Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-11-09
PILGRIM PICKED
TO Be SPEAKER
OF LOWER HOUSE
Republicans at Caucus Decide
to Give Honor to Essex
Man.
KATEs, OF CAMDEN, TO (
BE MAJORITY LEADER
Senators Choose Read, Cam
den, as President, and Rath-
bun, Morris, as Whip.
From a stan Correspondent.

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TRENTON. Nov. s.-After a poll
teal confab of several hours at the
State House here today. the Repub-
licans who are in the majority in tine
House in the 1915 session appeared to
have agreed upon their slate for
speaker and floor leader Assembly
man Charles c. Pilgrim, OF Essex. un-
doubtediy has the inside track for
the speakership, and .Assemblynan
John w. Hates, of Camden. will have
the support of the Republican caucus
for leader. A combination of Pilgrim
and Hates is inevitable.
Assemblyman William n. Runyon,
of Union, leader of last years ma
jority, seems to have lost the support
accredited to him since the election
last Tuesday.
The senate Slate.
The Senate slate was made up with
out any difficulty The Republican
senators went into caucus soon after
arriving at the capital. Senator Will
liam T.. Read, of Camden, was the
caucus choice for president of the
Senate. and Senator Charles A. Rath-
| bun, of Morris, was agreed upon as
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Ihouse.
Ii was figured out today that AS
semblyman Pilgrim Will receive at
| least twenty-four of the forty Repub-
! lican votes when the House members
caucus here early in December. Pill
grim appears to be backed by COM
bination of Essex, Passaic and Cam
den, and it would be difficult for the
Runyon supporters to win the speak
ership against such a combination.
Votes Pilgrim viii Get.
The votes reported as favorable to
EPilgrim today are: Bergen. 1; Cam
Iden, 8; ESSEX. Il; Gloucester, 1; Nor
iris. 2; Passaic 5.
1agreeing upon their officers, also
agreed upon a steering committee,
The members are Senators Mathis,
Edge. Colgate, Pierce and Smalley
This committee viii meet two weeks
/ from today and present a report to
the Republican majority as to the
ldistributiQps Of patronage.
Grosscup May Succeed La Monte.
While the Republicans took COM
Iplete control OF political doings here
today. a surprise was sprung in DEM
ocratic circles over the question of the
selection of a banking and insurance
| commissioner TO succeed NfeOr&e M
La Monte, of Bound Brook. Governor
! Fielder will have the appointment of
new commissioner at the 1916 ses-
1 sion.
IT was rumored here that Demo-
cratic State Chairman Edward e.
Grosscup would succeed Mr.. La
Monte. Mr., Grosscup's term as State
treasurer will expire in February.
Governor Fielder has given no inti-
lmation of his intention to reappoint
Commissioner La Monte. From a
party standpoint, however. the Demo-
Gratis figure that it would be more
advantageous to the interests of the
party to have the Democratic State
chairman In a responsible State po-
sition.
House Majority Reduced.
According to the secretary of state,
| the Republican majority in the House
of Assembly has been reduced from
% to 20. Latest returns from the
election in Middlesex county confirm
| the report that the three Democratic
lAssemb1ymen will represent Middle
sex county next year. Richard j.
Calvin, a Democrat, has defeated
George S. Appiegate, Republican, as
assemblyman. The change in the
Middlesex representation will also
reduce the Republican majority on
! joint ballot to 25.
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