The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-01-24
SURPRISES STATE
WITH KATzENBACH
Governor SiIzer Selects Trenton
Man Instead of Bosom Friend
for Attorneys General.
SENATE PASSES TUNNEL BILL
Or. M'5ride for Labor chief-com-
puIsory Liability Insurance for Auto
Drivers Passed by IS to 1-Tun-
mel Board Submits Plea.

Trenton. Governor Silzer gave the
State House a genuine surprise, il
not a shock, when he sent to the
Senate the name of Edward L. Kat
zenbach for Attorney General, instead
of his bosom friend of many years
standing, Prosecutor Joseph E. Strick-
er, of Middlesex county.
From the day of Governor Silzer's
election, in 1922, no other name than
Stricker's has been connected with
the big plum in the States law de-
partment.
Mr.. Stricken is Governor Silzer's
most intimate friend, politically and
personally.
There have been, from time to
time, rumors that Mr.. Stricken pre-
ferred to remain at his lucrative law
practice rather than to accept politi-
cal honors. His term as prosecutor
ends in 1926. and 1t is said that he
may not even complete his term as
prosecutor.
Mr.. Stricken is a man of consider
able wealth, which he has gained
from his practice of law and from
bank and real estate interests.
From a local lawyer in Perth Amboy
he has become one Of the most sue
cessful lawyers in the State, and last
year closed his office in his home
city to open new offices in the Pru-
Dental building. in Newark.
No Explanation
Governor Silzer offered no explana-
ton for the failure to appoint Mr.
Stricken. Indeed, his fine sense of
humor probably enjoyed the shock
that it would be to the State when it
became known that the appointee,
would be Mr.. Katzenbach, instead OF
Mr.. Stricken.
The Governor and MT. Stricken are
just as close at this time as they
have been in the past, and the only
possible explanation is that the Mid
dlesex man would not take the place.
for Governor Silzer is known to have
offered it.
Mr. Katzenbach is q Trenton man.
His brother, Supreme Court Justice
Katzenbach, was the Democratic can
didate for Governor in 1907. and was
defeated by Franklin Fort by a margin
of less than 1000 votes
Edward Katzenbach has never been
known in the State with the prom
inence of his brother, but in the legal
fraternity he is known as one of the
strong legal minds of New Jersey.
Last year Governor Silzer appoint
ed him counsel to the State Budget
Commission to carry on the probe
into the finances of the tunnel work,
and it was through that probe that
Mr., Katzenbach , was virtually intro
duced to the public of New Jersey.
Attorney General McCran's term ex-
pires January 81
The term is for FIVE years and the
salary is $1,000 year.
The appointment must be confirmed
by the Senate.
Other Appointments
The first batch of nominations for
State positions was received from Gov
ernor Silzer by the Senate. They
were DR.. Andrew F. Mcbride, Pater-
son, for full term as Commissioner
of Labor; Luther A. Campbell, Hack
ensack, for full term as an Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court and
William Clark, of Bernardsville, for
the full term as Judge of the Court of
Errors and Appeals All are now serv-
ing ad interim terms, having been
named to fill vacancies occurring since
the last legislative session.
The nomination of Dr. Mcbride
gives definite confirmation to re-
port that the Paterson physician had
consented to continue as head OF the
Labor Bureau. DIR. Mcbride was pre-
vailed upon with some difficulty to
accept the office following the death
of General Lewis T. Bryant, of Allan
tic City, and considerable uncertainty
existed in his own mind whether he
would continue.
Mccran Dinner Delays Solons
The Legislature was delayed in get
ting down to business because several
members were in attendance at the
dinner given to Thomas F. McCran,
attorney general. The House after
passing two minor measures took a
recess to await the passage by the
Senate of the Richards measure per-
hitting the Joint Bridge and Tunnel
Commission to appoint its own coun-
sel instead Of the Democratic attorney
general
Z The first bill passed In the House
was the Hoffman joint resolution max
ing the Perth Amboy Bridge memo
rial to service men Of the World War.
Then followed the resolution of Mrs.
Thompson, of Ocean, calling upon
Congress to adopt legislation that
would prohibit the dumping OF wastes
so as to pollute the New Jersey shores.
Mr.. Hershfield, OF Passaic. intro
duced bill for a tax OF one cent on
gasoline, to yield approximately 81
00O, 900 a year. which must be devoted
TO new road construction.
Congress is memorialized in reso-