The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-11
SENATORS SCARED,
False Rumor Made the Re-
publicans Give Up Their
Aggressive n mentions.
PASSED THE RACE TRACK REPEATER
Adjourned Till Monday, leaving a
Few %Doorkeepers to Guard the
Senate Chamber. 1a
PASSED THE RACE TRACK REPEATER
PROCEEDINGS IN THE ASSEMBLY,.
Special to The Jerseu Ctr Ne,rs.

Enlightened all the warlike talk out of
these political children was John P. Feeney
in his one night stand role of Chief of the
State Police. An ingenious newspaper man
circulated the rumor thai Chief Feeney and
a small army of policemen from Jersey City
and Newark was OIL his way TO Trenton to
arrest all who participated in the breaking
and entering the chamber and when the
Senators heard it they turned tail and ran.
When John Graham performed his great
acrobatic feat of leaping from the ladies'
gallery to the floor and opened the great
doors of the chamber and the crowds which
filed the galleries had grown weary of
cheering Graham, Bradley, Rogers, Voor-
heeS and the other Senators and officers, as
published in THE JERSEY CITY NEWS last
evening, the Republican Senate" settled
down to business. H.
THE BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
The Rev. Dewitt c. Cobb made a fervent
and partisan prayer in which he expressed
the hope that government by the people, for
the people would not pass from New Jersey.
When he got through. Captain Graham re
lieved his feelings by ordering that's off up
there in the galleries" in a manner that
made every maj instinctively rush his hand
TO his head. The first business the Senate
did was to reconsider the resolution by which
rules were adopted yesterday and Messrs.
Stokes, Voorhees, and Hoffman were APP
pointed a to prepare new rules.
They withdrew and a recess was taken until
they came back. They returned in a few
minutes and recommended the adoption of
last wears rules with the exception of Rule
No. SO. Then ensued a funny scene. Senator
Skirm jumped up and wanted to know what
Rule 50 was. Mr.. Voorhees, WSllt over to
him and whispered something in
his ear. Mr.. Skirm sat down
with a satisfied air. Then Mr.. Ketcha1n
suddenly evinced a next morning" thirst
for knowledge as to the purport of rule SO,
which was quickly satisfied by some whis-
pering into his ear by Mr.. Stokes
By this time everyone on the floor knew
that Rule so was the one providing that the
suspension of the rules requires a two-thlrds
vote of the Senate.
1t was desired to pass the race track re-
pealers right away, and as eleven was not
two-thirds of twenty-one they had to get rid
of the rule.
REsoLUTIO FOR THE JOINT SESSION.
A Joint resolution fixing Tuesday, Janu-
ary Is, as the time for holding a joint session
for the election of State Treasurer and
Comptroller. was agreed to, and Nh. VOORHEES,
offered q series of resolutions to the purport
that the Sergeant7at-Arms procure keys for
the desks of the Republican Senators, and
secure access to the rooms Of the various
officials. Then Mr.. ketcham offered a re-
G1iul1OQ WHICH HtleQ -M1lu 10y but Is VI
the belligerents. 1t provided for the appoint
ment of twenty-five temporary assistant
sergeants-at-af1ns to be sworn IN to guard the
Senate Chamber. This was received with
wild enthusiasm by the galleries. They
threw their hats in the air and cheered mad
". The resolution was laid over temporarily,
and a recess was taken for the purpose. as 1t
WIS understood, of fixing up a list OF the
twenty-five. The making OF the list was en-
trusted t. the chairman of the Trenton Re
publican Committee, and when this was
known, the unwashed and the unterritied
almost broke their necks in their wild
scramble to get at the chairmall, and have
their names put upon the list.
1t was while this was going on that the
rumor that John Feeney and his cohorts
were marching upon the Senate
was received. The Information did not
danpen the enthusiasm of the patriots who
were struggling to get upon the list. Next
to drawing $3.50 from the State treasury
nothing would please them more than a good
scrap with ''den jays from Hudson wot thinks
dey can lick de earth" But the rumor had
q different effect upon the leaders. They
went into caucus and remained behind closed
doors for almost an hour, while Franklin
Murphy sat in Bradley's seat and looked as
though he was attending his own funeral.
THEY EAR
When they came forth once more The Re-
publican Senators did not look as happy as
they did when they secured possession of the
the chamber. Mr.. Ketcham arose and, with
drawing his resolution for twenty-five de-
Tenders. offered this
rights of the sovereign people OF this State the
Senate Chamber has bsea barred against the
legally elected representatives OF the Common
Resolved. That the Sergeant-at-Arms of the
Senate and his assistants be instructed to keep
the floors of this chamber free from all persons
except members and officers OF the Senate, and
membersa and officers of the House.
Wild and tumultuous applause from the
galleries greeted the substitute, until it was
discovered that it dispensed with the twenty
five defenders. Then there was silence.
Mr.. VOORHEES, made the first speech in
favor of the resolution. He said:-"Many of
our friends thought us r~ecreant to our trust
because we did not forcibiy take possession
of this Senate Chamber yesterday. Had we
announced our intention to do SO, as we were
unquestionably empowered to do by the Con
stitution, the result might have been blood
shed. Thousands of able-bodied and earnest
citizens stood ready in that corridor to aid
us in such a cause.
II care not what opinion may be given by
anv Democratic State official; the right of
this majority to this Senate Chamber cam
not bo questioned by an upright honest
man. We are eleven Senators elected by
substantial pluralities and commanded by
EllC VII " bkAC 3tAb ~ W. -O@CoC
legislation of the past few years. We are
supported by the Press and the honest men,
bers of all parties, and we will not retreat
from this apartment unless compelled TO do
so either by force or the courts. However
we do not ourselves desire to ~illaugurate the
era of force. No guard that we can place
here can withstand the attacks of the mill
ions of the municipal and State officers.
We have heard that the State
Chief of Police is on his way
rom Jersey City with q small array of men,
I'D we believe the local authorities, and
en- the power that controls the militia will,
they deem it necessary, conlbin to force
; from the Chamber. IN the face OF such
opposition it would be useless fol' us TO fight,
ut we know our constitutional and legal
tights, ard we propose TO have Them
THEIR RIGHTS.
When the applause and cheering which
marked the close of this speech had subiided,
dr. Ketchaln took tho floor. He said that
e had been sent to the Senate by an over
Mhelming majority, made up not ouly of
Republicans but of good democrats, who felt
hat they ave been scandalized by recent
islation. That they had the right to re-
n in possession of the Chamber was q
stion that could not be disputed. The
BE bad sent them TO Trenton to re-
their wrongs and restore to them
rights Of which they had
s4t, deprived. He knew that he was backed
M bv his people and would assert his rights
10 the last. but il the State police and all the
,tber mowers that could be mentioned by the
sremy were to he turned loose on that
Senate, it might be wise to wait until it was
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