The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-04-22
NOT JUST NOW.
The House Refuses to Pass Resolution
to Adjourn TO May IL.

TO Adjourn co May Is. I
Special to the jersey City News.
TRENTON, April %, 1890.-The Demo-
cratic majority of the House last evening
very neatly blocked scheme of the SEN
ate to compel the House to agree to the
bill for the payment of the expenses of
the Gardner dredging machine. Mr..
Marsh offered a resolution resembling the
resolutions whereby the clerks to the
principal committees were appointed.
This was passed and Mr.. Marsh immedi-
ately followed it up with another pro.
viding that the clerks be appointed door
kee pers of the House.
Mr.. Potts wanted to know what the
object of the resolution was and said he
thought that every door of the chamber
was already well supplied with doorkeep-
ers. Mr. Marsh replied that following
all the precedents OF previous Legisla-
lures, certain gentlemen were
appointed clerks to the committees at the
same which was paid by the Republicans
when in control of the Legislature. The
bill for the salaries of these clerks went
over to the Senate and the august body,
in their wisdom and in order to coerce
the House into passing certain measure
for the payment of the expenses of the
Gardner Committees saw fit to cut down
these clerks salaries, and the resolution
was for the purpose of putting them in g
position to collect the money which they
have earned and the State Of New Jersey
justly owes them.
POTTS rs WILLING.
Mr.. Potts said that as a member OF the
conference committee Whica was ap-
pointed on this bill he had tried to get
the committee together. He was in favor
of paying the clerks their salaries and he
thought that if the resolution was laid
over the committee would arrange mat
ters.
Mr. Marsh said that he would say for
Mr. Potts that the little Republican from
Hudson had done all in his power to have
the committee meet, but he knew well
that his Republican colleagues in the
Senate would not consider the matter.
However, he had no objection to the reso-
luton going over, and it did.
Another attempt to coerce the House to
do the sweet will of the Senate was sat
down upon with equal emphasis by the
House.
Mr.. Jackson, Republican from the
classic shades of Believille, offered reso-
luton to take a recess to May IL. 1t was
promptly voted down without much cere-
mony Then Mr.. VOORHEES, moved that
ing to the motion, delivered very eiabo-
rate and bitter Repub ublican stump speech.
VOORHEES, NIGHTMARE.
He drew most awe inspiring picture
of terrible corruption the Gardner
machine is bringing to light with the
help of old women, whom the idea Of
taking an oath frightens so out Of their
wits that they are hardly aware of what
they are saying, and accused the Demo
Gratis of trying to clog the wheels of the
dredging machine.
Mr.. Marsh, in replying, said that it
was presumptious on the part of the
Senate at this late day to dictate to the
House when it shall take recess. If the
committee should sit year it would notac
complish any more than il has done now.
The fiat has gone forth that
Senator Mcdonald is to be un
seated and the committee might
as well do it now and stop piling up q
large bill of expenses for the State to pay
The gentleman from Union (Mr. Voor
hees), must have been in consultation
with the leaders of his party TO have ex
perienced such a complete change OF
heart. Heretofore recess was the fur
thest thing from his mind, and he de-
clared that he would not consent to such
thing.
The motion was lost.