The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-09
IN THE SENATE.
Second Glass Freebooter Bill Passed
Over the Bill.
Special to the jersey Citu Nears.

Special to the Jersey City Ners.
TRENTON, May 9, 1S94.-The Senate held
three sessions yesterday. At the afternoon
session Mr.. Ketcham's bill making the fee
for city collectors searches in Jersey City
and Newark So was passed. Mr.. Drake
offered a resolution to relieve the Commit
tee on Railroads and Canals from the further
consideration of his bill fixing the freight
charges on peaches and berries. President
Rogers laid the resolution over on the ground
that the chairman of the Committee MIR.
Stokes was not In his seat, although MIR.
Drake pointed out Mr.. Stokes in the doorway
of one of the committee rooms.
The Governors veto of Senate bill No. 1877,
which creates q new Board of F~reeholders in
second class cities, was takensup. Mr.. Voor-
hees said he considered the objections of the
Governor to the bill sound, but he would
vote to pass the bill over the veto on the
ground that another bill would be introduced
which would meet those objections. Mr..
Perkins voted with the Republicans TO over
ride the veto, while Nh. Bradley did not
vote at all. The House subsequently passed
the bill over the veto.
The Senate amended the First Glass County
Freeholders bill so as to make the members
of the board elective, as told in THE JERSEY
CITY News last evening.
The bill legislating out of office the Tax
Boards of Jersey City and Newark and put
ting in q new board to be appointed by the
Mayor. was taken up and opposed by Mr..
DAILY. who showed the good work the Jersey
City board had done. Mr.. Ketcham claimed
that the new board would be far moro eco
nomical for Newark, and the bill was
passed. The bill providing for non-partisan
boards Of health in the two first-class cities
also passed.
There was some debate over the new cleo
ton law, which was taken upon final pas
sage.
the ballot outside the polls, had been stricken
out by amendment.
Mr.. VOORHEES, showed that the law allow
ing outside distribution of ballots was the
best yet devised and that the New Jersey
law was superior to those of other States.
No law was without objections. but he held
that where a man could take a ballot to his
own home and there look it over unmolested
and could take that ballot and vote it, If he
80 wished. was the method that came nearest
to perfection and the n that allowed the
use of free will of the voter.
Mr.. Hinchliffe considered section ten the
life of the bill and the one feature that
would come nearest to the prevention of
fraud. Hei minated that the amendment had
where hoaters were easily purchased.
MFR. VOORHEES, disabused his mind Of this
thought showing that be alone made the
amendment in good faith for the reasons
above stated.
The bill passed II to 6. Mr.. DAILY voting
with the Republicans and Mr.. Thompson
not voting.
AT the evening session there was an ami
mated discussion between Senators Voorhees,
and Stokes as to whether gravel or oyster
shells made the best roads in certain locali-
ties. Oyster shells and Mr.. Stokes won.
The bill prohibiting the transmission Of any
information concerning lotteries under a
heavy penalty passed, and SO did the House
bill giving the Board OF Fire Commissioner
full control over all the buildings in their de-
partment. This is to meet the case of Jersey
City, where the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners have control of the erection
and repairs to all buildings in the depart
ment.
On motion of Senator Winton the Cover
nor's primary law bill was made q special
order tor two o'clock this afternoon.