The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-02-16

GIVE US FAIR PLAY.
Mr.. Iludspetlrs Forcible
Plea for the Water Con-
demnafion Bill.
BARRETT CLIMBS DOWN
Sugar and Beef Said 10 Be Behind
Lanes Corporation Measure
New Proposals.
Special to the Jersey city Ne.es.

ppeCuut 10 Wc Jersey Guy 4NelcS.
TRENTON, Feb. Is, 1892. Senator Hud-
speth made Il brief, earnest and forcefu,
appeal to his colleagues in the Senate last
night for fair play for the Jersey City
water bill. He was in excellent form
and the crowded galleries were all atten-
ton as he insisted that the bill should
not be smotEered in the Municipal Cor
porations Committee. He told how the
measure had been introduced in the be-
ginning of the session and how the Sena-
tor from Essex had persistently refused
to permit action to be taken on it. Warm
ing up 10 a high pitch Of eloquence, the
Senator declared that his constituents
were In dire need of pure water. They
could only gel what they wanted from
the watersheds in the upper part of the
State. where there was an abundance for
all. They did not desire to impair or en-
crcach upon the supply of any other city,
nor did they wish to take anything with
out paying d fair price for it. The propo-
sitions contained in the bill, he said, were
simple and %eminently fair. The Legis-
lature was asked to give Jersey City the
right to condemn land and water privi-
leges and ample care was taken TO guar
anlee Newark a full supply for each in
habitant. Nothing could be fairer. He
asked his brother Senators to join him in
insisting that the bill should come before
the Senate for a discussion upon its
merits.
BARI.ETT's COARSE JEST.
Senator Barrett had been pacing to and
fro like a restless Hamlet" during the
delivery of the Hudson Senator's speech.
The gentleman from Essex was plainly
ptrturbed by the sympathetic attention
given by the Senators to the manly aD-
v,a.I fnp fair fpnntroonf Hn annurnnt1u
was not blind to what everybody else saw,
namely, that the feeling wa all running
against him The other week he was
blatant and reckless III his defiant state
meuts refusing to release the bill, and iu
his j sering offer to give a hearing on it
about the Fourth of July. His tune was
ch~angedla-t night. He coolly declared that
the Committee had been considering the
bill and had held il for the purpose of
giving interested persons an opportunity
to be heard. The Committee stood ready,
he said to give a hearing on it at any
time. That declaration almost stopped
the breash of SenaJo Hudspeth. He Was
equal to the occasion, however,, and
tWitted Senator Barrett on his change of
front. Taking the Essex Senator ut his
word he suggested text Tuesday us the
day for a'pilblic bearing.
I'll ere or at Gutteuhnrg?" asked Sena-
tor Barrett. Low OUTLAWS from a few
addlepated fellows in the gallery, aud
looks of establishment on the faces of the
Senators served to show how this coarse
jest was regarded.
SENATE ROUTINE.
For the first time THIS year the Senate
remained in session last night some time
after the Assembly adjourned. These
bit;s passed:-
Allowing the County Superintendent travelling
EXPENSES.
r curing but one direct or of a company to
reside in the State.