The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-21
TODAY AT TRENTON.
Attempt to Delay the City
Hall Bill Defeated-No
Public Hearing on
the Race Track
Bills.
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TRENTON, Feb. 81. 1893-There WAS an
echo of last nights race track bills in
the House this morning. The Commit
tee on Municipal Corporations reported
Mr.. Parker's three bills favorably. Mr..
Studer, Republican, submitted minority
report against the bills. He
said he was against legalizing
race tracks and asked the House to accept
his report Mr.. Lane introduced his reso-
luton again appointing February % for
a public hearing. Mr.. Hutchinson second
ed the resolution, saying tnat the people
for or against the bill should be given an
opportunity to be heard on the bill; he
repeated many OF the arguments used
last night The resolution was finally
defeated by the following vote:-
Yeas-Baake, Baxter, Barry. Burton, Glaspell,
Gledhiil, Holmes, Halt, Hutchinson. Kyle Mat
lack, Murphy, Roebling, Ross; salnger, Stafford
O'Brien and Lane Democrats.
Nays-Armitage, Beekman, Byrne. Carroll,
Chamberlain, Clark, Coyle, DAILY. Dittmar,
Rearns', RRepas' Ksiiy II. A. Kelly r NJ. Lannlng.
Lawless, ,lOIvaney Parker, Peal, Sheppard, Smith,
Stout, Strahan, swartwout, Tahen. Thompson,
Lane, Varna, Wright, Zeller, Democrats and
Parker and Utter, Republicans.
PASSED TO SECOND READING.
When the raci track bill, which par
mits the Freeholders to license tracks.
came mp on second reading, Mr..
Lane offered an amendment that
no Board of Freeholders should
license track under it un-
less elected subsequent to the passage
of the act. Mr.. Lane said be wanted the
people to vote on the subject. The
amendment was lost, aud Mr.. Lane in
troduced another which provided that
dve per cent OF the gross receipts
of track should be paid
into the County treasury. He
said that thisa was the first bill of the
kind which had been introduced without
bill, MI. Carroll, having re-
ceived an answer to question,
said he was glad he had found out Mr..
Lane. Some would find out next fall
when they came to run on the record
they were making there.
II can run better on my record than the
gentleman from Union can"
mo DOUBT" replied Lane, "he runs in
Hudson, where man doesn't have to
have a record"
The applause and laughter which
greeted this sally completely
Disconnected Mr.. Carroll. and he sat
down. When the vote was about
to be taken Mr.. Lane wanted Rule 10 en-
forced, which provides that any one Pc
cuniarilly interested in bill should not
vote upon it, and the Speaker ruled
that the rule did not apply. Mr.
Lanes next amendment provided that
any one violating the act should pay a
fine of 81 900 or be imprisoned for year.
1t met the same fate and then the bill was
passed TO second reading. The bill. which
repeals the act making race track
q dIsorderly house was then taken up.
Mr. Lane tried his usual tactics, but the
odds against him were too great, aud the
bin went to the second reading with the
first.
THE BILLS PASSED BY THE HOUSE.
Ali motions TO adjourn were voted
down and the House held in session
until late in the afternoon. The
race track bills were placed on
final passage and put through under
suspension Of the rules in spite of all the
arguments and taunts of the
anti-race track men. 1t is said
that a session of the Senate will
be held tonight to rush the bill
through that body. 1t is also rumored
that everything is prepared to pass the
bills over the Governors veto, and that,
they will become law before the Legisla-
ture adjourns.
BOARD OF WORKS WRANGLE.
Mr.. Armitage moved to release the
Municipal Corporation Committee from
further consideration of his Board of
Works bill. Mr.. Barrett seconded, and
declared that 1t was true Democratic doc
trine TO permit the people to elect their
own officers, as this bill proposed they
should do. Mr.. Harrigan was against the
motiou. he told them to wait for the
odlciarbAl making the Board Of Works