The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-19
FUN In THE ASSEMBLY.
A Practical Joke Of Which
Mr. Smith Was the
Victim.
SUNDAY SHOWS In COOK COUNTY
Protests Against Them to be Heard
on Sunday-Political Leg
islation.
SUNDAY SHOWS IN COOK COUNTY
Special to the Jersey csty Ne,ss.

TRENTON, Feb. 10, 1S92.-The session of
the Assembly yesterday morning was
over before noon. The greater part or
the business transacted consisted in lay
ing bills over until Monday evening. 1t
takes thirty-one votes to pass bill, and
when there are only thirty-four members
in their seats, as there were yesterday, no
one cares to sink his pet measures. 30
he lays them over until most all the men,
bers are present. when he thinks they
will have a better chance Of going
through. So dull were the proceedings
that some of the members determined to
relieve the monotony with some amuse-
ment and picked out little Dominic"
Smith as the victim.
Mr.. Smith is Chairman OF the Cook
County Fair Committee and one OF the
New Jersey commissioners. He gave
notice that the committee would give
hearing to those who opposed opening
the Fair on Sunday at a church in New
ark to be hereafter designated.
Mr.. Hardin objected TO the resolution
on the ground that the chairman of a
committee could not call the committee
together without consulting the members
thereof, a proceeding which Mr.. Smith
had failed to take.
MR. LANES SUNDAY OUT.
Mr.. Lane also objected to the resolu-
ton. He was member Of the commit
tee and wanted to be present at the hear
ing, but he had standing engagement
for Sunday evening which he could not
and would not break. Moreover. he did
not think that it was right for the COM
mittee to meet on Sunday.
Mr.. Smith attempted to get the floor,
but several of the members got the floor
ahead of him and make objections OF a
similar character which soon had the
House and galleries in an uproar- The
wrath of the little gentleman from Essex
was ludicrous when ne warmly ex-
claimed:-
:sThis is no laughing matter. gentle
men. The religious element -"
He, got no further. Speaker Bergen
completely took his breath away by an
nouncing that the gentleman withdrew
the resolution. He attempted to stam
mer out something but he could not be
heard and he left the chamber and went
home in high dudgeon. But he will be
all right Monday night, and as good
humored as ever.
Ii afterwards ranspired that one of the
correspondents prepared the resolution
and persuaded Mr.. Smith to offer it.
RACE BILL RUMORs.
There are some faint rumors about the
corridors of new race track bills which
will be devoid of The objections of those
which Mr.. Parker introduced last week.
There is nothing serious in the talk, how
ever, and it is only indulged in hy the
LOBBYISTS and others who are still hoping
against hope that they may yet get their
fingers onto the Doodle which the race
track people are popularity supposed to
have concealed somewhere about their
persons. The race track people are very
much cast down, and acknowledge
frankly they cannot secure any favorable
legislation this year.
They do not consider that the great So
called demonstration of Tuesday did
them any harm, and they say the intem-
perate addresses of the clergymen and the
presence of the notorious Anthony Com
stock did not injuIe their cause.
1t was irretrievably ruined when the
Republican caucus Monday night re-
solved to make the fight a party one.
They foresaw that that was their great
danger and thus devoted all their energies
to securing enough Republican votes to
deprive the bills of all partisan character.
SECRETARY KELSEY.
It is about settled that Secretary of
State Kelsey Will succeed himself. There
was rumor around that handsome Bob
Adrain was to have the Office. But the Mid
dlesex Senator says he has no aspirations
in that direction. To his friends he has
confdentfally stated that he is a candi-
date tor Governor or he is out of politics
altogether, and his friends here think that
he may still gain his point through some
of the peculiar changes that are Incidental
to all political candidates.
Mr.. Kelsey was appointed by Governor
Randolph i'll 1871, and has occupied the
office ever since. 1t is one of the most
lucrative in the State.
NO NEW SENATE CHAMBER
rhar will ha Senate Cham her
erected this year. When Senator Perkins
introduced resolution for a new cham
ber. he did it with the sanction of the
| Governor, but the army of pages and
doorkeepers had not yet invaded the
State House and the Governor was salts.
| fled to allow a reasonable expenditure fol
occurring a chamber that would stand in
favorable contrast with the new Assembly
| room. Later ne concluded that it would
be better to postpone the new chamber
| for at least a year or two and relieve this
present administration of the financial
| responsibility that would be incurred by
| its erection. He thought 1t would be bet
| Ter to leave some work for the new Gov
ernor to do, He feels proud of the sue
| cessful erection of the Assembly Chamber
| in such a short time. He gave to every
| detail his personal supervision, and does
| not feel now as If be would like to spend
| the entire summer acting as supervis
| kuk III
| A GREAT YEAR FOR LAY JUDGES.
This is great year for lay Judges
| There are sixteen vacancies, and in con
| sequence Governor Albeit is being perse
cuted by the place hunters. Every day
| at the State House he has received one OF
| more delegations contending in the Inter
est of rival candidates. He has reduced
| the list by appointments in Atlantic, Ber
| gen and M!ddlesex. He now has to con
| sider the merits of the candidates in Bur-
| lington, Cape May, Cumberland. Essex
| Hudson, Mercer. Monmouth, Nor
ris, Ocean, Passaic. Salem ant
| Union. In Burlington the tern
| of Benajah G. Wills is about to expire
| He wants to be his own successor but
there are three other men beside him
anxious to be called judge. Ex-Judge
| James o. GLASGOW, editor OF the Burling
| ton Gazette, desires to have another
| term, principally on the ground of vindi
cation, claiming that Wills, backed By
| the Hendrickson faction, defeated hin
| six years ago. 1t is said that Senator
| Mitchell B. Perkins is favorable on Glas
| cows appointment. So is Prosecutor
| Budd. The scheme to establish law IL
| Judge has been given up for the present
| In Monmouth county Charles A. Bennett
| is desirous of having another term, bul
many of the Democrats would like
| to see Captain Charles Morris oil
Long Branch receive the appointment
and in consequence there is lively 1ghl
| on. The friends OF both parties are send
ing large delegations here, with view
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