The Jersey City news., 1898-07-14
ESSEX WORRIES GOVERNOR.
Republican Leaders Cannot
Agree on a Candidate
for Deputy Factory
Inspector.
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TRENTON July a. 1898. Governor
Voorhees, is having no end of trouble over
the appointment of six deputy inspectors
of factories and workshops for the State,
TO succeed the present Democratic ineum-
bents. The places only pay $1,000 year,
but there are upwards of 800 applicants.
The Governor has made UP his mind as TO
five of the deputies. but he is being held
up by Essex county, where there is great
division in the Republican ranks over the
appointment of successor to Patrick
Callan, the Democrat now filing the
office.
Supreme Court Clerk William Riker is
vigorously backing Ludlow B. Clark,
plumber of Orange, and ne has succeeded
in bringing several of the leaders around
to thinking his way. Judge ] Frank
Fort has a candidate In the person of Fer
dinand Coyne for several years Town
Committeeman of East Orange; Colonel
Fl. A. oPtter wants John Mum, an Orange
grocer, named, while Elisha B. Gaddis
thinks Adam Kraushaar, Deputy Jail
Warden and ex-Freeholder. Is just the
man for the job. Former Assemblyman
David e. Benedict of Newark has been
an aggressive candidate for the place for
several months. and he Is said to have the
hacking of Major Carl Lentz. John Ash
man, who has just retired from the en-
ploy of the Board of Works of Newark,
is the choice of the Essex County Repub
lican Society and Colonel George P. Oh
cott is said to have a man who can just
fill the bill This is about all the candi-
dates Of any prominance from Essex.bu
this is enough to make it very unpleasant
for the Governor.
The County Committee wing of the or
ganization, fearing that the Governor was
going to appoint Kraushaar started in
a few days ago to pull every possible
wire to beat Gaddis' candidate. 1t was
agreed that the Governor would be guild
ed more by what Senator Ketcham might
have to say on the subject than by any
other influence. and Mr. Ketcham was APP
pealed to- But the task was too much
for him. He promised to come to Trenton
yesterday and straighten the matter out,
and bright and early an Essex delegation
was on hand to accompany the Senator
when he went to see the Governor. There
were present Clerk Riker, Major Lentz
and Assemblymen Porter, Dawson and
Fairchild, but the Senator failed to mater
ialize and along in the afternoon he tele-
graphed the Governor that it would be
impossible for him to get there. Then the
Assemblymen left for their homes.
About o'clock Major Lentz, Mr.. Riker
and the Governor had long conference
in the Governors irenr sanetum, but
nothing definite was done in regard to
the deputyship. The Essex gentlemen re-
fused to come to the Governors terms,
and the Governor declined to make any
promise as to what he would do. After
the conference the Governor met Major
Lentz in one Of the outer Offices and said
to him
ssee here, Major, what have you got
against John Ashman for the placer"
II have nothing to say against him, .
replied the county chairman.
We'll, there's one man you have Moth
ing to say against, quickly retorted his
Excellency. Now. why wouldn't he be
satisfactory compromise candidate?'
81 have already stated where l stand
in the matter, responded Major Lentz.
Essex ought to get together and unite
on some one of these men" said the Gov
ernor. Il think you ought to be able to
agree upon Ashman; nobody has anything
to say against him and he has plenty of
Endorsements
But the Major refrained from expressing
any further opinion. He does not want
Ashman appointed because of the latter's
connection with the county society
Strange enough, DR.. H. c. H. Herold, the
Majors old political rival, who is at the
head of the county society, is not in favor
of Ashman either Ashman was formerly
a member of the Lentz wing. then he be-
came affihated with the Herold side, and
he is now said to be between the two
From what can be gathered by the Gov
ernor's attitude in the matter, Ashman
seems to now have the inside track for
the place.