The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-05-04


Infamous Republican Legislation.
Day by DAY IL becomes more and
and more certain thatthere isno good
IN the present Legislature. We never
had much confidsnes in It; but, like
many o~t@iess, We INDUCED the hope
that. considering the circumstances OF
the last election. some moderation
might be shown by the majority
members in their lust for spoils. and
in their servility To the corporation
power. All such hopes are doomed to
disappointment.
So TAR as wecan recall. the present
Legislature has NOT done one solitary
good thing which has been free from
partissnsliip. If ons OF two OF the
measures paseed have been beneficial,
that has not baea the motive OF their
enactmsnt They were passed because
they were partisan and their goodness
was merely Incidental.
Or the prominent bills now in pro-
gress through the houses, those which
are slated 60 pass are all bad. The
good bills OF the session have all been
killed or MORALLY wounded already.
There u the Erie Track Elevation
bill, the Dcllar-twenty-fye Gas bill.
the Two-csnt Ferry bill and the In
dustrial Insurance bill already dead;
the Equal Taxation bill and the State
Water Commission bill are condemned
to death. OF the bills that have
passed, take these as specimens:-TAe
bill transferring the janltorship of the
State House from a democrat to a
republican; the bill transferring con-
troll of tho Camden and Trenton police
from democrats chosen by the people
to republicans and the bill to change
the boards of second class cities from
Democratic to Republican control.
There ans hosts OF other similar meas
ures, passed or on their way to be
passed; but these will serve as speci-
mems. IS s
There are five specially bad meas
ures, however. which call for special
condemnation. First ome the bill
transferring Harrison and Kearny
from this county to Essex. The
motives for this outrageous piece OF
robbery We explained yesterday. The
hope Of the dominant party is that 1t
will succeed in carrying Essex county
in future years in the Assembly cleo
tions. 1t has no hope of carrying
Hudson. Therefore it deliberately
steals an Assemblyman from this
county and gives the seat to Essex.
1t is one of the most shameless nd
Gssasti6s5ie acts Of craftsmanship ever
perpetrated by q New Jersey Legis-
laturs.
Almost equally bad is the proposal
to divide Monmouth County. This
means simply the creation of two
rotten borcughs, of which the Repus-
licans hope to control one. thus In
creastng their strength in the Senate.
The excuse made is the diversity Of
interest between the coast resorts and
the inland farming regions. There
are planty Of ways OF meeting this
trouble. Che organization of borough
or village governments oughs to soive
every difficulty; but whether 10 does
or not, no Inconvenience TO the few
thousand people OF the coast resorts
can justify the outrage upon the
rest of the State involved in
giving Senatorial representatives
to msre handouts OF citizens. 1t is al
ready an outfags that Monmouth
County should nave the same weight
in tho senate as Hudson or Essex,
how .Macn worss is it that she should
hays as muchainRaeacs al theseatwo
great coanties confined %
A third measure OF the same class
is the Congressional district steal,
which has at last sneaked out into
daylight In the last daysof the ses-
sion. Here are the districts as the
precious. g~errynander apportions
fheth.-
Firas d-istrict-canden. Cape May, Cumberland,
elonccstes and Salem counties:
Second district Atlantic. Mercer. Burlington and
Ocean.
Third aist<sct-sosnerset. Middiesex and Mon
month.
Fourth districs-sussex Warren. Hunterdon and
Morris.
Eifsa -district-Passaic and Bergen.
Sixth district-City Of Newark and township Of
East Orange.
seventh disnict-coant of Hudson. except city
Of Bayoiae.
Eighth dtstrtct-Union county. city of Bayonne
and all OF Essex county except Newark and East
Orange.
Or these, the First and Second ara
pretty sure Republican districts. The
Third and Fourth are nearly Demo-
cratic. Tho Fifth and Sixth are doubt
ful, with Republican ieanings. The
Seventh Is Democratic and the Eighth
Republican. Thus we find in q State
which gives II, 97A majority to the De
mocracy on National issues, the Con-
g~ressIsnal delegation SO apportioned
as to afford a probability of five Re
publican representatives to three
Democratic Talk Of political villatny.
indeed. pray what is thisf And we
find tbs good lii. Stokes, the gentle
man Of honor and virtue, ifyou please,
standing sponsor for this bill
nfbnro ra,naiu "a examples of the