The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1891-03-13
!rr Commissioners OF Daeis. BIT some
Of the county members could not agree
upon their lists.
HOLD Up, MR.. BERGEN.
Legislative ReckleSSness and a VIII
ated Record Big Horse
Car Scheme.


TRENTON, March 13. 1s9l,-The break
rushing bills through the House bore its
legitimate fruit this morning. Immediate
ly after prayer Mr.. Jackson, Republican,
OF Essex, objected to the record. He said
he was recorded as voting for a bill for
which he did not vote at ALL He supposed
that under the ruling Of the Speaker yes
terday that all members who did not
answer roll call should be recorded as
voting in the affirmative. his name had
been put down IN favor Of the bill.
The Speaker denied that he had made
any such ruling
Mr.. Jackson appealed to Mr.. Rabeu-
stein who sat behind him, and that gen
| tleman said he understood the ruling as
| Mr.. jackson did.
The Speaker then exclaimed that he
said that If the members were present and
did not answer the roll call they might
| consider themselves as recorded In the
affirmative
Mr.. Nash said the whole trouble was
indifference Of the members tn the roll
call.
After some further talk. the reading of
the record was suspended to Monday
evening.
Mr.. Jackson also stirred up a scene
! over the bill to pay the officers OF the
Senate. He discovered THAI he was re-
| corded in the affirmative and took adj
vantage of the fact to move to reconsider
them. He said shat the Senate had
| created five useless officers, who cost the
| State s2,T00 more than last year. Mr..
Campbell showed how the offices were
created by Republican Senate last year,
| and the vote to reconsider was lost.
THE CENTRAL'S HoIsSE-CAR SCHEME.
A bill has passed the Senate the ulti-
| mate object OF which is to build horse
car line from the Central Railroad sta
ton in Jersey City to the business
portion of the city. 1t permits the COM
| pany to lay its tracks without obtaining
the consent of company operating a
railway within two blocks OF the pro
| posed route as required by law now.
| ALDERMANIc PAY.
| Neward and jersey City have agreed
| upon bill which will give the Newark
aldermen pay. but will not apply to Jer-
| sey City. Alderman Smiths repeater OF
| the present law will now pass.
All. THERE STANDARD OIL
Mr.. Mullone introduced bill authoriz.
| ing the Attorney General to proceed
| against any one polluting or diminishing
the flow of streams, and had it made
| special order for Monday. The bill Is to
| prevent the diversion os waters from the
| State and is aimed at the Bartlett syndi-
cate
Mr.. Carrolls bill giving the Saturday
half holiday to employees of factories and
mills passed.
Mr.. Moylan's bill passed, ensbling la
borers. mechanics, merchants or traders
to file liens against contractors for work
on public buildings or improvements.
| and requiring the city where such i'm
provements are made to hold the con
tractors money until the courts adjust
the controversy.
sCRAPPING AGAIN.
jersey City and Newark had another
scrap on the floor today. An agreement
was made whereby Essex was to vote for
Mr.. Smiths Aldermanic salary repeater
IL the Hudson men would vote
for the new bill giving Newark IS
Aldermen salaries. When the repeater
came up, Newark voted against it. Mr..
Bryne spoke against 1t also saying that
the only people who opposed the sal
aries in Jersey City were the members
of the city government in the
Board of Aldermen. who could not re-
ceive two salaries and did not want any
one but themselves in the Board. Mr..
Madden also voted against the repeal.
The Newark men insist that if Jersey
City would pass their bill first, motion
to reconsider the vote by which the re-
pealer was lost would be carried. The
matter went over.