Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1907-01-10
DEMOCRATIC ERROR
LOSES A COMMIT TEE
Republicans Will
Control All The
Appropriations.
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Special to the EFENING VIEWS:

Special to the EFENING NEWS:
TRENTON, Jan 10:-Those who
follow legislative affairs closely are
expressing their opinion that the com.
plete ascendency of the Essex county
democracy in organizing the house of
assembly Tuesday will mean the de-
feat of Colonel Edwin A. Stevens, of
Hudson county, as the democratic
candidate for United States senator
and the choice of President Woodrow
Wilson, of Princeton University.
The trend of events Tuesday DEM
onstrated that Essex county will
dominate the house. The Essex men
have the support of the five Passaic
members and control enough of the
rural members TO give them absolute
mastery.
The joint meeting for the election
of United States senator to succeed
John F. Dryden will take place Tues
day, January %. At that time, of
course. Hudson county will be for
Colonel Stevens, who resides in Ho-
boken. But the Essex men have IA
vored President Wilson for some
time and undoubtedly will place him
in nomination. 1t was plain to be
seen Tuesday that there would not be
harmony between Essex and Hudson
counties on some matters, and the
outlook now is that the two assembly
delegations will inaugurate con-
test for the nomination for United
States senator that will be second
only to the fight against Dryden.
Democrats Beaten.
Since the smoke of battle cleared
away it has been discovered that
the lack of foresight on the
part of the democratic leaders in the
assembly the republicans will con-
troll the appropriation committees.
While a committee on appropriations
is named in each house, to all in
tents and purposes they form a joint
committee. for they always meet to-
gether and perform their work in
common
The senate appropriations commit
tee is composed of four members and
usually has been manned by two re-
publicans and two democrats. But
anticipating the present situation,
President Bradley Tuesday named
three republicans and only one demo-
crat. This was not generally known
when the house committee was
Speaker Iethbridge, in the ass
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committee three democrats and two
republicans, whereas, from the demo
cratic standpoint, the true political
move would have been to name four
democrats and one republican. AS
the joint committee stands it is COM
posed of five republicans and four
democrats. If the assembly leaders
had been fully awake to the exigency
and appointed four democrats, that
party would have controlled the COM
mittee by five votes to four. AS 1t
stands. the republicans will dictate
the policy of this joint committee.
The committee drafts both the regu-
lar and the supplemental appropria-
tion bills, the two carrying provi-
sions for the expeditures of about
$4,0OO,000 annually.
An Important Committee.
The bills are never introduced un-
til the last day or two of the session,
owing to the work in preparing them,
and they usually go through without
question because there is no time to
dissect and examine them. This fact
makes the work of the joint commit
tee most important and adds signifi-
cance to the present situation.
The members of the joint commit
tee are: Senate-republican Brad
ley, of Camden; Ackerman, of Union;
Robbins, of Burlington; Democrat
Cornish, of Warren. Assembly
Democrats, Firth, of Warren; Baker,
of Hudson; Corish, of Essex; repub-
licans, Elvins, of Atlantic; Smailey
of Somerset.