The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-04-09
Speaker Hudspeth Denies
All Attacks Based on
the Railroad Bill.
Mr.. GOBLE SEES NO HARM IN IT,
Senator Gardner's Substitute Ad-
vances with Questionable Ra-
pidity.
[specfnl to the .Leraeu citu .Nelrs. !

TRENTON, April s, 1SS9.-The Railroad
Grab bill occupied most of the session of
the House tonight. Speaker Hudspeth put
Mr.. Kalisch, of Newark, in the chair, and
going on the floor, rose to question of
privilege, which was to deny that he had
resorted to any subterfuge to pass the bill.
He said he felt it was his duty as an in
dividual and as Speaker of the House to
notice the charges made against him.
Never before, he declared, had his char
acter been smirched by a direct charge.
He digressed from his subject here to re-
fer to the attacks made on him by re
publican paper, the New York;
Tribune, for his rulings during the
memorable night session, and said that
their venom was the fruit of coward1ce
and brutality, that the columns of the
paper had been trailed in the sewer and
that the authors of such attacks We're
towards and blackguards. Here or out
side the House," he continued. II have
the courage to say this about anyone who
attacks me in such wanton manner"
Then he went ONT wish to say, with
all the truth and sincerity am capable of
uttering, that until after the passage OF
Senate bill 1856 I did not know what the
bill was, or what its provisions contem-
plated. Mr.. Goble, of Ocean, asked me to
call the bill up, and said it was good
one; that its object was to permit the con-
struction of depot at Atlantic City.
said / would" He denied in the most
emphatic terms that there had been any
trick, device OF subterfuge used in the
passage of the bill AS soon as he learned
that the passage of the bill was desired by
some members, he had called on the Gov
ernor to explain the matter. Harris and
MutchIer made speec hes sustaining the
Speaker. Goble said he did not see any
harm in the bill, but he declined to avail
himself of McDermit's offer to explain it..
Riker, Marsh, Voorhees,, Wiedenmayer
and Cutter all declared that they had
voted for the amendments to the bill, but
not the bill; and they claimed that the
| record was wrong.
| An attempt was made to rush through
| the Senate Gardner's supplementary act
| to the Grab bill, the alleged effect of which
| is to take the sting out of the first measure.
| 1t is very seriously doubted whether
| the Grab bill, even with the supple
ment, will not confer dangerous
| and extensive powers on railroads.
| The opponents of the Grab make the
point that if all that is intended to be
gained is land for depot at Atlantic City,
| it would be easy opass bill which would
effect that purpose and nothing more.
They consider Senator Gardner's second
| bill as merely blind, intended to save as
much as possible of the Grab. 1t is the
general opinion outside OF the railroad
circle that Governor Green should veto
thesGrab bill, if only az precaution to
protect the cities and citizens of the State.
The rapid progress of Gardners second
bill is significant 1t was introduced
Saturday reported at the very next .ses-
sion, which was this evening; passed on
second reading SO quietly that not all the
Senators knew of it, and was then en-
crossed and an attempt was made to pass
It on third reading. On an objection it
went over till tomorrow.