The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-08-29
JUDICIARY TIMERS
Constitutional Commission
Special Committee to
Frame Amendments
Tomorrow.
LEGISLATURES SECOND ROUND
The Reckless Republican Majority
Will Chiefly Pass Bad Bills
Over the Vetoes.
Special to the .rersev (Ytu Ncapa.

TRENTON, Aug. 29, 1S94.-The COM
mittee appointed by the Constitutional
Commission to prepare amendments to
the Constitution will meet tomorrow at
the Monmouth House, Spring Lake, aid
a X the accepted propositions and form
ulate the text of the amendments This
committee consists of Samuel H. Grey,
President of the Commission; Allan L,
McDermott, Clerk of the Court Of Chan
Gerry; eX-Congressman John Kean, ex-
Governor Joseph D.. Bedle, Attorney Gem
efal John p. Stockton, ex-Judge William
N. tanning and eX-Judge j. Frank Fort.
They were appointed by special resolu-
ton of the commission and are to make
their report at the time the commission
~onven next Tuesday at the State
House. 1t is not known definitely whether
the commission will report direct to the
Legislature, but it is thought that they
will report to the Governor.
He can do as he pleases and may send
the report to the Legislature when 1T
The Governor can old the
report until the next Legislature If he SO
desires, but the members OF the Legls-
lature are willing to take up the matter
even if they do not adopt them. They
think that the early discussion would be
of assistance to the next Legislature.
WHAT THE LEGISLATURE WILL DO
II VI I'LL vi NiS 80 '~t
yesterday that the Legislature will not
be in session over four days in OCTOBER.
No new legislation will be taken mp
1t is expected that the Governor Will
return with vetoes several bills that he
has now in his possession. One of them
only will pass over his veto, and It
will be the County Judge bill, for which
there is a partisan demand. This is the
substitute for Senate $50, and abolishes
the Common Pleas Court of the state
and establishes County Courts instead.
ri ~ M nnJoaa nfS in rnfaranan TO direct
legislation are now in the Senate, but 1t
is now thought doubtful that they will
be considered.
The Marriage License bill will not be
passed over the veto. Neither will the
Naturalization bill.
Speaker Cross said yesterday that no
new business would originate in the
House, n it will be impressed on the
members to attend to business and get
home as speedily as possible.
He did not know what would pc done
with the direct legislation amendment.
because the whole transaction depended
u" ~ DiIREGT LEGISLATION.
The advocates of direct legislation
make the statement that the Legislature
will pass the amendment when it meets
in October, claiming that the friends OF
enough to get the coveted action. The
meeting at Asbury Park last week,
which was addressed by men OF more
or less prominence in each party, gave
lIlS l1CA "a
It is said that a majority of the Assem-
blymen now favor the amendment. The
mental calibre of the present Assembly
has been a scandal ever since the Legis-
lature convened.
When a vote was taken earlier in the
year the scheme secured twenty-seyen
votes in the House. or four short Of a
majority. Since then the energetic mis-
sionary work of the ~pronoters has: 1t
is alleged, won over at least half a
dozen converts. Unless there should be
a reaction in sentiment, the amendment
now has the support of t~hirty-two or
~thirty-three members. 1t is advocated
by both Republicans n Democrats of
limited intelligence.
The situation in the Senate is harder
to gauge. The opposition was very
strong last winter, and the amendment
never a anything like the show in
that body it had IN the House.
Some Of the political leaders do MT
favor the Referendum plan, but they
think it is popular in the rural coun-
ties. The PopuIists propose making the
project a part of their platform. This
threatens to give them a good many
votes.
Understanding this condition of affairs,
both the Republican and Democratic
are inclined to think it might
be we'll to have the amendment adopted
in October. 1t would at once take the
question out of current politics,