The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-07

WORRYING VOORHEES,.
Office Seekers Give the
Acting Governor No
Peace.
GEORGE GOULD IN POLITICS :
Senatorial Bee Said to Be BuzziDg
in the Young Million
aires Bonnet.
Especial to ..The Jersey city News.nl

night oil just now trying to keep up
with ais numerous duties. He gets very
little chance to consider the numerous
bills that need his autograph, because
his entire time is consumed listening to
the numerous tales that the several hun
dred place hunters bring TO him.
He averages a hundred callers every
day when he is at the State House. The
only time that he gets a. chance to do
any work is late at night in his Eliza
beth office, when he locks himself up and
shuts off the telephone.
The Governors appointments are not
many, but they are bringing him lots of
trouble, because of the numerous candi-
dates. 1t was figured out the other day
that for the one Office of chief of the
Bureau of Labor and Industries there
are thirty-four candidates, and they are
hustling for the place.
For the places on the State Board of
Arbitration and factory inspectors there
are several hundred altogether, and SUCH
a multitude of office seekers makes it
very embarrassing for a mar of Cover
nor Voorhees, sunny temperament.
There is nothing to indicate who Will
be made the chief of the Bureau of La
Dor and Industries. The Governor is
firmly of the opinion that it ought to
go to some persons directly connected
with the industries of the State.
While there are a number OF candidates
there are not many who are both conf
petent and connected with the labor or
CARNATIONS. The appointment. no mat
ter who gets it, will go to one of the
larger counties-either Essex, Union or
Hudson.
The newspaper men of the State
through a committee, presented to the
Governor a strong petition signed by
seventy-four editors and newspaper writ
ers urging the appointment of William B..
Sharp of Trenton. He has the strongest
Endorsement of all the candidates, and if
he does not make it it will be because the
pressure from the larger counties was
too strong.
The Governor has for several weeks
been quietly conducting IN investiga-
ton on his own hook of the management
of the Girls Industrial school, just out
side of Trenton. There has been trouble
there for some months, and the officers
| save not been dwelling together in peace
and unity.
The Governor decided to take old of
it himself and restore order, and he is
gradually getting it. The institution
| seems to need more discipline among the
teachers and the girls.
Al effort will be made to wind up the
| session before the ides of April. The
subject of final adjournment will be
taken up at a joint meeting, to be held
| on Wednesday,. Outside of fixing UP the
| appropriation bills, there is little or moth
ing to be done.
The big bills introduced by the, special
| commissions are to be put through at
once. The work of the commissions will
be accepted as final and the Legislature
will not attempt to improve on them.
There will be no session on Tuesday,
because the township elections TAX
| place throughout the State, and the rural
members are expected to go home and
vote. A few take this trouble, but the
majority of the members stay around
Trenton and enjoy themselves.
Business is suspended because 1t is not
considered fair to do any business in the
| absence of the country members. The
work this week will be curtailed on ac-
count of this holiday and the scant Show
ing at the Monday night session.
The outlook now is that there will be
less laws enacted this session than ever
before in the history of the State. The
number will be considerably less than
two hun bred.
! There is some ak now of George ].
Gould, who lives at Lakewood, going into
New Jersey politics.. 1t has peen hlnted
from time to time that he would like to
be a Senator, and denied just as frequent
ly. Mr.. Gould has taken particular pains
to impress the people IN his end OF the
State that he is an everyday sort or q
| chap. full of energy and public spirit.
Mr.. Gould served on the United States
Grand Jury. and very much enjoyed his
| experience. During the past week he in
| vited Judge Kirkpatrick, District Attor-
| ney J. Kearny Rice and other officers of
the court to spend the day with him and
gave them an elegant collation. at his
Lakewood home. He invited some OF his
neighbors to join the party. and those
who will watch the way the political
straws bend begin to discern that the
| young millionaire is ~cultivating a few
bees under his hat.
A prominent politician of Ocean county
volunteered the information n a II Mr..
| Gould wanted the nomination for Senator
that there was no doubt but what he
| could have it, because he is becoming very
| popular among the plain country folk of
| the pine land. and his large expenditures
have lone much to improve that part of
the State.
The outlook is very bad for an appro-
priation for the Omaha Exposition. It
| appropriated s20,0e0 for. a building at the
| exposition. When it was found hat the
| State would need so much money this
year for State Institutions, conditions
were compromised and the commission
| were satisfied to take $10,000.
The matter was discussed on Thursday
| night by the Committee for the Appropri-
| alton, and they reached the conclusion
| that in view Of the demands made for the
State hospitals, and the Railway Refor-
nlatory, the Omaha Exposition could not
be patroniZed by the special appropria-
ton.
This will be a great disappointment,
for New Jersey is going to make a very
| favorable showing at this exposition, and
many exhibitors secured space on the
| presumption that the State would appro-
| pirate money for a building.
The action of the committee. however,
is not final. The New Jersey Commits
sion to the Omaha Exposition is a very
| strong one and influential. and it is prob
able that they ma be able to pull a wire
| help them out. Unless they do the spread
| that New Jersey was going to make will
be curtailed considerably.
In the House of Assembly the two most
conspicuous figures are David Ogden
Wafisins of Gloucester county and Henry
| conspieuousness is not due. as a glance
at their pictures might suggest, to the
|. badness of their heads, but to the fact
! that they are speaker and leader, respec-
lively.
In passing. it is worthy Of note, how
ever. that both gentlemen are very bald
balde than Badly" Kitson or any of
the other hairless p-ersonages hereabouts.
But these ~baldpated statesmen are very
1 genial fellows, and they make up in a
dozen different ways for their unadorned
heads.
friends. In addition to being bald and
T.. w.ferS both gpntlamen are bachelors.