The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-03-07
A SNUB TO Mr.. FLYNN.
The Jersey Assembly Speaker
Tries to Exclude Spectators,
BUT THEY REFUSE TO VAOATE

The Speaker Refuses to Acknowledge the
Passage of a Resolution Calling for
Opinion Touching the Constitutionality
of tho Race Bills.
TRENTON, March THE state house was
densely thronged with spectators last
night, the expectation being general that
the race track subject would come up in
some form. Speaker Flynn did not call
the house to order until $3.50 o'clock. After
prayer and roll call, greatly to the aston
ishment of the crowd ON the floor of the
house, the speaker ordered the sergeant
alarms to clear the chamber of all but
members, reporters and employees. The
crowd stood ten and twelve deep in all
the aisles and against the walls on the
sides of the chamber. Four or five hun
dred left the chamber when the speaker
gave the order. The others stood wedged
In and made no effort to get out. The
speaker then said the floor would have to
be cleared, and that the sergeant alarms
would be authorized to use force, IL neces-
sary. Still the great crowd refused to
bulge. The speaker gave no other orders,
however, and petitions and memorials
were declared in order.
Messrs. Lane of Union, Hutchinson of
Mercer, Harrigan and Armitage of Essex,
Baxter of Cumberland, Matlack of Bur-
lington and Ross of Cape May presented
petitions of constituents protesting against
the race track bills and demanding their
repeal. In the batch presented by Mr.
Hutchinson there were thirty-eight petit
tions They were all referred to the COM
mittee on municipal corporations, which
has the repealers in charge, and of which
Mr.. Thompson, the Duke of Gloucester"
is a member.
Confidence in Ex-Governor Albeit.
Mr.. Dupuy, of Bergen, offered a resolu-
tion that in view of the resolution adopted
at the mass meeting of the Citizens league
protesting against the confirmation of
Leon Albeit as justice of the supreme
court, this house express it to be the sense
of the members that Mr. Abbett is emf
nently qualified to fill any position within
the gift of the people. This resolution
was adopted
Mr.. Salinger, OF Hudson, offered very
long resolution, stating that the Hudson
County Jockey club had the promise of a
license for its proposed course, and calling
upon the attorney general for an opinion
touching the constitutionality of the rae
ing bills under which the license in ques-
tion is sought The resolution provided,
furt hermorc, that the legislature should
not adjourn until the attorn " general was
heard from. The vote on the resolution
was taken viva voice. 1t was plainly car
ried, but the speaker declared it lost, and
the great audience laughed at his audacity.
A Parochial School Bill.
Mr.. Lane introduced a bill authorizing
the governor to appoint sanitary in
spector of public schools. Mr. Coyle in
troduced II parochial free school bill 1t
provides that when private school corpora.
tions agree to maintain free schools they
shall be assisted out of the school funds of
the state Such schools are to be free
from sectarian influences, and shall re-
celve for each child in attendance an
amount equal to that now paid per child
In the public school.
Among the bills passed by the house
were: Authorizing the setting aside of one
half the license fees for the paving of
streets when cities fail of funds for that
purpose; providing that city clerks in cities
of the third class shall be elected by the
common council; making it lawful to pub
lish legal notices in the English language
in German newspapers; increasing the
salary of the mayor of Paterson to 10000
In the senate half dozen petitions were
presented in favor of the racing repealers,
and they were all ordered filed. The conn
mittee on revision of the laws reported tho
three repealers fayorably. Bills were in
troduced Providing for the establishment
VI liee publlC DDFHffeS Ill SECOND Glass
cities; reapportioning Burlington county
into two assembly districts. The follow
ing were among the bills passed: Fixing
salaries of tiremen in second cnss cities;
providing for three additional circuit court
judges; prohibiting dredging for oysters
except between April l and June Is in the
waters east of Delaware bay; prohibiting
employers from enforcing pledges from
employees to renounce membership in labor
societies