The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-01-18
DULL AND DRY.
Last Nights Scenes at Tren-
ton the Tamest in Leg
islative Experience.
MR.. JAMES GORDON FOR JUDGE
Prominent Hudson Lawyers
Support Him for Prosecutor
Erwin's Seat on the Bench.
TRANS FAIR BOON
Important Bills Introduced-Equal
Taxation and Assessment Re-
form-Railroad Commission.
TRANS MIsSIssIPPI FAIR BOON
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Especial to s.The Jersey City Nevs.'l
TRENTON, Jan. is, 1Sss.-It has seldom
occurred in the history of the New Jersey
Legislature that there has been sueh d
dull Monday evening as that of last night
Not only was the usual crowd OF spec
tators absent but neither House trans
acted any business and both adjourned
before the echoes of the presiding of1lcers
gavels. which called the Senate n AS
sembly to order, had died away. The IN
dications of a dull evening were apparent
early in the afternoon. The hotels were
practically deserted and the State House
was as bare of statesmen and legislators
as on a day in midsummer. Even the
new member. who likes to come mere
early Monday afternoon, sit in his seat
and dream of the speeches and reputa-
tons he is going to make, was as scarce
az hens teeth. The trains continued to
arrive. but brought neither members
delegations or office seekers TO any sreat
extent. A bluer set of men thar the holei
keepers have seldom been seen IN lreh-
ton. The galleries alone presented them
wonted appearance. The fair ana hckie
portion of Trenton which appiauu d
Democrat one minute and clap their
nretty hands the next for his Republican
~opponent. were out in force. Their gar
lerv was crowded to overlooking ana
ynanv had to stand and pout during the
brief time the Houses were IN SESSION.
ON the other side of the big oak par
tition the male portion of the ~lnhapleahis'
without regard to race, color, creed' OF
nrevious condition of ~servitude, sat and
slept until the doorkeepers put them out
There was a large and influential oele-
CATION consisting of George L. RECORD
Otto Grouse and Charles r. Carrick. VINO
sat a long time in the Governor Out
chamber looking wise and saying pue
little. They were evidently here on very
imnortant business, for when asked what
induced them to take such a long ana
wearisome journey they looked wiser ana
answered not. When Sam Gordon, tne
Chesterheldian colored gentleman WIZ ~
guards the Governors door and usners ~
visitors. informed them with onG u antar
they passed into the presence OF tnSS
~ountain head of political honesty anu
virtue, salaamed as became ench
Democrats in the presence OF some Sucu
goodness and light, and made known theil
humble petition. -
Mr. Record was spokesman and IN
FORMED HIS EXECUTIVE Illus iAot ASJ
to request him to appoint Mr.. James
Gordon to the District Court Judgesnlp
made vacant by the elevation OF James
s. Erwin TO the office of prosecutor. MI;
lawyer Mr.. Gordon was and that IN ms
Judgment he would make an excellent
judge. Mr.. Record also referred to MT.
Gordon's Republicanism, which is. ABOVE
reproach. and said that he was just as
acceptable to the Democrats as the Re
publicans. Mr.. Grouse and Mr.. carries
&1.4 IF If RnGOv6
and Mr.. Gordon was fortunate in having
three such advocates. n Governor
heard the gentlemen patiently. the tenn
perature in the room continually falling,
and when they had finished he gave them
that icy smile and told thfm that ne
would bear in mind all they hAd said. -
Commander Washington irving. OF the
Battalion of the East. Naval Reserves;
and his aid. Farnham Yardley. also called
upon the Governor. They advocated tne
appointment of Robert M. Thompson TO
has just resigned as commander OF tne
reserve. Mr.. Thompson is "a graduate
of Annapolis and has spent several years
of his life as an officer in the United
States Navy. He is a millionaire and the
head of a large steel plant at Constable
Hook. The naval gentlemen got little
satisfaction from the Governor; lie sac
that he thought hat the commander OF
the reserve should be a bona fide resi-
dent of New Jersey and that MI. Thomp-
son vas not.
AOlOiS1 IloDCl -
of the New Jersey Commission of the
Trans-Mississippi Fair, to be held al
Omaha. and E. o. Halstead, special com
missioner from Omaha to assist the New
Jersey commissioner in awakening inter
est in New Jersey in the exhibition. were
at the State House. They were accom-
panied by Elisha Gaddis~ of Newark .ex-
Senator Jonathan Black tell of Trenton
and Walter S. Lenox, Also member OF
the New Jersey Commission. and the OBJ
iect of their visit was to secure from the
Tesislature an appropriation for a build
ingo on the fair grounds
another prominent visitor to Trenton
last night was Colonel John ]: Toffey
the newly appointed Port Warden Of
Hudson county. He had heard that there
was some opposition in the Senate to the
confirmation of the appointment of james
Erwin as Prosecutor of Hudson county
and he hurried down to see what IT was
an about. If that was the only object OF
his visit he might as well have rema1nee
at home. for when he reached here ms
hardest work could not discover the
slightest opposition to Mr. Erwin3s confr'
Two large delegations waited on The
Governor. One was from Union county
and urged the appointment of ex-senator
Vail for Judge of that county. while thu
other, from Morris. wanted John e. Fen
nell appointed Prosecutor.