The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-07
HABEAs CORPUS PROCEEDINGS.
Not looked on with Favor by the
Repubilcnn ms.

nB.
Special to the Jersey City Netrs.
TRENTON, Feb. z, 1S94-Everyone was
talking last night about the latest scheme to
settle the deadlock. AS stated in yesterdays
dispatches to the JERSEY CITY NEWS this
last scheme involved the arrest of one of the
hold over Senators by Mike Nathan the
Sergeant-at-Arms of the Democratic Senate,
The Senator so arrested is to apply for a
writ of habeas corpus which will bring the
whole question of the legality of the Senate
into the court. Although the impression
was thrown out that this scheme originated
with the Democrats it is well understood
that it is a Republican plan. 1t was nrst
preached by the veteran RepuoIlcan
lawyer and politician Joseph Coult OF
Newark. Mr.. Coult was for many years
City Counsel of Newark, under the Republl,
| cans. at So, 900 a year, and is such a shrewd
politician that, although the Democrats,
when they obtained control of the city gov
| ernlnent, made William B. Guild City Coun-
sci at $1,000 a year, he has managed to draw
the same amount from the City Treasury as
special counsel" ever since. This is only one
| little evidence of Mr.. Coult's shrewdness.
After Mr.. Coult had devised his little
scheme he gave Senator Winton the tip and
got Mr.. Winton to talk about 1t 1 sucn q
way about it in such a way that everyone
said it was Mr.. Winton,s scheme. When
the proposition WAS made known TO the re-
publicans they went into their shell OF a Sen
| ate Chamber, a habit they have fallen into
of late, and in which they indulge upon the
slightest proyocation, and took it under ser1-
| Gus consideration. When they came forth
| again Mr.. VOORHEES, said that on the whole
it was a pretty scheme, but he did not
think that the Republicans would agree to
it. He could not speak of1clally
as the counsel to the Republicans, Joseph
Couth and and Ex-senator John w. Griggs
were still considering the matter, and the
Republican senators would take no action
upon it until they had heard from these
learned lawyers. He said that unless the
| Senator picked out, went along like a little
lamb and consented to rush into court for a
ha6eas corpus the whole proceedings would
come to naught.
Suppose, Mr.. VOORHEES, continued" that
when Nathan arrests our man he refuses TO
| recognize Nathan's authority n tells him
to go about his business and not to bother
him. Suppose that Nathan still persists in
his determination to drag our man to the
Chamber and the Republican simply hauls
off and smites Michael upon the nose, knock
ing him into the gutter, and then goes about
his business. What will happen? All
Nathan can do is to go before a justice and
make complaint of assault against our man.
He is arrested and held to bail. All he can
be tried for is the assault, and the court can
not enter into the senatorial question, and
where will be the grand results of the
scheme?"
Mr.. VOORHEES, was rather positive in his
statement that he did not think that the Re-
publicans would agree to any court proceed
ings.
When Mike Nathan heard that it was
likely he would get smitten upon the nose if
he undertook to carry out his part OF the
scheme, he almost got a fit and there s..much
doubt that he will attempt to arrest Senator
Skirm or anyone else unless he is assured
there will be no forcible resistance.
Mr.. Allan McDermott ridiculed the habeds
corpus proceedings and said that the Demo
Gratis were not responsible for any such
scheme as that. He could not see how n
such proceeding could settle the main ques-
ton, He limited that the courts might be
called upon later to consider the questions in
connection with the race tracks but just how
that was to be brought about he did not see.
His remarks were all the more mystifying
from what followed. He said he did not he
lieve the tracks would be opened on March
/, as many have predicted, and was most
emphatic in his denial that the race tracks
had anything to dc with the deadlock.