The Jersey City news., 1901-11-20
BACHELLER LEADS
Work Of Essex Men Makes
Him Leading Candidate
for Speaker.
CROSS FOR PRESIDEN T
John Kean's Brings Disquiet-
ing News Of General
Sewell's Condition
CROSS FOR PRESIDEN T

i Especial TO seThe Jersey City News.')
TRENTON, Nov. 90 1901. Things Leg:
| ;slative were much more lively about the
State House yesterday than they We're
| the Tuesday before There were many
| more members of both branches of the
Legislature in evidenceA and the number
| of states both real and imaginery was lar
/ ger. The chief attraction among these
| was Colonel Sammy Dickinson, who since
| the official endorsement given him by the
/ Govern or-eiect ct the anti-election recap
tion in Jersey City has come to be big
ger man even than the Essex Kaiser. me
! Colorel was overwhelmed with attention
/ as soon as he appeared in the corridor,
and the haste displayed by many of the
/ patrons to get next to the Vice-Governor
was anything but dignified. 1t did thera
! listle good, however for the Colonel was
! in evidence only short time and refused
! to talk on matters "appertainin to or
| touchin' on the things Mr. Murphy is 20
| give out. When he disappeared carl
| Lentz ceme to the front.
| The chief subject of discussion was the
Speakership. Two of the eleven of Es-
| sexs delegation came down early and inl-
mcdiately went to work to make votes
for their candidate, Harry Bachelor. i ney
talked Bachelor for. Speaker and nothing
else. nor would they listen to anything
else No combination, however seduc-
tive or generous 10 them, Which did moi
include Bacileler for Speaker. had any
charms for them. and they would not lis
ten to 1t. Clerkships, sergeant t-arms.
pages. doorkeepers or committee clerks
did rot appeal 10 them in the least and
they would talk of nothing but Bachelor
for Speaker Such excellent work did
they do with this single subject in view
that in a short time Mr.. Bachelors can-
,iidacy became tower Of strength.
This. however did not kill off entirely
the Bradley boom and although none Of
the delegation from Camden was in the
throng the ex-Speaker did not lack en-
thHsiastic and persistent boomers. One
OF the most aggressive of these was As
semblyman Moore of Cumberland, who de-
clared that 1t would be blow al the dig
nifty of the ex-Speaker to relegate him
from the Speakers chair. back to the sear
on the floor of the chamber of plain
everyday member. This suggestion was
ingenuiously snapped up by Mr.. Gnichtel
of Essex. who brought down with him
suit case which was said to contain Mr..
Bachelors boom. Mr.. Gnichtel suggested
that under the circumstances it would be
a graceful thing for the Bradley and
Bachelor men to make combination
which would include Bachelor for Speak
or and Bradley for leader This sugges-
ton was received favorably except in Es-
sex ana Burlington Mr.. Iorner of tha
little county was very nath to relin-
quish the uncertain grip which he had on
the leadership while Mr.. stalter of Pas
sale still chased the wfll-o-the-wisp la
beied Srcakershih, which has been flying
in his neignborhood since election. The
BurlirgtoE- -Passaic combination however.
mel with little success and when The
the general impression was that Baehel-
ler lad the inside track
There was very little going on in the
contest for the Presidency of the Senate.
Asa Francis, the little man with big
ambition from Monmouth, was the only
one of the candidates present and left
unturned no stone under which he
thought a vote might Turk. Outside of
Mr. Francis there has been some change
in Presidency fight since last week. Many
think Mr. johnson is out of the race.
His ambition to succeed John Wesley
Sell as Sheriff Of Camden is what is said
to have sidetracked him This narrowed
the contest yesterday down to Francis
and Judge Cross, of Union with the
chances decidedly in favor of Judge
Cross. The Judge is acceptable to both
the VOORHEES, and Kean factions of Union