The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1886-10-31

This time the fight was harder than before,
but the AssemblYmsn from the Eighth was
equal 10 the occasion. He demanded a
call of the House. and thus got all the
members present, and sailed into the CON-
mi;tee and the corporation aud the1awyers
with every inch Of canvas set, and again
forced the bill out of the committee. From
thenceforth the battle was waged with vim
and vgor on both sides. The opposition
bent all their energies on keeping the bill
back, but il went ahead, Notwithstanding,
and in due course of time, under the
vigilsut and mastery enginee ring OF its
champion, it appeared on the list for third
and last reading.
Up it came at last for final passage or
defeat. Here the contest was TO be decd-
ed. and the advocates and opponents of
the bill called in all their forces. but by the
perseverance of Mr.. Noonan the bill was
passed. The bill then went TO the Senate,
and. it is the old story, there it was
strangled and sufocated in committee.
Another good bill which he introduced
was bill No. 3o7--io regulate contracts for
city Improvements. The object Of the bill
was to put all contractors on an equal
footing as to the opportunities and adj
vantages of municipal contracts, and to
prevent rich contractors from virtually
making monopoly OF this very profitable
business--to the exclusion Of MANY OF our
deserving citizens. This hill was
also vehemently oppose in the House.
la fact, the bill was once de:eated on thHd
reading. and molten 10 reconsider the
vote, whereby il was killed, was also de-
feated. This programme, which was so
successfully executed against this bill, is
equivalent TO the burial of bill beyond
any possible resurrection. But Mr.. n CONAN
is young man OF fertile train and many
resources. ard did not, by any means, give
up the ship. but re-introduced the bill
in a slightly remodelled shape SO as TO
make ii parliamentary (but substantially
about the same) and pIAFent It's neon
| t;nen,al fiction on a point OF order to
the effect that il beng The same bill. which
was once killed il could not be received
according TO parliamentary law. Having
thus gotten his bill in agaIn, he, then in
his persuasive manner began canvessing FOR
votes; and the rest OF the history OF tins
bill is told by saying that it is to-day a law
of New Jersey.
He also introduced bill-now law on
our statute books-.or the building of a
town hall in the town of Harrison. This
bill the PEOPLE of Harrison wanted very
much, but ii was very difficult underiak-
ing to secure the passage of the bill be-
cause the Legislature had already passed a
law. the Martin Bond Bill, at last session.
10 the effect. amongst other things. that no
municipal corporation should issue bonds
whereby its Indebtedness would be in
creased so long as it was in arrears in the
payment Of any county or State taxes ; and
| the town of Harrison was so in arrear. 1t,
therefore. could not have town hall with
out so far repeating The said bond bill, and
for this bond bill Mr. Noonan himself had
worked and voted. Neverlhe ess, con-
GLIDING that his duty was first to his dis
trict and after that to the State at large, he
introduced the Town Hall Bill, and
although it was vigorously and persistently
opposed by the author and friends of the
bond bill, both in the House and in the
Senate. yet he fought it through both
Houses, and stopped up all night of the
l;last Thursday nights session to do 1.-THE
bill having finally passed both Houses
about ten minutes to twelve o'clock NJ,
Friday, the hour previously fixed for final
adjournment. In word, he was worthy
representative OF the people. and if the
voters of the Eighth Assembly District Of
Hudson County do their duly they will say
to MIN: well done. good and faithful
servant" and will re-elect him by mag
nlhcen, majority.