West-Jersey pioneer., 1873-03-07
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.

| EXCITING SCENE IN The SENATE CHAMBER.
TRENTON, March 4.
This has been day of universal excite
ment, in and out of the Legislature. The
expectation that Assembly bill No. would
come up for final action in the Senate this
morning, had the effect to fill the galleries
at an early hour. The ladies' gallery was
thronged with ladies. At twelve O'clock
the President announced No. 3 as the next
bill in order, the announcement being fol-
lowed by very marked commotion both
upon the floor and in the galleries. The
title of the bill being read Mr.. Banghart
asked that the entire bill be read, in order
that any inaccuracies of engrossment might
be detected. This was followed by request
from Mr.. Hewitt, that the bill might be
laid over until afternoon, and no objection
being raised, this course was taken. At
three o'clock, however, the throng reap
peared crowding the galleries as well as the
approaches, and when, at four o'clock, the
bill was called, the Senate floor was also
packed with members of the House and
others.
Assembly bill No. was called up. Mr..
Ranghart moved that it be laid over, which
was opposed, and the motion was lost
The title of the bill was then read, and Mr.
Hewitt read speech in favor of its passage.
Mr.. Stone presented petition from citizens
of Union county, in favor of the bill. Mr..
Cutler favored the bill, as essential to the
public welfare. Mr. Mcpherson opposed
the bill; believing that more railway facili-
ties were neeeed, but he did not think it
wise to. lodge the franchises desired in the
hands of men who have undertaken to OBJ
tain by fraud the authority to build a road.
Mr.. Stone supported the bill. He did not
deny that some of the men who favored the
bill were corrupt. But the same was true
of some who opposed the bill. Mr.. Will
liams followed in favor of the BILL arguing
that the Senate was to legislate for the
State, and to deal with the bill according to
it's merits. He insisted that the Senate
could not know that the Stanhope corrup-
tionists were concerned in its passage. A
vote being taken, the bill was lost by a
vote of II to 10. Mr.. Hewitt changed his
vote for the purpose of reconsidering the
vote by which the pill was lost, which mo-
tion was lost and the Senate adjourned.
The scene upon the defeat of the bill, as
Senator Stone remarked, was in every way
disgraceful to the State. Some of the crowd
appeared to be ungovernable in their fury,
and denounced certain Senators by name,
asking that they be brought out that they
might be tarred and feathered. President
Taylor acted in the emergency, with splen-
did resolution and pluck, directing the po-
Gceman on duty to arrest and bring to the
bar of the Senate any person found making
any outcry, OF refusing to leave. Adhering
firmly to his demand that the galleries
be cleared, he in few minutes had them
entirely emptied, when business was res
umed. Meanwhile, the floor of the Senate
was the scene of great excitement. but
strict order was maintained throughout.
The President is highly complimented on
the decisive manner in which he dealt with
the mob, for it was nothing else, assembled
to awe the Senate into passing the charter.