Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-11
FOUR ''PLUNS'
FOR M|DDLESEX
Three Pages and One Assist
ant Journal Clerk Will
Be Appointed
GIVE OUT PATRONAGE
MiddIeSex Gets $1100, Mon
mouth Lands $3.50 in Pa
tronage-DeVoe Clerk
GIVE OUT PATRONAGE

Assemblyman Harold G. Hoffman,
of South Amboy, one of the men,
bers of the lower house steering
committee, obtained S1,100 worth of
patronage for Middlesex county at
the caucus held in Trenton yester-
Gay. This amount is said to be 500
in. excess of what this county was
entitled TO.
There will be four positions filled
by MiddleseX county men as the re-
suit of this award yesterday, consist
ing of an assistant journal clerk at
$500 and three pages at 5000 each,
making a total of $1,1O0.
The matter of selecting the men
to fill these political jobs will be left
entirely in the hands of the Middle
sex county Republican committee
and the leaders are expected to get
together in a few days to choose the
recipients of these political plums.
Assemblyman Fred DeVoe, OF
Middlesex county, as minority leader
had his request for a minority clerk
granted and John Matthews, of Hun
terton, will likely be appointed to
that position. Assemblyman DeVoe
also asked that a file clerk be named
to assist him in his duties as min
ority leader but this request was de-
MED.
Monmouth county. although hav-
ing but two assemblymen, was sue
cessful in landing patronage totalng
$3.50 1t was made up of an as :
sistant supervisor of bills at $500 a
doorkeeper at $3.50 and file clerk
at $500.
TO Elect New Clerk
TRENTON, Dec. 11:-The odd
currents which have marked the
progress of plans by the Repubh-
can majority for the organization Oh
the 1924 legislature again were con-
spicuous yesterday in the ellmlna-
tion of Upton S. Jefferys, of CAM
den, for clerk of the House and the
selection of Frederick A. Brodesser'
of Union county, as his successor
Brodesser, who has been serving as
assistant secretary of the senate tor
some years, was selected by the
House caucus over the protest of the
assemblymen from his own county.
The same combination which en-
gineered the selection of Harry q.
Eaton, of Essex, for speaker, was
practically responsible for Brodes-
ser's winning the $1,5OO place as
clerk which the veteran Jeffery7
held for the past decade when the
Republicans have controlled the
House organization The Edge men,
plus the eight Essex "drys" advised
by County Counsel Arthur L. Van
derbilt, of that county, ruled the
steering committee which brought
in the recommendation of Brodesset
for clerk and Reginald t. Bennett
of East Orange, for assistant clerk
succeeding the late Captain James
Parker, of Passaic.
The report was presented by AS
semblyman Hershfield, of Passaic
who has been at odds with the Unior
delegation and who fought the can
didacy of Herbert Pascoe, OF thai
county, for speaker. He recon-
mended the two men already men
toned. reciting that Brodesser hac
had much experience in the Leg
islative mill on the senate side ane
that Bennett had already served as
journal clerk of the assembly. As
soon as he had made the report anc
it was seconded by Assemblyman.
elect Beardsley, of Essex, Messrs
Cliff, Compton and Pascoe in turr
arose and said that Union county
would not go along because then
county chairman, former Sheriff
George II. Johnston, had not beer
consulted about Brodesser's selec.
ton.