New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-03-28
REPEALING VICIOUS LAWS.
REFORM LEGISLATION GOES STEADILY
ON AT TRENTON.
THE RAcETRACK REPEALER PASSED BY THE
HOUSE OVER THE GOVERNORS VETO
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Trenton March 27.-The repeater of the law
| acted for the benefit OF the racetrack gamblers.
blackleSs and bookmakers again passed the House
to-day Notwithstanding the Governors veto and the
| opposition of "Humpty Dumpty" Beekman Starter
| Flynn and Duke" Thompson. The vote sc in
favor Of the repeater and 16 for keeping the vicious
| law on the statute books only the Democratic men,
! bers voting In the negative. In moving that the
repeater pass despite the objections of the Cow
ernor. who is prostituting his high official position
by championing the of all that is vicious in
the State Mr.. McEwen said the law giving prisoners
the power TO select the justice before whom they
desired to be tried when arrested for breaking the
| just laws Of the State was passed by a notorious
| Legislature for the benefit of the gamblers and
hangers-on of the GuNenburg racetrack of Hudson
County. and for the benefit of lawless scoundre,s
who nfest the track Gloucester City. The people
elected the present Legislature for the express pur
pose of freeing the statute books of obnoxious laws
| and the speaker hoped the vote on the repeater
| would be unanimous despite Governor Werts's
| veto
The repeater will probably be passed by the Sen
ate tomorrow and the will of the people be carried
out.
WORK OF REFORM GOES on.
| The work of reform goes steadily on. The House
this afternoon passed the bill repeating the act en-
|
this State to appoint forty-two Democratic ward
heelers to office under the guise of county de-
tectives" These "detectives' were principally the
stool pigeons of the racetracks. They have had the
run of the Grand Jury rooms throughout the state
and while receiving a salary Of 81 day from the
| county. have also been in the habit of collecting
from the taxpayers an equal amount for the serV-
| ing Of subpoenas.
| This was "Freeho,ders' Day" in the House. Sen
ator Skirn's bill. giving back TO the country dis
| tricts their right of representation on the Boards
| of Chosen Freehoders in Passaic Mercer ana cam
| den which has already passed the Senate aso
passed the House to-day. The Boards Of Freehold
| ers in these counties now elected under an
outrageous Democratic Assembly gerrymander' by
which il is made possible for the Democratic party
to obtain control OF the Republican county OF MrI-
Ger. and deprive the townships OF just representa-
ton throughout the State.
The bill changing the Boards OF FreehoIdeFS III
Hudson and Essex counties was introduced re
ported engrossed, advanced and passed In less thah
half an hour this afternoon. despite the hhbus-
tering of the Democrats 1t changes the method oi
voting for Freehoders from districts to the who.e
county and makes 1t next to Impossible Tor 'he
local bosses of Hudson to pack the primaries ana
control the board.
Senator Ketcham's bill. putting a stop to the
Connolly search steal in Newark. also passed 'he
House Controller Connolly secured the passage OF
a law three years ago giving him 81 for telling a
/ property owner whether or not that property owner
was indebted to the city for back taxes.
! Another important bill which passed the House
makes It unlawful to dredge for clans in me Dea
ware Bay south Of Dennis Creek 10 Brdniy"he
| Crasx lighthouse under a penalty Of 500 or TWO
| years Imprisonment, boats and tackle 10 o1 oO"
Mr.. Eis,e introduced a bill this afternoon restor
ing the people the right TO elect BoardS Si in
stead of having such boards appointed pH Nv -,
Mayors OF those cites and snoner a15on re5'G" city
clerks. instead of giving Mayors such deSpo'''
power.
CLEANER ELECTION LEGIsLATIoN
The Senate held business session today anu
evening and disposed of many of the plIS on '''
calendar Senator Stokes. for President Rogers III
troduced bill reorganizing the Board OF Riparian
Commissioners. The measure provides that 'n'
board shall hereafter consist of the Governor ana
ing VINO shall hold Office for term Of Ave years
from the date Of their election Inc piese"S U,1'
Ketch.m introduced a bill correcting the serious q!
fects In NE Werts Ballot Reform Jaw. 1t Pioyldc
that the boards Of Registry ana hieSuIn 'r 80 make
| sanizc as soon as possible after July 10 70 hih'
| uie,sd ui hv August l. There shall be no house-io-
house canvass. The second meeting 3i No. t.r D''i 49,
shau ha held on the first Tuesday or Septennei' 10
make a revision Of the poll list the tlIiu iloe.me @
be held the Tuesday of Octo9er a'So o,tSahri tSa
icaiIv but by locality. giving streets roads ana @4iid
numbers. or other dSsgha,aD eit ~ for revision from
Tpdv 90 eftnr the first Tuesday Of October un
sne o dcia ballot snail be Furnished outside the poll
ing booths A recount may be ordefed & or any y.,,9i
ddate who applies TO the SupIeiS d"6s,,s No
| four days after the election when ne GeIoSi1H e
necessary sum to ply costs costs troE1i0I % rand ry ana
aien nat any legal voter whose hainc hh3 n,'n ,
voted on bv some else shaI! De hiVM ~ ,n,,
w Wv natinp affidavit az TO his qlallcdIoh. any
one carrying official ballots ouisae ~ tn1 dS}cov aDt-
tlecuon ,t DsS s,bau he guilty Of a misdemeancr, pun
| ;shed by a fine Of $1,000 ana TWO Sc"' ''''' ''00
% The repeater Of the act GrSa'Rg Gi'Ga5n h SfoP
laws passed the Senate TO-DAY, u,birh he super
| he
the thESd,s H Of Fire and Police Of Newark ana Jei-
! sew City were appointeu
ro ABOLISH FIGUREHEAD JUDGES
Tho penublican Senators and Assembyineh ne''
a ioint conference this afternoon anu o,shtno
hu understood to be already prepared apos'.le
t D.' a., ,,,oqes Of this State. There are iory-'"o
~ these Judges whose salaries range from Si''', ~
g. 800 annually. and IT has freqneht'y n''p ,,,,,o
| ,besa wooden Judges have outVoteu ,nr IA"
'"ea ,,a, nronostIon Of the admissibty OF evi-
Oh ',s s' ,ha trial OF a case, although not one
osh s tbom ts lawyer The conference ho"e'Cr, Gr r
not decide to push the bil aDoS' do So later in the
nead9 II was the sense Of the conference t' m m no
partisan iegifaton @ he nscTnzed by Advisory Com
before being m PIT ttaesung out of office the
Speaknfg nf FGeehoders Of Hudson and Essex cSn
les by reason OF changes in ne eo@ County Free
,oaigq hc6eTs had M sanandered oo Of tie PSope sa
money the courthouse o nav It's employees and
VA haa not done so for five months dne D' Senator
ana cbsm %aS made m special request that the S o be-
nasscd to second reading but ~ Se1rot rres ''' W
| passn1 and II goes over under the rues'
xourNaTroNs BY THE GOVERNOR
| ,,,s cont TO the Senate tonight these
'.n,,ons. For Judges of Court of Common
' v,orron Comfy w. II. Dawes, reapponted
1ls I.eas Conntv charles b. Mathis Hudson. Albert
Uoffman. reappointed Cape May stephen n. Ben
nett: camden James Gaunt reappolnoeu, ,,er neisen
Iroorcs w wheeler: Somerset. Henry g. WAGNER;
| reappointed ~, p,oae Somerset County James
for tIoseClm t. Clomcester Belmont Perry, reapp0lnted
): Mtse,riIand William A. Logue; Essex hVh W.
crane aw Judge Of Cumberland County-James X
Hoagland, & teapp ~ The Industrial School for Girls
For Trustees % canreo G. Maddox. Edward s.