New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-21
NEW-JERSEY STATE TOPICS.
A REMARKABLE LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK ~ TEN YEARS poNN
BY THE NRw-JERsEY LEGISLATURE.

BY THE NRW-JERSEY LEGlSLAIuRE'
IRON THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE r7'"D'r' J
TRENTON, April 20.-The extra session OF inc
Senate on Tuesday at noon, will close tho Legislative ao
ton of the year The long session oi heeh weeks nae
been remarkable in many ways and the legislators who
declared IL the most important Of the decade were not m
wrong There has been vast amount OF eNcIehoht io
staid New-orsey and Of the cnactmehs were houy
discussed I'm tho Press Of the state. The subject that
bothered the sober heads both houses most constantly
was that OF cor oratiOn taxes. There was great po
demand for the regulation OF the railroad corporations
rclotions with the state, hut the laws OF f1ty-
five years were peculiar and involved that those VINO
knew ANYTHING about them staggered nj tho task OF
changing the systems In vogue. No other state III ne
Union if il said has dabbled in charter legislation 80
much IA NewIeFsey Some OF the privileges OF conpf
MES now in existence we're granted two hundred years
ago and after the Revolution. Alexander Hamilton Elisha
BorIino and q Of other worthless secured rights
aud titles which must be considered in almost every pup
lie Improvement planned in Northern New-Jers'y Inc
courts have pronounced these old grants sound ana
the Legislatures I'm dealing with the corporations
have been forced into all sorts OF queer compromises
and enangcment often making the last condition worse
than the first future 10 yisation was concerned
There was this year popular demand that had ID DC
obeyed. aud the attempt tn comply was begun
on the first day Of the session by inc ap'
pointment OF joint committee, with senator Briggs
as chairman The problem to get from the corpor"
and enough more to relieve Jersey CITY and one or Two
other municipalities that suffering from the system
Of tax exemptions in vogue The House or Assembly
was under Democratic management and not much conih
be expected from IT, but Mr. Cole Republican, OF Hudson
and some others OF the same opinion, obtained
remarkable influence and the House ut length mani
Tested "a Willingness 10 obey the popular sentiment ~
was deficient In know lge and hal iaoDN instinct
rsOut hither ana ither in its lcgslltiO ~ IL hap
pcned stirred by CHS or that appeal ana influence
30 assistance ii 60 I'D be gained in the sovnE o,
n Of
beng moulded.
THE TASK or THE SENATE.
The task Of making the the the corpora
ton taxes, therefore fell upon the Republican Senate
and, indeed. upon few men of that body ana
when they had done their work, tax remained TO
convince Assembly and the remainder Of the Senate
that the scheme they had prepared was the best one
available They dit H. getting some t2ldy alu ron tn'
pccted much needed and long sought for the
State ana the cites will be obtalred The result was 80
undoubtedly the best that could be secured iht IL hr %
crivcd nearly unanimous approval since mas been com
pretended The credit belongs almost exclusively 10 the
not for intelligence 1t manifested but Tor being more
Inc lack ofc,rlc'ty 10 deal with this serious question
manifested in al the othcrproceelng' ot inc Assen
by au1 several times the PTannicd ronanct a , ome
occurrences. There some particularly strong men
IL tbc Gorse lni they could make no aeldway against
the dominating clique ~ 10 was ~ the speaker
dent ant law, which made coae4t almost absurd When
urv calmly rel r's verdict in exact contradiction ~
law and evidence there is M appeal but in the Of
fin" Sir ,Scr ami his democratic associates there
none
LEGISLATION OF \ VARIED CHARACTER.
The legislation accomplished beside the tx Bills
was varied Importance. Civil Rights Dii based on
the unconstitutional National cuactmcnts, WIS passed.
and in view IacLcnslck case there was also an en-
actmcnt forodiirg discrimination account Of color IN
the burial of the dead The convict labor question
discussed and settled lar contracts are concerned by
law foIbddug The contracting OF state Prison labor
Temperance measure, received considerable support, but
no Inaral change was III dc nile further advance
VS. secured i'm removing tho annoying cJu-t tutiOnu
limits legislation for cities There was serious change
act. for The relief Of bankrupt cities,
permitting Them to pay runnng expenses and
their creditors. The Child Labor Dct wac made moro
Stringent and the powers OF the inspector considerably
day; the sale unmarried ocomarslrino forbidden;
employers required to furnish seats t'r female en-
plovcs: "A number Of special privileges given
Grams and bremen; the state Board az Agriculture was
TO- take the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF deeds. The senate
fused ino JOINT lnceuhg 'o the cecuoh az Con
crats IN the refusal the councils OF nat party being 20
divided there no genuine attempt TO bring about
THE G0vERNoR's CAREER.
Governor Albeit Ia, made his influence felt constantly,
and now at the Of his session. is the object Of not
little gooi-natured ridiculo His programme, rs an
noluced in his inaugural address, included
a variety OF schemes "tOO numerous 10
mention" Several OF them were in the limo Of
publc iavOr and those the Republican senate pushed
rrnI, on no occasion did the Democrats The House
adnpl hi. recommendations OF their own vOiiuOn. await
inc in every case Republican action JIs' how many
limos thn Governor changed his atutud on the
poraon TAX question no one has been able 10 figure up
though his private slcnoShphcr lroOaD! b the Iacts
af his disposaL The Executive nOmin tons were
d.l,ved until tue last week, in the face o. the
Constitutions inhibition, ana they showed about rs lit
tie political sacary as coHd he imagined several were
rnartcd notorious Improperly and others might
nave been refused concurrence for good puohc reas1ns
Tlc session ends with tine Governor weaker than
Inc entered office and the fear that his abilities would
win certain partisan unscrup1lo Sness, give him
political advantage has Deen dlsSpied scnplrs have
not been noticeable and te aDy has been less tuan
The senate has found hands ful iu looking after
state interests. with the Governor ana Assembly
tigoniss Fortunately IL wa .Si'd o"ly ID s iut
AseA,e ana freedom IRON 7clah mn Iect.' ~ 'E'rLed OH
Wen f. the selection OF lis president senator VAIL whose
cauacty tor the position IN all us varied requirements
amounted 10 talent ana WE 81 eIsohdl attributes Won
for INN ard a. strong as the hearty respect is aplll
G,rdUrr Stlinaby and Youngbood led in debate the
Ecpnbcan side and BrlukcrhO1, Carpenter and Cochran
among the Democrats; but among those VINO aid no. take
nTnmif ruce in speaking several whose records
legislators decidedly above the "verdge Of previous
senator's II IA subject Of some opmInen that the aver
age tone OF the Senate has imprBved materially within
'S incident OF the session was tho eacerness
Of tine Republican. 10 place themselves record in favor
OF prorecive Tariff and the iudspOstOn OF the Demo
Gratis TO DO recorded at all
THE NOMINATIONS TO BIZ CONFIRMED.
The specia session Tuesday of the Senate WILL it il
sad result in the confirmation OF the Governors nomi-
uees but not upt methods have been fully explained
for the benefit OF the public. Tue rejection of Allen L.
McDcrmott last week Tor Railroad Assessor the
nround of unntnesss, charge based principally
np,n In entire devotion 10 cn1crLtic partisan
objects REGARDLESS tire State int csts. The nnal
adjournment prevented action on his nomination,
which must he renewed " IT'S 10 conc he ore the
senate In the Friday the position assumed by
the majority OF the publican Senators was against con
trnati0n while Ave others believed that nothing
lac gained by the rejection In the points Of order Sena
tors t,aruer and Nichols voted with he majority Of the
Republicans, has been erIoneousV stated with the
opposition
ANTICIPATING GREAT BRIDGE TRAVEL.
THE PROPOSED EXTENSION Al THE NEW-YOEk