New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-03-08


The result 10 DE- announced 1t could not be heid
until every absentee not excused had answered.
Mr.. Swartwout had not been excused and would
have to answer.
WHY is the Sergcant-at-Arms not sent after
him p Mr. Lane demanded
THAT is the ORDER" said the Speaker.
The employees OF the House" said MI Lane
arc not attending to their duties lnsteao'
they are lobbying publicly for the racetracks"
The Speaker ignored this observation WIN
dignity. The clerk will call Mr.. Swartwout"
he said and the clerk, who had called Mr.
Svart,woutn in stentorian tones seven or eight
hundred times, proceeded TO call MN seven VI
eight hundred times more.
IL move that the calling of the roll be sus-
pended" said Mr. Lane
"Thc motion Of the gentleman from Union Is
out of order" responded the Spcakcr-and In TINS
ruling. say the abest parliapentarians OF the
House, lay the only mistake that the Speaker has
made According to them. it was not alone the
only motion that could be made TO break the OBJ.
struction, but it was perfectly proper under the
rules Of the House.
One OF the members at this point changed his
vote from nay TO yea" and the total stood ~
10 90 against the Speaker. Emboldened by this
incident, the lobbyists on the floor became more
active, but no appeals to the Speaker to put stop
-, Then, greatly 70 cverybody's relief the missing
Swartwout appeared How do you voter" asked
the Speaker.
The gentleman from Sussex was not within
the bar OF The House when the question was
nut. interposcd MIR Lane. 1t should be stated
acain," he added, together with an eXplana-
ton why the Speakers decision is appealed from"
II am informed" said the Speaker that the
gentleman understands the question. and is pre-
pared to vote"
Many imagined that there mist be an under
ground telegraph system in the State House
whereby the Speaker communicates with men,
be1s outside the Chamber =.
." vote ave." said Mr.. Swartwout. This made
the total vote 20 to 20, and the Speaker de-
clarsd that his ruling was sustained; to over
rule him. a majority vote was required. lie now
announced that the Committee on Municipal
CORPORATIONS were DESTROYS OF according pub
lie hearing on the repeaers, and that they woaiu
ait Tor that purpose in the Assembly Chamber AZ
D O'Clock.
Z W'hiIe all This had been going on ia the House
MIR. Marsh, of Union, WAS begging in the Senate
FOR public hearing. He presented petition
from the Committee of Fifty, and moved for the
hearing. but President Adrain declared his mo'ion
out Of order Mr.. Abrams remarks on the SUD-
ject were 50 much like Speaker Flynn's that one
could not rid himself Of the notion that the men
had had a fu-dress rehearsal. The motion was
out Of ORDER the President saic. because 'here
was no precedent for such action; the proper
place for a hearing was before the committ'e
which had had the repcalers in charge The
committee had reported them. however. and
thew were now upon the calendar OF the Senate.
They would have to be recommitted for the puf-
pose Of such hearing.
Mr.. Marsh wanted the Senate to give only
half hour to the matter, but the fresldent ne'o
that the hearing could not be held, ana MI
Marsh gave over any further effort In Dehaii
Of the people,
Tina speeches before the House Committee
were short, and in any other place perhaps wouia
have served to win votes for the cause OF moral
ity. The speakers were the Rev. Dr. hempsnaii
Of Elisabeth; ex-Spcaker Bergen, OF Somerset
and Dean McNulty, the Paterson priest VINO
has been identified with many movements In the
public interest, Dean McNulty paid his respec'e
especially to Assemblyman Harrigan, OF Ls>eA,
who voted for the racing bls, and who says lie Will
M, change his attitude because to take such step
would convict him OF being Lar and fool. and
make him the lauehing-stock Of the whole State
civilian Harrigan, said the venerable priest,
- il unlike King David. The latter Acknowledged
errors when ne learned that he had made them.
What King David could afford TO do. William
Harriran could afford to do" Great laushtcrJ
BY the passage Of the racing bills. Dr. kempslall
said in his speech, the State had
been disgraced and Inundated ana
thrown to grovel in the dust Even to the
slave a hearing had been granted by the Constltu-
ton Of NewJersey, but the descendants OF the men
who framed the constitution could not nave
hearing in their own Capitol on a question 40. mo-
n,entous that the whole land was shaking with It,
f,lt ~ ami
have the wrong that had been done righted. tx
Speaker Bergen received a hearty greeting from
the galleries. He told the committee that they
had no Eight to smother bills: it WAS their duty
10 report the measures whether their opinion was
favorable or. not. They could not by their per-
sonal views block legislation as 1t had been
blocked.
9, Since the committee which heard these speeches
will sit tomorrow afternoon again. no Inrtner
action on tho repealers is anticipated ""''i a''e'
The idea Of impeaching the Speaker-that Is.
Drafting articles Of ana tho
Icported I that the articles Win Be drawn and
}or %Sish crimes and misdemeanors" violation
n the rules OF the House will be urged as such
offences 1t requires only majority vote OF TN. .ne
Home 70 impeach, hut for CONVICTION w'-
thYSds vote Of the Senate is required. No one
believes that the movement to impeach tile
Speaker would lie successful. ,.x.
Before the members Of the Citizens League ieit
town tD-day they decided to- organize Dranch
Teasuc in every county in the State. The objects
Of ae sn5 x. g STossn:n 'S o
tHc massage Of similar legislation in the future
DR.. Eempshall was made president Of the State
League; Dean McNulty, OF Paterson; " Lndae
bury, Of Elizabeth. and Judge W. N tanning, Of
Trenton. vice-presidents: Charles Z. Mcbride, OF
Elizabeth, secretary and treasurer
Several new racing bills were INTRODUCED 10,
cSsnocs sa Of passage. Mr. Terhunc. Of Monmouth,
has . measure to compel each track to pay per
cent OF its net income to the county IN which ~
Drake. Of Morris. introduced bill which would
lii the winter tracks, and Mr.. Byrne. Of Essex
another, TO prevent poolselling away from the