The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-11
RACE TRACK REPEATER PASSED
House and Republican Senate Act--
Clerk Fox wouldn't Accept 1t.
EpecidE to the Jcrseu City Ne1cs.

Special to the Jersey City Ne1cs.
TRENTON, Jan. II, 1S94.-The first bill
which the Republicans passed was a repeater
of the law authorizing the licensing of race
tracks. The bill was introduced by Mr.
McEwan in the House yesterday morning
and was passed under a suspension of the
rules. There was. no debate on the measure,
but when the vote was in progress Mr.
Thompson took the opportunity under an
application to be excused from voting be
caused he was interested in, the bill to get a
last whack at the citizens who resented his
methods and insults of last winter.
HI DUKE SARCASTIC.
"Mr. Speaker began Mr.. Thompson, "Td
like to have the indulgence of the House for
a few minutes to explain my position on this
method.'
.sIf there be no objection the courtesy will
be extended" said Speaker Holt, and the
Camden Assemblyman was allowed to pro
coed.
mot feeling quite certain as to whether
am a disinterested person in this matter
! Thompson went on, II will ask to be excused
from voting. | cannot, however, resist the
temptation to say hat when | gaze on the
members of the majority whom | ave met
in what I trust were successful con-
ditions to pick the winners, l am not sure
1 IIidU IuGY dI6 uOI Ill DuISulU u DIOJGCblOu
| from that remnant of old Adam which in
| duces the average man to back his opinion
| at a horse race. The soul that will groan in
agony at the thought of betting on a
horse race, but has so little
| opinion Of his fellow man as to try to in
huence his franchise by the presentation of a
| few mean little scrubbing brushes or ten
| cents to learn al idiotic song is, the brand of
souls that would make an angel weep. Mr..
| Speaker and gentlemen" and the natty Duke
of Gloucester smiled and described a semi
circle with his right arm, Hbefore the Ides of
July roll round again some ofthe men who do
solove to tell of what a monstrosity Thompson
of Camden is, will be backing the long shots,
and plunging on the favorites at S~heepshead
or old Jerome. They may then remind them
selves of what a cheap thing humbug is. |
| suppose there are people who will contend
that I should vote on this bill to repeal the
| race track law because l voted for the meas
ure to be repealed.
ssBut, as [ said in the beginning, [ am not
sure that / am not an interested party, so I
respectfully request the House to excuse me
from voting"
No objection was offered, SO Mr.. Thompson
was excused.
sUnclen William Halrigan, who cannot bs
made to realize what a great mistake he
made in voting for last years racers, per-
severed in his iniquity, and voted against the
lCpCddCI. ALO ooAo Nh~S az "ONi0 "
or stultify himself, and he voted 'No' very
loudly.
Ex-Speaker Flynn also voted against the
bill, and so did Mp. Coyle. Tn repeater,
however, received fifty-four votes.
AS soon as the Republican Senate had re-
covered from its surprise in finding itself in
the Senate Chamber, it took up the repeater
and passed it, having first refused to adopt
rule 50, which pointed for a suspension of
the rules. Mr.. Ketcham was the only one
who spoke on the bill. He simply said that
the people spoke on the bill last fall, and
that was enough. The bill was hurried back
to the House, and a temporary committee on
passed bills, with Mr.. McEwan as chairman,
rushed over to the Governors office with it.
The third coordinate branch of the Legis-
latiye system had departed to his home
in Jersey City, and Mr.. McEwan with due
solemnity rendered the bill to Chief Clerk
Fox with the usual formalities. Mr.. Fox
drew back as though the committee had
thrust a rattlesnake at him and refused to
touch it. He said that he would not take the
bill as it had not passed the Senate.
The COMMITTEES then went back to the
House with much solemnity and reported the
failure of their mission. When the Governor
comes back they will try it again.