The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-04-18
QUEER ECONOMY.
Barney Ford Bounced-Two
Republicans to Take
His Place.
THE POLICE JUSTICES BILL.
Traction Company On Deck--Tub-
erculosis In Cattle-Speaker
Holt Wept.
THE POLICE JUSTICES BILL
speeial to tl.e Jersev en- Ne,us.


TRENTON, April 49, 1S94.-Speaker Holt is
having hard time to keep his Republican
majority together. The democrats are usu-
ally On hand, and there is generally
quorum to transact business, but There are
not always thirty-one republicans in the
Chamber, and without that number the
rank partisan measures cannot be rushed
through So when Mr.. Holt makes his
fearful and pathetic appeal to the members
to respect their Speaker, and come out early
so that the public business can betransacted,
he really means that the bills to put out
democrats and put in republicans
may be passed. The SPEAKER was
promptly on hand at ten o'clock this morn
ing but the members were not. The roll
was called but there were not enough MEM
hers present TO suit Mr.. Holt, and the Ser
geant-at-Arms was sent sklrmish1ng over
the city for absentees. 1t was eleven o'clock
when the House got to work. The Speaker
earnestly urged the members to be more
prompt. and a resolution was adopted
pledging the members to cooperate with the
Speaker hereafter by attending the House
promptly.
POLICE JUSTICES BILL.
The bills which abolish the present police
justices of Jersey City and create in their
places two justices who are to be republicans
passed the House this morning. When they
first came up Mr.. Salinger said they
were simply in the interest Of economy.
They abolished one police justice
and reduced the salaries of the clerk. Flynn
said that as the bills were caucus measures
and partisan he saw no use in opposing them.
The accident, Storrs arose and precipitated
lengthy debate. He said that he wanted
every republican in the House to understand
that the bills had been agreed upon by Hud-
or,1 ovtdf hot flayT yUQ rY1o a
to put two reputable gentlemen into the
office of Police Justice Mr.. Flynn then
spoke of the time that four democrats halted
their caucus in order to keep the late Sam.
uel StiIsing and Mayor Wanser in Office
when they were police justices and Office
grabbing democrats wanted to GUST them.
He denied that the bills were in the interest
of the people on economy. Mr.. Ginder
angrily demanded of Mr.. Storrs il the fact
that Hudson and Essex had agreed upon
bill settled the measure. he received no
answer.
Mr.. Coyle defended the present Police
Justices against the attacks of Mr.. Storrs
and scored the men who expect to be the
Justices as played out politicians who could
not be elected in their district for anything.
TABERCULoSIS IN CATTLE.
House 1868 authorizing the president of the
Board of Agriculture to appoint five persons
who shall examine and slaughter all cattle
having tuberculosis and appropriating $40, 500
for cattle thus slaughtered, was brought up
on third reading, and advocated by Mr.. Matt
lack who said the bill was in the interest of
the farmer and of pure milk. The disease
he said was spreading rapidly and
steps should be taken to prevent it at once.
Mr. Denise said the bill was favored by the
farmers of the State, who were desirous of
protecting health and life. Mr.. Storrs
favored delay in order to give a hearing to
the veterinary surgeons interested in a similar
bill pending. Mr.. Wilbur thought that the
bill should be amended SO as to provide for
slaughtered cattle suffering from other in
fectious diseases Mr.. Wilson spoke in op-
position to the bill. He said that in his dis
trict the babies were not fed COWS milk.
There was a spirited discussion pro and con,
and the bill was passed 80 to 49,
CUSTODY OF THE STATE HOUSE.
The long fight between Essex and Mercer
over the Office of Superintendent of the State
House has been settled today Senator
Skirm introduced bill vesting the custody
of the building with the Comptroller and
State Treasurer, with power to appoint a
custodian and an assistant at salaries OF
$4,000 and 81, 500 respectively. This is a
compromise and the assistant has been
created so that each county can have an
Office. John Wright of Trenton is to get one,
and John 81. Bonnell of Newark the other.
In order to get control of this office, it was
necessary for the Republicans to create
new office, that of assistant, because as long
as Essex and Mercer fought for the place,
they would not vote for the bill
ousting Barney Ford, the present
incumbent. Mr. Ford received So, 900 while
the two new offices are together to receive
$780, Thus does the great Republican
party serve the best interests of the people,
and give them an economic government
when they want an Office.
TRACTION MEN ALL RIGHT.
There was a large gathering of traction
men in the room of the Committee on NUM-
cipal Corporations this afternoon, when the
committee gave hearing on Mr.. Storrs'
bill, which compels companies which propose
to operate a trolley road to obtain the con
sent of the majority of the property
owners to the erection Of polls.
David Young argued against the
bill, and William A. Mott, Secretary of the
Senate left the interests of the State to take
care of themselves while he argued against
the bill in favor of corporation. Ex-Judge
Ford of Newark appeared against
the bill for Orange, and Charles Thompson
of Jersey City appeared against it for
Montclair The Traction Company got all
they wanted, although Mr.. Storrs voted
against them.