The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-01-16
THE BLACK BARON Wins.
Chosen to Ga1leVant Ladies
to Seats in the Gallery.
HE Is CHARMING, BUT EXPENSIVE.
Details Of the Business Transacted
in the Legislature Yesterday.
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TRENTON, January Is. 1890.-Both houses
held brief session this morning and adj
journed to Monday evening. The pitiless
rain which came down with equal fury
upon the member and the non-member
alike had discouraging effect upon
spectators, and when the Adonis of Hud-
son called the House to order the ladies'
gallery was deserted and two solitary
way backs" sat in the gentlemen's gal
lery looking very much detected in their
loneliness.
After prayers. on motion of Judge Ul-
rich, one hundred copies of the protest in
the Harris case were ordered printed,
bills were introduced and recess
was taken
MR.. MARSH MAKES A SPEECH.
Upon reassembliug messenger from
the Senate announced that the Senate had
passed bill to increase the Governors
salary. The bill was taken up by the As
sembly and passed to q second reading
without reference. Then Mr.. Marsh
made little speech, in which he said
that the measure was not partizan one,
but applied to Democratic and Republican
Governors alike, provided the Republi-
cans were ever fortunate enough TO Sc
cure the election of a Governor. The
Chief Executive of this State had never
been adequately paid, and it was shame
| that he received less than many Of his
subordinates.
Mr.. Harris wanted to know why such
bill was not introduced last winter when
the Republicans had some chance of
electing Governor. Mr.. Marsh replied
that he never knew the Republicans had
any such chance
The hill tUo than ra11f SIC f,,ol ,>ss,A
sage and adopted by vote of thirty -aine
to eleven.
THE CoLoRED BARON.
The first breeze of the session then
sprang up over a resolution OF Mr.. Smith.
of Essex, to appoint Baron De Kalb.
racy, assistant keeper of the ladies' gall
lery.
The Baron, who is 8 short gentleman of
ultra black, with carefully waxed i'm
perial and goatee, occupied conspicuous
corner in the ladies' gallery and listened
to the debate. A foreigner who did not
understand whit was said could easily
have told how the debate was going by
watching the Bafon's face Whan any
thing was said in his favor his forner
became illumined with the gleanhs from
his white teeth which his broad skpile
exposed. When opposition was maniS6>t
his corner assumed the hue of Egyptia y
darkness.
The first objection ckne from Mr.. Har-
ris. He declared that there was no neces-
sity for the Baron's appointment, as all
he did last year was to barber Democratic
members. There was nothing for him to
do, Mr.. Nash declared, and in tones which
were meant to be sarcastic, he added that
if the Democrats wanted the Baron ap-
pointed official barber, he had no objec-
tion.
THE BARON'S CHARMING MANNERS.
Mr.. Marsh Indignantly T5p6iisfss Z: til g in
situations against the Baron's idIeness.
He declared that he often looked up in
the ladies gallery, and was charmed with
the graceful manner in which the Baron
ushered the ladies to seats The ladies
were all loud in their praise of the gall
liant Baron. As to shaving the members
the Baron only did that when the hous-
was not in session, and got paid for it,
Mr.. Potts objected on the ground of
extra expense. Mr.. Voorhees, said that
the Baron had shaved him as no othe-
man in that town could, but he was OPP
posed to making unnecessary expense.
Mr.. Marsh demolished Mr.. Voorhees,,
economical dodge by showing how the
expenses last year, when the House was
Democratic, were $1,000 less than they
were the year before when the Repubh-
cans were in the majority.
The debate would probably be going on
yet if some of the members had not been
anxious to catch train.
The Baron was appointed and the
House adiournad