The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-14
ABBETT'S ENEMIES.
Mysterious Document Said
to Formulate Charges
Against the Ex-GoV-
ernOr.
NOBODY WILL OWN IT
But Typewriter Copies Have BeeI
Seen-COnservative Demo-
cratic Caucus.
NOBODY WILL OWN IT
Special to The Jersey cfty Ns,s,.


TRENTON, Feb. IA. 1S92.-The fighs
and unexpected turn this morning. The
nomination did not go to the Senate, and
it was said that Governor :Werts was
wavering in his determination to make
the appointment. This was due.
it was alleged, to the great opposition
which was being made to the ex-Gover-
| nor by lawyers of both parties from all
parts of the State. 1t was further al
legged that what purported to be serious
charges had been preferred against Mr..
Albeit covering his career as Assemblys
man, Speaker. President of the Sc nate
and Governor, and also as lawyer.
These charges were said to be twenty
two in number. and each one covered a
specific point. There was much mys-
Werts declared that he had seen
no such charges, and President
Adrain, who had an interview with the
Governor, during which, it was said, he
laid chem before the Governor, en-
phatically denied that he had done any
Snch thing.
That such charges exist, thers is no
doubt as typewriter copies of them have
| been seen by several persons.
A LIVELY CAUCUS.
The Democratic Senators and Assem-
blymen held q caucus, lasting froul
noon Until after one o'clock, and
a pretty lively gathering it was.
The bill creating the Office of Commis-
sioner OF Agriculture was the chief
subject under discussion. Savage at-
tacks were made on it by the
representatives from the farming dis
tricts, and Billy Thompson Was about
ho nplU ho haH n 90
for it. The bill was referred back
to the Committee on Partisan Legislation
and the Agriculture Committee. I5 ia
probe bic that it will be killed.
NO ANTI-WANsER WORK.
Similar action was taken with refer
Departments of Jersey City and Newark
q vote in the police commissions.
There was talk of having o bill to have
the Board of Works Commissioners aD-
pointed by the Mayor and confirmed
| by the Alderman, but Mr.. Armitage
| anv decision of the caucus in favor OF
such measure. No action was taken.
WHEN WILL THEY STOP?
This morning there was some talk of
| fixing final adjournment for the
first week in March, and the
decided at its meeting last night
to su bmit such a proposition to the eau
Gus, but it was not done. 1t hegins to
| look now as though the session would be
a lengthy one.
SENATE WORK.
After the caucus, the Senate passed
Salinger's bill, making it unlawful TO
| take splead of guilty of
| murder in the first degree:
Also the bill appropriating $500 for
burial plot for the soldiers who die in the
home in kearney.
ANTI-BLUE LAW.
Mr.. McMickle introduced another bill
to legalize selling of newspapers
aud milk, walking and riding
on Sunday, in place OF his
bill which was recalled from the Gov
ernor last night. The bill has a
proviso that municipalities may pass
ordinances forbidding the thing legalized
by the bill. The proviso is for the Camp
| Meeting Associations and other religious
bodies which now prohibit them.
Mr.. Armitage made an earnest speech,
in which he said that the bill was q clear
attempt to defeat the will of the people,
and he would take no part in any such
proceedings, even il he had to bolt the
caucus.