The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-25
SMITH REPUDIATED
Senator DAILY Doesn't Take
Much Stock in the Junior
us. Senator.
ANDERSON WON'T BE CONFIRMED
Senator Skirm Will Resign If He
Is--This Would Make the.
Senate a Tie.
Special to the Jsrse,t City Ne,cs.


TRENTON, April 25, 1s94--A concurrent
resolution calling upon New Jersey repre-
sentatives in Congress to use their influence
to ha' 70 the clause fixing building and loaI
associations eliminated from the Wilson bill
led to debate on that measure in the Sen
ate this morning Senator Adrain used the
resolution as peg on which to hang stir
ring speech advocating the Income Tax.
sBut the distinguished Senators from New
Jersey are against that feature of the bill,
remarked Senator Voorhees,.
'.All that have to say about them is that
they are acting reasonably to the Demo
cratic party replied Adrain.
even the Junior SenatorF' was asked.
'sBoth Junior and senior. care for neither
In this matter. Millionaires ought to be
taxed, and l know no better way of reaching
them than by income and Inheritance taxes.
AS to building and loan associations, / don t
believe they should be taxed. / shall vote
against this resolution
President Rogers said that there were
eighty-eight thousand shareholders i'll the
building and loan associations of New Jer-
sey. They were poor people. Senator
Hinchliffe said it was all nonsense to say that
only poor people were interested in those as
sociations There were many well to do
persons in them and when they draw seven
per cent. on their investments there was no
good reason why they should not be taxed.
Senator Skirm declared that the New Jer
sey Legislature might save itself the trouble
of making requests that nobody would pay
any attention to-
DAILY AND SMITH.
s'While in favor of Building and Loan As
sociations, said Senator Daily, 'sPm against
this resolution. I don't take my politics
from the Junior Senator from New Jersey
don't fa Yaa ara cfQpk in him IF "
wants to know it, Pm in favor of an income
tax
All the republicans voted for the resolu-
ton Senator Winton was the only demo-
crat voting with them. Senator Adrain sug-
gested that when the resolution was forward
ed, there should also go with it a record of
the vote.
That will be done,n President Rogers
said
s'Al the democrats voted against it" re-
marked Senator Daily.
This democrat didn't" said Senator
Winton, referring TO himself
IN THE HOUSE.
The resolutions were promptly taken over
to the House and Immediately brought up
Mr.. Harrigan moved they lay them on the
table. which was lost. Mr.. Kerr moved
their adoption, and Mr.. Flynn wanted them
laid over until tfe Democrats could look INTO
the matter Mr. StorTs Ubjected stIfd read
over the same statistics that Senator Rogers
did. Several republicans went over and
held whispered conversation with Mr..
Storrs while Mr.. McEwan asked Mr.. Storrs
to aecede to Mr., FlynnS request. He said
that the resolution should not go through as
snap. Mr.. Storrs finally yielded reluct-
antly.
ANDERSON DEFEATED.
The opponents of Major Anderson in his
fight to capture the State Prison Supervisor
ship feel that it is all over but the shouting.
They have, unless all signs go for naught,
practically accomplished the defeat of the
doughty Major. A new man is to get the
place, and there is strong feeling in favor
of Speaker John ]. Holt's name being sent
in. The storv is that Senator Skirm Of Mer-
Ger, who has never finched in his antagon-
ism of Anderson, used every means in his
power to prevent the latter's nomina-
ton being confirmed. Finding himself
driven to the last ditch be made desperate
move. He prepared letter of resignation
as Mercer county's representative in the
Senate and placed it away in his desk. The
resignation was to be handed in as soon as it
should appear that the Senate was bound to
confirm Anderson. With Skirm out of the
Senate, the Republicans might as well throw
up their hands SO far as partisan legislation
is concerned. The Senate would be a tie
politically, and no one could tell
how Mercer would go in the event
of new election to choose
a successor to Mr.. Skirm. The latter seems
to have gathered several determined sup
porters of late. Among them are men,
toned Messrs. Ketcham Ward & Smith
HOLT CAN WIN.
The change In sentiment has certainly set
in against Anderson. A few days ago his
confirmation was looked upon as as fore
gone conclusion Every Senator but Skirm
was counted on his side. Then the sugges-
tion that Speaker Holt be appointed super
visor met with general favor, and the
Anderson lines at once began to weaken.
Mr. Holt is popular, and demo-
Gratis say that they would prefer
o support him in preference to any repub-
lican yet mentioned If 1t was joint meet
ing selection Holt would win hands down
The Anderson people are understood to have
started in to block the Holt movement, and
as the majority Is supposed to have the undi-
vided backing of General Sewell and the
State Republican Committee, there is still a
chance for him. The Democrats would
hardly agree to the passage of the joint
meeting bill, but it may be passed without
them Nothing has been determined on this
point yet. If the Republican State Commit
teemen, General Sewell and Governor
Werts will listen to the popular clamor
Anderson will be shelved in day or two
and Speaker Holt nominated.
THE DUKE" AROUSED
Mr. Storrs offered a resolution authorizing
the Committee on Elections to sit during the
recess to continue the investigation of
ThOmpSon'S election.
Mr. Flynn objected. He said that the In
vestigation was farce, sort of dragnet
concern Boys were running about the
highways of Camden county with subponas
In one hand and half dollars In the other
subponaing every one they met
Mr.. Wilson opposed it on account of the
great expense it would incur. He said that
the committee were not IN it for the money
there was in it, but 1t was campaign thunder
and he had no doubt that the Republican
E ate Committee would pay their expenses.
Mr.. Thompson pleaded for justice and
asked if be had thrown any. obstacle In the
way of committee.
Mr.. Storrs, he declared, was making
personal matter of the case, and pursuing it
out of spite, because he (I'hompson) had on
several occasions took it upon himself to
smooth down in a hazing way some of his
rough edges.
Mr.. McEwan called Mr. Thompson to
order and said he was not talking to the res
olution.
Mr.. Thompson asked him to be fair
Mr.. McEwan replied he was fair or he
would not have arisen in behalf of Mr..
Storrs, who was certainly not warm friend
of his (HcEwan).
The Speaker directed Mr.. Thompson to
confine himself to the resolution.
Continuing. Mr.. Thompson said he would
ask any republican on the floor how they
would feel if they were being Investigated in
the way he was.
Mr.. McEwan again insisted that Mr..
Thompson was wandering from the question,
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