The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-07
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RBPEAL MAY COME.
The Racetrackers in Seri-
GUS Peril in Both Houses
at Trenton.
TERHUNE IS WAVERING.
Huge Crowd Last Night Finds the
Dullest Session of the Year
Adjournment Friday

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Special to The JERSEY CITY Ne,os.
TRENTON, March z, y3.-Trenton has
seen crowds of all KINDS aud description.
but it has neve seen such a one as
tumbled over zach other to get into the
Assembly Chamber last night. 1t was
strong enough in numbers to make two
such gatherings as the anti-race track
demonstration Of last week. Every one
appeared to expect a prize fight or a
circus of some kind, and after watching
the humdrnm of a three hours session
they went home very much Disguised.
There were fully five thousand persons
in the State House surging through the
corridors and besiegipg he doors of the
Assembly Chamber. Not one fifth Of
that number could get into the hall, and
those that did gaZed upon Speaker Flynn
and the members who voted for the race
track bills like animals in a managerle.
So thick was tine crowd that it was a
difficult matter to tell who was there.
Orestes Cleveland got caught in the jam,
and when he succeeded in working his
way out he looked as he used to when he
emerged from the famous back room of
the Mayors office after struggling with
unreasonable citizens. City Attorney
Spencer Weart became wedgedin between
two good brethren from Elizabeth. who
had come TO Trenton to die, if necessary,
for the repeal of the race track bills. He
might have been squeezed to death If he
had not been rescued by DR.. Edge n
Fred Carter, who are exceedingly mus
cular since they took to bowling.
OH so DULL.
Contrary to general expectations, 1t
was one of the quietest aud most unevent-
full Monday night sessions of the year.
When Speaker Flynn called the House to
order, the heat of the chamber was most
oppressive, and members and spectator
perspired as though it was a dsy in
August. So thick was the crowd that 1t
was difficult to transact any business.
CLEAR the floor" commanded Speaker
Flynn.
Sergeant-at-Arms Tierney started to
obey, but he spoke so kindly to the peo-
pie, that they took no notice of his re-
quest to move outside the railing. Then
the Speaker ordered him to use force if
necessary, and when the crowds heard
that they shrank backward forcing those
who already packed the lobbies up
against the walls and through the doors
out on the throngs in the corridors.
There was neither row or dtsputation
over the Race Track bills, and many of
those present looked as If Ghey considered
that they had been swlndled. A whole
raft of petitions was dumped upon the
Clerks desk. They were all against the
Race Track bills, which They designated
as infamous, Il each prayed for their
repeal.
INFAMOUS TACTICS.
Mr.. Lane offered many of The petitions,
and when he arose with his first one, the
Speaker said that all petitions and
memorials prescribed by the gentleman
from Union, would be referred TO the
Committee on Municipal Corporations.
This is the committee which is controlled
by the race track people. and
TO which Speaker Flynn refers everything
relating to race tracks.
Suppose | present petitions that have
no business with that committees" ex-
claimed MIR. Lane becoming angry. will
they be referred to the committee just
the samef"
Just the same" replied the Speaker
in that calm cool manner of his.
REPEALERs ON H CALENDAR.
Over in The Senate, Senator Terhune
Chairman of the Committee on Revision
of Laws reported the three repealers with
out comment, and they were placed upon
the calendar scarcely attracting notice.
Senator Terhune, however, would not
say whether he would vote tor the repeal
ers or not. The race track people are
confident that he will stand by them.
Senator Hoffman said he would do as
his constituents asked him, and Senator
Miller of Cape May said that he was moi
prepared to say whether he would vote
Tor the repealers or not. The only per-
sons in his county who had asked him to
vote against the race bills were the Re-
puolicans and soreheadS and only one
Democrat and he voted the Prohibition
ticket last fall. Senator Drake was
equally non committal.
Considerable comment was caused by
the absence of Assemblyman Lanning,
who stood up in meeting the other day
and publicly protested conversion to the
anti race track cause and expressed a de-
termination to do better. Mr.. tanning
has gone to Chicago, where he has the
contract for erecting the New Jersey
building on the Chicago Fair grounds.
HANCES OF II REPEALERS.
The friends OF the repealers are lighting
hard to win either Senator Miller or Sem
ator Drake to their side. The acquisition
of either would be sufficient to pass the
bills, and the chances for and against are
SO equally divided that no man cares to
make predictions one way or the other.
The race track men are, in fact, the only
ones who have confidence iD the failure
of the repealers. Should they manage to
get through the Senate the reDealers have
a particularly lively fighting chance OF
| passing the House, and an early final adj
%journfnenJ is regarded as the only sure
method of shutting them on.
Billy Thompson will fight all heknows
how TO beat the repealers. The learned
legal gentleman who drew the bills has
informed him that. il they are repealed.
| the license which he secured under them
is not worth a pinch or snuff. 1t is an
open secret that United States Senators
Smith and Mcpherson, President Ad-
rain of the Senate, Nelson PidcocK, Miles
Ross and several other shining lights met
in Washington Friday night and settled
upon Friday of this week for final adj
journment,
In the Assembly Max Salinger intro
! duced a resolution calling upon the At
torney General Tor an opinion as TO
whether the race track bills were consti.
Iutional, but it was voted down.
STILL D~EN0UNCING.
G~reenvilIe Citizens Pass Resolutions