The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-17
COLD WATER ON IT.
The 0'Neill- Bill
Once Again Post
p0ned.
HUGG'S FRIENDS BIG RALLY.
Petitions for Camden's Judge
Dolngs of the Legis-
lature.
nUGa's FRIENDS BIG RALLY.
Specfol to the Jerstu citu Newa.

Special TO the Jersey City Nsss.
TRENTON, Fob. II. 1S92.-1'here was
some disappointment among the friends
and foes of Mr.. O'Neill's water bill when
the Committee on Municipal Corporations
announced that the hearing would be
postponed until next Tuesday when the
committees of both the House and the
Senate would listen to arguments for and
against the bill.
MIR. Lebbeus B. Ward. Mr.. Joseph A.
Dear. Mr.. 8. B. Ransom. Mr.. Edward
Manners and several other gentlemen
were here to represent Jersey City. while
The valiant Colonel Price, James Smith,
Jr.'s first lieutenant, and the irrepres-
sible Mayor Picnic James Haynes were
on hand TO battle for Newark.
Every member OF the Assembly, how
ever, wanted 20 hear the protests against
the race bills aud SO the hearing was post
puned. Mayor Haynes was very mad,
aud hardly knew whether to lay the
Adjournment to the wicked news
epce Gu the House. He had journeyed
fortified with his faithful pointer with
which he proposed to point out on the
map of Northern New Jersey the small
amount of territory Newark drains, and
he went home very much Disguised. The
OCLoCy Olty pCOpiO Z kathSL PACaoSo
with the prospects Of appearing before
both committees at once. They will
bring u strong delegation down next
week.
ELECTRIC RAILWAYS.
The Newark gentlemen experienced
another DISAPPOINTMENT when the COM
mittee postponed the hearing on Mr..
Heaney's electric railway bill. Colonel
Price wanted to protest against 1t in its
present form. as it provides for the APP
pointment of a commission by the Gov
ernor which is to ave absolute power in
all electrical matters and may order any
electrical concern to pnt its wires under
ground. Foster NJ. Voorhees,, of New.
rrk. was also present to oppose the bill.
Comptroller Connelly's objection to the
measure is that Newark is going to ex-
peud 100000 repaying its streets and
doesn't want that pavement ripped up
for subways when it has just been put
down.. ! $4,000 .s
Another party of gentlemen who were
disappointed by a postponed hearing CON
sisted of President Edelstein. of the
Finance Board, and City Hall Commits
sioue. Pearson. They were here yester-
day expecting to be heard on the bill
which allows the onfnissioucrs to spend
more money-on tile new City Hall. Their
hearing went over to next Tuesday at ten
O'Clock.
The afternoon session of the House yes
.te, day was mostly aiken up with a dis
-cussion on u motion of Mr.. Potts to take
from tie table the motion to reconsider
the vote by which his ~amendment to the
Mechanics Lien law was defeated. This
was agreed to au1 then Mr.. Potts made
an earnest appeal for his bill. Mr.. Potts
explained thar his amendment provided
that Tie material man and laborer should
hot have u lien on property until they
had served upon the owner q written
notice to the effect that they had done
~ ORR or furnished material or were about
q 10 50. The object OF this, Mr.. Potts
ssid, WAS to bring home to the owner the
identity ofthe persons who are furnishing
Z materials aud doing work on his building.
4 Big Bill Cole declared the bill was in
tie interests of the owner to the detrl-
smeilt OF the laborin2 man. He spoke at
leugth about tine fact that he was q labor
ing man aud once worked along the wall
with a trowel in his hand. He also de-
gclarti that The bill WAS in the interest OF
sithe lawyers. He was bitter in his denuu-
g Citations of the "snide'' contractors. The
pFesen ut law. he said, worked satisfactor-
lily and was acceptable TO the workmen of
y " the State.
Mr.. Baekman, a lawyer Of Middlesex.
opposed the measure and predicted that
It's passage would injure the working
men Nj. Hutchinson WAS also solicitous
for lie Iaboring man and declared That
he did not want the present
law disturbed. Mr.. Hutchinson is in active
3D. tESlAlu& v liz
Tor Se.iator III Mercer. Mr.. Kalisch said
that the present law was enacted to pro-
tect the material men and not the labor
lug men.
4 forr shouted Cole, springing to his feet.
''Tferr l kne the member from Cam
dea did not know what he was talking
atiout,' said Mr. Kalisch. she has not
studied this amendment n has been
talking of something he knew nothing
about"
Cole promptly. went into his cage.
4 After much further debate the motion
\ to reconsider the bill was carried, and the
bill was recOnmitted.
CAvANAGH'S FLABBERGAsT.
There was sofnc discussion over Mr..
Cavanagh's bill making eight hours a
days work. Mr.. Nash opposed the bill,
calling it q buncombe, designed TO
catch the votes of the w~orkingmen. Cav
I-anagh and Others defended 1t, and it was
finally recommitted.
THE READING DEAL.
The Speaker appointed Messrs. Lane,
DAILY and Heaney the special committee
y w connection With the investigation of
tka great Reading combination.
A bill by Mr.. tanning was passed, pro-
vidins that no streets should be laid out
in the StYte without the consent of the
governing buGjps of municipalities, and
That no such mt should be granted
npiess a nig. . street was filed and
made TO col 10 the map of the mu-
nicipaiity. ill Is intended to put a
stop TO the lscriminate opening of
streets which IN nowhere and end at
the same plae' any OF which are TO be
found on oerse City Heights.
MIR. O'Neill made another attempt to
get his Insurance bills and the fire escape
bill out of the Committee on Corpora
tions. Mi. Hardin objected. because the
chairman of tho committee. Mr.. Smith,
was out of his seat.
1.-THE gentleman is always out OF his
SEX . exclaimed Mr.. O'Neill, when !
want my bills reported. ;" He then showed
the House how badly he had been treated
In he natter. He, however. tinally con
,ented to having the matter go over
kgain.
The bill authorizing the Trustees of the
Hoboken Fire Department Fund 10 APP