New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-25
NEW Jersey NEWS.
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r-.,.or Ian "a The legislative mill is grind
- sIovly. To-day the Senate was in session
-. y,ore than ten minutes, and the House ABOUT
Goo times as long. In each the vote on the
,-.itss States Senatorship was the feature II
- ,ornoaI nominations and balloting can prop
sry be SO Described
,h0-s VAS something OF breeze over the Sen
-..-sh,, hut II occurred in the Democratic eau
.us Although the minority nomination was an
,-,,.v compliment. yet there were men present
~ e-udeed even that 10 Senator James Smith
nstore the caucus was called 10 order there
Arc numerous unkind things said about Sena-
80 Smith Three Of the Senators and twice as
law Assemblymen declared positively that II
.,.v were in the majority Smith could not get
.bslr votes but the nomination was merely
.,o-nauty. they did not see any in max
80 trouble Assemblyman Allan Benny. or
u'ssou. thought differently. He voted for Con-
r-sssu1ar elect William D. Daily ana was aided
:, senator Foster Of Hunterdon. and Assembly
IAN Smith Of Warren. Leon Albeit. son OF the
whom Senator Smith betrayed. was excused
,-o7, voting Senator Allan L McDermott. lieu
..,sn+ 81 Governor Albeit through sunshine
- storm. did not attend the caucus but he
..,e-vard had himself recorded as favoring
e,,,,h What few friends Senator Smith has
ts-e ssv that II is a shame to treat him with
,n,h jngrattude after the way in which he
,neut his money last fall.
What IS known as Billy Thompson's License
blV has made its appearance in the Senate
through the Introduction Of Senator Martin The
,o-rner Duke Of Gloucester runs a large pleas
ure resort and picnic ground near Philadelphia
known as Washington Park. As interpreted by
,he County Judge Of Gloucester, the law does
NOT permit Thompson TO have more than one
ba- In the park AS the attendance sometimes
,uns as high as seventy-hve thousand in one
dsv Thompson contends that this bar Is en-
,irslv Inadequate and he wishes 70 have per
mission 70 establish one or more extra This
measure will undoubtedly attract the hostility
o. the temperance people. and likewise OF that
element who assume that anything thompson
wants must necessarily be wicked On the
other hand II is Just possible that the bill may
attract support from the proprietoEs OF picnic
grounds in Newark Paterson, jersey City,
New Brunswick and other towns where one
license is held 10 be sufficient for number Of
bars scattered al over the premises
Senator Ketcham and the Essex Assembly
men have told Governor voorhees, that they
want Major Carl Lentz appointed Prosecutor OF
Essex AL the politicians OF the county from
Franklin Murphy down, are either actively
supporting the Major or doing nothing. Ed
ward s Blacks candidacy Is treated every
where as a huge Joke. There are few who be-
-Iave that he ever had any expectation q get
ting the ofIice He is something OF hunorist
and there is disposition to credit him with
having Jumped into this by way Of having some
fun al small cost. and al the same time getting
thousands % dollars worth OF advertising free.
Y that be 50. how lie must chuckle as he thinks
o.. The l33 clergymen who signed his petition.