The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-20
MAX SALINGER'S GAS
Trying to Smother Carrol1's
Bill With a One Dol
lar One.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE HOUSE.
Assemblyman Matlack's Page
Caused a Big Row in
the Caucus.
Special to the Jersey City Ns,cs.


TRENTON, Feb, 20, 1894 Senator Winton
He says the newspapers have nlisrepresented
his Camden speech which has occasioned so
much unfavorable comment What he did
say was that there would be ice in the
Internal regions before Maurice A. Rogers
would be admitted to the Constitutional
Senate of New Jersey, without presenting
his credentials.
Governor Werts said this morning that he
had not received any report from Messrs.
Lindabury and Stevens, and that he under
stood they had not arrived at any conclusion
yet. He refused to express an opinion one
way or another upon Mr. Voorhees, Gus
todian bill, saying that he had not read it.
When told what its purpose was he smiled
and said: II have no objections to that"
MAX sALTNGER'S GAS BILL.
Max Salinger has a new gas bill. 1t fixes
the price at 81 per thousand feet, and is ap-
plicable to first class cities only. Salinger
says that S1.25, the price named in Carroll's
bill, is too DEAR He did not include second
class cities, he said, because the number of
consumers in those cities was not enough to
pay the company for their outlay at 81.
Allan McDermott laughed this morning
poetical effusion in The NEWS in reply to
his letter to the Hudson Senator. He said
he was too busy to reply to DAILY again, and
he doubted the wisdom of paying any more
attention to the Senator.
SESSION OF THE HOUSE.
The House met this morning and trans
acted considerable business. Mr.. Cross,
Chairman of the Committee on Passed Bills,
reported that his commission had taken a
number of bills to the Governor the night
before, and that the Governor refused to re-
ceive them or receipt for them, whereupon
the bills were left with him. The report was
ordered spread upon the minutes. Several
bills relating to towns and townships were
passed. There was long debate over the
bill authorizing the State Treasurer to pay
the expenses of the agricultural Experinen
tai Station in printing bulletins. Beck
man attacked the bill. He said
that he was brought up for
farmer, and when he was on the farm he
learned that he could accomplish more fol-
lowing the plow than poring over bulletins
issued by an experimental station. He
would like to have the opinion of the farmers
on the measure before he voted for it.
Mr. Dennis, who introduced the bill, came
to its rescue. He twitted Beekman of his
knowledge of the first principles of farming,
and declared that since the agricultural sta
tion had been in operation he had not had to
work SO hard.
ssThen the gentleman must be living on
the experimental station, retorted Beekman
as he sat down.
The bill was finally passed.
THE ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR BILL.
When the bill abolshing the office of
assistant prosecutor came up on secoud
reading Mr. Carroll moved to strike out the
enacting clause. "Ginger" of Mercer OBJ
jected. He said that they had an assistant
prosecutor in Mercer who did all the work
of+ o,.ffio ila flaa
ing but draw his pay. Mr.. Carroll said if
they would take first class counties out of
the bill he would not object to its passage.
Mr. "Ginger" insisted that it did not refer to
the first class counties Carroll read the
printed synopsis and stoutly maintained that
it did. A reading of the bill
plainly showed that second class counties
were alone mentioned, and it passed to
third reading without further comment. 1t
is said that if this bill is repealed it will re-
vive an old law under which the assistants
of Hudson and Essex will receive a decreased
salary.
M'EwAN NEVER OUT OF ORDER.
When Mr. Carroll arose to make his mo-
tion to strike out the enacting clause, Mr..
McEwan arose with him and moved to ad
journ The Speaker allowed Carroll to go
on, and during the debate Mr.. McEwan
raised the point that motion to adjourn
was before the House. Some one attacked
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his motion. The Chair ruled that as
motion to adjourn was always in order, and
Mr. McEwan was appealed to to withdraw
his motion.
Mr. McEwan said he certainly would as
he did not wish to be discourteous, but he
wished to show the members that he was
never out of order or unparliamentary.
The House then adjourned.
MATLACK'S PAGE.
The Republicans held caucus at the close
of the morning session and had beautiful
row over an extra page which Assemblyman
Matlack has smuggled in upon the floor.
The boy had been doing duty for several
days before he was discovered, and when he
said he was Matlacks boy some of the re-
formers began to howl about economy and
wanted him dismissed Matlack would not
have it and SO the caucus was called.
There was considerable discussion over the
affair. Those who had large and active
constituency clamoring for the appointment
of page for their sons, brothers or other male
relations, and who had been obliged to ig-
more the clamor, were very wrathy, and
kicked against Matlack's underhand way of
getting page. The boy, however, will
stay. The caucus also resolved to support
the new Freeholders' bill for second-class
counties.
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