Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-12-03
Democratic Assembly Caucus
Heeds the G0vern0r-EIeCt'S
Warning About Creating
More Offices Than Lawful.
MIDDLESEX FARES WELL
This County Gets $2,1OO, Be-
ing Next to Hudson and Es-
sex - Monmouth County
Comes In For ST, ,450.
MIDDLESEX FARES WELL
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

FpcCtut W tue n IN IAN " X w o.
Trenton, Dec. s. Remembering
the warning of Governor elect Field
er that he would veto any appro-
priations for legislative officers in
excess of those provided in the new
law passed last winter, the Demo-
cratic members of the Assembly in
their caucus yesterday afternoon ap-
portioned $26,500 worth of patron
age, the exact amount named In the
new statute. To this will be added
the salaries of the Speakers secret
ary and his assistant secretary, car
rying the total of $27,450. These
two latter salaries are also provid-
ed for in the act.
Hudson county, with its twelve
Assem- mblymen, got the largest slice
of the patronage pie" its share
being $500 for fifteen Offices. Es-
sex with nine Democratic Assembly
men, got 1S Jobs worth s5,450. The
other counties represented by Demo-
Gratis were taken care of as follows:
Bergen, $2,050; Hunterdon, $3.50;
Middlesex, s2,100; Monmouth, ST.
45o; Salem, 5000; Somerset, In ad
dition to the Speakership, $500;
Sussex, $3.50; Union, $2,050, and
Warren $3.50. The committee clerks
were not all apportioned to the
counties, so some of those counties
will get another office.
Caucus Harmonious.
The caucus was one of the most
harmonious gatherings of the kind
the Democrats have held in several
years. The selection of the candi-
dates for the organization were
made without one unpleasant word,
and best of feeling prevailed. All
the clashes took place in the pre-
caucus skirmishing, but the Fielder
administration having demonstrated
its strength and its ability to corral
the necessary votes, the others yield
ed to the inevitable and the meet
ing was harmony fest.
AS usual, the Essex members,
piloted by James R. Nugent, at first
fiocked by themselves and chose
their own candidates, but after dick
ering until they obtained all the
patronage they wanted, they got on
the organization band wagon.
After Assemblyman Walter L. Nc
Dermott, of Hudson, found his can
didacy for the Speakership was
hopeless and he could not effect a.
deal to combine the antt-Wilson vote
to defeat Mr.. Beekman for the
Speakership,- he would not permit
himself to be nominated as can
didate for Speaker.
"They were against me and had
the votes, SO there was no use of
permitting my name to be used,"I
he said after the caucus had ad-
journed.
McDermott Bolted Hudson Caucus.
McDermott's early fight against
Beekman yesterday followed his bolt
ing of the caucus of the Hudson
county delegation when his claim to
the Democratic leadership was reject
ed. McDermott gave evidence that
he proposes to continue his opposi-
ton to the Wilson faction of the
party.
Mark T. Phillips, of Essex, was
chosen as the candidate for clerk of
the assembly again, and Frank H.
Hennessy, OF Bergen, son of Senator
elect Charles O'Connor Hennessy,
will be assistant clerk for a second
term. Phillips and Hennessy made
unusually good officials all through
the last session.
1t is understood that Patrick
Henry Maley, of Bergen, has been de-
cided upon as secretary to Speaker
Beekman, but this selection will be-
opposed by a lot of Bergen leaders.
Maley will be opposed, it is said, by
Senator-elect Hennessy, Assembly,
man Agnew, County Clerk Thomp-
son, Surrogate Sibbald and other
leaders. The opposition is due to
the fact that Maley ran for freeholder
in Bergen on a ticket opposed to the
regular Democratic leaders.
The unanimous endorsement given
State Comptroller Edward I. Ed
wards, for reelection for a second
term, insures that he will not have
p opposition before the joint meeting
of the legislature next February
when the comptroller will be chosen
for another term of three years.
The Democratic senators did not
apportion the patronage yesterday af-
ternoon, leaving this for another
meeting on December 16.
Apportionment of Patronage.
The apportionment of the patron
age in the assembly caucus was as
follows:
Essex county, clerk salary, $1,000.
Bergen county, assistant clerk,
salary $1,000.
Essex county second assistant
clerk, salary $3.50.
Hudson county, Journal clerk,
$1,000.
Union county, assistant Journal
clerk, $500.