The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-20
THE JERSEY RACE TRACK BILL.
The Senate Amendments Carried In the
House by n Vote of 81 60 10.

HOUSE bE n vote OF b5 TO lb.
TRENTON. May 19.-Gov Albeit sent the fol-
lowing nominations to the Senate tonight:
James NJ. Seymour OF Newark for Supervisor
of the State Prison, in place OF Henry L. Butler
| John W. Jackson John Z. Brothers, and Leon
ard J. Gordon for Managers OF the Morris
Plains Asylum; Thomas II. Dudley James
Newell, William p. Morgan. David d. Devise,
James Nelson, Caleb WyckofT, Samuel Il.
! Demaret, Abraham w. Duryee, and James
Stevens Tor visitors to the State Agricultural
College.
Mr.. Kalisch, for the Judiciary Committee OF
the House, reported by substitute Senate
| bill 227. the Carter ballot reform bill. The
substitute for the Werts ballot reform bill which
has already passed the House. This bill was
ordered to a second reading by a vote oil 33 to
II. Mr.. WINS tDeml OF Monmouth voting
with the Republicans In the negative. This
action practically kills the Senate ballot re-
form bill. and the only ballot reform bill now
before the Legislature Is the one drafted by
Senator Werts, and known as the Democratic
measure.
The special order OF the evening, Kalsch's
Horse Racing bill as amended by the Senate
was called up by Mr.. Campbell The Senate
amendments legalize POOL selling. permit rae
ing on each race track for flfty-1ve days In
each year. and impose n tax Of per cent Of
the gross receipts. which shall go to the State
A motion to give the amendments third read
ing was adopted-32 to 5-Messrs Cole Hutch
inson. Jackson, Perkins. and Voorhees, voting
In the negative. Mr.. Kerr moved that the
amendments be considered by the House as
Committee OF the Whole. The motion was
lost by viva voce vote. The amend
ments were then put on third reading.
Mr. Voorhees, said he was surprised that no
one had the courage to stand hsHnopsoF for the
the bill through the Senate. although the Sem
ators n. first held up their hands in holy hor-
tax. e Pass this bill" he said, and we bow
down to the gambling element: an element
e Sn the soars Of SSW o M
kaisch said the bill. as originally introduced
sqw amendGd Eli To- Sss
Attorney. General for his opinion as to its
eeonStitutionaity, the resolution was opposed
%i5G s SSS Be- Es
Muilone, Perkins Potts, Sharp. Voorhees,, and
Williams voting In the negative. The amended
6 vas then ordered to be re ngrossed with
- The Senate Committee on, Railroads and
Canals gave q hearing tonight on the bill
sylvania Company. The bill is backed. it is
said. BY the Brotherhood of Railroad ,Tranmen
want to prevent the companies from T forcing dng
the employees to Join the fund. Two hundred
employees were present and number Of
them spoke. John Anderson. superintendent
of the Pennsylvania Relief Fund argued
fund. He denied that the employees were
compelled to Join. oil, that those who
were members were under any sort OF op-
preston He denied also that tho Pennsyl- |
yania Company, refused to promote men In
their service who declined to Join the fund. |
One of the employees having declared that the |
fund hal a surplus of S37700O. Superintendent |
Anderson declared that that amount was Just |
$2000O0 above the correct figures. He said the |
surplus was going to he used in q scheme |
under which old or disabled employees would |
be pensioned. The committee will probably |
report the bill without recommendation.