Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-02
BRYANT IS HERO
OF ADMIRERS WHO
URGE RETENTION
Trenton Also Thinks Minch Will
Take Baird's Place as State
Assessor.
From a stan Correspondent.

TRENTON, Feb. at seems to be
pretty definitely settled that Senator
Bloomfield H. Minch, of Cumber-
land, can have a lucrative and honor
able State Office il he will accept.
probably State Assessor David Baird's
place. Frank p. Jess, OF Camden,
member of the State Board of Equal
cation of Taxes, Is still on the tenta-
tive slate for the presidency OF
that board, to succeed Major Carl
Lentz. To succeed Mr.. Jess AS q mem
Der of the board an Essex mar is
likely to be chosen, The Governor has
made III his mind to give one or two
more good places to his home county
and . understood to have the names
of George Everett Halsey, of East
Orange. and City Tax Commissions
John Howe, of Newark, on his list OF
names for preferment.
General Lewis Il. Bryant, of Atlantic
City, State commissioner of labor. is u
real hero. Not since the proposed re-
tirement OF the Rev. George Wight
from the office of commissioner of
charities and corrections last year has
there peer such a Juror oyer the filling
of an appointive office. 1t is a pecu-
liar coincidence that DR.. Wight Is
credited to Atlantic County and that
is the home of General Bryant. The
Governor Reconstructed his plan to re-
tire DIR. Wight and needed the protests
of his friends. 1t is believed that he
will change his mind as to- General
Bryant and reappoint him labor COM
missioner. The Governor n General
1900 400 .r,-l r~s.xl ar1 4LA G,Y
ernor, when he announced that he had
an East Orange man in mind for labor
commissioner, said that he had another
place reserved for the present commits
sioner. Measuring messages were re-
ceived by the friends of General Bry-
ant yesterday, it is said.
Adjournment was voted yesterday
until next Monday night. Colonel
Edge, in the House, says that he pro-
poses to keep things moving and looks
for G swinging start next week. He Is
showing himself an energetic majority
leader to the extent of %prodding COM
mittees. There were many committee
gatherings yesterday and hearings are
being scheduled rapidly on important
bills.
Senator Ernest r.. Alderman, OF
Union, leader of the majority in the
Senate, says that all possible will be
done by him to get the work Of the
session well under way next week,
There have been no meetings of the
committee on appropriations of the
House and Senate as yet, and none is
in prospect for two weeks. 1t takes
hat committee several weeks to work
out an appropriation bill and a sup
Elemental measure, so that there Is
little prospect OF a final adjournment
before the end of March, or possibly
early IN April. This bids fair to be q
session of average length, twelve
weeks.
SO far the prospects for public utili-
ties legislation have not changed. 1t
seems quite likely that the question
will be put yer until the eleventh hour
and then, IL at any time, some sort of
compromise measur put through.
The appearance of more so-called re-
form bills than had been anticipated
has brought out the lobbyists In force
Representatives of the Public Service
Corporation, the great railroads and
all other powerful interests that may
be affected by New Jersey legislation
are much in evidence. Minority men,
bers in both houses are promising to
stir things up when bills are out of
committee and reach the point for ar
gument.