The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-23
TO De A SHORT SESSION
Speaker Flynn Says Final
Adjournment Will Come
in Seven Weeks.
HOBOEEN'S DISTRICT JUDGSHIP.
Getting Race Track Bill Ready
Harrison and Kearny
Consolidation.
Special to The Jersey city Ne,vs.

Special to The Jersey City Netus
TRENTON. Jan. 80, 1693-'.This will be
a short session. and won't last over seven
weeks longer" said Speaker Flynn last
Wednesday, upon the adjournment of the
House.
Unless something unforeseen should
arise, the Speaker is correct. There is
no partisan legislation in sight. but a
race track DILL is very near. In fact, it
would not surprise many If it made its
appearance among the first of the week.
There is general opinion that the bill
will pass this year and become law
even If it has to be passed over Governor
Werts's veto. 1t is hard to find any one
who believes the Governor would sign
such measure.
The supporters of the bill are prepared
to meet the usual protests from the
churches and Law and Order people.
They know very we'll that the scenes of
the last two sessions will be repeated;
that the good sisters will swoop down
upon them, beg them for the sake of their
sons ana husbands not to legalize racing
and pool selling. They also know that
the clergy of all denominations will come
into the Assembly Chsmber, mount the
Speakers rostrum and deliver them
selves of their phillipics against horse
racing and every crime on the statute
book. But they are preparing to steel
themselves against all this and rush the
bill through as quickly as possible. 1t is
said that q new element has entered the
ranks of the racing men. A number of
horsemen have obtained control Of the
Fashion Suud Farm course, which is only
1; short distance from the city, and they
propose to start racing there If the race
track bill is passed.
HARRISON AND KEARNEY.
The bill to consolidate Harrison and
Kearney will be among the first intro
duced and decided effort will be made
to pass it. The good people of Kearney,
however. are or profess TO be very much
afraid that the bill will not pass. Tney
say that the majority of the people of
kearney and the law abiding element of
Harrison are in favor of the measure, but
that an opposition comes from Harrison
which Is not 10 be despised, No one who
has the true interests of both commun-
flies at heart, they say, can doubt that
consolidation would be the best thing for
both towns. But there are three pool
rooms in Harrison which are doing a
lively business and which fear that ii the
two communities are consolidated they
will be closed up. Then again conso Ida
tion would raise the license fee and that
in itself would bring against the move
ment the solid influence of the liquor
dealers led by the wealthy and powerful
brewer, Peter Hauck Hauck supplies
almost all the saloons in the two towns
with his beer and would view with
concern any movement which would tend
to increase the license fee. Besides the
Individual influence which he, eau exert
in the Legislature he is the father-in-law
of Senator Michael Barrett, and it is rea-
sonable to suppose that Mr.. Barrett, w ho
is the leader of the Senate. will do all in
lie n VU
would interfere with Mr.. Hauck's inter-
es's. So the good people of Harrison aud
Kearney have little confidence in the
final passage of their consolidation bill.
THE HoBoKEN JUDGESHIP.
A delegation representing Judge Pax
could be done in the way of securing the
Judgeship of the Hoboken District Court,
which became vacant when Judge DAILY
qualified as Senator, for the Judge. The
delegation had an interview with Judge
Werus, and on the homeward journey
they said that they mad received enough
assurances 60 warrant them i'll stating
that Judge Paxton would secure the
prize. The friends of Leon Abbetr, Jr.,
who is also being pushed for the position,
to all appearances. are not very much cast
down at this declaration. They say the
matter is by no means finally settled, and
when it is, it will be found that Judge
tion that his friends say he has.
The future course OF Governor Albeit is
giving great many people much more
concern tnan it is the Governor himself.
He has been appointed Chancellor, a
Judge of the Supreme Court to uitl-
mately succeed Chief Justice Beasley;
and United States Minister to Germany
by the busy bodies who cannot allow Mr..
Albeit to enjoy his well earned rest aud
seclusion. There is no truth in any Of
these statements, aud there are no pros
poets at this time that he will be ap-
pointed TO any of the positions named.
The Governor, like Old Cincinnatus, has
returned to the people the charge they
entrusted to him, and has gone back to
his plow-his extensive law practice. He
is not dead, politically or otherwise, as
many of his enemies would like to be-
lieve, and will continue to strengthen his
party with his advice and experience.
A bill will be introduced tonight which
affects the Sheriff's Office of Hudson
County. 1t provides that in case Sheriff
dies while in office his successor may
complete proceedings upon execution
without applying TO the court for addi-
tIonal orders. When Sheriff McPhilips
died there was q large number OF such
cases in his office, and the lawyers inter-
ested therein are anxious to have the
above bill passed as rapidly as possible.