Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-19
TO CAUCUS FOR
SPEAKER AND
LEADER DEG. %
Democratic Assemblymen-elect
May, at Same Meeting, Dis
cuss U. S. Senat0rship.

The Democratic assembiymen-eiect
will caucus at Democratic State head
quarters in this city on Wednesday,
December 2s, at 1 O'Clock In the after
noon. The CAUCUS call has been issued
by Assemblyman Edward Kenny, of
Hudson county, dean of the Democratic
membership Of the next House Of As
sembly. Tho selection Of the majority's
candidates for speaker and leader of
the next session will be the principal
business Of the caucus. The United
States senatorship may also be dis
GUESSED.
Newark has been selected as the
meeting place by Mr. Kenny. as a mat
ter of convenience. All but two OF the
newly-elected Democratic Assembly
men live in the northern part of the
State. Those from Morris, Sussex and
Warren counties will be enabled to
return to their homes the same night
from Newark. From Trenton they
might not be able to do so. Holding
the caucus away from the State capi-
tai is a new departure.
Seems to Point to Mr.. Kenny.
AS far as the speakership Is con-
oerned the selection seems to have mar
rowed down to Mr.. Kenny himself. He
announced his candidacy in a letter to
his Democratic colleagues several
weeks ago, and there seems to be a
general disposition, because of his long
service and his wide acquaintance with
the lawmaking affairs of the State, to
accord him the honor.
Nc name has recently been mem
toned for the leadership except John
]. Matthews, of Hunterdon County. 1t
Is possible that there may be other
aspirants for the post, however, by the
time that the caucus. meets. Mr.. Mat
thews, too, has seen long service in the
House. He vas an Assemblyman from
Union County back in 1887 and 1888
before he moved to Hunterdon. In the
coming session he will be serving his
third term from Hunterdon.
The caucus will also decide to what
counties shall be allotted the various
positions to be filed by the House ma
jority. The best of these places is the
~clerkship of the House. The Speaker
appoints his own secretary and he also
has at his disposal an assistant secre-
tary.
The clerk of the House gets a SALARY
of $1,000 and the speakers secretary
$500. The assistant secretary receives
$500.
other places to be filled are as fol-
lows: Assistant clerk of the House,
81, 200; supervisor Of bills, 5 1900; two
assistant supervisors, $500 each; Jour
nal clerk, $1,000; assistant Journal
clerk, $500; sergeant-at-arms, $500; two
assistants, $500 each; doorkeepers, $3.50
each; pages, 5000 each; bill clerk and
assistant, $500 each.
When the committees are named
there will be one clerkship, that to
committee on printed bills, $500, and
four other committee clerkships at $500
each. These are not caucus selections,
however.
Reform Program Gone Over.
1t is probable that there will be a
general discussion of proposed legisla-
ton at the caucus. There is apparent
ly a feeling that the next Legislature
should make quick work of carrying
out the party platform program. At a
conference at Princeton last week be-
tween State Chairman James r. Nu-
gent and Governor-elect Wilson the
Democratic reform program was thor
oughly gone over. The State chairman
subsequently announced that an effort
was to be made by the Legislature and
the new Governor to dispose of the
legislative program as expeditiously as
possible.