The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-03-02
BILLS, BILLS, BILLS.
The Mayora1ty Term Ex-
tension Ratified by
the Senate.
NEW SCHEMES, NEW LAWS
Busy Day in Both Houses at Both
Ends Of the Legislative
Line.
BLACK EYE FOR JUDGE HUGO.
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TRENTON. March 2, 1892.-Senator
Hudspeth did a good days work yester-
day. He succeeded in passing in the
Senate the bill making the term of the
Mayor of Jersey City five years, aud the
bill providing a Home in this State for
New jerseys INDECENT blind.
Boss Gardner took occasion to make
himself disagreeable and as he supposed
humorous, over the Mayoralty bill. He
first introduced a long amendment,
which brought in a great deal of the re-
suits of his committees investigation
into the election of 1889 in Hudson county.
This, of course. was voted down.
and then the bill came up on
final passage. The provisions of the bill
were SO we'll known that no one felt
called upon TO say anything concerning IL.
The vote was about to be taken when Mr..
Gardner said as no one would explain
the bill. he would, although the Senat ors
from Hudson for the past ten years had
told him that he knew nothing about
Jersey City's affairs.
He then said that the bill was to correct
past legislation which had made the
terms of the Commissioners of Jersey
City so long that they had to increase the
terms of the Mayor SO that he could nave
the appointment of some of his Com is
sioners. The bill finally passed b. a
strict party vote.
BLACK EYE FOR HUGO.
Another large delegation of Judge
Hugg's supporters called upon Governor
Albeit yesterday to urge the reappoint-
ment OF the Judge. The spokesman
tory sentence out Of his mouth
when the Governor stopped him and forcl-
bly, informed the delegation that he had
q long affidavit rejecting seriously upon
the morality of Judge Hugg. which he
proposed to consider carefully be-
il the matter. The affidavit
was made by Editor FITZGERALD
of Camden who was recently tried Tor
libeling the Judge. 1t reviews his life for
several years past, and makes some seri-
ons charges and disclosures which place
Judge Hugg in a very unfavorabie light.
The manner III which the Governor spoke
completely took the wind out of the dele
cations sails, and they quietly SUNK
away.
The general impression about the State
House this morning is thatvthe Governor
will not reappoint Mr.. Hugg. The man
who, in that event, Is likely to secure the
appointment is Counsellor Miller of Cam
den.
HUDsoN's PRIZE WINNERS.
The Senate III its executive session yes
terday confirmed the nomination OF A.
b. Poland as State School Superinten-
dent. Mr.. Kenny's nomination will be
confirmed at the next executive meeting.
The South Jersey Democrats cannot
agree upon n candidate for the vacant
,,Iace in the State Board of Assessors.
IL is generally conceded that the
place belongs to them. The
main points of the controversy were pub
lished in THE JERSEY CITY NEWS last
week. The quarrel Is still being bitterly
waged. and the only way out Of the
trouble seems to be to give the vacant
assessorship to some other section OF the
State.
1t IS accordingly said this morning that
the place will go to Hudson county and
thai it will be secured by Elijah q. Pax
tor, who is to be succeeded by Finance
Commissioner Kenny as Judge of the
Common Pleas.
FOR THE ADULT BLIND.
Up to this time the INDECENT adult blind
of tile State nave been sent to various
p-ooraouses. Mr.. Hudspeth has shared
with many others the belief that a home
should be esta blished for them. Accord
ingly he introduced and passed a bill which
provides that the Governor shall appoint
three trustees and the lady managers
who are to serve without compensation
except for necessary expenses. They are
to nave q building some where In the
State and establish q home for the adult
indigent blind. The trustees are to APP
point a SUPERINTENDENT at a salary OF
$1,000.
AS TO HORSES TAILS.
The Senate held but one session yester-
day. but that was long enough for two,
lasting from ten O'Clock in the morning
to two in the afternoon. Senator Bar
rrtt's bill prohibiting the docking"
of horses tails caused some debate.
Mr.. Barrett in his ornate eloquence des-
cribed the cruelties of cutting a horses
bone to make his tail stylish, aud Sena-
tor Gardner wanted to know what good
such a bill would do anyway. People
would purchase bob tail' animals in
other states, and bring them into New
Jersey in order to be fashionable.
Mir. Barrett retorted that the State
should endeavor to discourage the fash
ion. Horsemen had told him that the
only time u horse cried, and almost like a
human being too, was when his tail was
being cut. President Adrain suggested
that a fine be put on bob tail" horses,
but Barrett demurred to that on the
ground that many of his fashionable
friends drove hat kind OF ii horse and he
did not want to be too severe ON them.
The bill finally passed.
TO PUNISH A TRAITOR.
Mr.. Barratt introduced Il bill into the
Senate Yesterday which is supposed to
be aimed at James Bishop. Chief of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bill pro-
yides for the REORGANIZATION of the Bureau
by the appointment of a suitable person
by the Governor for hve years at a salary
of $500. Bishop has u picturesque his
tory. AT one time he was one OF the
wealthiest men in the State. and a man
of some prominence in public affairs in
Middlesex county. He was a Know
Nothing member of Congress. While on
n VOYAGE to Europe he was shipwrecked
and lost considerable money. BY degrees
he lost all his property, and from
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