The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-02-28
house He proposes to make it more
stringent than it is at present.
MR.. FEENEY IN THE CHAIR.

stringent than it is at present.
MR.. FEENEY IN THE CHAIR.
Mr. Feeney temporarily occupied the
Speakers chair in the House this morning
Col Heppenheim, Mr.. Marsh and Mr..
Voorhis attempted to have some fun with
him by getting reconsideration of the
whole, by which his bill reducing the
price of gas to S1.50 per thousand feet was
passed If they had succeeded they would
have used the bill as a football until
Speaker Hudspeth got back to stop the
fun, or until the member from Hudson
county was on the verge of apoplexy
But Mr.. Feeney protected his bantling by
O superior disregard of their motions, and
a skilful use of parliamentary ruling
The first bill introduced in the Assembly
this session came to the surface for a mo-
ment in the morning. 1t IL a bill to for
bid the sale of hay or feed in stock yards
or abbattoirs, and has the peculiarly of
being introduced annually aud never pass
ing Nevertheless, members do not tire
introducing it, and the talk is that when
Mr. Mutchler of Warren got in first with
it this year two less ready members swore.
Today, when Mr.. McDermitt moved to re-
commit it to the Committee on Corpora
tions, Mr.. Feeney reproachfully called at
tention to Mr.. Mutchler's vacant chair, as
if to ask if Mr.. Mcpermitt would
infringe on an absent colleagues
right. Mr.. McDermitt proved HIM
self incapable of such conduct by
explaining that he was acting by request
of the member from Warren, and the
waters swept over the bill Mr. Mutchler
himself put in another bill which has
been expected. Tt interests the Standard
Oil people by providing that all pipe lines
crossing fresh water streams in this State
must be removed and relaid under the
supervision of the Riparian Commission,
erS. He had previously introduced bill
repeating the law giving the authority to
the State Water Supply Commission.
New Jersey is in fair way Of using two
foot ballots at the next election. The
Judiciary Committee of the House held O
consultation today with Governor Green
in his private room in the State House
with regard to the proposed Australian bal
lot law All the members were present,
namely, Colonel Heppenheimer, Mr.. Nc
Dermit, Mr.. Marsh, Mr.. Cutter and Mr..
RilSer. The Governor has expressed his
willingness to sign such a law, provided it
met his views in all its details, and it was
to learn these views that the consultation
was held. The committee Incorporated
his suggestions in the bill, which was
subsequently reported to the House. The
Governors suggestions relate to de-
tails. He proposed having a separate
box at Presidential elections for electors
to prevent confusion. The clause author
izing county clerks to supply electrotypes
of the ballots was changed to provide that
they shall supply fae-sirniles, thus avoid
ing the danger of counterfeit ballots being
printed The provision that two election
officers shall attach their initials or names
to each ballot presented by electors seemed
to him unwise, as the election officers III
counting the votes might be able to
identify the ballots cast by voters. He
recommended a stamp or device of some
sort. Ele also recommended the omission
of the residence of candidates. in order
that the ballot should not be too large for
the present boxes.
Only three citizens were on hand when
the Senate Committee on Riparian Rights
met to give hearing on Feeney's bill re-
quiring popular vote on contracts for
water supply They were MessrS. Linn
beck, Sheeran and Benjamin Van Keuren.
The hearing was consequently adjourned
till Tuesday of next week. Mr.. Feeney's
citizens likewise failed to materialize in
numbers when the cable railroad talking
was togbe done. This subject will be ex-
hausted SO far as speechssnaking by the
public generally is concerned next Tues
day at | p. M, when the committee will
give final hearing:
The Senators enjoyed themselves in
mild way this afternoon, the Democrats
more than the Republicans They were
enabled to have this dissipation by the
bill to create the office of Superintendent
of the State House and Grounds. Senator
Gardner described it as bill to take the
job from the Republican State Treasurer
and bounce the Republican janitor SEN
ator Edwards gravely admitted that such
might possibly be an incidental effect, but
explained that the measure was in the in
terests of method and economy. The Rev.
w. III. Carter wrote pointed questions on
slips of paper and afterwards read them,
but failed to touch the hearts of the
naughty Democrats. Senator Cranmer
laid his head on his desk and gave good
imitation of man talked to sleep Sena-
tor Newell performed the same feat with
his feet. Senator Adrain let his head hang
over the back of his chair, Senator Miller
twirled his mustache, Senator Smith won
dered If he would catch his train, and
Senator Wyckoff made joke. This was
the joke:
Senator Gardner concluding bitter
burst of sarcastic eloquence on Democratic
pretenses)-ln which day we may read
in the annual report that the bill of the
woman for washing towels, was reduced
from IS to $3.50 month, effecting a saving
of so cents.
Senator Wyckoff Qni1dly)-And hope
we may also read that we no longer wash
our dirty linen in public.
When the bill passed, II to Q, the
audience drew a long breath and went
out.
The Democratic Senators are hard at
work ON the Redistricting bill. AS soon
as it has been carefully gone over it will
be brought before the Senate again and
passed
The house passed the Saturday Half Holi-
day bill, which now goes to the Senate.