Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1893-03-02
PASSED OVER THE VETO.
Fight I'm the Seuate Saturday.-
A Cali Issued for lndigDa-
tlOn Meetings..

EIOR MScthMSbs
TRENTON, N. J., Feb "a The three
race-track bills authorizing, gambling
were passed by the Assembly this
afternoon over the Governors veto as
though they were only minor impor-
tance and not worthy of serious dis
cusslon or consideration. The MEM
bers appeared to think that it wasf a
huge joke to legalize the evil that has
resulted In such demoralizing effect In
so many directions, and many of them
answered to the roll cell in q jocular
manner.
A large crowd was in attendance to
witness the diegraceful scene. II was
expected that number of the MEM
bers who voted for the bills originally
would flop at the last minute, but this
was not the case. Many of them were
absent and had to be hunted up.
When Speaker Flynn was informed
that all was In readiness he had de.
bate which was in progress suspended
for a half an hour, in order that the
vetoed bills could be taken up. No
one spoke against the passage of the
bills over the veto, though Mr.. Hutch
inson explained what was the import
of voting to counteraot the effect of
the veto.
The vote was at once taken, and
within ten minutes all three bills were
declared to be passed by Speaker
Flynn, despite the objections of the
Governor. The vote was as follows;
Yeas-Baake, Bryne, Carroll, Cham
berlin, Clarke, Coyle, DAILY, Dittmar,
Dupuy, Flynn (Speaker), Harrigan,
Henry, Honce, Kearns, Kelly. H. A.
Kelly, T. M. Laning, Lawless, Olivaney,
Parker, Peal, Sheppard, Smith, Stout.
Strahan, swartout, Tahen, Thompson,
Tine, Utter, Warne, Wright, Zsllar-
33.
Nays - Armitage, Barrett, Baxter,
Beekman, Burton, Cramer, Diver,
Glasspell, Gledhill. Holmes, Holt,
Hutchinson, Kyle, Lane; Matlack,
Murphy, O'Brien, Roebling, Ross.
Salinger. Stafford, Stanger, Studer,
Wilson, Woolsey-25.
Mr.. Packer was excused.
The only change in the roll over that
of the first vote was that Mr.. Bake,
who absented himself Oh Tuesday to
day voted against the veto, The only
members absent were Berry and
Packer. The bills we're hurried over
to the Senate, which had taken o re-
cess to await their arrival. They were
received and will lie over, under the
constitutional provis on until to-mor-
row, when the Senate will vote on
them.
When the veto message and bills ar
rived in the Senate the message was at
once taken up and read. Senator
Stokes moved that the message and
bills be referred to the Committee on
Revision of Laws, and requested that
when the motion had been put he
could be permitted to explain his posi-
ton.
President Adrain declared the mo-
tlon out of order, under the State Con-
stitution, which he said forbade any
motion except reconsideration of the
bille, and that could be made only at
the next session of the Senate.
RACE TRACKS LEGAL.
TRENTON, Feb. 25.-The New Jer-
sey Senate for the second time In the
past ten years convened On Saturday
to finish up great political deal, The
three race track bills which Governor
Werts vetoed were passed and they
are now laws. There Is no chapter in
the history of New Jersey legislation
that shows such aremarkable proceed
ing as the Introduction of a bill, pas
sage and veto, with passage over the
veto within six days.
The session of the Senate began
with the introduction of petitions,
among which was strong one from
the Citizens League of New Jersey,
and three from the county of Burling-
ton, which led Senator Mitchell B.
Perkins, of that county, to change his
vote. The strong speech of opposition
was made by Senator Stokes, of Cum
berland.
He said: "It occurs to me that the
Governors veto of the pending mea-
sures furnishes the Senate with an op-
portunity to wipe from the records of
our State weeks unpleasant history.
When last Monday night opened new
chapter in State legislation, the citi-
zens of this commonwealth little
dreamed that on the historic battle
ground of Trentou, pregnant as 1t Is
with Revolutionary tradition, the con-
stitutional right of the people to make
known their opinions to their repres-
entatives would be twice denied in
forty-eight hours and five times de-
MED with four dye, and they little