The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-14
VOORHEES, AT WORK
Preparing His Bill Provid-
ing for the Custodian of
Passed Bills.
HIS OPINION OF WERTs CHANGED
A Seven Minutes Session Of the
Assembly McDermott Not
Scared By DAILY.
HIS OPINION OF WERTS CHANGED
Special to the Jersey CITY Meas.

TRENTON, FEB. IA, 1S94.-Mr, NOOrneeS
appeared at the State House bright and early
this morning He said that he was going to
work at once to prepare the bill providing
for the custodian of passed bills. When
prepared, the bill, he said, would be intro
duced in the House, probably Monday, and
rapidly passed. The custodian would then
be appointed, and after bills had been passed
through both Houses and left in the
Governors office the five days required by
the Constitution, they will be passed into the
hands of the custodian and treated as such.
Mr.. Voorhees, also said that the Republicans
as the Republicans call them. or more prop
erly speaking, the rank partisan bills to put
the Republicans in Office and strengthen
their hold on the State, as everybody knows
they will do 1t is also proposed to invite
all good republicans who have any of these
''reform measures laying around loose to
bring them in, and if they meet the approval
of the steering committee they will be pass
ed When all these bills have been passed,
the Legislature, Mr.. VOORHEES, said, will take
long recess.
VOORHEES, OPINION CHANGED.
| Mr.. Voorhees, has changed his mind this
morning in regard to Governor Werts. He
now thinks the Governor is in sympathy
with the Democrats. Mr.. VOORHEES, change
! nors treatment of the Committee on passed
bills, which Mr. Voorhees, said this morning
was worthy small "Petty Fogger."
MEETING OF THE HOUSE
The House met for about seven minutes
| this morning and then adjourned until two
his enemy, Ed Kelly, the Summit Poobah,
was passed to third reading, and so was
the bill knocking out the Sergeant alarms
in county courts
Carroll tried to save the Hudson man by
moving to strike but the enacting clause but
was unsuccessful.
M'DERMoTr NOT SCARED
The subcommittee did not meet yesterday
to consider the plans proposed by McDer-
mott for the settlement of the Senatorial
deadlock. Mr.. McDermott was about the
Assembly Chamber as cordial and beaming
as ever. He did not seem disturbed either
by Daly's attack on him or the intention OF
the Republicans to investigate his income 2
from the Chancery Office He said that he
noticed that the Republicans had claimed
that his office was worth S33, 600 year,
whereas if he was satisfied if it paid ST., 900.
HUGHES EFFORTS.
Mr.. Kelly, on Monday night, will make an
effort to get the committee on railroads and
canals, to disgorge his Equal Tax BILL Mr..
large number of railroads and other oorpor-
ate bodies in the State which are practically
exempt from taxation. All this he will ex-
plain in his speech, which will be the effort
of his life.
BEEKMAN'S WASTE BASKET STOLEN.
Assemblyman Beekman, the Democratic
leader, is one of the latest victims of the
petty thefts that are of frequent occurrence
in the House. Some one stole his waste
basket last night. Mr.. Beekman has pre-
| pared for introduction a resolution calling
upon unemployed doorkeepers to detect the
thieves that they may be proceeded against
for larceny.
BILLS REPORTED ADVERSELY.
The Committee on Judiciary reported ad-
versely tn is afternoon Mr.. CAROLS bill to
wipe out the Commissioners Of Appeals in
Hudson and Sussex, Mr.. Usher's bill to al
low Notaries Public to take aeknowledg-
ments and Mr., Dewsnap's bill giving Jus
tices of the Peace, Jurisdiction in cases
against corpOrationS