The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-21
TRICKY TRIBR.
NewaTk's Inscriptions As
semb1yman Snaps His
Fingers at the House.
WHERE IS THAT Il" ROAD Bill.
Mr.. Pagan Acts SingnIarly also---
Proceedings to Punish Their
Contumacy.
srecio, to the Jersev city Nescs.

TRENTON. May q, 1890. There will be
no report in the Sur Mel Donald contest
this morning. The machine is still stuck
and although Chief Engineer Gardner
crowded on steam until it threated to
blow up. it refused to bulge. Two meet
ings were held yesterday, but no concl u
sion was arrived at.
Senator Gardner said this morning that
he did not apprehend that the committee
would make any report today. There are
some statements upon which majority
of the committee cannot agree. Another
attempt Will be made this afternoon to
get over the difficulties. This means q
deadlock in the committee, which will
keep the Legislature here some time
longer. Strong influence will be brought
to bear to bring about an agreement be-
tween Senators Gardner and Roe.
MR.. TRIER'S ESCAPADE.
There was long discussion this morn
ing over the escape OF Mr.. Trier with the
Pagan was asked if he had the bill, as
MIR. Trier said yesterday he had
sent it to him Mr.. Pagan
replied that he had not been to his Office
since yesterday, and the bill might be
there.
Mr.. VOORHEES, offered resolution that
Mr.. Pagan be instructed to produce the
bill or show good cause why he should
not.
Mr. Ulrich attempted to defend Mr..
Trier's course on the ground that he had
sent the bill to Mr.. Fagan. Mr.. Marsh,
Mr.. Potts in the chair, related the cir
cumstance of Mr.. Trier's escape from the
House Monday night, and said he was
crediDly informed that Mr.. Trier had
left the State.
Mr.. Kalisch thought that because Mr.
Trler had acted as he had the whole com
nlittee should not be censured, and he
called upon the majority to vote down
the resolution.
Mr.. Voorhees, attacked Mr.. Kalisch's
position and said there should be no
politics in matter where the dignity of
the House had been grossly insulted, and
he reminded Mr. Kalisch that Mr.. Trier's
message to the Speaker was deliberate
insnlt.
Mr.. Voorhees, drew graphic picture of
Mr.. Trier in another State safely without
the jurisdiction Of the House with the
bill in his pocket. Mr.. Marsh said that
the man against whom the resolution was
directed, Mr.. Pagan, sat dumb in his seat
and said nothing. If he is hurt by the
resolution he is the one who should say
SO. not the leader of the majority.
He could telephone and telegraph while
the House was discussing the measure If
he wanted to. and ascertain whether the
bill was at his Office or not
Mr.. Pagan did not act on the sugges-
tion and this discussion went on.
A resolution was introduced directing
Mr.. Pagan to go to Hoboken and pro-
duce it at four O'Clock, and one directing
the sergeant-at-arms to go after the bill.
Mr.. johnson thought it was duty
Mr.. Pagan owed the House and
the seat to produce that bill.
This brought Mr.. Pagan to his feet. He
said he objected to travelling SO many
times on the train, and his clerk, he
said, had authority to open his mail
and could easily ascertain If the
bill was at his office. He refused either
to telephone or telegraph to the clerk.
but said any one could do so in his name.
Mr.. Potts volunteered and learned from
the clerk that the bill was not there.
Mr.. Voorhees, offered resolution cali
ing upon the Committee on Municipal
Corporations to report the bill or state
their inability to do so. Mr.. Pagan re-
piled that he had not the bill in his pos
session, nor did he know where it was.
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Ross was
then instructed to produce Mr. Trier be-
fore the bar Of the House, and direct him
fo rrod11ca the lost hill