The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-03-29
The ~lectsIafure.

NaugnrighJ Introduced d oii Ieuioeiiotiho
the State for Congressman, which is sup
| posed to give the Democrats five out of the
seven Districts.
In the Senate the nomination of Bird w.
Spencer, Of Passaie, for Railroad Tax AS
SCISSOR, to succeed Edward w. Bottle, OF
Camden, was received from the Governor
and referred.
The Senate passed bills as follows: Pro-
viding for a Law Judge in Atlantic county,
and giving the appointment of District
Court Judges to the Governor.
TUESDAYS SESSION.
Tuesday was almost a blank i'll legisla-
ton in the Assembly. The House was
late in converting, and about eleven A. NJ.
a call of the House was demanded, which
showed three Democratic members absent.
1t MAS the purpose of the majority to con-
slider the redistrictiEg and other partisan
measures, and they required all their MEN,
beers to do It. Their absentees were Keys,
ed up before noon, but under the ruling of
the different Democrats, who from time to
time relieved each other by presiding, no
motion was allowed to obtain, and the mo-
n~otonous sing-song of the clerk calling
keys, SehmeIz," WAS kept up all day
without intermission. No one WAS allow
ed to go out, and the hotels entertained no
members at dinner. Col. H~eppenheimer
ordered a lunch from the American House,
and as a Democratic Assemblyman knows
the needs of his party associates, you may
be certain that coffee was not the only bev-
erage. Beer by the dozens of bottles was
furnished, and the ante-room where the
table was set looked like a Gloucester
Point pavilion in ante-loeal option days.
Warrants were issued aud officers sworn
and sem with them after the tive absentees,
and only at occasional telegraph dispatch
reporting progress broke the dreary mo-
notony. It was a tom-fool break for other
business could have been transacted, but
the majority were afraid that the minority
would, in some way, get the start of them
and kill their redistricting bill.
The House adjourned Wednesday morn
ing at half-past ten o'clock, after its all
night session. The Democrats Immediate
~ went into caucus.
The Senate did considerable business.
Edwards fixed up a marriage license act to
suit the county clerks, inasmuch as it gave
them a dollar for each license, and the
licenses were compulsory. Cranmer moved
to amend to make the fee twenty-five
cents. Gardiner pointed out several in
congruities in the bill, when it was recon-
mitted to try and get it into practical
shape.
The bill to appropriate 500, 900 for the
removal of the river islands was defeated,
only receiving eight votes. 1t will very
probably be considered and passed this
week, as Senator Pfeiifer is working hard
for it.
A bill ostensibly to keep veterans in
office was up in the Senate in the after
noon, and was laid over until Wednesday.
The Governor sent in the names of Will
son IL. Jenkins for prosecutor of Camden
and Belmont Perry for the same position
in Gloucester. Judge Gaunt was also re-
nominated for lay judge of Camden.
WEDNESDAYS SESSION.
At IL o'clock the House was again placed
under a call and all Che thirty-two Demo-
Gratis being in their seats, the bill passed
by the Senate to redistrict the Assembly
districts of the state was called up, and
after some flibustering was passed. The
vote on the bill was 80 to &c. 1t was prop
erly endorsed and taken to the Governor,
who promptly signed it, and it is now a
law. By this scheme the Democrats ex-
pect to gain permanently thirty to thirty
eight out Of the sixty members of the
House Tho House directed its energy this
afternoon to the passage of the Australian
Election bill. The bill was passed by a
vote OF 40 to 2.
The Senate confirmed the appointments
sent in yesterday. Tho Governor to-day
sent in the name of Henry P. Cutler for
lay judge of Hunterdon, and Irving W.
Schulz as law judge Of Warren. The Dem
ocrats in caucus agreed TO create a new
county out of the county of Hudson, which
is to be known as Hamilton.
In the House Mr.. Heppenheimer intro
duced a bill extending the jurisdiction of
District Courts in cities to $500, and an
other providing for sinking fund commits
sions in cities to consist of the mayor,
comptroller and three persons to be APP
pointed by the mayor.
The Senate adjourned for the week, after
an executive session his afternoon in
which the nominations Of Henry p. Cutler
as lay judge in Hnnterdon county and of
irwin w. Schulz as law judge i'll Warren
county were referred to committee. The
nomination of Bird w. Spencer as railroad
tax assessor, which was received from the
Governor Monday night, was reported, but.
owing to opposition, was not further acted
on. The Senate passed these bills: Au-
thorizing colleges to confer diplomas and
honorary degrees; providing that no honor
ably discharged soldier or sailor shall be
discharged from city or county office with
out cause; places the appointment of coun-
ty superintendent in the State Board of
Education; giving a salary of $1,000 a year
to ovcrseers of the poor in first class cities,