New-York tribune., 1886-04-26
THL LAVER1Y IMPAACHMhENT CASE
SLOW AND COSTLY EoCEs'-MATTERS OF
INTEREST IN Nsw-JTKsgY.
IrRoM REGrLAr CONFECTIONERY OF TIE rrIRrxEl

SLOW AND COSTLY PRoCEsS-MATTERs OF
INTEREST IN NSw-JTusgY.
trRoM TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF TrIBuvEl
TRENTON, n. j., April PSI he late Keeper
the State left Trenton and the keeper
has assumed Office. ana the black scandal which has
fouled the air OF Trenton and spread through The
fair way OF being forgotten. II Keeper LIverty
willing His course heretofore has so ert.c that
1t possible he may choose up the again.
The exKeeper has been power in Hudson 'ounty in
the past and lie may DO ard from again
tho politics of that Democratic Community.
The trial has proved the necessity OF method by
which officer OF the State be removed without tho
expense. labor and ditcuty OF Impeachment trial.
AT present the Governor ami Legislature poweress
in "a Of ineicency careessncss, and
thing should be done enable them lop OF dead wood
when II is plainly useless. The late Impeachment has
the State several thousand dollars and tho
end might have reen attained far more expei,tiously
and cheaply by other means Tho conduct OF the I'M
pcachment WAS admirable as q matter OF procedure
This due principally to President Grggs, ho has
judicial mind ami bearing WELL
Before the jane session OF the Legislature the Court
OF Errors may be able 10 render it, decision ON the
railroad tax case. but IL is by no means
certain. and the court Will not jump Ut conclusion 10
satisfy the Legislature. There has been explanation
OF the cheeruness with which members OF both h"nscs
voted large appropriations during the session. 10 II said
that they feared atempt To tax the railroads locally
aud determined TO make 1t desirable to stain the
state system OF taxation by providing for heavy drafts
upon the Treasury. The amount Of the approprla
tUps exceeds that "f any year for a decade past.
The Second Brgld Will into camp at Sca Girt tbis
summer and members OF the National Guard look
forward to with pleasure and their salts,
faction is not dee rrlsei by the fact that under
law they VIII be pad for the service. General soweu
VIII command during the cncanpiocnt anu many yls-
iOrs expected. The annual inspection OF the d.
vision viii DC made during the coming month.
William o. Mcdowell, who Is now prominent as a labor
advocate IL well Known In NeW-Jersey but not IN con-
uectiOn with his present associations H. Was CONNECTED
with the Greenwood Lake Rsroad and the New-Jerooy
Midland aud associated with Samuel j. Tliien aud
Cyrus ". Field IN Of their enterprises. Lately no
has runnipg Beach Railroad 10 toney Island.
ana, AS usual, male himself a prominent nSure. io
ha, made and lost fortunes and engaged IN many 3ur-
suits none OF item. however. more su pslng 10 his ao-
Quaintances than mis- present occupati"u; -,. s..
IL appears that the wreckers OF tho Newark savings
InsttntiOn are escape punishment The lmlt OF tlne
An which an Indictment could be found expired fort
nieht age and wreckng OF tho Institution will now
20 unlycnged.
Hackettstown, following similar cases where Justice
has been absent. has caused more comment upon
the nceenoy OF the prosecutors al the pleas, especially
IN the rural The oce Is we'll pai aud there
IL why II should not DO hl.ed by competene
but the complaint that 10 siyen To party haoksn
becoming general -
Nothing will bo done concerning the proposed REBUILT
ng OF the state Capitol until there more certainty as
10 state revenue, and the erection or sulfaDle
building for the Soldiers Home must also DO delayed
Tor the same r.ason -,
PENIS syvans Railroad Company, resulting Ia verdict
Of Sl70O 900 for the former was ono or tho hardest
fought legal battles In the history OF inc nteu states
Court The case involved the liabiiy of tho faroAd
company 70 degree which mas not oeen reaIen mere
tofore The factory OF Janeway was burned by the
blazing oil which down the canal at New brunswioS
over which oil train hal coLe In collision Win
frclght traln.