Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-25
ESSEX WILL GET
/ LARGE SHARE OF
HOUSE PATRONAGE
Assembiymen Caucus After Sc
lecting Speaker, but Postpone
Announcing the Plums.

Special to the Evening star.
TRENTON. Nov. 25.-Following the
selection OF Carlton Godfrey of At
nntic. as speaker: William n
Runyou. of Union, as majority lead
er and Upton 5. Jetfreys of Camden
as clerk OF the House. Republican
assemblymen late yesterday after
noon turned their attention to the
distribution of patronage To the
steering committee appointed by Mr..
Runyon-
The committee worked until late
III the afternoon. but would not give
cut any announcement of its delib-
Grafton until next Tuesday II was
said, however. that Essex would be
web taken care Of
The selection OF a speaker by the
caucus was o disputed question until
The vote was finally announced by
Assemblylnan stevens, Of Cape May,
who acted as chairman of the meet
Mercer Men Went Over.
The Mercer men who led Assembly
man Hates TO believe they would
support him Hoped TO Godfrey on
the first vote. Assemblyrnan Peacock,
oe darlington. also held off until the
roll call but registered his vote for
Godfrey Peacock denied he was
rnaneuverine for the leadership of the
House in declining to say to whom he
would give his vote before the caucus
begun.
Nr Peacock Yesterday announced
he would be Il candidate to succeed
Senator Blanchard White, oil Bur
Iington. next year.
Assembisman Edmund b. Randall
81 passaic. voted for Godfrey on the
arst ballot. IL was announced that
The Passaic delegation would mold
az, ON the first ballot, which would
he enen to Assemblyman George
9)alrympie. of Passaie, a faYorlte son
Randall is accused of breaking from
ais agreement to vote for Dalfynlpie
on the first vote.
The nomination Of Mr.. Runyon was
made by Charles L. Morgan, one OF
bis colleagues from Union County. II
vas seconded bv Oliver ]. West, Of
Gloucester. Mr.. Crosby was named
bv Thomas J. Smith, of Essex, and
he was seconded by William ]. Berry
also of Essex. Mr.. Crosby moved that
The vote be made unanimous, mo-
ton which was adopted.
With the announcement Of the vote
Mr.. Kates took occasion TO state that
he was satisfied with the result and
hat ne would give full support TO
Mr. Godfrey. He said that during the
campaign for the place statements
had been made putting him in the
position OF having criticized Mr. Cod
frey, but. he asserted, this was un-
true. and he had not done so either
personally or i'm any other way.
Godfrey is ufty years old. studied
law and mas pracdced law since 1883.
Ne Is president of the Guarantee
Trust Company, Of Atlantic city and
was president pf the New Jersey
Bankers Association in 1906 and 1907.
He is also president Of the West
Jersey Title and Guarantee Company,
and the West Jersey Alortgage Com
rany. He has just been elected as
Assembiyman for the third term. IT.
vas Godfrey vino led the fight last
winter against the Fielder Pierce
bank stock tax bill that finally passed.
senate Patronage.
While the 9. Q. =. Assemblymen-
elect were selecting their officers the
uarty's representatives in the next
Senate were holding an important
conference Subjects that will prob
ably become matters for legislative
action were discussed and the steer
ing committee assigned the patron
age among the counties.
The following recommendations of
the committee were adopted: At
lantic secretary to the president,
$500: doorkeeper, $3.50; page, 5000.
$500; committee clerk, $3.50; file clerk.
$3.50: page, $500. Camden, calendar
clerk, $500 stenographer, $500; clerk
10 committee, $3.50: doorkeeper, $3.50.
Essex, supervisor of bills, $1,000;
doorkeeper, $3.50; assistant bill clerk.
$500: second assistant journal clerk,
$500. Gloucester, secretary to the
Senate, $500; committee clerk, $3.50;
file clerk, $3.50.
Mercer, sergeant alarms, 500; gall
lery keeper, $3.50; bill clerk, $500;
doorkeeper. $3.50.
Morris, assistant supervisor OF bills,
$500; clerk to committee on printed
bills, $500; file clerk, $3.50; page, 5000
Ocean, assistant arms,
$500; stenographer, 500; gallery keep
er, $3.50; doorkeepers, $3.50.
Salem, assistant secretary to the
Senate, $1,000; gallery keeper, $3.50;
page, $500.
Somerset, second assistant super
visor Of bills, $500; file clerk, $3.50;
clerk to commit &c on appropriations,
$500; page, 5000.
Union, Journal clerk, $1,000; page
$500; committee clerk, 1880.
After discussing legislation TO be
proposed at the next session the fol-
lowing senator's were named to pre-
pare bills on the needed enactments:
Economy and efficiency. Senator
Edge, Atlantic; civil service, Senator
Smalley. Somerset; labor, Co gate,
Essex, and Edge; irrigation system
for farms, White. Burlington, and
Allen Of Salem; institutional eX-
penses. Read, Camden; election laws.
Rathbuu. Morris: state normal
schools, Sma ley; tax legislation,
Pierce Of Union; home rule, Hutch
i,1son. Mercer; flexible method for
amending the constitution, Rathbun;
public roads. Gaunt. Gloucester, and
Allen; school building code, Rath-
bun. Mathis and Allen; conservation
of the potable waters, Sma ley;
waterways. Edge.