The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-05-20
TRENTON TURMOIL.
rhe Assemb1y's Llveliest
Session Was that of
Last Night.
,HAlRMAN TRIER's EscAPADE.
lie Disappears With the Newark
"L" Road Bill in Defiance Of
q House Resolution.
Speciol to be Jersep citu Ne,vs.

ARhNIOrs Way ", looV. ue preulCt4ou
hat last night would be one of the iiveli-
st sessions on record was more than veri
led. It lasted until half-past eleven
''clock and was one succession of sensa-
ions.
Near the close of the evening Colonel
inyder, of Orange, moved that the COM
nittee on municipal corporations be re-
ieved from further consideration of the
Newark Elevated Railroad bill. He said
hat the bill had been in the hands of the
committee for five weeks, and it was q
Measure which interested the people of
Newark and outlying districts.
Mr. Kalisch defended the cOmmi ttee,
md Mr.. Trier, its chairman. said that tn e
committee held a meeting in Newark las t
Monday, and there was to have been
death in his family prevented, and the
hearing was put off TO Friday. A motto n
% postpone the matter brought from Mr.. !.
Boyle the wall, For God sake when are
We going to adjourn"
Mr. Kerr advocated Colonel Snyder's
notion in a manner which brought Mr.
rrier to his feet with the question
whether Mr.. Kerr had not asked him to
lold over a bill for him. Mr.. Kerr re-
plied:-sYes, until h. freezes over.
For these parliamentary words Mr..
Kerr was obliged TO apologize. Then the
resolution was carried.
HERE'S A HOW DYE DO!
Subsequently Mr.. Voorhees, called up
he measure and upon no one responding
le said he was loathe under most circum-
tances to force committee. But the
House, out of respect for it's dignity, ex-
3ected it's resolutions to be respected.
The chairman of the committee should
explain why he had not complied with
the resolu tion.
Mr.. Voorhees, then proceeded to ask the
:lerk and each member of the committee
where the bill was, but none OF them
could tell.
Nothing could be learned of the bill,
and as the chairman of the committee
had disappeared, Mr.. Voorhees, moved
that the ergeant-at-Arms produce Mr..
Trier before the bar of the house. After
while the SergeanG-at-Arms returned
with the information that Mr.. Trier had
gone home to Newark. Mr.. Voorhees,
lsked for unanimous consent to Withdraw
he motion. Mr. Snyder objected. Mr..
Trier he declared, said, just before leav-
ing the chamber, that he'd be d if he'd
give up the bill, and the speaker said that
be had sent the clerk twice TO Mr.. Trier,
asking him 10 retiirii &c tho house and
zach time he had said that he would when
ne got ready.
Mr.. Potts contended strenuously that
Mr. Trier should not be condemned with
out hearing and after some discussio n
motion by him to exDunge all mention
Of the proceedings from the record was
.arried. Mr.. Trier, however, will be
brought before the bar of the House as
soon as he appears in Trenton.
HORSE RACING AND BoOKMAKING.
The famous horse racing bill came up
for concurrence in the Senate amend
ment which legalizes bookmaking fifty
Hx-n AoxgC IN 10 uoo n foH in n
long, windy debate, in the course of
which the little schoolmaster from Cape
May, Mr.. Cole, made a speech against
the amendment. He said that for the
6rst time in its history the State of New
Jersey was called upon to become a
members not to place the State, lying as
it does between New York and Philadel-
phia at the mercy OF the criminals of
those two great cities.
Mr.. Voorhees, also denounced the meas
nre. Hetold how 1t was followed over to
had ever seen and then was amended by
the bookmaking clause. That meant
that those two sinks of iniqutty, the Hud-
son and PasSaic tracks, would be con-
tinued in existence. If the bill, as
amended, was for the purpose of en-
couraging pure sport ne would have no
objection TO the amendment, but it was
for the purpose Of filing the Golfers of tn e
gamblers. They boasted now, Mr.. Voor-
hees said, that they controlled our courts
. and our officers, and those gentle emen
who voted for the amendment would
make that boast good.
Mr.. Kalisch thought that the measure
should pass as it provided for paying the
State a percentage Of the receipts of che
race courses.
Mr.. Kerr percipitated another discus
sion by offering resolution referring the
matter to the Attorney General for his
opinion as to its constitutionality.
Mr.. Potts hoped the resolution would
prevail, but 1t didn't, and to the astonish-
ment Of many and the disgust of the
good Elizabethians VINO came down to
oppose the bill, it passed the House.
JERSEY CITY BILLS
Mr.. Mullone had the City Hall bill
amended to the effect that the amount to
be spent upon the building and the loca-
tion of its site should be submitted to pop
ular vote.
Mr.. Mullone also secured after hard
fight the passage of his bill increasing
the pay of the fire department. This
less than 81, 800; to the assistant engineer.
S1,800; to the battalion chiefs or
district engineers, 1900; to the clerk
OF the board, $1,800; to the super
intendent Of telegraph, $500; to
engineers of steamers, 1900; to stokers
VI bttdkutfSy uElfSTS u SteduttISy beuuSIS
of trucks, tillermen of trucks. permanent
hosemen and permanent truckmen, 81, 100
each; to telegraph lineman, 81 900; to in
spector OF horses, $500; to foremen OF COM
panies, $3.50 each. and to hosemen at call,
$50 each, in lieu of all other compensa-
tion whatever.
BALLOT REFORM
The Committee on Judiciary reported
the Werts bill as substitute for Senator
Carter's hybrid measure and that is now
the only Ballot Reform bill now before
the Legislature.
IN THE SENATE.
The repeater of the act allowing Cam
den to issue 81, ,000, 900 of bonds for the
new water works and the measure giving
Jersey City authority to renew maturing
water bonds both went through the SEN
ate, as also the measure amending the
Martin act SO that where taxes amount
ing to three per cent of the assessed value
of the property remain unpaid for two
years the property may be sold.
The famous Ticket OF Leave bill, which
was gotten up TO relieve the oyercrowded
State Prison, and which permits the
Court of Pardons to issue the tickets
under certain conditions, was lost.
NOMINATIONS
The Governor sent Ia to the Senate a
number of nQmi nations, among which
was that of james NJ Seymour, Of New
ark, to be supervisor of the State Prison
and DR. Leonard j. Gordon, of Jersey City,
to be manager Of the Morris Plains LUNA
tic Asylum
RAILWAY RELIEF