The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-26
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the result.
The reception which Mr.. Smith held in
the public reception room OF The Execu-
tive Department was more pretentious
affair. Mr.. Smith stood IN front of the
fire place and did the pump handle act
for almost an hour. Senator Barrett in
troduced the Senator to him and Mr..
Lane, the members of the Assembly. 1t
was as good as circus to see the
solemnity with which Mr.. Smith received
the introduction to men whom he had
known for years, and the dignified man
ner with which he accepted their con-
gratuIations was o sight for gods and
men, Commissioner Cook, OF the Street
and Water Board, shook hands with the
new Senator and held a short whispered
conversation with him,
ROUTINE WORK.
The sessions of both Houses were short
and unimportant yesterday. The Senate
did not convene until eleven O'Clock and
passed three bills and received four,
Those introduced dealt with township
matters, except one put in for the Presi-
dent which prescribes the manner OF
adopting children. 1t seeks to remedy
some of the evils, real or imaginary, OF
the present law on that subject.
The House got to work soon after ten
O'clock and advanced several bills to
third reading, among them being the one
which gives the Seer etary of the Board
of State Prison Inspectors salary OF
$500. MIR. Hutchinson's bill amending
the Road act SO as to allow Mercer to Tx
up some of her roads was reported ad-
yersely by the Committee on the Revision
of Laws. Mr.. Hutchinson raised the
point that he had not been notified OF the
intended report of the committee, as he
was entitled to be under the rules, and
l1l in ho oxyit hQ m m.
mitted.
A recess of half an hour was taken
after several bills had been passed, at the
expiration OF which the joint meeting
was held When that was over, both
Houses adjourned to Monday night.
EIGHTEEN NEW BILLS.
Eighteen Assembly bills were intro
duced Mr.. Lanning got in one author
izing the State Boards of Education to
order all necessary repairs, buy new
furniture for and keep in order the Deaf
Mutes' school property which Is not In
use by the school.
Mr.. Byrnes of Essex Is after the men
who give short weight in hay and straw /,
and introduced bill requiring that the
weight shall be distinctly marked on all
bales of those commodities, and that all
foreign substances be kept out. This is
an old friend that has received some hard
usuage in the past. but Mr.. Byrne in
tends to defend it this time With all his
Parliamentary skill.
Mr.. Parker of Burlington has the in
terests Of the sportsmen at heart and pro-
poses to have the Governor appoint three
commissioners to revise the State game
and fish laws. The States of New York
and Pennsylvania now have similar COM
missions, ana the bill directs the one in
this State. if created, to confer with them
and endeavor to make uniform laws
upon the subject for the three States.
RACE TRACK SPECULATION.
There is much inquiry here for the
race track bills. Nothing has been seen
or heard of them and the first intima-
tion of their coming was given Yesterday
when one of the men who are supposed
TO be in the counsel of the race track men
said that they would be on hand the first
Thursday night in February. In the
meantime the promoters of those
measures are not idle but are quiety at
work here making the calling and cleo
tion of the bills sure. No stone is being
left unturned to secure their passage. A
powerful lobby is here all engaged os-
tensibly in some other work connected
with the Legislature, but in reality they
are laboripg most assiduously benelth
the surface for their employers, the race
track men. This quiet and secret work is
having its effects and the sporting men
are giving long odds that the bill will
pass both houses in canter.
In the mean time the people who have
opposed the bills in the past appear to be
sleeping, and unless they wake up pretty
quickly they will find themselves caught
mapping. The men who are laboring for
the bills are no novices, and better work
for the success of any measure before the
Legislature was never done than is being
done here for the race track bills, which
have not yet been Introduced.
MASONS AND TEETOTALERS.
The Grand Lodge OF Masons and the
Grand Division of the Sons OF Temper
ance were In session here yesterday. and
in the afternoon the State House was
thronged with the rural delegate. The
temperance delegate was of two genders
and was much adorned with badges and
medals, especially the women. They
tramped through the Executive Cham
bers and said "Oh, N.Y." and "Ain't it
nice" at Governor Werts' chee rful pri-
vate office. The Governor was not there
and they went away much disappointed
at missing an opportunity to shake
hands with the popular Governor. They
tramped Though the Senate and Assem-
bly Chambers and picked out the desks
of their representatives. They examined
it carefully, slowly spelt out his name in
the little silver frame on top SO as to be
sure there was no mistake, and then sat
down in the luxuriant Russian leather
revolving chair and twisted themselves
around several times so when they go
back to Sanburrville and Harmony Evors
Roads they can say they sat in the Hon
orable Senator or Assemblyman's saat.