The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-03-19
BILLS, BILLS, BILLS.
Some of Them Pass and Some VIII Never
BE Let Come to Vote.

Some OF Them EaSs ana some Will never
BE Let Come to Vote.
Especial to the Jersey City Netos.]
TRENTON. March IS, Assembly
men O'Neill, Donnelly and Feeney were
dancing tonight at the Brown ball
in Jersey City instead of making
laws. They probably had a much
better time Speaker Hudspeth saw
the necessity of making an effort
to clear the belated calendar and kept
whipping the members up to the mark.
The house laughed, shirked when it
could, and sat till nearly eleven. By that
time it had melted away 10 bare quorum,
and the Speaker let them go home. Most
of them were smoking. That was one as
sertion of their rights which they insisted
on, even if they had to alter the rules to
do it.
Assemblyman Norton wanted to go to
the Brown ball, too, and calculated ON
catching d late train; but the bills proved
to have more attraction for him than the
girls, and he stuck to his duty like hero.
M'DERMIT AGAIN.
No one at the Brown ball could have
been more gorgeous than Frank Nc
Dermit was Besides his pleated shirt
and his square inch of blazing diamonds,
he wore scarlet flower on his coat lapel.
No courtier could have been more gracious
in manner or sweet in his smile than he
was when he aimed blow at telephone
dividends with bill fixing the charges at
IS a month for single telephones and $3 a
month apiece when you hired two or
more.
Thirty-seven citizens of Union county
came to town tonight to see their repre-
County Road bill. The party included
| lawyers, bankers, merchants, farmers and
| Congressman John Kean, Jr Mr.. Voor-
| hees rivalled McDermit in the suavity OF
| his manner and the sweetness of his
smile. He discoursed so winningly on
| by the Boards of Freeholders
and paid for with bonds, and
| described so yividly the advantages to the
| counties that he got some of the country
| members to vote for it. The pale, studious
| face of Mr. Marsh lighted up with enthu-
siasm as he dwelt on the same topic Cut
| ter threw in a note of discord by suggest
| ing that townships ought to be allowed te
| take care of their own roads; but the bill
was passed. If half the promises made by
| the two gentlemen from Union are kept
that county will be great place to take
your girl driving next summer.
WATCH THIS BILL.
| Mr. Fagan's form was draped in black
| frock coat as he arose and delivered to c
| page q manuscript, WHICH proved Ill
amendment to some riparian law or other
The effect of it would be to permit the
| extension Of River street through Hudson
| Square Park. 1t would also vest in the
| city of Hoboken the riparian rights per
| tanning to the park.
| The House passed these bills:-Provid
| ing for instruction in German in the pub
| lie schools of Jersey City and Newark
organizing the National Guard; requiring
minors applying to be married to give
proof of the consent of parents or guard
| ians.
Death again overlook the bill making
| the time in which excursion tickets may
! be used unlimited. The bill is presented
| yearly but never passes. Wiedenmayer
| of Newark, championed it this time IL
| behalf of the ladies of that city who buy
excursion tickets to New York for twenty
five cents and only use one-half thu
| coupon.
g'he Australian Election billwas made {
| special order for "Wednesday afternoon.
GAS IN THE SENATE.
The mention of the long delayed Feene!
| Gas bill did not bring the customary smile
/ to Senator Bogert's face this evening. Oh
| the contrary, there was what ol
| q less cheerful countenance nigh
| have been taken for a trace O
/ annoyance as he spoke his little piec'