The news., 1882-04-06
The Tooth Legislature.

In the Senate on Wednesday the
following bills were passed: Author
izing towns and boroughs to tax tav-
erns, saloons and restaurants; to make
seven years absence presumptive evil
dence Of death: to authorize special
inspection Of the National Guard.
The Constitutional amendments were
discussed and laid over. The bill to
pay assessments for improvements
was lost.
In the House the resolution Of the
Senate to adjourn sine die at Fridoy
noon was adopted. The following
bills were passed: Giving the Attor-
ney General a salary Of $1,000; allow
ing railroads to reduce capital stock;
setting of Newark into new county;
appropriating 5000 to pay for q pic
ture Of Camp Ludlow ct Yorktown;
to publish County COLLECTORS reports
in papers which publish the laws; to
appropriate $4,000 to establish a
Deaf and Dumb Asylum in the old
building formerly occupied as Sol
diers Children's Home, near Trenton.
A bill to create State tax Of one
mill on the dollar was passed to q
third reading.
In the afternoon motion was
made to take up Senate bill No. 1877,
relative to the Hudson county water
front. An opponent Of the bill moved
to lay the motion on the table, which
was lost by vote Of % to IS. A
melton to indefinitely postpone was
lost by vote Of 26 to 81. The. bill
was then taken up BY q vote Of 50 "a
%. At this crises Mr.. Joseph H.
Shinn, Of Atlantic county, arose to q
question Of privilege, and submitted
"a AFFIDAVIT to the eject that he had
been approached by person (whose
name be withheld) who put to him
the mathematical problem, that "your
vote is to 1877 as $500 is to your ans
wer." Mr.. Shinn states that he told
the person the amount was too small
and finally, the briber increased the
amouDt to S1000-600 in caah and
5000 upon the passage Of the bill.
To addition TO the affidavit Mr..
Shinn sent the package Of money to
the Clerks dsak, to be disposed Of %
the House thought proper. OF course
this action produced great sensation
and much confused talk, amid which
the further consideration of the bill
under the Governors veto was post.
poned until 10 o'clock this morning,
aud a committee of seven was ap-
pointed to investigate the matter
forthwith, with power to send for per-
sons and papers, and report at 10
O'Clock on Thursday morning, to
which time the House adjourned.
The committee Of investigation held a
session on Wednesday night in the
Assembly Chamber. Mr.. Shinn made
q detailed statement in accordance
with his affidavit, adding that the
nsme Of the person who offered him
the briber was John j. Kroner. He
did not know where Mr.. Kroner
lived. KRONER called him out of his
room at the State Street House,
where be was playing draw poker,
and held mp five fingers, to intimate
$500. At another time "Cul" Bar
Gallo said he would be good for Shinn' Is
board bill if he would vote for bill
1877. The envelope and money were
identified No other person offered
him a bride. Told McAdoo about
the matter, and agreed with him to
retain the money and expose the af-
fair in the house.
In the Senate on Thursday the.bill
for the purchase Of Camp Ludlow,
Yorktown, was lost. The bill for the
relief of the heirs of b. F Young,
injured during the Phillipsburg riot
in 1877 in the military service, was
passed; also to give medals to the
State Battalion at Yorktown. The
following nominations we're confirmed
in executive session Patrick Gill
hooly, Judge Of Elizabeth District
Court; Edward Jones, Common Pleas
Judge Of Gloucester Countyj Josiah
Mesker, G. A. Kerson, Jr,, and
A. w. Gutter, Commissioners Of Msr.