The Jersey City news., 1904-12-01
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lieye. the gossips said. that there would
be Democratic Sheriff in Camden. and
if they should give him the nomination
and he should be elected, under the cir
cumstances, he would mot be an alto
gether congenial occupant Of the office
to the leaders. So, the gossips declared,
Mr. Baird and the Camden leaders would
do all in their power to keep Mr.. Morgan
where he was, tout of mischief"
It was considered strange that Sheriff
johnson should resign immediately after
election, when he had successfully gone
through the campaign and been elected
by a handsome plurality. Some one said
that the resignation was caused partly
by the fact that the Sheriff was a mem
Der of the Society of Friends, which is
opposed to capital punishment, and he
quit rather than be obliged to hang some
criminal. He was one of the advocates
of the bill in the Legislature last winter
abolishing capital punishment, which
failed to become a law. The hope that
the bill would be passed at the coming
session, it was explained, led him to
take the nomination this fall but the
dread of his being compelled to take the
life of his fellow-being preyed upon his
mind and aggravated the nervous dis
order from which he had been suffering
for some time.
Some of Mr.. Johnson's friends who
were at the State house said that the
real reason for the resignation was the
plain statement of his physician that he
must abstain from all the cares and wor-
ries of business for some time to come
An effort is being made to have the
Governor appoint William D. Brown to
fill the Office until the election next fall
Mr.. Brown is thepfesent under sheriff
and has transacted the business of the
Office during most Of the last year.
State Treasurer Frank o. Briggs, the
chairman of the Republican State COM
mittee; Senator Elijah G. Hutchinson,
Senator-elect Barton B. Hutchinson, AS
semblyman Ralph Hulse and Thomas B.
DeCou and Assemblyman-elect Alfred N.
Barbour. all of Mercer, together with
some Of the Trenton Republican leaders,
held an informal conference here Tues
day to consider plans for the inaugura-
ton of Goyernor-elect Stokes, which will
take place January IT. 1t is the custom
to make the Mercer Senator the chair
man of the committee ON arrangements
| for the inaugural. and Senator Barton
Hutchinson will undoubtedly occupy that
post. The Republicans of Mercer, as is
the custom also, will have the invitations
for the ceremonies engraved and ready to
be distributed among the legislators i'm
| mediately upon the organization.
The sentiment among the lawmakers
here was that there should be an elab-
crate military display and demonstra-
ton worthy the Inauguration of the Gov
ernor, who received the highest plurality
in the history of the State. 1t is known,
however. that the incoming Governor is
opposed to all ostentation of this kind
and would rather have no parade Of the
troops whatever. It is hoped by those
who favor the display that Mr.. Stokes
will yield to what they call the general
demand for a pageant.
There was much talk over the appoint
ment of a Clerk in Chancery to succeed
| the Governor-elect when he resigns the
place. No candidates other than those
who have been already mentioned in
| THE News" appeared. AS told before,
Governor Murphy announced that he
would appoint whomsoever Mr. Stokes
should designate. When this was told
to Mr. Stokes he said he had not as
vet selected a candidate and he could not
tell when he would resign and do 50.