenn Skirm and Capt. Hobart
futile, the Governors private secretary.
The special committee to investigate Hudson
county held a meeting meeting g q noon and 1S. chose As
can leader. Later the committee held a long
conference with Gov. GriRgs and obtained in
formation upon which the Governor based his
recommendation for an investigation. Messrs.
TO walt upon William II. Corbin and request
him to act AZ counsel to the committee, which
will meet In Trenton on Thuraday afternoon to
arrange tho preliminartes of tho inquiry.