The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-08
TODAY AT TRENTON.
Mr.. Armitage's Bill to Have
the Street and Water Com
miSsionerS Elected by
the Peop1e-Other
Legislation.
Special to The Jersey city Nsros.

TRENTON, Feb. 8, 1s93.-Mr. Armitage
of Newark, threw a bombshell in the
Hudson and Essex camp this A.
NJ, when he introduced bill providing
for the election of the Street and Water
Commissioners by the people. The bill
was the result of a contest between Mr..
Armitage and Mr.. Byrne as to who
should have the honor OF fathering the
bill. Colonel Price brought the measure
down here yesterday in his inside pocket,
but when he saw the rivalry
between the two Newark members
the Colonel put it in his pocket again and
took i5 back to Newark with him, saying
that the gentlemen could settle the mat
ter between themselves. Mr.. Armltage
has been in the Legislature before, and
was up to snuff. This morning he clipped
from newspaper bill which had been
proposed to attain the same object, liked
it up in presentable shape and
fired it at the clerk much TO
the chagrin of Mr.. Bvrne. Mr. Armitage
says he is sincere in presenting the bill.
and proposes to do all in his power to se-
cure its passage. 1t is said. however, that
the politicians IL, OF N Newark don't IT.
ali they can to defeat it. The Hud-
son men are said TO desire the bill.
and will fight hard to make 1t law. A
pretty fight ..between the two old time
rivals. Hudson and Essex, is imminent.
When Colonel Price arrived at the
State House and learned what Mr.. Ar
mitage had done he was mad. He said
that Mr.. Armitage's bill was imperfect,
as 1t did not contain the changes. which
the Newark Board Of Works had agreed
upon. 1T is another case of layman try
ing to play lawyer"
GEORGE INQUIRE SAFE.
Mr.. Klotz's Department of Agriculture
bll! has been amended 80 that Ghe state
Dairy Commissioner. George W. Nc
Guire, will not be Iegislated out of Office.
Edward Burrougn, President, and
Franklin Dye, Secretary of the State
Board of Agriculture, beipg Republicans.
will have TO go. The bill as amended
will probably be passed.
FIRE ESCAPE BILL KILLED.
Mr.. Harrigan made an energetic but
Ineffective fight for his Fire Escape bill
this morning It provided that fire es-
capes, which the occupants shall not be
obliged to manipulate, shall be placed on
every room on the second floor above the
ground floor of every hotel In the State.
Mr.. Harrigan made fervenr appeal for
his bill in which he pictured in cunning
colors the awful loss of life which always
occurs at the hotel fires which are taking
place daily. Messers Lane, Salinger aud
Hutchinson made a vigorous attack
upon tns measure. They said
1t was too sweeping In
it's provisions and took in every thing
which housed a lodger. Mr.. Lame said
that in providing THAT the Building In-
rector of each municipality should en-
4 5rce the law was, putting Zoo much
power in one mans hand, and Mr..
Hutchinson thought the bill was in the
interest of some particular pattern OF
escape. The bill WAS lost ny II to 30
BILLS PASSED THIS MORNING.
The house passed these bills:-Which
prohibits a husband from executing
chattel mortgage without the consent
of his wife; Mr. Tines bill for an Inspec-
tor of Cattle and Milch Cows; giving
training schools the right to confer de-
grees ON the graduates.
NEW BILLS.
Among the bills introduced this morn
ing was one by MIR. Holmes taxing all
property belonging to street railway COM
panies as real estate and personal property
of the city in which the same is located.
One by Mr.. Barrett provides tn It In
second class cities there shall be two
councilmen from each ward. It applies to
Hoboken.