The Jersey City news., 1892-03-11

which is fighting the combination.f lis more
powerful IN the Senate. But they Will
have much to contend with, as Miles
Ross and James Smith. Jr, are here
directing the combination forces.
THE BILL GOES THROUGH.
The Senate met at half-past eleven.
After some routine business the famous
bill was taken up and the Pennsylvania
opened the battle by bringing up its
heavy artillery under command OF Sena-
tor Gardner. He said that the bill was q
menace to the people and against pubic
opinion. The combination sought to be
reached by this bill controls more than
one half the coal output of the east The
only argument he has heard In favor OIL
the com bine was in the newspapers that
1t would increase the earnings of the roads
interested $4,000. 900. He asked where that
six millions was to come from. There
was only one source from which
it could come-the people who are the
consumers Of its product. The bill, In It's
results, was equivalent to assessing d.
rectly upon the people a tax of So, 600, O0O.
not for the benefit of the State, but for
the benefit of the roads in the
deal. And this tax would be
laid upon those who burned
the coal In stoves and furnaces. Mr..
Gardner said that the bill was against the
spirit of modern legislation which was op-
posed to all such combinations. lie
claimed that the bill was special and un-
constitutional. The bill is very wrong In
providing that the stockholder should
have the value of his stocks before
the Legislature made the ombination
lawful it ought not to deprive man who
dissents of the increase in his stock
caused by the combination, and such
proceeding was fining a Stockholder
for obiecting to the comoina-
tion. Ir was tax on the con-
science of the patriotic stockholders
and patriotism and concern for the well
fare Of the public would be expensive for
the stockholders. In concluding, the
Senator called attention to the fact that
the lessee of the roads in the combine was
an unfinished road somewhere near
Perth Amboy few miles in length, and
on its own merits, unable to guarantee
it's own completion, and yet it has guar
anteed the roads leased a large income.
No one spoke for the bill, and vote be-
ing taken it passed by Is to 5. Adra1n,
Barker. Barrett, Butcher, Cor
nish, Fowler Hinchliffe, Hudspeth,
Marsh, Martin, McGlckle. Miller, Perkins,
voted for the bill, and Cranmer. Gardner,
it. Senator Keys was absent. A motion
to reconsider was voted down, and the
matter was clinched beyond recall. This
settles final adjournment, and the 1l6th
Legislature will end tonight.
SOME INSIDE FACTS.
The story of the Reading victory is just
beginning to be whispered about. Il Is
said that the Pennsylvania people had
enough votes at eleven o'clock. Pidcock
controlled three of these votes, and an
effort was made to get him in line.
He was taken into Barney Ford's
private room and, to use thesexpression of
one who was present, the screws were
~ 1r RI
the other leaders went at him and told
him that the Democratic party must
stnnd by Miles Ross, that it would
not do to let General Sewell and
the Republicans win this fight, as there
was more in 1t than the mere railroad
DEAL Pidcock kicked hard against op-
posing the Pennsylvania, but was finally
Induced to join forces with the friends Of
the Reading.
Fire Escape and Incident Bills Pass.
Special to the jersey city Nescs.
TRENTON, March IL. 1S9a.-Mr. Heaney
called up the fire escape bill, and notwith-
standing strenuous objections by Cole
and Cook County Fair Smith he succeed
ed in getting it itthrough after hard fight.
The Senate bill for pensioning 6remen
passed tho House; as did
also Cornish's labor trouble arbitration.
bill. The incidental bill finally got
through as originally introduced by the
committee. Nothing has been stricken
out.
GOVERNORS NOMINATIONS.
The Governor sent the following nomi-
nations to the Senate:-Willard G. Fiske
of Hudson. Miles Ross of Middlesex, Gus
tave A. Seide of Hudson, Alvin P. Hid
reth of Cape May, Riparian Commission;
Commissioner of Pilotage, William Erick-
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