The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-13
THE WEARY LAW MILL
Very Tedious Sessions
Which Still Accom-
plisll Something.
MONEY FOR TIE CITY HALL.
Mcdonald Will Keep His Seat--
Mr.. Stockton's Misty Opinion.

TRENTON, MAY 13, 1890. Mayor Cleve-
land gazed at the law makers last even
ing for the first time since the new part
of the State House was built. He found
several changes in the appearance of the
House, but he recognized many old ac-
Quaintances among those in the lobbies.
Chief Murphy and Christie Smith, whom
many took for dominic looking for
chance to make $40 by opening the
House with prayer, were also here. The
chief came down to attend meeting of
the aides-de-camp of COMMANDMENT
Chief Alger, of the G. A. r. He was
secretary of the meeting and he was ap-
pointed member Of the committee to
make arrangements for the attcnaance
of the Department. of New Jersey at the
annual encampmenJ to be held In Boston.
Among the first business trans
acted was the passage of the Senate
bill No. 80. which allows the Board of
Finance to appropriate 5000 for build
the passage of Mr. Mullone's bill in
creasing to $4,000 the appropriation for
new station houses. Some say the pres
ence of the three officials above named
was due to these measures.
THE BIENNIAL CHESTNUT.
The annual biennial Legislature amend
ments to the constitution made their APP
pearance in the Assembly last evening.
Mr.. Kerr offered a resolution providing
that members of the Assembly shall be
elected every two years instead Of every
year; that the members of the Senate
shall be elected for four years instead of
three The Senate meeting in 1898 snail
be divided as equally as may be into TWO
classes. The seats of the Senators of the
first class shall be vacated at the expira-
tion of the second year thereafter, and
the seats Of the Senators of the second
class at the expiration Of the fourth year
thereafter, SO that one class may be elect
ed biennially. The General Assembly is
to be composed Of members elected BIZ
enniRlly of the legal voters of the cOun-
ties who shall be apportioned
among the said counties as nearly
as may be, according to the num-
sion held after the taking of
each United States census, and when
made shall remain unaltered until the
taking of another United States census,
but each county shall at all times be en-
titled to one member at least, and the
whole number of members shall never
exceed seventy-fiye. Senators and As
semblymen shall receive $500 annually
during the time for which they shall have
been elected and while they shall
iold their office, and no other
llowance or emolument, directly
II indirectly, for any purpose
and Speaker of the House shall receive an
additional compensation of $500 annually.
The amendments if adopted are to go
into effect on July a, 1892. 1t is needless
to say that they will not go into effect
then o., probably, years thereafter me
document can be amended only once in
five years, and as there are two amend-
ments to be submitted to the people
next fall, all others are frozen out for the
present at least.
The committee which was appointed to
pass upon Sap Datz's old stationery bill
reported the bill correct and it went to q
third reading.
POLES AND PROPERTY OWNERS
Much Of the time of the House was
taken up with Senator Wert's bill, which
provides that when telephone companies
whose owners refuse to give their con-
sent, it shall be lawful for
such company to present its petition
to the Circuit Court for permission to
erect the poles. The bill was introduced
to meet 4 case in Morristown, where an
owner refuses to let the telephone COM
pany erect poles in front of his house and
won't listen to any compromise. When
the bill was in the Senate the committee
gave the measure a long hearing and yes
terday afternoon the House Committee
also gave it q hearing.
Mr.. Kerr, of Passaic, thought he dis
covered large ethiopian in the fuel and
offered an amendment prohibiting the
CONSOLIDATION of the telephone companies.
le thought the bill was to provide for q
uge monopoly and he proposed to
uelcn it on the spot He fought hard,
although Be Sstta had q the support s9lp ! Of {
uccessful. MI. Erwin made a
81 sch against the bill, claiming
rh t public opinion was ali against over
hel d wires, and that ali legislation of the
present day is looking toward putting 6
them underground. The fight might still
Z be going on at this time ii Mr.. Campbell
had not sprung the previous question.
The bill was defeated.
Messrs. Kalisch, Campbell and Voor-
hees were appointed Conference Com
mittee on the bill which permits Safe
Deposit Companies to receive money or
deposits. The two Houses cannot agree
+ the measure.
HoRsERACING IN WINTER.
The House went into Committee of the
Whole ON Mr.. Voorhees, bill which pro
hibits horse racing in the State during
the months of December, January, Feb
that the bill be reported ravorably. Mr..
Harris movedethat it be reported unfavor
ably. Mr.. Harris motion was lost and
that OF Mr. Voorhees, prevailed without
discussion on either motion. The COM
mittee arose and the bill was placed upon
third reading.
MIR. Kalisch's s original racing bill, which
the Senate so handicapped with an
amendment providing for hfty-five days
sof bookmaKing that IL has no chance
Of winning, was. on motion Of Mr. Camp
bell, made special order for Monday