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than good. Beekman made the usual exhi
bition of himself, but got out of the hole, into
which he plunged headforemost, in a
which was really clever. He arose and sale
he opposed the bill because it affected one OF
the cities in his county.
"Will the gentleman from Middlesex kind
ly inform me what first-class city is in his
| county," asked Mr.. McEwan. IF he will
look at the bill he will see that it applies tc
first-class cities only
Mr.. Beekman was a little disconnected al
this but quickly recovering himself said
'My colleague from New Brunswick asked
me to syeak against the bill as he said il
effected his city. suppose he thinks that il
his city is not a first-class one it ought tc
be-"
This produced a general laugh and brought
colleague Harkins to his feet and the blood
to his face. He Indignantly declared that
the bill under consideration was not the one
he asked Mr.. Beekman to oppose. The
Democratic eloquence was of no avail and
Christy's head fell into the basket by a
strict party vote.
sToRRs' POOL SELLING BILL.
There was another lively debate over
Storrs' bill to heavily punish those who make
bets and buy pools and books at horse races.
Mr.. Carroll moved to strike out the e~nacting
clause. Uncle William Harrigan supported
the motion and in the course of his remarks
ran foul of the Speakers gavel. He dwelt
with Particular emphasis upon Nh. Storrs'
excellent record as a Yale football player
and the boxes of candy and gloves he had
bet with his lady friends that his team would
win. He soon had everyone laughing over
his sly digs at Mr.. Storrs.
He finally brought Mr.. Storrs to his feet
with a point of order. Harrigan wanted to
know how he was out of order and soon got
into a controversy with the Speakers gavel
which, of course resulted in a victory for the
gavel.
Mr.. Thompson next spoke and was never
more in earnest.
He said he didn't see why Mr.. Storrs
should set himself up as a paragon of NOR
atty when there was so much hypocrisy in
the land. 70 be consistent, he argued, Mr..
Storrs should introduce a bill prohibiting
gambling in wheat and stock ON the ex-
changes. The great bulk of the misery
brought upon the people, he declared, was
caused by the operations in that great money
centre of the country, Wall street. The
Duke" spoke bitterly of the Wall street
form of gambling and declared that it was
as natural for al American to bet as it was
for a duck to swim. He ventured to say
that Mr.. Storrs would take advantage of a
tip in Wall street to profit by a deal in
wheat.
'sthat this bill should be SO strongly opposed
by the very man who introduced to the
State of New Jersey the very form of gam
bling it was desired to blot out and punish.
Unfortunately Wall street and its form of
gambling are beyond the jurisdiction of the
New Jersey Legislature. We're they not the
Legislature would, without doubt, take pro
per action in the premises. favor the sup
preston of all forms of gambling, and I
believe that the punishment should fit the
crime in all cases."
There were other speeches on the bill, and
it was finally passed to a third reading by a
vote of AZ to z.
RAILROAD TAXATION BILL.
Mr.. McEwan introduced a bill which ex-
plains why the Committee on Railroads and
Canals did not report Mr.. Kelly's equal
taxation bill. Mr.. McEwan's bill amends
the act for the taxation of railroad and
canal property so that the tax is liked at the
rate at which all other property is assessed