The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-24
RUSHING LEGISLATION
The Ides Of. March Are
Also Coming With
Rush.
EVENING SESSIONS IN ORDER.
But the Press of Business Does Not
Prevent the Extraction of
Some Fun from the
situation.
EVENING SESSIONS IN ORDER.
specio, 10 the Jersey c.ty Ne,c..

hold a night session. There were some
signs OF rebellion and talk of staying
away so that there would be no quorum,
but these mutteriDgs CT discomfort were
quickly quieted when Mr.. Hardin quietly
suggested that if the members wanted to
get through this week without sitting on
Friday they had Better come out in the
evening.
For this House." pompously ex-
claimed the young mar from Newark, in
a sort of MISUNDERSTANDING at
titude, 'has got to adjourn sine die on
March H."
That settled it. and the motion for a
night session was carried with a rush.
A resolution was adopted at the morn
ing session providing for Il commission of
three 10 be appointed by the Governor to
prepare and report to the next Legisla-
ture a bill for revising the Road laws of
the State. The expenses of the commits
sioners are to be paid for by the State
upon approval by the Governor. The
Superintendent of the Capitol was di-
rected to drape the chair lately occupied
by the late Assemblyman White in black,
and another small deluge of petitions
against the opening of the Chicago Fair
on Sunday was received.
BLACK BROTHERS LIVES.
Mr.. O'Neills bill, which prohibits the
Discrimination against colored persons by
life insurance companies was opposed by
MIR. Hardin, who argued that If the bill
was passed the opportunity of getting
their lives insured would be taken AVA
from colored people. The measure rave
some of the funny men of the House an
opportunity to exhibit their cheap wit,
aud then passed to a third reading,
CIMRERI,AND DISTRICT LINES
The afternoon session was more inter-
csting. and the members, inspired, no
doubt, by the MANY bright eyes which
beanled down upon them from the gal
le,ies' INDUCED in forensic scraps,
proposition to change the district
lines in Cumberland county. Mr..
Stokes, the young orator from Cumber-
land county, who twice last year held the
undivided attention of the floor and gal.
leries with his polished e~loquence, op-
posed the measure. 1t was his first ex-
tended speech this session and. considering
tho possibilities the question afforded
him, was disappointing. The bill. of
course, passed.
oh THOSE TIREsoME LIENsl.
The debate OF the afternoon was Mr..
kalisch's bill which proposes to wipe out
the Stull Mechanics Lieu law which was
enacted Ill 1890. Mr.. Kalisch spoke for
his bill. Tn Stull law, he said, was
passed for the benefit of the material men
and not the mechanics. 1t retarded
building because it wiped u hundreds
of small contractors. The Supreme
had declared the Srull law defective. and
the Lest way to cure its defects would be
TO wipe it out entirely.
Mr.. Cole opposed the repeater and with
his usual im~peItinence took issue with
Mr.. kaliscb, who is considered q good
lawyer, on the decision of the Supreme
Court. He said that the association of
building trades was opposed to Mr..
Kalsch's bill and thati it would be an out
rage TO reinact a law which had taken so
much mone out of the pockets of the
working men.
Mr.. Nash was in great spirits and de-
nounced the bill in a manner which made
every one in the gallery feel glad b a
they had come. He said that he was OPP
posed to all lien laws which were for the
purpose of putting money in h lawyers'
pockets.
The best speech of the debate was made
by Potts. who spoke earnestly and sensi-
bly, for the bill. He declared that the
Stull law was n bad law, because it was
not fair to all parties interested. The
labor men of Paterson were OF the opinion
that the law was ~antagonistic to them,
and the law Kept foreign capital out Of
the State.
Mr.. Beekman also made a strong plea
for the repeater, and Tom Kavanagh told
how the Stull law had killed the building
industry in ''de tweltt ward of Newark"
1hesdiscussion lasted over an hour, and
the bill was finally defeated, twenty
eight, three less than enough to pass iC,
voting in it's favor.
Mr.. CARRoLL's ILLNESS
A resolution was adopted which set
forth that as. Teddy. Carroll was ill at
home and there were a number of impor-
tant bills in his desk, the Superintendent
of the Capitol should break open his desk
and get the bills. This act of vandalism
was too much for Father Nash. Jumping
to his feet, he waved his arms wildly and
declared that a mans desk was his pri-
yate property and to break 1t open was a
high handed outrage which. He got
no further, for the Speaker called him TO
order with the curt announcement that
he could not criticize the action of the
HGuse on the floor. For some time after
wards the OLD mar could be heard NUT
tering about the high handed outrage
and the amount he would give to see any
one break open his desk.
WHERE IT WAS BORN.
For some time past a curious controv-
ersy has been going on, something like
tbnt, which agitated the cities of ancient
Greece over the BIRTHPLACE of Homer. Tue
South Jersey cities are c~ontending for the
honor of being the birthplace of the New
jersey Legislature. The last claimant
for lie distinction is none other than At
lautic Highlands, where, III loof, IL Is
claimed. the Legislature was born. The
place was then known as Portland
Poynt." So active has the
contention become that Atlantic
Highlands proposes to have tha matter
settled beyond dispute by an act of the
Legislature. In accordance with that
MIN. Mir. A. I. Parker, the same who in
froduced the race track bills, introduced
a resolution yesterday calling for II joint
committee of two from the Senate and
three from the House to decide where the
frsJ legislature of New Jersey met. The
Committee is to have power to send for
nersons and papers, aud is to report to
the next Legislature. The resolution
passed.
THE bill giving Trenton public. parks
wss passed by an almost strictly party
vote. Mr.. Snyder, of Orange, alone voting
with the Republicans.
ELECTRICAL SUBWAY.
Mr.. Heauey is determined to force to n
massage his bill providing for an electrical
snhw v commission to be appointed by
Tho Governor. He gave notice tnat he
would move this morning to have the
on Municipal Corporations re-
Iieyed from further consideration OF tho
1;he eyening session WAS without inter-
1 nv standing at the doors and per-
so~ollv beseeching members not TO go
~ The Speaker ana young Mr.. Hardin
Snrcssded in getting thirty-seven mem
80 ia come in out of the cold. Bills
u.ers rnshed through and advanced IN a
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