The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-04-13

financial and economic record. DaVlu -
Watkins. the Speaker, was given promises
of support by many, so that ne y iihos
to be a. factor two years ana a nail liehes.
THE Senator's from South Jersey are
,,,ou,, n he ia vorabIe to Senator Pitney
for Governor and Senator Pitney is
known to be the particular candidate OF
congressman Harry Loudenslager, Barker
Gummere and State Comptroller Hancock.
They we're against Foster NJ voorhees,
far co1raruor and. as far as decency and
nublic courtesy would allow, they We're
!. ga;nst Foster M. voorhees,, the Governor.
In the Senate there was what was known
az the INSTRUMENTATION CLIQUE.
Their aim was to dull the lustre OF the
.aministration as far as it was possible.
Anv hill known to be the Governors, OF,
rather a measure that he particularly
favored. was not put through with bells
on. as would be supposed on such extreme
nartisan conditions, but was hindered as
much as possible. Take for instance MS
hill aholishing the brevetting of military
of5cars for long service. The anti-adm1n-
Eistration element was up against 1t with
sau feet for ii was the Governors pet
sobanoe The hill TO turn the Democrats
ont IF the State Prison was prepared by
PARKER Gummere in the face of the
| declaration that the Governor made that
he would sign no partisan pflls. II was
done to establish the record that the wing
of the Republican party that seeks 10 ger
into power were willing to accede TO the
| popular demand of the p~lace-hunters, put
that the Governor was the opstacie.
| Good counseling finally prevailed, and the
bill never lifted its head
Considerable politics crept out during
| the fight over the bill to abolish the store
order system among the glass INDUSTRIES
The LEGISLATOR who would succeed in get
| ting a good law to cure this evil was en-
| titled to considerable popularity among
the glass operatives, who hold the pal-
ance of power in Cumberland, and are a
| factor in Salem and Gloucester. Senator
Stokes introduced the successful Dill.
| The little Senator from Gloucester ano
| Congressman .Loudenslager do not get
| along we'll together, for the reason that
Senator Stokes is a confidential ADVISER
of the Governor, and just now many
knocks intended for the Governor go to
| Stokes. Senator Stanger, of Gloucester,
introduced a bill for the manufacturers,
he being connected with a glass indus
try.
Senator Stranger gives his bill into Sena-
tor Pitney's keeping, and the Senator
from Morris was, therefore, arraigned
against the Senator from Cumberland,
This was nuts for the administration peo-
pie, for the Pitney boom for Governor in
Gloucester and Cumberland counties
burst with a loud noise, SO far as the
-workingmen were concerned.
Speaker David o. Watkins introduced
Senator Stokes bill in the House, so as
to get his showing in case Senator
Stokes failed. Watkins and Stranger are
both seeking the Senatorial nomination
in Gloucester. Stanger stands for the
Observation-Disclosures combination and
Watkins now is identified with the adj
ministration. 1t will be a battle of con-
siderable fierceness, and, of course, for
supremacy. If Watkins wins out then he
will go in to get the delegates from South
Jersey for Governor, which will cut them
away from Senator Pitney, the bulwark
Of his strength. Political reading from
Gloucester county will be good reading
in the near future.
Senator Johnson's boom is of the size OF
a mans head. He will be the mex Presi-
dent of the Senate, if that body is Re-
publican, and he will continue to be vigi.
liant in the matter of stopping up treasury
leaks.
Senator Charles Reed is posing for Con
gress. He was not part of the anti-admin.
istration clique, but he is expected to as
sist in the many deeply laid plans tina
they lave for the future. He owes his
election to the presidency of the Senate
to the South Jersey combine, and he is the
representative of Loudenslager, Gummert
and Hancock in Somerset county, and his
reward is to be Congress. The strangesi
thing discernible is that in all the plan.
ming no consideration whatever is giveT
to the claims of Senator Frankling Muir
ply for the G-ubernatorial nomination. i
is figured that South Jersey, Central Jer
sey and some shore counties, with thoss
of the Fourth district, will be for Mr.. Pit
ney, and there viii be no use of Chair
man Franklin Murphy getting into thu
fight at all. 1t is the scheme to over
shadow Essex county and decker will
Hudson. The Combine" claim they havs
enough friends in Essex to give them {
I wedge If they must break in. In Contra
$ New Jersey and the upper part of thu
$ State, they are counting on the support O
! John Kean's friends. There are doubts
about how far this will assist them.