The Jersey City news., 1892-03-11
READINGS VICTORY.
The Coal Combine Goes
Through With Little
Effort.
PENNSYLVANIA'S FIVE VOTES.
1t Seems to Have Been Made
a Party Issue to
Some Extent.
How the Screws We're Put On
Pidcock as Against
Sewell.
Special to the JERSEY Ctr Netcs.

TRENTON, March II. 1S92.-The Senate
Chamber is the one place of interest
about the State House this morning, and
every one is settling down to witness one
of the greatest fights in the history OF
the New Jersey Legislature over the bill
to legalize the Reading deal. The ease
with which the measure passed the
House deceived no one, as it was known
that the Pennsylvania strength was in
the Senate. The lieutenants of each side
were industriously doing missionary
work all night, and this morning they
were about the State House before the
watchman had turned out the lights
which burned in the corridors all night
Miles Ross and James Smith. Jr.. di-
rected the plan of campaign for the deal
from behind closed doors in Barney
Ford's room, General Sewell remained
serenely at his famous room, No.
100, In the Trenton House, from
which he has directed so many hard
fought and successful battles for the
Pennsylvania, and maintained the air of
a man who was confident of victory. The
first serious blow which the Reading
people suffered was when Pidcock hoisted
the Pennsylvania ensign over his en-
campment. Although he had never been
in serious sympathy with the Reading
people IL was nOp6u UUHt dI iettSI uo WOulu
be kept from active partici patton in the
fight in the ranks Of the Pennsylvia. At
eleven O'Clock the Senate had not con-
vened, and the missionary was still going
on. 1t was then said that Reading had
ten and Pennsylvania nine votes AL
though the Reading people have not
enough votes to win, they can prevent
final adjournment, and those who ex-
pected to go home for the session tonight
are looking blue. Senator Gardner will
lead the Pennsylvania forces, and
Michael Barrett will general the Reading
men.
AS the matter now stands it is said
that Adrain, Baker, Barrett, Butcher,
Hnchliff, Hudspeth. Keys, Marsh, Nc
Mickle and Perkins are reported to favor
the bill and Cornish, Cranmer. Fowler.
Gardner, Martin. Miller, Rogers, Rue
and Wtnton are against it. Senator
Werts has resigned and Senator Brown
is still confined to his house by illness.
Although this leaves only nineteen men,
bers In the Senate it requires eleven
I votes to pass the bill.
IN THE HOUSE.
But the Lehigh Valley road seems to
have a ciuch on the Assembly. 1t last
night brought up the bill legaliZing the
Reading deal in this State in spite of the
efforts Of several members, both Repub-
lcan and Democrats, to defeat the pro-
ject. The trouble began in the
Chairman of the Committee on Railroads
and Canals, to which the bill had been
referred, reported it favorably. Mr.. Cole
submitted a minority adverse report and
moved that it be substituted for the ma
jority report. In talking to his motion
he called attention to similar deal
which was once made in South Jersey.
where a competing line was purchased
by the Camden and Atlantic and WAS set
aside by the courts. He asked whether
the people of New Jersey. through their
represe n tatives in this Legislature. pro-
posed to nullify the provisions of the
general railroad law, whereby people are
saved from such monopoly as this deal
proposed to foister upon the peoplea
Mr.. Potts said that politics did not en-
ter into this matter at all. The bill
might be all wrong and it might be all
right. If it was not in the last hours of
the session he would advocate voting
against the adverse report and fighting the
bill on its merits on the floor OF the
House. But under the circumstances he
would advocate the adverse report.
Mr.. Kalisch advocated the majority re-
port and declared that the House should
stand by its committee and accept it's re-
port. Mr.. Tine spoke against the bill.
MIR. BEEKMAN OUTRAGED.
Mr.. Beekman contended for his report.
He said, to kill the bill in this manner
was an outrage. He wanted it to come
AASSt2ooSSA
merits so that the people could see what
was in it. He claimed that those who
objected to the bill did not know what
was in it, and he objected to members
CRYING ''wolf" when there wasn't any
wolf within one thousand miles of it un-
less it were in Hudson County.
He attacked the Pennsylvania Rail-
road, which he called an octopus that
had stretched out its lawful arms" and
taken in everything between New York
and Pittsburg. He said that the people
of his county all wanted the Dill.
Mr., Potts began his reply by saying
that they were not all SO smart as the
gentleman from Middlesex.
"You shouldn't expect too much" said
Mr.. Beekman, while the galleries and
floor broke out into roar
THE TABLES TURNED.
Mr.. Potts soon turned the laugh on Mr..
Beekman by dwelling on the manner in
which the women and children of Middle
sex were crying for the bill.
Mr.. Beekman then lost his temper and
began to talk back. Everything was in
confusion. Potts and Beekman were
rapping away with his gavel and every
hody was laughing aG the spectacle Beck
man made of himself. The Speaker
finally restored order and put the ques-
tion on Mr.. Coles amendment. Tine at
temnted to get the floor but was not
iected and the majority adopted.
When the bill came up on final passage.
Mr.. Potts made unavailing efforts to de-
Law it. The roll was called with this re-
sult:-
yeas-Beekman, Bergen, Carroll Cavanagh.
ieovie' DAILY, Davidson, Dempsey, Dnpuy, Flynn,
GIorieux Hardin, Heaney, Honce Kalisch, Lane,
fawless Magner, Moyan, Nash. Nieder. j.
Parker ! f. smith, T. Smith snyder, Strimpe,
Swartout. Tahen Tumilty, Ulrich, Warne viii
-. U.ight Zallpr-A.
0oN NavsEBaxter Ernst, Gedhill, Hagerty, Hoff
man Hutchinson, Ketcham, Niece, Packer, Post,
POTTS. Ross f. D. Smith, Stokes, Strahan,
Studer, Tfne-lh
Messrs. Haggerty. F. D. Strahan and
Tine were the only Democrats voting i'll
the negative. The Republicans who
voted with the majority were Glorieux
Nov. y said Mr.. Potts;"I think it time
Iv to ask what has become OF the lnyesti-
eating Committee appointed to lind out
eli ebout the combine. What has hap
nened to their reports"
No answer was vouchsafed to this
query -, -, ha tronsfarred to
,he Senate, where it will be more evenly
M ed than it was in the Assembly
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