The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-26
THAT CHAMELEON BILL,
Something Like the Conju-
rer'S Inexhaustible
Bottle.
CONTAINS COAL, MEAT AND SUGAR
A Marvel in the House in the Way
of a Clear Calendar-The
Bills That Passed.
Special to the .yerseu citu Mems.


TRENTON. Feb. &c, 1885,. speaker Ber-
his gavel down with an exultant bang
and announced This House stands ad-
journed until Monday evening, with the
calendar clear. playing unusual stress upon
the latter part of his declaration. A quiet
smile of satisfaction spread over his clear
cut features as soon after he emerged
from his private room with satchel in
hand and started to GO home. 1t was an
unusua occurrence for the House to lave
us calendar clear on the second week be-
fore fnal adjournment, and the Speaker
felt proud of his achievement. He had
brought the House to that stage without
any violation of the rights of an individ-
ual member Since the proposition made
early in the session to call him to account
for the supplementary ruling which
shut Mr.. kalisch off the floor, he has
been careful to afford every orator
every opportunity under the rules for
speaking on bills, with the result that
Cole, Nash, Hardin, Beekman and the
other bellowses of tie louise ave blown to
their hearts content on every question.
In speaking of the satisfactory con-
dition in which the hard work of the
members had left things this week, the
Spe ker said that there was no doubt that
the Legislature would adjourn March IL.
I'm TACT" said the Speaker, there is
no reason why it should not adjourn to-
day."
There is a pretty grave reason why it
should not only not adjourn today but
remain in session after the Time set for
closing Its labors.
THE READING DEAL.
In speaking of the Reading deal the
other day Governor ALBEIT said that it
< could be safely said that the range
ment the roads incorporated
under the laws of this State could not be
carried into effect without additional
legislation. From this statement many
are looking for a bill to accomplish that
end and predict that it will be introduced
early next week. On the other hand
there are many who declare that the bill
is already in and point knowingly to the
fl nous mo. 40" which has raised IN up
n L in the House on more than one occa-
81 \. This bin seeks to give corporations
d same right of holding the bonds, evil
d. noes OF indebtedness and shares of
capital stock as individuals possess.
MIR. O'Neill first discovered the signs OF
an ethiopian in The ~woodpile." and from
the slight glance he obtained at the bill
he said it LOGGED like the Sugar House
Trust" Then the pegro showed his
dusky face to Tommy Lane for a moment
and Thomas said it was a gigantic meat
trust. A prominent lawyer said. in his
opinion, the provisions OF the bill could
cover Il coal trust, such as the Reading
deal will establish, as well as a sugar mouse
trust or a Chicago meat trust. There
have been several holly contested battles
over the bill thus far and the prospects OF
more are very bright.
SIGNS OF WEAKNESS.
= eeTtle mem oers gave evidences of weary
ing of their work yesterday, and 1t was
only bv a strict call of the House that the
Speaker managed to keep enough Assem-
tlymen in the chamber to pass bills. At
one time Mr.. Bergen declared that If the
Sergeant-at-Arms would not secure the
doors and keep them closed, he would
lock them and keep the keys at his desk.
Twenty bills and one joint resolution were
passed, besides advancing a number to
second and third reading. In addition
several were laid over.
PASSED BILLS
Among the bills passed in addition to
those published in IHE JERSEY CITY
NEWS of yesterday were those providing
that laborers, mechanics and contractors
may file liens on public improvements
similar to the New York lien law apply
ing to public improvements, requiring the
recording Of awards of commissioners in
all cases where lands are taken, by emf
nent domain by railroad corporations al
lowing the representatives of the United
Press Association to be present at execu-
tons; joint resolution allowing the Gov
ernor to repair the Senate chamber; re-
curing forty days notice for taking de
bene esse testimony of any witness resid-
ing out of the State in a civil suit.