The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-02-21
EAT And TALK
Continued from First eoss.

in the matter. A committee went dow n
to wait upon him. You told us you were
going to give MS equal taxation said the
committee. Well, you certainly don't
want me to enact into laws all the jokes
of the campaign, do your was the reply.
II think I heard something about equal
taxation last fall.
RAILROADS OUGHT TO lore.
- want it distinctly understood that
I'm opposed to farmers paying more taxes
than railroads. 1 voted the old fashioned
ticket last fall, but | tore of the heading
equal taxation remarked at the time
that / thought the railroads ought to pay
more thar the farmer. You see, | was
opposed to monopoly.
Il am opposed to any man having all
law practice-unless | get a fair share.
and Pm opposed to a monopoly of ballot
box stufing."
The Ex-Governor grew very serious at
this point.
at should be denounced he ex-
claimed, with flashing eyes, "by every
decent mar 1t is a crime. 1t leaves a
record for posterity which is disgracefut-
I'm opposed to this-teeth n toe nails.
Now is the time for the judicial officers OF
the State to show what NewJersey JUS
tice is"
The ex- Governor then lambasted that
class of officeholders VINO get Inc IDEA
into their heads thet they and they alone
can properly guide the affairs OF State,
and made gruesome comparisons of this
state Of affairs with monarchical forms Of
government, where divine right is lugged
in after kings are ordained.
Now" he continued, Il am q Chris
tian and a Presbyterian"
In favor OF revision?" broke in Vice
Chancellor Pitney.
Yes responded the Ex-Governor.
and election, too-yet ! I'm opposed to
this state of affairs. If there is no devil
there ought to be one, for no n can do
justicesto a ballot box suffer but him"
He closed with an eloquent tribute to
nobleness of the legal profession in which
he pronounced common law a beautiful
system, and said that lawyers educated
in its principles in the search of justice
were led to truth. He claimed that he
judicial system needed reformation. An
independent Court of Appeals was de-
sired. He advocated TIE Adjustment of
all other courts before that of the Court
of Chancery.
Chancellor McGill, who was to have re-
sDcnded to the toast s~Jarndyce VS.. Jarn-
dyce," sent a letter of regret at being de-
tanned at home by q severe cold. The
President took occasion to say several
pleasant things about the Chancellor.
Vice-Chancellor Pitney was called upon
to respond in his stead.
"Jarndyce v. Jarndyce," he said; there
is no such thing. Dickens wrote that
satire after the that a it birth
had been abolished by the English Parlia-
mept. He d~idn'tdare attack it till these
abuses hadsbeen already exposed
The Vice Chancellor then launched into
an eloquent defence of the Court of Chan
Gerry. Chief Justice Bradley arose and
said that Hell and the Court of Chaneery
were always open" He pnt in the pleas
of cheapness and rapidity of transacting
court business, and alluded to q case that
had been decided upon its merits within
n days after the fling of the bill.
JURY TRIALS U Of DATE.
''There is a growing sentimentthat jury
trials are out of date. What is it for a
smart lawyer to excite the passions or
prejudice of a jury? Inever did it with
out feeling ashamed of myself. The Chan
cellor give his reasons in writing. We at
least know what hit us. The Chancellor
may make mistakes but not like that of
the jurynian who decided for the man
with the goId-headed cane"
JUDGE BLAIR N II NEWS
Judge Blair did not know why he
should have been selected to respond to
the toast Marriage He knew no more
about the subject than he did of the
whereabouts OF McGlnty. Since he had
listened to the gentlemen who preceded
him, however, he had become convinced
that ignorance of the subject was no dis
qualification. The Judge didn't like it
because THHs&JERsEY Cry News had
boonfed BOB DAVIS fer Mayor.
Mr.. Edwin Manners responded to the
toast divorce, z and George L. Record
delivered a well prepared sermon. James
S. Erwin brought the affair to a close
with his Esprit de Corps
Letters of regret were read from Gov
ernor Albeit, Vice Chancenors Bird and
Van Fleet, Charles H. WinheN4and
Charles M. Black.