New-York tribune., 1903-01-21
COR. MURPHYA BUSY MN
HIS Time Fully Occupied AHhongh
Leeislnfure Has adjourned.

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and busy dsys for Governor Murphy. The tact thSt
| the members OF the Assembly adjourned the House
| for the week and went home last night "nlcn a.,
ton the Senate duplicated after brief sess'p" "''
| morning. made difference IN the oeh'a"" "t0''
| the time of the Governor
| About tbe time that he was comfortably seated
| at his this morning delegation OIL thr'S nv
representative citizens, comprising Repnohca"9 "u
| Democrats of Monmouth County hieo hl'' t"'
| outer chamber and asked the Governor 10 elVe
| .her, . hearing The purpose of the Delegation
| was to urge the appointment of Samnei W. Mn Nun
! bride as Supervisor of the State Prison. 10 SUI
| Major r, J. Anderson Ten of the GoVeInot .,
| ors smoke earnestly in favor of Mr.. hirkpli"'0
| nomination Governor Murphy listened attent'vely
| and made no sign of his intentions unut altei III,
| speeches of the delegation had beeh pd
| hoard He then said that, friendly as ne "dS "
| Mr. I<irkbride and glad as he would De 10 dpp'i
| hi, 70 some nIace in the State government, ana
that fully as he was of the claims OF NloIi
mouth County to political recogniton' ne ',ioue
| that the long, loyal and faithful party sei'i'19
Major Anderson had not been fully repaid anu i
this reason he felt that 1t was his duty dS II '
+ainlv would be a pleasure. to reappoht MN d9
supervisor of the State Prison The IoVeihoi ''''
reassured his visitors of his good will Tor anu soou
| intentions toward Mr.. Kirkoride, ana 'ie u'i'9
| tion retired
p1rI. SAID TO BE UNSATISFACTORY
| Tt was not the unexpected that happened "hei,
| the repeater of the Meeker Election la" appear
IN tho Senate last night, although 1t was preSehIeu
| a few days in advance of its anticipated an
| Senator Hudspeth, of Hudson county 80,
| the repealer and said that he hoped LOT d sP.Uy
| hearing upon it.. This morning 1t was salu '''i0
| the hill was unsatisfactory in It's present Siidp0 "
| tha RenubIican Senators, and that announcer re-
neaIer coming from their side OF the mouse "our ,
| be introduced, probably next week. ne -
/ ing view of this measure is that IL VIM =. r. p
ductive of prolonged political strife 1t - hI'~
| that the repeal of the Meeker act Is faVoreu uy
| Renuhlicans in many parts of the State ana II 10 10
| equally we'll known that other fHepu"
| protest against the passage of the repeater,
Among the Republican county leaders "no' - -, =
| .1nected will fight for the bill Is MAJOR Cdii
| 7 an+z rho chairman of the Essex County fNepuO-
| ucan Committee, although IT was SAID pS ~ otIo'
| County Republican Of prominence anu -
| that he did not believe that Major Len'|' "ien "
came TO know the proportion of public sentiment ~
the State against the present law "ou4u 80
| a.+,,,e1,, engage himself and his organization III
opposition to the repeater. The views ol -,
Murphy on the proposed repeater winch 49, 80
| in The Tribune of this morning ana winch w. w.
| freouentlv commented on here to-day "a'
| thought would have great influence on t'le So
| Iatrre in the passage of an act wiplns OUT 'he
| Meeker law
| PREPARING TO PLAY POLITICS
| T. has been learned that number or Repuoh-
| cans who rank as leaders in the party oele'
| that it would be good political pohcy 10 pass t 'I
renesIer at this session. and not to delay II uli'
| Ioa. when as thew say. there will be enough other
| matters coincdent to campaign lot rlee''
| Governor, Congressman and several state oela'ot
to occupy the attention of the voters without ''e
| issue of the Meekcr Election act being maze d
mart Of II if action on the repeater should not De
taken at the present session of the legislature Inc
Democrats are. of course, preparing TO play pom
tics I'D to the limit at this session. ana that tley
| believe that the proposed repeal or the MeeAe'
| act affords them more favorable opportulitE 10
| get turn on the Republicans than any other
measure that is likely be considered there Is no
doubt. 1t is proper to say that the DIVISION o sen
| timent among Republicans or the utility ana eA-
cellence of the Meeker law is widespread ana II
NAV be difficult to bring about harmony upon inns
;eeue within the party. AS illustration or TINS
| fact Assernblyman Williams. Of East orange
| said to-day that, in so far as ne kne" tiei1 ~" %
not a member of the Essex County deiegauoh III
| tine House who in favor of the repeal OF 'he
Meeker act.
There are twelve Republicans in this delegation
and the same number of Democrats in the MEMBER
| ship from Hudson County. 1t is, OF course as
| definitely understood as anything political can be
that the entire Hudson delegation will sustain the
| repeaIer il 1t should come to a vote. OtherWise
Senator Hudspeth would not have introduced MS
repeaEer So that the two largest counties IN the
| state would break square" on the vote The Re
nuhIican majority in the House is sixteen, and as
sentiment upon the repeater is now measured the
| ,-ota rnust he a close one unless Mr.. Williams mas
erred in his conclusion or some OF the Essex mem
| bers should change their minds the democrats
| number twenty-five in the House. ana 'nat theS
will vote as unit for the repeater is now regarded
as conclusive From the Southern New-Jersey coun-
ties the report is made that the majority OF the
members are In favor of the repeal of the Meeker
| law.
| NO NOMINATIONS SENT.
| Contrary to expectations. Governor Murphy did
not send in any nominations to the Senate to-day
| There was a rumor that the Governor. In making
| the selection of a successor to Judge BogeTt in
| the Court of Errors and Appeals, was favordoly
| dsposed to name Democrat. This rumor brought
| forward the name of ex-Assembly man Abram De
| Ronde, of Bergen County. as A possible Sc
| lection Judge Bogert is Democrat and
| a Bergen County Another candidate
| for a place on the bench of the Court of Errors
| and Appeals. to succeed Judge Adams. is General
| James F. Rushing, of Mercer County.
| The expectation that David o. Watkins will re-
| ceiye the nomination for Commissioner of Bank
| ing and Insurance has become so strong that al
| ready A number of candidates for the place of
| United States District Attorney, which Mr. Wat
| kins now holds. have been named Among them
| are County Judge John b Vreeand. of Morris
and John /. Blair Reilley. of Warren County
bilious to pave the way 10 changes IN the present
| methods of election He has introduced a
| current resolution which pToVldes Tor the election
| of United States Senator by direct popular vote,
| and for the election of members of the Assembly
by districts. instead of by counties at large. The
| ago declared be unconstitutional. Senator Geb-
| hardts scheme has been several times tried in the
| legislature and many times defeated
| The prospect of normal school for the northern
| part of the State is believed to be encouraging
| with this end in view AssemblXman Colby of Es-
| sex County. has brought in bill which carries al
appropriation of 100000 for this purpose. The
lection of the location of the school is left for the
future consideration of the State Board of EduCa-
| ton A number of members of the legslat ture to
| day expressed themselves as being in favor of
| the measure. Some of them however thought that