The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-27
Are Now Four ia
Field for Assembly
Offices.
LEADERS MAY DECIDE
MoxonP Pushing Boom for Speaker
and Parker, Who Wants Clerk.
ship, Said to Be for Anyone
Except Passaic Man.-Prince-
Martin Slate Unbroken.
IRON a stan correspondent.l

TRENTON, Nov. 27.-Uncertainty
was the keynote of yesterdays political
discussion in the corridors of the State
ship and clerkship of the House of
Assembly of the One Hundred and
~Thirty-second Legislature. There was
a tendency to slate-breaking rather
than to slate-making, although the
breaking process, which seemed ever so
much easier than building-up, did not
develop anything definite.
The advocates of the different states
that were proposed were confident that
their selections would finally prevail in
caucus, whenever Uncle Dory'' Gibbs.
the oldest member of the House in
point of service, should think that the
situation had cleared sufficiently for
such a session.
These are the four states that con-
sumed most of the gossip: =
For speaker, John r. Moxon, Union;
for leader, Frank B. Jess, Camden; for
clerk, James Parker.
For speaker. John D.. Prince. Pas
sale: for leader, William p. Martin,
Essex; for clerk, James Parker.
For speaker, Frank B. Jess; for
leader, William P. Martin; for clerk,
James Parker.
For speaker, John D. Prince: for
leader, William p. Martin; for clerk,
Upton S. Jefferys.
OF these the Prince-Martin Parker slate
was the one hat received the most atten-
ton last week and the one which yesterday
kept bobbing like a new cork In the water.
The assaults of he different interests
which would not be conserved by this
apportionment gave rise to the other
changes, and as a result great uncertainty
developed, especially regarding the clerk
ship and speakership.
AS told in the EVENING STAR yester-
day, Assemhlyman Moxon, as soon as he
and his friends arrived in the State House,
got busy on the speakership. 1t is under
stood that Captain James Parker. who
feels that he cannot get the clerkship IL
the Prince-Martin combination Is settled
on. lost no time upon his arrival to help
the Moxon boom along. In fact, 1t is said,
that the former clerk ever tried to help
along the Jess boom for the speakership,
so that the Office would not go to Passaic,
his own county.
The Jess launching came about, 1t is said,
because of South Jerseys dissatisfaction
with being left out In the cold. 1t is said
that Captain Parker did not. meet with
much help from the South Jerseyites in
this respect, for 1t had come to their ears
that Captain Parker had gone around tell
ing certain members that Upton s.. JEFF
ferys, of Camden, was not a candidate for
clerk of the House in opposition to him.
Mr.. Jefferys. the South Jerseymen say,
was not a candidate against Captain
Jim so long as the possible slate had
South Jersey taken care of, but. in view
of the fact that last weeks slate ignored
that section of the State altogether, both
Mr.. Jess and Jefferys got into the race, in
order to save South Jersey. These phases
brought about the forming of the four
tentative states.
So little was accomplished yesterday
that it was hipted about, as told in the
EVENING STAR. that next Tuesday the
leaders woul get together and settle on a
slate that would be generally accepted.
After the results of yesterdays discus
sion had been viewed by all those interest
ed 1t was the belief that next Tuesday
would see something more definite and
probably the call of a caucus for the Sec
ond or third week in December.