The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-01-02

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! sented and discussed.
! The appointment of commission to
frame charter for "Greater New York;
is recommended Certain amendments
| to the Election laws, especially the aho-
lition of the 'hlpnket paster," are ad-
vised, and improvements of the canals,
by deepening and otherwise, is adVocat-
1 ed. The Governor also suggests the APP
| polntment of committee TO cooperate
! with similar bodies in other States as
to the best means of securing improve
ments in highways.
The Senate was called to order by
! Lieutenant Governor Saxton at 1l:45 A. M.
There were few absentees.
sAXTON'S SGAs.
| Mr.. Saxton addressed the Senate as
foilows:-
''Senators-The people have honored me
by electing me TO an office which i'm
poses, among other duties that of pre-
i siding over deliberations of this Senate.
while the constitution and not your
choice has placed me in this chair my
| powers and duties are essentially the
same as those of any other president
| of a parliamentary body. I am here to
carry out your will, not mine; to see
! that the peoples business given into your
| charge is done in an orderly way and
! according to the rules you Will estap-
lish for your own guidance. My expe-
rience on the floor of this chamber gives
me assurance that l will always be
treated with the utmost kindness and
courtesy by the members of this SEN
ate.
1.-THE session upon which we are just
entering will be q laborious one. There
! is much important work to be done.
Never has a single election in this State
4 paved the way for such benefcient and
far reaching reforms as did the one
which occurred last fall. This Legisla-
! ture will have the opportunity to do
/ work which if done will be of meal
culable benefit to the people, and will
go a great way toward eleVeting the
standard of our citizenship. The revis-
| ed constitution works numerous nomen-
| tous changes in our organic law and
places upon the Legislature responsible
| tiles of the greatest character. There
are many of its provisions that will re-
| quire legislation before they can go into
practical operation; legislation that will
| demand the most serious and careful
| consideration.
zone of the weighty questions likely to
come before you is that of the Greater
| New York. have abiding faith in the
| future supremacy of our great metropolis
( From the very nature of things there
must always be a greater population
| clustering around that magnificent har-
bor in which fieats the commerce. of the
world, that around any other spot upon
/, this Continent. That population, now
dwelling in different cities will soon,
trust, be brought together into one great
municipality. The work = of framing a
charter for a city that will contain more
| than 100000 of souls must call for a
very high degree of wisdom and states
manshfp.
but a still greater work will be that
Of creating purasss tssstsss ard .n9S'sr
New York. That can only be accom-
pfshed by the virtue and public spirit
of its public citizens. but this Legis-
lature will have power to aid materially
in that work by the enactment of broad
and liberal measures which will promote
the truest interests of the whole peo
ple."
Senator Mullin of Watertown offered
a resolution naming Senator O'Connor
as President pro tenn. Senator Mcmahon
Of New York, moved to substitute the
name of the minority leader, Senator
Jacob A Cantor of New York. This was
lost, ayes Z, nays, Is. Senator Mullins
resolution was then adopted.
Senators Kilburn and Cantor were ap
pointed a Committee to infoYn the Gov
ernor that the Senate was ready to pro-
ceed with business. Senators I.eXoW
and Mcmahon were appointed a commit
tee to perform a like duty with the AS
sembly.
Senator OConnor then addressed the
Senate from the Lieutenant Governors
chair.
LEXOW BILLS.
When Senator Lexow introduced his
power of removal bill and his bill pro-
viding for hearings on proposed bills
affecting municipalities, he asked that
they be referred to the Judiciary Com
mfttee. He said the bills were prepared
by Mr.. Choate, Mr.. Root, and other
great legal minds in New York City.
Objection was made and the bills went
to the Cities Committee.
PAP.
The nomination of. Alva H. Doty of
New York City to be Health Officer of the
Port of New York to succeed DR.. Jen-
kins was received from Governor Morton
and confirmed on motion of Senator
Pound. The minority offered no objec-
ton to immediate confirmation. Senators
Pound, Cantor and Guy spoke kind words
for DR.. Doty, saying his appointment was
favored by the medical profession.
Senator O'Connor said that after today
he would object to the immediate con-
ffrmation of nominations. He thought
the confirming power of the Senate meant
something. Senator Cantor said he had
no objection to confirming as the RePub-
licans thought that TO the victors be-
long. the spoils." He hoped the nomin-
alton would be confirmed so that Gov
ernor Morton would in measure be re-
lieved from the pressure ON him for ap-
pointments. The nomination of George
w Aldridge of Rochester to be Super
intendent of Public Works was next re-
ceived and immediately confirmed on
motion of Senator Parsons.
The nomination of Charles Lincoln of
Little Valley, Cattaraugus County as a
Commissioner of Statutory Revision to
succeed Prof Charles A. Collin was re-
ceived and confirmed.
PRINTING JOB.
Mr. LeNpw introduced a resolution
calling for the printing Of 10000 copies
of the testimony taken in the New York
Police Inyestigation He asked for its