The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-08
TRENTON NOTES.
Bits of News About the Men who Make
Laws at the State Capital.

Bits of News About the Men Who Make
Laws at the State Capital.
One of the q~uietest members of the
House is Mr.. Harrington, a Republican
from Bergen. Although rarely heard in
the House this session, he speaks in the
Republican conference,,they don't call it
q caucus this year-and his opinion always
carries weight.
Speaker Hudspeth is trying hard to
smash his sixth gavel this season.
Although Mr.. Feeney announced that
he did not desire an office under the new
charter, it is generally believed that he
will be invited to run the police force.
Senator Adrain says that the Jersey
quail is the gamest bird for the true
sportsman to pursue, but hat the wood
cock is best brought down with q bottle
Of frappe.
There are about INT hundred and fifty
bills awaiting action in the Assembly, and
Speaker Hudspeth tries to keep the mem
bers at work by threatening that the sine
die adjournment will have to be put of
another week
The other candidates for the Democratic
nomination for Governor ave ,Shrunk
Wonderfully since Ex-Governor Albeit an
nounced that he would be a candidate.
Assemblyman VOORHEES, feels nettled by
the accusation made by Speaker Hubs
.peth and Colonel Heppenheimer that he
had shown the white feather on the sub
PRODUCED the bill on his responsibility
and is anxious only that the States
finances shOnld be sound.
Fatan's Hamilton County bill had the
narroWeSt kind of an escape from defeat.
Only thirty votes had been cast for il
when Feeney unwillingly said AYE
after his name had been called four times.
-. TY--11-~o%1 dams mt ifafnnd IN he
a candidate for the Assembly next
autumn. Some of his friends want him
to run for the nomination of Senator.
Assemblyman Feeney described one
source of misgovernment in Jersey City
when he said that it had more politicians
to the square rod thar any other city in
the Union.
Terry Mcdonald was congratulated at
| the State House on his resurrection IRON
the dead.
Whatever may be said of Dick Browns
political opinions or ideas OF municipal
| government, it is now admitted that he
| has pluck, and is able to strike from the
shoulder.
Senator Bogert is popularity supposed te
| owe his election i'll Bergen county to his
sweet smile. He smiles at every oppor
tunity, and when he doesn't smile nc
winks. Neither the wink nor the smile
contains any alluSlOn 10 urlnklnB. lie cdL
smile so like a cherub that Mr.. Feeney
sometimes imagines that his Gas bill has
chance of being reported.
Ifthe Senate does not back down and tht
opponents of the Railroad Grab bill in thu
| House continue to be angry, no bill vii
be passed this session which was intro
duced by q Senator who voted for IN
grabbers. 1t threatens to be the s~trictesi
kind of a grab.
Republicans are wondering why San
| Dickinson left Trenton in the thick of tn,
battle over the Jersey City charter.
One of the features Of the session hal
been the blowing up of the Republican
engineers who tried to explode a min'
under the Democrats on the subject OF tn
State finances.
Amusing stories are told of the mean!
adopted to keep Hudson county mem
bers away from the State House when TIN
vote ON the charter was about to be taken
but they are not very creditable to tn
persons who devised the schemes.
The railroad passes expire April Is
which is a reason for final adjournment
before that date.