New-York tribune., 1906-12-15
BITTER AGAINST FIRTH.
ConUiction Counts against HIM
Hudson and Esser May Bolt.

Tn. Democratic Assembiyrnen-eiect from Hudson
County. n. j.. held conference last night and oe-
cided tina, the recent caucus at Trenton should oe
reconvened and that some other member than rr'h
should be chosen for speaker II was said that a
simiar conference was being held in Newark and
that Firth wouid probably he forced out
The Observer % Hobcker, the recosh'zen
organ Of rob Davis. the Democratic boss
o. thst county. Yesterday published an interNie"
with Joseph II. Firth. given i'm Phillipsourg IN
which he admitted tha; he had been convicted OF
Iawsresking in 1901. The article follows;
When questioned as TO his Indictment aud con-
Yes ] vas convicted in 1901. when seyenison s
sio s"T mcS:nes We ali pleaded guilty ana PAID
So ns have dGnc iimc GGInp n91rE NV T's lif@ %
~ lave Zen Ma"@r OF Phiil'rsh,rg FOR Glree1
eas .ert ana no s c. he Second time the oce sought
n They did mo- think would mshr g"@" 20 Pr, T,tis
ilpsburg by sl4 majority. hut carried the o"h Tor
AS far as ,he Bishops = concerned. thinh
s. should he modified. fought against II laSr @ ! III 81
f. When the ministers called on me and asked
question told them simply r have fought against
the hli YOU nave read in the newspapers' , 40
an agstnst t now. Ia SI'tF '' "f'''''i'''S
! helie,o that the saloons should he closed ,3Gr-
.rr certain hn1Irs on SUNDAY. hut am IN pos
zion n get what I want. and tilnk u ON! @ az
@ IA me pa@l t mn md as far as tho question Of
fieh license is concerned tsink it MAY be left 10
The bishops Law is af'er al. no wor<c '}sn I -"
old law The only difference - W. IL - -
snd Il is being enforced, and Jersey City Iio6oken
and Paterson got scared over j. The screen rlause %
ms been in force here by ordinance tor some lllN
past sso"tkeereJs %ere ,iiec o,ne ~, eXcise law
end the result that compelled them ~ Keep
Their screens down. For three wears We have had
an excise fgh; on here end there IS not to-day any
cleareT plaC" in the country
Assomb1vrnan Archibald & Alexander was par
.icuIarly bitter When told "f the conviction lie said
This - arsr tine have heard Of Of, his his rara Trr@T' T
crossing myself definitely. =.
7 CONSIDER tne selection Of Firth Tor speaker u
she reports about him are true 10 ne te.
-he Dersoc~a1ir PARTY aud steu ihaf Wiil dlSSuS'
ever 'iecent Democrat IN the staje an1 r,'.h 70 10
fight ~ Dernoc-acy next year and for ten years 10
dif5r-sl- on@.
Tosepa r rumulv Charles =. Hendrickson' ~.
and Mark sullivan a-e expected TO Join M. Alex
snde- in leading tho fight agaiTsi Firth
II learned good authority in Newark yes
terdav that - least tarac of the Essex County
ASSEMBLY ymeu- edward -. Wright. ir.- Daniel J.
TraGv and Edgar z Totharidgo- ready To Join
forces with Aesomlly ynan-eleCt rowelek'. Of Pas
ssic. ard IN, twelve members of III" HUDSON dole
cation 10 overthrow the action taken 10y the caucus
81 Trento~. Tnel moi pleased with the stu
alton which developed among rhe~ friends ~ home
when they returned and learned something about
Joseph "a. Firth. who romiu9ted for Speaker
When some Of the things IN coD9ecto- with Firth
became known To them. Is said they stood alone
among the FsseK mon VINO criticised Smith and
his lieutenant FOR what They believe political
trap into which they had been led in supporting
Frrh.. II stated yesterday that Assemblyman
Ablam klcne5t. who the choice for leader at
TIE Trenton caucus. had been asked To call FOR an
other caucus. ~ which. il is expected HUDSON
County's wishes with regard to the Speakership
would he Gratifod.