The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-08
BAD BILLS RUSHED.
Modest Bill DAILY Compares His
Democracy With That Of
Governor Werts.
specful to The JERSEY CITY Ne,us.

TRENTON, March s, 1S93.-Jersey City
occupied good share of the proceedings
of the Legislature yesterday and several
measures affecting the municipality were
passed. Mr.. .Kelly's bill. which sets
apart one-haIf of the money received
from liquor licenses tor the repair OF
streets came up in the Senate and raised
slightrumpus.
Mr.. Stokes, the Republican representa-
tive of Bergen County, said that he recog-
nized in the bill another of those Jersey
City measures which were simply de-
signed to curuail the power of Mayor
Wanser in his fight for good government.
Mr.. Stokes said bitterly that it
was unjust to Governor Werts
to impose so many measures of that
nature upon him. II Jersey City con-
tinued. it would probably be necessary for
him to employ an additional secretary to
write his vetoes. Ostensibly, Mr.. Sto okes
continued, the money set apart by the
bill was TO go for public improvements;
but in reality, it was to enable certain
favored politicians to get easier access to
the public treasury.
Mr., Dalv In replying to Mr.. Stokes,
said that while he had the highest respect
for Governor WerJs, he would have 1t
understood that the Governor was not the
sponsor for the Democratic party. and did
not know it all. Mr.. DAILY said, that
moving as he did every day among the
people of Jersey, City, he knew more what
they wanted than the Senator from
Cumberland. The people demanded the
bill, aud he was there to comply with the
demands of his constituents. Already
there was S165, 900 tied up in the ban ks.
which should oe used for needed improve
ments, and Mayor Wanser was to blame
for such state of affairs.
The bill of course passed by strict
party vote.
The Senate also passed Mr.. Carroll's
bill, which provides for the purchase of
land for the new fire house in Greenville.
The bill, fixing City Collector O'NeilPs
salary at 5000, was also passed.
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
Senate No. 2l1, which provides that
the Board of Education shall be elected
at the next spring election aud that the
Board shall consist of two members
from each Aldermanic district and Il
Member at Large, who shall be the Pres
ident of the Board, came up In the House
at the afternoon session. Mr.. Kelly ad-
vocated the bill. claiming that it was in
the interests of the people, inasmuch as
it gave them the power TO elect the mem-
bers of the Board.
Mr.. Harrigan also expressed deep
concern for the dear people, which led
Mr.. Hutchinson to say that he was glad
to see him advocating the cause OF the
people for once.
Mr.. Carroll had great deal to say
about the present Board of Education,
and Iugged in Jimmy Wiseman's old
stove. He said that the Boards of Edu-
cation heretofore appointed by the Mayor
had given universal satisfaction, but that
the one appointed by Mayor Wanser was
the acme of all that was bad politically
aud otherwise. They had introduced
politics into the Board for the first time,
had discharged Democratic clerk and
two Democratic janitors, aud one of the
members mad stolen an old stove that
belonged TO the city.
Max SaliDger came to the defense of
the Mayor and the Board. He denied
Mr.. Carroll's imputations. He showed
how the Board was composed of wealthy
and prominent citizens, and wound up
by declaring that the stove alluded to was
not the properly of the city.
This brought Mr.. Kelly to his feet and
he indignantly declared that the stove
did belong to the city. Mr.. Salinger as
stoutly maintained that it did not, and
thus they fired it back at each other for
some time. Finally they quieted down
and the bill passed.
WHERE is THE JOKER HERE?
The next Jersev City measure taken up
was the bill introduced by Mr.. Hinch-
life in the Senate for Mr.. DAILY. The
bill is innocent enough upon its face, but
the fact that Orestes Cleveland was here
all day lobbying in its interest has caused
many TO believe that it takes from Mayor
Wanser his veto power. The text of the
bill is as follows:-
That wherever in the charter of any city or in
any other law, general or special. any sub
ject whatever, any act, matter or thing is
authorized or permitted to be done with the
consent of the mayor or words OF like import,
the same shall be construed to mean that the
said act, matter or thing shall be submitted TO
the mayor for his consent, as In other cases. and
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