The Jersey City news., 1902-11-17
ESSEX SAYS
IT'S ALL over
Figures Out Boyd, Speaker,
and Hutchinson, Presi-
dent of the Senate.
DEMOCRATS IN NEXT HOUSE
They Will Have More Votes
and Be Better Abls to
Check Republican
Rascality.

Especial 10 s'The- jersey City News."1
TRENTON, Nov. II, 1902.-Essex
sprung surprise on the State last week
when the caucus of her Assemblymen de-
cidcd to drop all idea of securing aay
other legislative office and conc entrate
all their efforts upon securing the Speak
ership for. Robert NJ. Boyd. Jr., Of Mont
clair This was indeed a sarprisa. be-
cause Essex's Speakership aspiration
were generally looked upon as the oil
game to secure the lions share OF the
patronage Moreover it was known that
at least three of the Essex men We're
candidates for Speaker and that the
delegation could not be got to unite on
any one of them. 1t was also known
that four or FIVE of the eleven were op
posed to Mr. Boyd's aspirations, and
there, is considerable curiosity to know
what brought about this sudden and
complete change of heart. Out in New
ark they say it was Carl Lentz, and the
few who still cling to the Major notwith-
standing his crushing defeat at the last
election declare that this demonstrates
tiittL tie uldJtI AZ St1Ii VOn6i 0AiOA6 llAC
Essex county Republicans.
THE LATEST SLATE.
Based on the developments of the last
few days and the increased confidence in
Essex. coupled with this story of South
Jersey support for the local candidate
the slate for the organization of the Leg
islature which yesterday seemed to be
within the limits of probability was:-
For Speaker of the House-Robert NJ.
Boyd, Jr., Of Essex.
For Majority Leader in the House
John g. Horner, of Burlington.
For President of the Senate-Elijah
G. Hutchinson, of Mercer.
For Majority Leader in the Senate
Edmund W. Wakelee, of Bergen.
1t is generally the rule in State politics
that the same section of the State shall
not furnish the speaker of the House
and president of the Senate in the same
year, and the decision of the party
leaders that Essix is to. have the speaker
ship might. it is believed. amount to an
abandonment of the plan of making a
campaign for Senator Joseph Cross, of
Union, for the presidency this year.
CROSS TO BE RE SERVED.
Just at present Hutchinson has enough
pledges to make his election as president
certain. Whether these pledges are suf-
ficintly ironclad to withstand the infu-
ence of the party leaders if it were
exerted in favor of Cross is question.
1t is suggested, however, that the man
who would have to be looked to for this
influence, including Governor Murphy.
United States Senators Kean and Dry
den and Chancery Clerk Edward G.
Stokes are not, particularly anxious to
put the matter to test.
While it is generally believed that
these leaders would prefer to see Cross in
the presidents chair, there is less wide
spread but equally logical idea that Mr..
Kean would perhaps be as well pleased
to hold the Senator from Union in re-
make a fight for his. owns reelection.
Then, it is argued, the friendship of the
presiding officer would be more likely to
benefit Senator Kean's cause than this
year. Cross would then be in the last
year. of his term and the oldest Republi-
can, in point of service, in that body,
and as such would probably have no riv-
airy in his campaign.
ESSEX'S STRENGTH.
With the decreased Republican major
ity>in the House this year the eleven
votes from Essex are likely to have more
weight than at any time since the now
predominating party obtained control of
the Legislature.
With the House standing 43 to II last
year there was but a Republican major
ity of two without Essex. This year,
with the vote 80 to %, Essex controls
the balance of power, and by voting with
the minority could at anyt time oyerrule
the remaining Republican vote.
The speakership aspirations of Ed
mund G. Stalter, the Passaic member,
are not considered as likely to have eff
feet upon the result Of the general eau
GUS Stalter starts with four votes, in
cluding his own, in the Passaic delega-
ton. and would be unlikely to make any
considerable gains in South Jersey while
his strength. if any. outside of his own
county, would, it is believed, go to Boyd
on second ballot rather than to South
Jersey candidate.
With the Bergen. Morris and Union
votes Boyd would lack but two of the
necessary majority, and these, it is be-
lieved, would be found without going
se'lth of Mercer County.
DEMOCRATS WILL HAVE MORE
POWER
The Democrats are going to figure a
coed deal more conspicuously at the
coming session than they have done for
decade. They have larger and bet
or delegation than for several years,
MD AS they are preparing to place the
Ihpublicans on the defensive. from this
isae on, they will doubtless show marked
aes;vity.
There are many matters needing vig-
rars attention, and the Democrats will
i,e tremendous efforts to remedy many
fling evils. If they shall fail they
have the records of the Republican
vislators as campaign documents for
sse next fight at the polls. They are
asonably certain of gaining many MEM
e next year, anyway, and the year
er that they will have thesadvantage