New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-02-13
NEwJEEsLT LEGISLATURE.

UIEAIT ON TIE JERsEY CITY BMDGr BIIL-!N''--
LEGATION or OFFICIAL ACCoJNIs-BCLEAu Oh
sTAU~TICS-RUL 10 PUNISH BuBrRY.
/ rrRoM THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIE rF!nrNEI
TRENTON. Feb. 1.-THE Assembly plunged
INTO ITS rcatcs. contest late tLs afternoon tired Of Dr. ~
an boar and laid It over until Monday night inc
Wasluf5u street Bridge bin Was taken mp on tnal pas
SAGE. and three long speeches were made ANA
fourth was begun, when q notion 10 MAKE '"'
l the epcc1. order for Monday u Git was carried Tho
House was hardly in good fighting trin being pretty
wen woarnd hv the partisan ts1cr'cme't- o. inc week.
and listened imuat.cutyto arsn1-h ~ tEa familiar
arguments pro and con from MeS-rs Deacon Robinson
Neck and Rouse The on feature OF interest ~ heir
remarks a The dec sra'ion of fG. Nee.- ~ Hudson
County that ne WI, vote against the Dill! on the ground
that Jersey Cty'- debt ~ already heavy. Nj Hnn'as
remarks we've notable for frank confession
that be warmly admired the policy Of the New
Jersey Contra, Company IN i's relations 10 n"
state. VII le opposing the bin on tie ground thai ~
ul-lt af.ct Paterson in'1uou-lv. Mr.. Van DUNE
commenced a speech which promised well, when he
uostpouemeut took place. ardLe viii Therefore have ne
floor on Monday -ht. Tie vote - favor OF none-
mert was rs. n IS claimed 70 Dee an udlcat on of
the strength ~ The BILL hut the members have NOT be p
communicative the subject and 10 is impossible o. say
whether the measure Will succeed not The majority
either way Will be small. The lobby has pU' To SOME
heavy work ard the bin has probably lost vot> thereby
The House had an interesting little contest over soma
tor Honarts N. Tor re summary Investigation ~ the
accounts of public officials. II The bin Will strike
my county the state twill probably be that ancient
Democratic stronghold the County OF sussex. il was
not surprising therefore that the member from that
county did not like the bill, and i more su1rrs-
ig that ne had the sympathy Of his Democratic asso-
claies. The attempt made 10 Kill the measuIn
10y loading fl down with amendments, ana tl'r-
was q good deal Of preliminary skirmishinr The
Republicans stood strongly hy the BILL and 10 the vote
ba
lines with q single exception When the vote on the
final passage came however, the Democrats began to
see tnat their attitude was eminenty embarrassing
and the order went out submit The bill then passed
without amendment and goes TO the Governor
In the senate to-day two short sessions only We're
held and adjournment took place unit Monday senate
bills for The funding Of the floating debts Of counties
for the better protection Of Shcr bonds for the re-
lief Of the poor Of Hoboken; giving the Philadelphia
and Ne-Jer-ey Conferences equal rights IN Pennington
Seminary ana IeducDS court cTcFs fees from - 10 =
were passed; as were also Assembly bile permitting
executors 10 convey land, when The cOeXecutor refuses
10 act autAorzug Elizabeth TO raise special fund TO
keen omen the public schools and last but not least
s,Sn--.h, Students disfranchislu- act. Bi,ls
Introduced: Authorizing common councils To- settle
Gtpc law So fhai railroads which nave
ID r-,cIes nj iucorporaop shall have until Juv !.
1873 10 compile their WoTEs VIoAWlnS tAr -dle Oh
land Tor taxes moIe tnan Ouce; requiring me caAtrd-
u,ugltv Of S9OO liking the rate OF payment for pub
ushus the laws a. 80 cents Per folio; prohibiting IN
/ prl. ou.ueut fDr the uou-pJyWcuf " taxes.
The House TINS morning reCou-idered the general re-
detrlCtIr. repeater ana amended some portion, o ~
/ Tue Hon Terry McDoua tndcayorc1 10 have II Iald
over unrl afternoon, until hr could collect Ms IDEAS
but House by large majority refused tu concur ia
as modest request and the bill Was passed again Tie
bl repesluc act establishing the Bureau Of statistics
Act was The bureau Nae been IL existence q year
an. Las done which bids TAR 20 rival me Famous
Massachusetts bureau The vote against the Icpeaer
was is 10 a.. Senate BAL eArmpunz zoo OF
stock Of corporations from seizure passed bIr WeIr
introduced follow: Reducing salary OF LasoA hoad
Board 10 $3.50 establishing nre patrol IN cities "I
over %. 900 inhabitants amending and extending the
] act for the prevention and cruelty 10 animals pro-
vdmg bridge across the Passaic River at CentEe-'i
/ Newark A bill was introduced which ought 70 have
been passed before the Jersey CITY Bridge bl came up
II prov penalty If y 600 and one ear mi son
mont for the acceptance or DFlDe bS al OlcaL loI
/ Nnll D Il