New-York tribune., 1910-12-21
]. D. PRINCE NEW LEADER
Columbia Professor to Head Jer-
sey Senate Majority.
REPUBLICANS IN CAUCUS
Senator H. v. Leavitt's Loyalty
n Primary Thought to Have
Cost Him the Place.
-. Telegraph 20 Tie T-ieun,

- IF Passaic County. a professor of
.-,.oes at Columbia University, was Sc
- as the majority leader OF the upper
go al p caucus of the Republican Sen
- .o-dav. after a contest which took up
tho whole afternoon
ro,asor Harry Y. Leavitt. IT was expect
= ,,oujd he the one chosen to lead the
1ssr,.blcsn Senators. but his loyalty to the
-.n,orv law affecting the selection OF
tt--itaa States Senators cost him the place.
1-oIouine the recent primaries, Senator
-.,5.- announced that he would abide by
rser,lt and would vote for Ex-Governor
c.o,os who received the highest number
g -.o,es Senator E r. Ackerman, OF
-, mas made the caucus choice for
president tn, .,,o
,,.,,,bIioan members Just now. and TO snow
AZ Stokes that IL still held the upper
80 senator L.eavitt was sidetracked and
senator Prince made the majority leader
7,s,id Baird sook particular pains TO see
.b.. Senator LSavitt was not selected, ana
although not present in person. he had
Frank Paterson and Harry Humphrles at
work for him.
one OF the anomalies of the SITUATION
however. was the announcement from an
authoritative source late in the afternoon
-hat senator Prince and the five Assembly
-,sent from Passaic were going TO vote Tor
Stokes for United States Senator
The caucus was called for O'Clock, but
50 strenuous had the contest for leader De-
fonle that ii was almost two hours ia'ei
when the Senators got together after 1rnii-
less attempts 10 settle the question without
an open fight. The Senators were IN the
conference room only short whlle WHICH
Senators Leavitt and Prince We're DOM
asked 10 withdraw After consioerdoie
-s1linr a lineup was made, and it was
found that Senator Leavitts support was
confined to Senators Frelinghuyson, Lewis
and Plummer, so the two contestants were
called back into the caucus, and Senator
Ieayitt withdrew his name after the CON-
sii1ion was made known to him.
Senator Thomas X Mathis, of ocean, al
though at the State House. cid not take
mart in the caucus. The contest over the
senstorship in Ocean will come before the
Senate. and it was felt that IL would he
embarrassing 10 his fellow Senators II ne
,,artfcipated in the distribution of the pat
ronase He had expected TO appear before
The Senators however. and read state
rnent he had prepared of his side of the
controversy but had TO leave Trenton Tor
home before the Senators were ready to
hear him.
Presidert-to-be Ackerman announced the
appointment Of Senators ILeayitt, Lewis
and Osborne as the Senate committee to
have charge of the inauguration of DR..
Wilson. William G Murphy, Of Camden,
was chosen secretary of the Senate, TO sue
ueed Howard Tyler. The other officers Sc
lected were: Assistant secretary, Benjamin
Patterson, of Salem: journal clerk. John
". Cliff, of Union. supervisor Of bills, Ed
ward A Sexsmith. of Monmouth; assist
ent supervisor of bills Wilbur X Sloan, of
Gloucester: bill clerk. Charles H Bohn, Of
cape May: calendar clerk, Tuttle Walker.
of Atlantic: sergeant-at-arns, Gaudalope
4 Holl. of Mercer. and assistant sergeant
alarms, Joseph Fitzge, of Somerset
Minor Places Apportionsd.
The steering committee apportioned the
remaining positions between the counties
represented by Republican Senators as
follows: Atlantic, one page and two gallery
keepers; Burlington, clerk to Committee
on Printed Bills. one page, one doorkeep-
er and file clerk: Camden, clerk to Appro-
priatfon Committee and file clerk; Cape
MAY clerk 10 Committee on Boroughs and
Townships, one page and one doorkeeper;
Cumberland. clerk to Committee on Public
Health. one page and one doorkeeper;
Gloucester, clerk to secretary, one door
keeper and one gallery keeper; Mercer.
clerk to Committee on Municipal Corpora
tions. stenographer and one doorkeepeT;
Monmouth. clerk to Committee Rail
roads and Canals and file clerk; Passaie,
clerk TO Committee on Revision of Laws,
one page and file clerk; Salem, clerk to
Committee en- Education. one page and one
gallery keeper: Somerset, clerk TO Commit
tee on Banks and Insurance, assistant sec
ietary TO the president and one doorkeeper;
Union, one page
The number of the appointments is forty
five. which, in addition TO the stenographer
allowed TO the Democrats. makes the total
:orty-si1 or one less than last year.
The Republican Senators will meet again
on Tuesday to discuss legislation. From
the talk Yesterday all of the reforms advo-
Gated 10y Governor-elect Wilson will receive
the hearty support OF the Republican ma
Jority in the Senate.
IL is probable that the Republican Sena-
Tors viii not hold e joint caucus on the
selection Of a majority candidate for
United States Senator The plan is to let
the Individual members vote for whomever
they please. and it VIII probably so
Through as II was hailed with much favor
by those Senators and Assemblymen 10
whom il was mentioned.