Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-28
Senator Bloomfield H. Minch, Of
Cumberland County, will Pre-
side at the Coming Session.
HlLLERY WILL BE FLOOR LEADER
Caucus Was Held Behind Closed
Doors, and il Was Announced as
"a Harmonious Gathering-Middle-
sex and Passaic the Counties Not
Represented This Year-NIiddlesex
Loses a $500 Committee Clerkship.
special to the EVENING NEWS:

TRENION, Dec. 20: - NOtWlLn-,
standing that Senator Thomas J. Hill
lery, of Morris county, was the logi-
cal candidate for president of the
New Jersey state senate for the legis-
lative session of 1907, and month
ago was looked upon as practically
sure to land the nomination, the re-
publican senatorial caucus held here
last night named Senator Bloom
field H. Minch, of Cumberland county,
as president The result is looked
upon as favoring the chances of John
f. Dryden for reelection as United
States senator.
The republicans. having lost Mid
dlesex and Passaic counties on the
election for senators the caucus was
composed of only fifteen lawmakers
and all were present. The session
lasted more than an hour and took
place behind closed doors. At It's
close all the senators insisted that
everything was harmonious Hill
lery's name was not presented for
the presidency, he having found that
he had no chance of winning out.
Though he was the republican leader
in the senate during last session of
the legislature, which is regarded as
the sure stepping stone to the presi-
dency, he was defeated for that office,
and his defeat was accomplished by
the solid vote of the South Jersey
senators, who flocked to Minch.
Senator Hillery was chairman of
the caucus and Senator Wakelee. OF
Bergen county, secretary. Senator
Bradley, president of the senate last
winter, placed Mr.. Mineh in nomina-
ton and Mr.. Hillery seconded it,
Senator Minch was then elected.
Roth From Same County.
BY curious balancing of appoint
ments, Howard Tyler, OF Cumberland
county, will remain secretary of tho
senate at salary of $1,000 year,
thus breaking an established prece-
dent that the president and secretary
should not come from the s--'a
county. This was due to senatorial
courtesy and was arranged after it
was seen that Minch was sure to win
out, in order to give Tyler three
terms, which is the custom. The
secretaryship to the president, place
usually filled by the president, was
filled by choosing William e. Muir
ply, of Camden county. Then, on the
ground that President-elect Minch
had not named his secretary, Tyler
was renominated as secretary of the
senate
Middlesex county, having no re-
publican senator, failed to make any
showing in the caucus, of course. The
county lost the Office of clerk to the
committee on printed bills, which
last winter was held by William c.
VOORHEES,. The salary for that Office
Is $500 for thes ession.
Murphy will draw $500 a year as
secretary to the president. The other
Offices were filled, as follows: Assist
ant secretary of the senate, William
H. Albright, of Gloucester county,
salary 81 200; journal clerk, John W.
Cliff, Union county, $1,000; assistant
journal clerk, Ulysses Grant, Ocean
county, 800; assistant sergeant-at-
arms, to Burlington county, man not
named; supervisor of bills, Charles
l.. Grubb, Morris county, $1,200;
assistant supervisor of bills, Edward
Sexsmith, Monmouth county. $500;
bill clerk, to Essex county, man not
named; assistant bill clerk, William
NJ. Conklin, Somerset county; clerk
to the committee on printed bills,
Howard Keasby, Salem county, $500,
calendar clerk, 10 Bergen county;
stenographer to the president, At
lantic county, man not named, $500.
Senators Frelinghuysen. Avis,
Brown, Wakelee and Colby were
named as the steering committee, and
will have the apportionment OF the
minor Offices, including five door
keepers, two gallery keepers and four
pages. The salaries are $3.50, $350
and 5000, respectively.
None of the senator's would talk
about the United States senatorship,
and 1t was stated that this matter was
not mentioned in the caucus. 1t is
claimed, however, that some of the
interests which Senator Hillery rep
resents have been opposed to the cleo
tion of Minch as the candidate for
the presidency is an indication that
he can control enough votes in the
senate to insure his return to Wash
ington for another SIS years