The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-02-13
BIG ROW IN TRENTON.
Senator Skirm Says the Ac-
tons of His Colleagues
Are CoWardly.
SENATORS DEFEND THEMSELVES.
Voorhees, Believes in Werts,
While Stokes Says He Is a
Foe TO New Jersey.
BUSINESS IN THE HOUSE.
Passed Bills Committee Wait on
the GoYernor-Their Plan
of Action.
BUSINESS IN THE HOUSE.
spccial to the JERSEY city Ncirs.

1RENTON. p6D. Iowa AOi w q -
came to the Executive chamber this morning
for the first time this week. When asked if
there was any new developments in
the the Senatorial deadlock he said
that he had not given the matter any
thought since the adjournment last week.
He said that he could not say that
the quo aoarranto proceedings had
been abandoned He was asked about
the plan for settling the muddle proposed by
Allan McDermott Mr.. McDermott is a
member of the Electrical Subway Commits
sion which was abolished last week by vote
of the Republican House and Senate. Nc
Dermott proposes to have the board grant a
company a franchise and then have that
franchise attacked in the court on the
ground that the commission has been abol-
ished The Governor said be did not think
that that plan was good, for the
first thing the court would do would
be to ask for the law abolishing the board.
As the bill had not been filed with the Secre-
tary of State or acted upon by the Governor,
it would not be produced and the proceed
ings would fall through. The Governor
urther said that he would not endorse the
bills submitted to him, as that might be con-
strued into a. recognition by MN
not see any way in which the
difficulty could be settled until the terms of
the present State Treasurer and Comptrol-
Ter had expired, which is about the middle
of March. When the newly elected officers
applied for the offices, the present incum-
bents will refuse to give them up, and COM
pei Messrs. Swain and Hancock to appeal to
the courts.
REPUBLICAN SENATORS HAVE A ROW.
There was lively row in the Republican
Senate this morning. In the absence of
fo fr,,ar with fall
ling among themselves The trouble began
with a speech from manuscript by Mr..
Ketcham, in which he hkened the present
muddle to that which existed in the menu
orable days of Cicero and Cataline. 1t was
little difficult to tell just whom he meant
to compare Cataline with, but there was
no doubt who the modern Cicero is in the
orators estimation.
Senator S1irm followed with prepared
addl ess, in which he angrily declared that
he was tired of such shiIly -shalling as ad-
journing from day to day, hour TO hour and
the like. Something positive should be
done, and that at once. The people looked
to the Republican Senate to do something,
other than talk of oyertures, settlements and
just come to the State House day after day
only to go home again.
IMPEACHMENT TALK.
81 don't wish to appear as favOring i'm
peachment proceedings, Mr.. Skirm declared,
waxing boisterous, $50 far as Governor
Governor is head and heels in this conspir
acy, to steal the Senate and rob honestly
elected men of their rights
Mr.. Skirm, after severely arranging Gov
ernor Werts turned his attention to his col
leagues and intimated that they, especially
the committee upon whom was thrust the
work of settling the Senatorial muddle, had
been decidedly lukewarnl, In fact somewhat
cowardly. The Senator was unspar
ing in his criticisms of the Demo
a. o. IL,
had no use for adjournments
no use for recesses, and no use for anything
but the most positive work. He did not be-
lieve in letting Governor Werts or any one
else block the wheels of State, and he didn't
count his fellow Senators to submit to COM
promises or anything that came from the
other end of the State.
rs. BRADLEY DOESN'T AGREE.
Senator Bradley did not agree with Mr..
Skirm. ssI think we are making remarkable
progress" he said. eMore in the line of pro-
gress was accomplished by last nights cele-
bration than by two weeks of work of an
other kind. 1t was an advance in educational
politics" Mr. Bradley then told how out of
chaos and confusion the war was brought to
triumphant close.
s1Yes but it took four years to get there"
said MIR. Skirm.
.sAh but we were triumphant" replied
Bradley, sand will triumph now
Mr.. Rogers declared that the Republican
Senate should not be blamed as it was doing
all the work it possibly could He
resented the charge of cowardice and said
that he voiced the sentiments of his coll
. leagues when he said that the Republican
Senators were not deficient in backbone.
They had passed all the bids that had come
to them. Mr.. Rogers was inclined to put
the blame for delay upon the House.
VOORHEES, DEFENDED HIMSELF
Senator VOORHEES, followed the rest. He
said that Mr.. Slirm managed to stir up
hornets nest every now and then. Il feel
called upon" he said, ITO defend myself
natured Senator from Mercer and
desire to be distinctly understood
that our ultiInatum to the Democratic Sena-
tors, as far as / am concerned, was
final Anarchy is shown in every
movement Of the people at the
not true patriots"
REPUBLICAN CAUSE DEFENDED.
Mr.. VOORHEES, then defended vigorously
and eloquently the position which the Re
publicans favor and have maintained
in this fight. 7 now declare
have better proof than that which has
vet been presented, proof in fact.
strong as Holy Writ, I shall not believe
that Governor Werts is a party to the at,
in sympathy with the deadlock. He is our
Executive as well as the Executive
of the Democrats, and as such we
should respect him and refrain from
abusing him until we are sure
he is in sympathy with the deadlock 81 heme
or foe to New Jersey. BY little yelling
on both sides, perhaps, something mighr he
accomplished. Let my friend from Mercer
tell his people that we do the work that we
are appointed to do. and that we do it in a
legal, orderly way"
No CONFIDENCE IN wERTs.
n M, Stokes also went for Senator Ekirm