The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1889-12-08
UNIONS YOUNG RIVALS.
Leaders Marsh and Voorhees, Talk
of Probable Legislation.

and respectable community is much ella
ted just now over the probability that it
will furnish the leaders of the two great
parties in the Forthcoming session of the
House of Assembly. Fred G. Marsh, who
will succeed Colonel Heppenheimer as
leader of the Democratic column a resi-
dent and well known lawyer of this city.
Almost directly opposite his office, on
Broad street, is the Office Of Foster M.
Voorhees,, who will marshal the Republi-
can forces, and who is also one of the
distinguished members of the Union
county bar.
] called upon these gentlemen this
afternoon with q view to obtaining some
information concerning the work of the
coming session of the Legislature. [
found Mr.. Marsh busy with his law books
and papers; but he kindly consented to
talk with the representative of THE SUN
DAY MORNING NEWS.
A SHORT SESSION.
''How long do you expect the session
will last, Mr. Marsh?" asked
"Not over eight weeks if 1 can help it, !"
was the Assemblyman's emphatic reply.
sThe most important measures which
ued, will be equal taxation and ballot
reform. just what shape legislation upon
the former will take | cannot say. Gov
ernor Albeit promised the ballot reform
ers that if they would come to him and
tell him what they wanted, he would have
bill framed which would meet their re
quirementS. This will be introduced into
the House and every effort made to pass
it, / understand that the Republicans in
tend to introduce ballot reform bill in
the Senate, and make the measure a Re-
publican issue. Some ballot reform meas
ure must pass, and won't consent to an
adjournment until it does.
Another important question which the
session. will consider will be that Of the
Worlds Fair in 1899. New Jersey is, of
course, in favor of locating the Exposition
in New York, and will undoubtedly take
some action with that end in view"
STATE FINANCE.
''Will anything be done in regard to the
deficit in the States financess" / asked
''Of course the Legislature will have to
take some measures to meet that deficit, !"
replied Mr. Marsh sit seems to me
that If the suit against the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western Railroad for
taxes due the State from the Morris and
Essex Railroad is vigorously pressed,
deficit. Outside of that / can't say
where the money will come from.
But l will say that 1 shall not vote for a
direct State tax to meet it. some other
means must be devised
''Another important matter which will
come before the session, though of a more
local nature, will be thatof county roads,
Last year we introduced bill which gave
the Freeholders of the various counties
the right to take any road within their
county limits and improve it. The
amount to be thus expended was limited
to $500, 600. Union county wants the
amount increased. and bill will be intro
duoed for that purpose"
/ next asked Mr.. Marsh if he thought
any action would be taken to render more
effective the child labor laws as recon-
mended by Labor Inspector Fell. He
replied that the Democratic party had
always been in favor of restricting child
labor because it interfered with the edu-
cation of the children, and would press
the passage of all laws necessary to secure
that object. In speaking of the marriage
license bill of last session Mr. Marsh
said
That bill was a farce and all it did was
to give the clerk 81. so or so for giving q
young man wishing to be married a
handsomely engraved license. / think
the LEGISLATURE would act wisely if it
passed law requiring a thorough sys-
tenn Of recording marriage and death
statistics.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
What about constitutional amend
ment" asked.
''The clause of the constitution which
prohibits legislation for special localities
must be wiped out. / don't think there
viii be any opposition TO such measure,
as it is desired by Democrats and Repub-
licans alike. Steps to that end will quite
probably be taken by the legislature
is there liable to be any liquor legisla-
tion?"
II cannot see how there can be any.
Neither house, think, will want to touch
the subject"
In speaking of the appointments to be
made by the Governor Mr.. Marsh said
that he thought that Justice Van Syckle
would be reappointed to a seat on the
Supreme Court bench. Judge Van Syckle,
he said, YVES q good Democrat and a good
judge, and had given great satisfaction
on the circuit.
A REPUBLICAN VIEW.
After leaving Mr.. Marsh / crossed the
street to the Office of Mr.. Voorhees, [
found that gentleman busily engaged in
winding up the affairs of the campaign
which Terminated in the election Of q
Republican Mayor by majority of over
five hundred; a sort OF municipal blizzard
for Elizabeth, for which Mr. Voorhees,
was in q measure RESPONSIBLE. He greeted
me cordially and readily consented TO talk
for THE SUNDAY MORNING News. He pre-
faced mis- views by SAYING
Il am happy TO say chat l believe The
legislationof the coming session will be
characterized by no such miserable
partisanship as that of last session.
There will be less peanut politics and
no creation of new Offices to reward
partisans, nor the removal of officers be-
fore the expiration of their terms. The
personnel OF the House is such as to lead
me to believe that it will contain fewer
politicians of the peanut variety than
were in the last House. The interests of
the State will be regarded and not the
political future of the two great parties. Z"
The session, he said, In answer to my
question concerning its length, would be
short one, shorter even than that OF
1883. Like Mr.. Marsh, he said equal taxa
ton and ballot reform would be the two
leading questions before the House.
II think ballot reform has come to
stay" nc said. and some measure will
have to 20 through. don't think. how