The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-12-18
.LENTz BOSSES ALL.
He Knocks the Slate
Higher Than a
Kite.
BRADLEY TO Be SPEAKER.
Lewis Named for Leader and
Foote Supervisor Of
Bills.

Especial to ''The Jersey City News'')
TRENTON, Dec. Is, 1900.--Major Carl
Lentz is the boss of everything here to-
day Every man whom he supports ap-
pears to be a winner and he has knocked
the accepted slate into smithereens. Last
evening the eleven Essex members got to-
gether and under the Majors direction
agrede to support Bradley for Speaker.
Lewis OF Passaic for Leader and George
A. Grover of East Orange for Supervisor
of Bills
The turning down Of Focte of Union and
Folwell of Burlington is partly personal
matter with Lentz. These two men, who
were conceded up to last night to be win
ners were supported by Charles Codding,
an employe and lieutenant of William
Riker, Lentz's personal and political
enemy in Essex. and the Major deter
mined that no one in any way favorable
to Riker should get anything in the
caucus.
Foote and Folwell, however, did not
give up the fight, but worked industri-
ously among the members in the corri-
dors this morning to stem the current
Lentz had started against them. The
fight was bitter, and when the caucus met
at 1890 O'Clock it looked as though they
were beaten, although they did not give
up. 1t was at first announced that the
caucus would be open, but the friends of
the two candidates for leader feared the
effects of allowing outsiders ON the floor
to work on members to change their votes
and a scheme was started to have the
meeting secret. This was defeated by the
newspaper men, and a resolution to ex-
clude everybody but them was carried
Meeker of Union nominated Foote, and
Bachelor of Essex who up to last night
was candidate for the office himself.
named Lewis. When the tally was taken
Lewis had 81 and Foote 13.
Meeker interrupted the tellers by NOV
ing that Lewis's election be made unani-
nous. Foote seconded the motion in a
speech in which he said the only reason
he allowed his name to come before the
caucus was that when he reached the
State House this morning he heard it
said that Foote should be voted for be-
cause he was somebody's man. Foote de-
clared he wore no mans collar.
On taking the chair, Lewis jollied Foote,
by declaring that he believed he wore no
mans collar and that there was no more
4iAuOf'0iiuciit III Lie I1OuSG IMAM ne.
resolution by Meeker to support
Sewelll for United States Senator was
carried.
Bradley was nominated for Speaker
unanimously; James Parker, of Passaic,
for Clerk; George Poole, of Morris, Assist
ant Clerk, and a candidate to be named
by Union County for Journal Clerk were
named without opposition
0ar II fob fn,.
Bills. Edgar Williams nominated Grover
in a speech in which he declared most
emphat1cally that the tale that he op-
posed Folwell on personal grounds was
untrue. He admitted that he promised to
vote for Folwen early in the contest but
tnat promise was conditional, and when
ne heard that Folwell had promised last
winter that if he was elected then he
could not be a candidate this year, he de-
termined to support another candidate
The general impression was that like the
lady in Hamlet" he protested too much
Wright, of Burlington, Father of the
House, named Folwell.- The surprise of
the caucus follow L. Folwell received 2S
votes and Grover II. Williams moved to
make it unanimous.