The Jersey City news., 1891-03-14
)ERGEN'S BLUFF,
lie Rush to Adjourn on the
10th Bears Very
Bad Fruit.
LEGISLATION VITIATED.
Many Bills Are So Badly Drawn
That Governor Albeit Can
not Sign Them.
NO HOPE FOR THE RACERS
spseiaI o be Jerssg citg Voc.

Special 10 the JERSEY CITY Neaos
TRENTON, March a. 1s91.-Members Of
the Assembly are chatting under the Gar
like rulings of Speaker Bergen, and more
than one of them have given signs OF re-
bellon. Ever since Mr.. Bergen caught
the craze of adjourning on March 20 pub
lie business in the House has been rushed
through without the slightest regard for
the merits or demerits Of the measure
passed upon.
Speaker Bergen has adopted an orde
of business to meet the exiQencies of the
occasion and turns deaf ear to all modes
OF procedure that do not agree with the
line he has mapped out.
All Legislative channels are now GEN.
tired in the passage of bills, and 1t Is safe
to say that fifty per cent. OF the measures
adopted nave only received superficial at
tention. This unparalleled haste on the
part of the House, directed BY the Speaker,
has had the effect OF rushing through
scores Of measures that will not receive
the approval of the Governor.
Governor Albeit has called Mr.. Camp
BELLS attention TO the host of acts passed
that are unconstitutional and carelessly
drawn.
Owing to the approach of the end
OF the session such measures cannot
be again brought before the Legislature.
They will die IN the pigeon holes of the
Governors Office. When this became
known to the members they poured In
upon Governor Albeit to learn IL their
bills were among those officially marked
an. e., but they got no satisfaction.
This has during the present week led
members to examine the measures In the
Governors hands. OF course countless
flaws were found and scores Of resolu-
tions are daily introduced requesting the
Gouarnnr send hQQE hills for changes
and amendments.
Persons skilled and experienced in law
making predict that not more than half
Of the acts passed will ever become laws
HIS DIGNITY OFFENDED.
The Rev. Charles Ever, the clergyman
selected 10 make the morning prayer yes
terday was asked by Speaker Bergen to
make his petition brief. The minister re-
sented the suggestion by making prayer
that lasted ten minutes.
Then five bills were finally passed at
the rate of one TO three minutes, and to
further expedite matters the presiding
officer made this announcement:-"He Here
after all members not voting VIII be re-
corded in the affirmative"
This ruling aroused the obstinacy. of
Messrs. Rabensteiu, Carroll, Potts, Mul-
lone and several other members who did
not respond when their names were re-
peatedly called by the clerk at yesterdays
session.
Il must insist" said Speaker Bergen
emphatically, THAT the members shall
vote when their names are called"
Mr. Rabenstein, voicing the opinion of
his sulky colleagues, answered, ''As the
chair has ruled that votes will be record
ed in the affirmative whether we speak or
not, ] fail TO see why we should exert our
selves" Mr.. Cole of Camden satirically
lawmaking only negative votes should
be counted.
Everything now points to a final ad-
journment on March 20, but Messrs.
Campbell, Johnson and DAILY declared
yesterday that Notwithstanding Speaker
Bergen's rapid transit work the session
will not end next week.
RACE TRACK BILLS.
Although the political powers of the
State have decided that there will be no
legislation this year to legalize horse
racing or bookmaking the gamblers and
Each Senator and Assemblyman yester-
day received by mail a copy of a sport
ing newspaper containing blue pencil
marked article setting forth that Presi-
dent Harrison had signed the pool bill
legaliZing the netting on racetrRcks in
the District of Columbia. Thompson of
the Gloucester track and half dozen
men interested In Guttenberg's race
course came here on Wednesday night to
make proselytes for the four race and
SAmDllnk Ulils lutrOuuccu sOLuc llulc
ago.
Friends of the race and bookmaking
bills sounded the Republican members
and were Disguised to learn that more
than half or them openly declared that
they would WORK and vote against the
gambling measures.
This settles the case, and the four bills
will die in the hands of the Committee
tn Laws.
NEWARK SPREADING OUT.
Senator Barrett on Wednesday, at the
In. tigation of George NJ. Ballard and T.
W. Lord. introduced a DILL TO lop off parts
of South and East Orange townships,
ana tdd them TO Newark. The trainers
the | III declared that Its sole purpose was
TO s,raighten the boundary lines of
Newark.
This was yesterday denied by people
living &C the plots that the bill proposes
TO tack on to Essex's chief city. Their
remonsuance was sent to Assemblyman
Taylor. O, the Ninth district. Signers of
the reno lstrance say sit is purely a
speculativs scheme that is opposed by all
residents, Irrespective of politlcs."
The sig 1ers are Richard Dickson,
Frederick Newhouse, Frank Newnauzsr.
John Bopp, Joseph Brunette, II. L. New
house, Jeffers on Buckelew, w. G. Clark.
Thomas Green, George Blackwood. Jonn
Gibson. w. Il. Thompson aud John
Boyd.