The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-03
PARTISAN BILLS PASSED.
REPUBLTCATs ar TRENTON PAR NO
HEED TO TBEIR RULES.

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TRENTON. April 2-The Frsehoidsr bills hsc
the right Of way IN the Senate 10. night sens.
tor Ketchsm pressed to fnal passage the
| House bill repeating the law providing for the
| election OF Freeholders in Essex and Hudson
counties By Assembly districts
When that Was disposed Of he called up the
Com promise bill. which provides for the cleo
tion Of twenty-five members By the county .,
large. not more than fifteen TO belong to one
political party. This bill also was passed.
In the discussion Senator Daily OF Hudson
excepted to a statement made by Senator
Ketcham that the people demanded these bills
ss reform m essurea He said the only demsnd
was from hungry Republicans who were
standing about waiting for ofices.
The Republicans. in the name Of reform. had
attacked everything but the Judiciary. and
there were rumors that the Judges we're to get
attention later.
Senator Ketcham reiterated his assertion
that the voters Of Easex county wanted reform
10 the Bosri OF Freeholdsrr, and ssid the Free.
bscaas. S.oTs Il. last sscoS they .m
he sS.d:ISs dlteIe' and Throw them i into &.
Newark to th. Orange Mountains that they
reform, and he had been told By Dsmoersts
thot his IKetcham.., .lorty was 1000, al
Motions 70 fseonsids S'' the two siIl. wsr.
voted down and they were ordered to be car
them. Tsa o'f . to Ss W WHS:s c .Gss
s,ss attention ,1 e ne senate rnl; that re-
but Roaers decided that the rule did not hold
Alter those two bills had been disposed Of
his .Frseholder tiiI for second.ciass counties.
eTnor intended TO veto It 1t was recalled. The
absence 81 n little comma In one paragraph
senator kdrsin. started In to have som.
amusement 1.i snd By his motions motions mixed the
10 up e that
After tho ressss Senator skirm succeeded In
have passed b. the HOUSE, to.nisst 700 ''''
Ihs sepat. passed the bin giving to the
ccrporscn @ and H Sorpossti6n Soap
sci and the bill requiring dentists to be IL
Tss sa tocf f.ses S'T ' ssis for tn.
Freeholder bills and whom the Essex and
s S rsf'1 r s%. sse
msnts; Then the Bopse rushed through an.
other bill, Which had been introdussd only
lions in Essex and Hudson ' cOan;i.s son on
Both the Senate aud House adopted rsso-
buttons commenting ex- Treasurer Gray and |
ex-Comptroller Beppenheimer for their SER |
vices to the State and releasing Mr. Gray's |
bondsmen. -
Mr.; Harrigan gave notice that no would ask |
the House to direct the judiciary Com mittee |
to report the Swiss referendum anne dment to |
tbs Constitution to- morrow. !
Chairman Storrs informsd the House that |
the supreme Court Of Massachusetts had de-
clared that direct legislation was uncons titu- |
tional. and could not be made constitutional
by Nav Jersey.
The House passed the bill taking the ap.
tment OF n Supervisor OF the State Prison
from tho Governor and giving II to the Joint
meeting Ex-Comptroller Anderson OF Somer-
Vile and ex -Surervisor Butler OF Paterson are
ma king a nRht for the place.
The Republican state Com mttee held q
m Getting this afternoon and recomme ded
tho Legislature to abolish tho State BOARD Of
Taxation AZ an unnecessary expense. The |
Board Is composed Of three Democratic MEM
beers, who have q secretary.