The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-12-27
URGE GASKILL.
Burlington Representatives
Appear Lost to All Re-
spect for the State.
SENATE ORGANIZATION
Everybody Appears to Be
Afraid Of the Coming
Local Option Bill.
SENATE ORGANIZATION
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TRENTON, Dec. 27, 19O0.-Although the
usual weekly Governors Day" at the
State House was shifted from Tuesday to
Wednesday this week, because of Christ
mas, there were few Assemblymen and
not many more Senators in the corridor
gathering yesterday
The caucus last week disposed of most
of the matters that have made the week
ly State House gatherings of interest to
the majority of the legislators, and the
makeup of the house committees is at
present about the only thing worrying
the Assemblymen.
Those who have axes to grind that can
best be put into cutting order on some
committee grindstone are using all the in
fiuence they can command to secure a
place on the committee list.
Speaker-to-be Bradley was not among
those at yesterdays gathering, and is said
to be extremely reticent on the subject
of committee appointments. A South Jer
seyman, who claims to know much of the
inner workings of State politics, however,
is authority for the statement that chair
manships of important committees are all
pretty heavily mortgaged.
1t has been generally understood that
when Assemblyman j. Harry Bachelor,
of ESSEX withdrew from the leadership
contest in favor of Assemblyman Vivian
NJ. Lewis, of Passaic, it was with the
tacit agreement that the Newark man
was to have the Craftsmanship of the
Municipal Corporations Committee, which
carries with it a cIerkship, although AS
semblyman Frederick P. Rees, of Mercer,
who is the only member of last years
Municipal Corporations Committee left in
the house this session, is making a high
bid for the appointment.
There is little doubt that the custom of
allowing the chairmanships of the Judi
ciary and Appropriations Committees to
go with the leadership will be adhered to,
in which event Mr.. Lewis will have two
clerkships at his command, but will
doubtless follow the practice of dividing
them with some other members.
Assemblymen Samuel w. Kirkbride of
Monmouth, and Ellis r. Meeker, of Union.
are both anxious for the first place on
the Committee on Railroads and Canals,
with the chances somewhat in favor of
tie Asbaey Park man. in which case Mr.
Aieelxer will probably be at the head OF
tae Committee on Riparian Rights, de-
partment of State work in which he is
deeply interested.
With. only one second-term man in the
delegation this year, Essex county is
handicapped in the apportionment of COM
mittee chairmanships by the established
rule barring first termers from the first
place on committees, but it is said that
Notwithstanding this rule, a determined
effort is being made to secure the chair
manship of the Stationery Committee for
one of the Essex members, while for
places on important committees there are
several still hunts in progress.
Assemblyman Frederick Cummings, of
West Orange, is a candidate for men,
bership on the Railroad and Canals Com
mittec, while Assemblyman William A.
Lord, of Orange, who served as leu
tenant of volunteers in the Spanish War,
is willing to lend his aid and military
knowledge to the work of the Committee
en- Militia, of which Asemblyman Court
ney C. Carr, of Ocean, is said to be slated
for a second term as chairman.
Assemb yman Adrian Lyon, of Middle
sex, who was a member of the Committee
on Laws last year, is said to be in line
for chairman of the same committee this
year, and it is said that Assemblyman
Charles S. Foote's disappointment over
his defeat for the leadership may be
somewhat cheered by placing him at the
head of the Committee on Corporations,
in which position he would have the ap-
pointment of clerk to add to Unions
share of spoils.
Assemblyman Charles Wright. the
Quaker member from Burlington, has
been chairman of the Committee on Agri-
culture and Agricultural College for two
sessions, and is willing to direct the wo k
of that committee again this year, and
Assembiyman Jesse S. Steeiman, of Cum
berland, will probably be given the
craftsmanship of the Borough and Bor-
ough Commissions Committee for sec
ond time.
Senator Lewis Evans of Atlantic and
Senator-elect Nathan Haines of Burling-
ton headed South Jersey delegation that
yesterday waited upon Governor Noor-
fees, to urge the appointment of Judge
Gaskill, the general counsel of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, who now occupies the
berth of presiding judge of the Burling-
ton county courts, for the vacancy in the
Supreme Court, caused by the death of
Justice Ludlow.
Judge Gaskill is very eager for the ap-
will be a united effort on the part of the
South Jersey Republicans TO have him
named, despite the fact that he is a Re
publican and that Governor VOORHEES, has
declared his intention of naming a Demo-
crat to the vacancy.
When Judge Gaskill was named as
county judge of Burlington. a howl went
up from the people of the county, and a
delegation, composed of Republicans and
Democrats alike waited upon Governor
Griggs to protest against the selection OF
The Pennsylvania Railroads counsellor.
Griggs, however, was just then moving
heaven and earth to solidify himself with
sewell, hoping that the Camden boss
might in return assist him to the United
States Senate.
1t is not regarded as at all likely that
Gaskili will be named to the place, as the
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