The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-27

dered to arrest Schnselz, had not reported
at the State House at midnight. He spent
can House. Schmelz was really suffering
from rheumatism.
The Democrats still lacked one of the re-
Quired number of votes, for McDermit was
not counted upon; but Speaker Hudspeth
declared that he would hold the House
till crack Of doom, if he could, un-
less Schmelz appeared sooner. So, with
out a prospect Of being able TO do anything
before morning, the House settled down to
spend the night in the State House.
Nobody was allowed to leave for dinner.
Food was sent in, but the pages raided the
spread and the members were left.
Toward supper time the Republicans
began to Jump ont OF the windows, and
finally the Democrats were, some of them,
released on parole.
The Republicans were visited with the
heaviest punishment in the power of the
Speaker to inflict. They gathered in a
committee room, and treated with con-
tempt the commands of the Speaker and
Sergeant-at-Arnns to return to their
places. This fact was spread with great
solemnity on the minutes The minutes
are all wrong about the sessions proceed
ceedings, and nobody ever reads them, any
how; SO the Republicans don't mind.
Voorhees, and Riker tried to get even by
proving that the Speaker was all wrong
III MS QeclSlOuS.
THERE WAS PLENTY OF FUN.
The members had all the fun they could.
HanselI stole the great key of the cham
ber Norton offered a aresolution recalling
Feeney's gas bill from the Senate. A reso-
luton by Feeney calling on the Quarter
master General for cots was referred to
the Committee on Paper Muslin Soldiers.
McDernit was in the chair and showed
himself as good an end man as Jack the
Ripper. He referred to Hansel as the
cider barrel from Burlington, put motion
that Goble have his hair cut, and an
nounced that Schmelz was on his way
from Newark in q horse car. Riker asked
if it was a cable car. Theclerks sang out
at intervals "Cheese smells, " one of many
parodies on the names sKeys, "SchmelZ.' =
This was before Keys arrived. The mem
bers occasionally roared the names in
chorus MCGOWAN and Klotz went home
sick
A big library table in a committee room
was covered with empty beer barrels.
Somebody started turning out the gas.
Chambers, who is secretary of the Trenton
Gas Company, objected on the ground
that it was reducing the company's profit.
Jimmy Beckwith gave recitations. and
| limitations and the members pelted him
with reports of the Attorney General, the
| Sinking Fund Commission, the Board of
| Health and the State Charities Aid As
sociation. Colonel Heppenheimer ate
another apple pie, a fourteen-inch one.
Three young women with their escorts
appeared in a gallery. The waking As
| semblymen filled the seats on the opposite
side, put their feet on the desks and
stared. Dozens of amateur choruses were
started and were sat upon.
INCIDENTS OF THE NIGHT.
Speaker Hudspeth tried to catch docu-
meilts in friends silk hat. On. B.-This
was at half-past one q. M, when he was
| off duty) Donnelly went home to Jersey
| City by the 902 train Feeney slipped out
on the plea of telegraphing to him and
| went to bed. Dick, the telegraph operator,
paralyzed the House by dropping in after
! q ball in a swell dress suit. Joel Parker's
| portrait was in great danger from missiles
aimed at Beckwith.
Doorkeeper Titus fell asleep at his post
| and woke up with FOOLS cap on his head.
Hansell set up beer bottle oa a desk and
| the other members SHE'D documents at It,
| Weidenmayer declared that it the House
| had no respect for the Speaker he would
adjourn the House. This made everybody
howl, and the big hanging lamp was
| threatened by documents flung up for JOY.
| At twenty minutes before two BeckWlth
| tried to balance a slipof paper on his nose.
Harris made his fourth leap from a win
| dow three minutes later. At sixteen min
utes before two Beckwith gave striking
| imitation of Clerk Matthews delivering q
message to the Senate, concluding with a
pose for the ladies gallery.
| The honors of the day rest with Speaker
| Hudspeth. But for his tirmness, his con
| troll of the House, and his quickness in
replying to the artful questions of the
Republicans, it would have been impos
| sible to have kept the members together
He met the Republican attack almost
| single handed.
One reason of the determination of the
Democrats to keep the House together
was the uncertainty which was felt OF
ever being able to cast their full vote
again.