The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-25


| psrty to this crime. My Democratic
! colleagues, Is his reputaton dearer 10
| him than yours Is to you? His veto is an
indictment against you." Mr.. Stokes said
| he would not willingly offend anyone.
| He mad been treated too courteously by
| his Democratic colleagues for that, but
| he could not see how they could reconcile
| their consciences to their vote on this Dill.
! spoke of the manner in which the
earious Boards of Freeholders had been
| lected to grant licenses under the bills,
| and their terms extended so that the
people could not have ANYTHING to say
about the matter, and before they
can express their opinions at
the polls. These Freeholders
can license race tracks for five years.
Those whom the Gods wish to destroy
| they first make mad with success. Time
was on the side of law and oraer, and
| though the banner which the moral men
of the State carry today may droop. over
| their heads would soon come "a certain
and decisive success.
MARSH SPEAKS.
| Senator Msrsh then arose aud said that
a consciousness OF What he owed to MS
| constituents, would make him derellct to
| his duty if he did not raise his voice as
| well as his vote against the bill. He real
| lied more than ever beforesthe weight Of
sentiment against such measures in his
county. He referred to his canvass for
Senator two years ago, when his opponent
was asked by the same people that had
been turned away today, how he stood on
| the race track bills. and had turned
| them away The result was that
| Marsh received an unprecedented
majority He predicted that the result
| of the Senate's action would be an un-
precedented one against them in the
| future He appealed to the Senators not
| to throw to the wind the majority of the
man whom, when a Senator, they often
consulted on constitutional questions
and asked him how he or they could meet
their constituents tomorrow.
! Senator Rogers OF Camden spoke
| againss the bill, and pictured the evils
which Gloucester had brought upon his
county.
| DALY's HARANGUE.
| DAILY was the only man who had sufflci-
ent temerity to speak for the bill He
resorted to a line of special pleading
altogether beneath the dignity of the
| New Jersey Senate Chamber He spoke
county had done the public. 1t had
given rapid transit from The Bergen line
| to Hoboken ferry, SO that now facilities
and industries were growing up all
along the State. The material
| benefit which the Communities in
derived from them was pictured in glow
| ing colors. ae said that when they were
| boys aud went to Sunday-school they
| used to delight in taking chances at the
| fairs which were gotten up TO buy new
library for the Sundav-school or TO build
an addition to the parsonage. He wanted
to know what was the difference between
| individuals betting at such places and on
race track. He denied that all the
crimes and evils it was charged came
from race tracks. He was as
much in favor of observing the
law as any man on that floor.
DAILY denounced the hard thingswhich had
been said against the race tracks. He
had yet to know in all his experience that
the race tracks had been more immoral in
their tendencies than other classes or
congregations of people outside the Chris
tian church.
Mr. Stokes replied to Mr.. Daily and
completely demolished mis- precious argu-
ments. Mr.. Terhune of Monmouth said
that he had been importuned by thou
sands of people in his county to vote for
race track bills. He had only received
one protest against them. Monmouth
county had always been horse
racing county. and had done
read of the noble animal. 1t was owing
to this that men like the Stocktons. the
Stevens and Gibbonses, the wealthiest
and most aristocratic people in the State
! had sent to Europe and purchased
thoroughbreds to be trained at Mon
mouth. Monmouth Park had come to
be the most respectable track in the
State. Women and children and those
VINO could not afford to bet were not al
lowed to do so there. He then spoke of
the time when Monmouth officials We're
arrested because they would not pay
blackmail to a New York gambler.
Monmouth refused to go into a scheme
to make the Park,as bad place as Gut
tenberg, ant refused, but the people now
in charge Of it had said that they would
let it out this year to any gam bier who
would take, aud in order to guard against
that he would vote for the bill. He Bit
terly denounced such people as the well
known New York Colonel" who
stood high in the synagogue, one hand
raised to heaven thanking God that he
WAS not as other men, and the other
selling tips on the races at three cents
a copy.
Senator Perkins arose to explain his
vote. He ran foul of President
Abrams rules, but secur ed the
floor on question of privilege. He said
that he voted for the bill at the solicita-
tion of n friend, but when he went home he
found that his COP t1tuents were against
it and he would voGs to sustain the Gov
ernor's veto.
The vote was then taken with this
result
odS-tAuIdIu. DulCDSI3 SOrlllSn DdlS; DIdhOs
Hinchliffe, Hoffman, Martin, McMickle, Miller,
Terhune.
Nays Barker, Barrett, Keys, Marsh, Perkins,
Rodg ers Skrm, Stokes and Winton-11 to 9.
Sen ator Smith was absent
The other Two bills were then put
th rough by the same vote.
The Senate was in session until noon
yesterday. Among the bills which it
passed was Mr.. Barrett's which provides
for the consolidation of the New YORK
and New Jersey Underground Railway
Company, and the New York. New Jer-
sey and Eastern Railroad Company.
NEW ENTERPRISE.
The New York. New Jersey and East
ern Railroad Company is corporation
organized under the the laws of New
York to build, maintain and operate a
line of railroad from some point ia
Brooklyn, at or near the junction of Flat
bush and Atlantic avenues, and
running from thence by the
most convenient and eligible route
uuder ground to and under the waters of
the East River, TO and under the city of
New York and the waters of the Hudson
River TO some convenient and eligible
point in the State of New York at the
boundary line between New York and
New Jersey under the waters of the
Hudson River at some point in said
boundary line lying opposite the city of
Jersey City, which two branches shall
be the termini with branch or branches
running from the boundary line aforesaid
to some convenient and eligible point at