The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-30
THE TWO sENATEs.
Rogers on the Republicans. Adrain
On the Democrats.

Special to the Jersey City Nears.
TRENTON, Jan. 80, 1S94.-The Senate set
up shop for itself last night and met in a
chamber of its own, resplendent in highly
polished oak tables and leather bottomed
chairs. They took the room of the Home
Committee on Judiciary and fitted it up.
Senators Rogers and Skirm found a COM
placent furniture dealer who was evidently
DESTROYS of getting rid of some of his stock.
He sold them the highly polished tables and
comfortable chairs for less than 500, Sena-
tor Rogers SAYS, and he promised to take the
nice things back when the Republicans
''come into their own" as the Senators like
to call the Senat
largest in the State House, make a cramped
Senate Chamber, even though intended for a
Senate of only eleven.
At one end was a modest oak desk with a
red cloth top for the president, thanked by
two long tables, one for clerks and the other
for correspondents.
In front of these are five of the small oak
tables, highly polished, and standing on
artistically carved legs. Each table had
two drawers, and in front Of each drawer
was placed one of the Russian leather
bottomed chairs. These were for the ten
Republican Senators, and Mr.. Rogers point
ed out the fact that there was room for two
more al PdCu pdDlo ny S0dblIS Ii OCCupdnCS
Wis a Wis, saying that they had provided
room for the Democrats if they wished to
come in. Around three sides of the room
We're nice, large, capacioIls arm chairs of
carved oak with bright red Russian leather
seats. These were there to do duty as the
ladies' gallery in case any of the mothers
and daughters of the State wish to encourage
the Senators as they wrestle with the race
track repealers. The men can and out in
the corridor about the door, where they can
hear if they can't see.
Mr.. Rogers sat behind his desk most of the
afternoon, and discoursed upon the topic of
the day.
Barney Ford gave us this block" Mr..
Rogers would say as he tapped a large block
of marble on his desk with the gavel, which
was presented to him the day he was elected
President, and which he always carries
around in his pocket. "It was very kind of
Barney to get it for us, and we appreciate
his kindness, (" Mr.. Rogers would go on; but
his sweet words will be of no benefit to Bar
ney when the bill to take off his official head
comes before the Republicans.
"We will not attempt to enter the Senate
Chamber when the Democrats are there"
Mr.. Rogers continued, after he had extolled
Barney's goodness. 1--WE do not propose to
do anything to provoke violence. We en-
tered the Chamber and lett our men in
charge, with express orders not to resort to
violence, and when the Democrats came
along and threw our men out we submitted
rather than do anything which would pro-
woke disturbance. We propose to go right
ahead and transact business"
When asked why the Republicans did not
go into the Senate Chamber, Mr.. Rogers said
they could, but they did not want to pro-
woke an act of violence.
Over in the regular Senate Chamber,
Senator Adrain sat in the Presidents chair,
toying with a gavel which no admiring or
other constituent had presented to him.
After saying that he could not be persuaded
to enter the new Chamber, as the old was
good enough for him, he said hat he would
willing abdicate if the Supreme Court
should decide against him in the quo
q~corrdnto proceedings. "Why I'll abdicate
the throne" he said, like Davy Crocket's
coon, I'll come down to save further
trouble
He then went over the old ground about
his being the only constitutional Senate, and
he said:-
I've heard all this stuff about our not &C
cepting the situation if the Court decides
againstus, and taking the matter to the Court
of Errors and Appeals where the Demo-
cratic lay judges will decide in our favor.
Now | want to say that it is only the ex-
treme partisan press that pounds Us like
that. / will be only too happy to abide by
any decision the Court might make" Mr..
Adrain then went into raptures over the
beauty of the Constitution in which occupa-
ton he fairly beamed.
Senators Winton and Hinchliffe were absent
when Senator Adrain adjourned for want of
a quorum. Senator Rogers was obliged to
do the same thing with his Senate for the
first time during the session. Senator Voor-
hees is confined to his home in Elizabeth with
a severe attack of tonsilitis, and there is
some doubts whether he will be around for
several days. The Democrats nave a scheme
all ready for the time when the Supreme
Court decides they are the Senate as they
confidently expect it will. They propose
to order the sergeant-at-arms to arrest the
four hold-over Republicans and make them
attend sessions of the Democratic Senate.