Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-11
Governor Fort Scored by Mem
bers of Upper House at Dim
ner to Their President.
SMART UNDER ATTACK
MADE BY EXECUTIVE
Ernest R. Ackerman Boosted for
Presiding Officer of
the Senate.

It was but natural that politics and
gubernatorial booms and boomlets
would be discussed at the banquet
of the Hotel Astor in, New York
by the New Jersey State senators to
their presiding officer, Joseph S. Free
linghuysen, of Somerville. While there
was plenty of good-natured bantering
between the Democratic and Repuhli-
can members of the upper house there
was a serious undercurrent OF senti-
ment which made three things stand
out, namely.
That Governor Forts criticism of the
Legislature, particularly his latest at
tack at the Taft banquet in Passaic. Is
not bit relished. and many uncompli
mentary things were said of the State
executive
That it is the undisguised expression
of the Republican senators that the Re-
publican leaders should not go outside
of the upper branch of the house in
their search for IA guhernatorial candi-
date.
That Ernest II. Ackerman should be
honored with the presidency of the
Senate in the coming year
The function was in the nature of a
return banquet to the one recently
rendered by senator Frelinghuysen to
his confrcres in the Senate, Covers
were laid for twenty-one and they sat
down at Z O'Clock.
Only Ono senator Absent.
All the Senators but Johnston Cor
nish were present. The only person not
Senator there was Judge Clarence
Case. of Somergille. who is Senator
Frelinghuysen's private secretary.
Over the good things to eat and drink
the party drifted to the fall campaign
and the gubeInatorial situation. The
Democratic members made no attempt
/ to conceal their merriment when their
/ Republicans brethren settled the gubef-
Material question BY stating that tlse
Democrats didn't have q chance oS
electing their candidate. There was u
lot of good-natured talk, but the Esr-
publican Senators became serious wlloh
they declared that there is plenty o.
splendid gubernatorial timber in the
| Senate and that Senator should he
uamed for the highest Office in tbs
State.
4 he lteDuDBtSD 1OIlIlldlloii GtlONiti
not go outside the Senate was tie
sentiment of all the Republican sene-
tors present.
! Then the party fell to discussing a
possible successor to Senator Freling
! huysen 1t was plain to be seen tina t
/ Ernest r. Alderman was most favored
1t Is stated by one of those present
that when the party began a discussion
of Governor Fort some pretty warm
/ talk was handed out. While none of
the Senators was willing to be quoted
today. it is said that the executive II
the State was handled pretty severely
/ before the diners left. His recent
! speech at the Taft dinner in Passa,c
was regarded as direct reflection on
every man present. 1t will be recalled
that the Governor spoke of the fail
ure of the last Legislature to fulfl
promises.
! II don't care to have my name used.
said one of the men who was present
today. but you can state that some
very uncomplimcntary things were said
of the Governor. And it was nlete
that they should be said in view Of the
manner in which the Governor has
! been indiscriminately attacking th~
members of the last Legislature.