Modern battles of Trenton .. . , ofCamden. The roll-call on three or fourballots showed thirtyvotes for each and con-sequectly no deadlock con-tinued for a day ortwo later. It wasbroken before the endof the week by a divi-sion of the officers be-tween the two morning, justafter Mr. Foster hadcompleted the roll-call,Assemblyman Howell,of Essex, arose in hisseat and surprised hisfellow-Republicans with a resolution designating all the officers of the House fromSpeaker down to Doorkeeper. It gave the Speakership to Rabeand the Clerkship to Foster. Having thus divided the
Modern battles of Trenton .. . , ofCamden. The roll-call on three or fourballots showed thirtyvotes for each and con-sequectly no deadlock con-tinued for a day ortwo later. It wasbroken before the endof the week by a divi-sion of the officers be-tween the two morning, justafter Mr. Foster hadcompleted the roll-call,Assemblyman Howell,of Essex, arose in hisseat and surprised hisfellow-Republicans with a resolution designating all the officers of the House fromSpeaker down to Doorkeeper. It gave the Speakership to Rabeand the Clerkship to Foster. Having thus divided the chiefplaces between the two parties, the resolution showed a similardivision of the minor positions. Assemblyman Griggs entereda sharp protest against that method of election and raised thepoint of order that each officer should be separately Foster ruled the point not well taken and put the resolutionbefore the chamber. Howell and Van Rensselaer, of Essex;Vail, of Union, and Rue, of Mercer, Republicans, joined with. Rudolph F. Rabe. 132 MODERN BATTLES OF TRENTON. the thirty Democrats and put it through, and the Assembly wasready to proceed with business. The decks were thus cleared for the senatorial battle, withthe Democrats in the advantage. Both Houses were controlledby men of their party, and preparations were made for thecaucuses. The Republican forty met in one of the rooms ofthe Trenton House, and with one voice agreed to support Fre-linghuysen for re-election. The Democratic forty-one were tohave met the same evening in the Assembly Chamber to selecttheir candidate, but Mr. McPherson hadnt his fences all up yet,and President Abbett gave him time to do the needed work byperemptorily adjourning the Senate, and ending the Legislativeweek before the State House coterie could call a caucus. Whenthe members re-assembled for the weeks session on the followingMonday McPherson had arranged everything to his satisfaction,and the call for the nominating conference went
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