The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-13
The Governors Nominations
for Lay Judges all Re-
iected This Afternoon.
EX.GOV. LUDLOW is NOW A JUDGE
Juggling With Figures of the
Appropriation Bills-Danger Of
Inadequate Amounts.
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figures.
.what do you want them for?" asked
the spruce young man.
None of your -- business replied
the orator, ''give me the figures"
.Oh, don't get mad" said the young
han 81 only asked because we have
figures here to prove anything you want.
1t begins to look as if that young man
had been to work upon the appropriation
bill upon which this legislature is build
ing its hopes so high.
According to the statements of Repub-
l:can leaders it saves between one hun
y 7red and seventy and one hundred and
oVefghty thousand dollars over last years
sfexpenses. According to the figures OF
the bill it appropriates one hundred
Thousand more. The total amount appro-
priated, 81, ASS SO7, from which should be
deducted the 81, ,196240 collected from the
counties for the school fund and at
once paid out to counties again, leaving
a balance of s2,292,5 ,5Sa The total amount
expended last year, according to the
Comptroller's report, inclusive of the
school tax, was $2,1S7, S32, or just SlO4,755
less than the amount of the much
praised appropriation.
JUGGLING WITH FIGURES.
! When this was called to the attention
of the Republican leaders they took up
the bill and began to prove their side
They picked out several large items
which they designated as extraordinary
expenses and which, they said, should
not be considered in a comparison OF
the two years ordinary expenses OF
running the State Government. Chief
among these were appropriations made
by law for enlargement of the State
Prison and repairs and Improvements to
other State institutions. But when they
get their finest work in is in juggling
with the school funds
For example, on page twenty Oh the
bill is an appropriation forty five thou
sand ..'for deficiency in appropriations
made out of the Schools Fund" which
they will tell you is included in the two
enhundred thousand, school appropriation
NSon page twenty-five. In this way they
transfer from one item to another. Sub
tract this and that and call this an or
dinary and state an extraordinary ex-
pense until they show an amount saved
with which they hope to delude the
people and capture the State next fall.
APPROPRIATIONS TOO SMALL.
There is another danger in the bill
and that is many of the appropriations
are inadequate for the purpose for which
the Courts and other departments of the
government paralyzed for want of funds
as often occurs in the general govern
ment, confronts New Jersey.
The House this morning took up the
Governors vetoes of the Newark bills
Speaker Cross read telegram from the
Rev. S. Edward Young, chairman of the
citizens of Union protesting against the
passage of the bills over the Governors
vetoes and asking for "a, hearing in be-
half of the Law and Order people of
his city.
Mr. Storrs pleaded for the bills and
stated that he was authorized by Mayor
Lebkuecher to promise each Assembly
man that should it become necessary
for him to make use of the law he
would appoint those elected by the
people at the last election. The bills
passed just the same.
VETOES OVERRIDDEN.
The vetoes of the bill reducing the
fees of the Clerk of the Supreme Court
r for searching was then taken up Mr.
! Robertson thought the Governors posi-
tion that the fees could not be dimin-
ished during the term of the present in
eumbent was sound; but the artisan
House thought otherwise, and the bill
passed over the veto SO did Senate 259,
which provides that he Clerk in Chan
Gerry shall receive no compensation TOR
services rendered in suits brought ny
the State against corporations yetoed
by the Governor. was passed over the
veto without debate.
special committee or road impiEve-
1nent from the New York Legislature
visited the House at .he morning ses-
sion and were accorded the privileges of
the floor They expressed themselves as
pleased with their reception. They will
visit Burlington, Union and Sussex coun-
ties to inspect New Jersey roads.
SPLIT IN THE G. o. P.
The House took recess at noon, The
Senate was in conference all the morning
over the nominations sent in by the Gov
ernor on Tuesday. There was wide
split among them. Some were for
jecting all the nominations outright,
while others, who shrank from the ex-
posure of their hypocrisy which the
lection of Governor Ludlow would create,
wanted to run away from the issue.
and adjourn the Senate without breaking
the seal of the Governors envelopes
When they succeed in getting out of
this hole they find themselves on the
brink of another. AS soon as the Senate
met the Governor sent in these names:
be Lay Judges of the Court of Errors
and Appeals. j. Kearney Price law
Judge of Common Pleas, Robert Adrain,
Prosecutor of Niddlesex County and
Boman S. Cox and Austin p. Swackham-
err Lay Judges of the Gloucester County
Common Pleas. The Republicans had
already decided to reject Messrs. Talman
and Smith. Last winter they rejected
Rdessrs Rice and Adrain.
At two o'clock the Republicans finished
their conference and the Senate went
into executive session. The nominations
were duly received from the Governor
and that of Ex-Governor Ludlow for
Supreme Court Justice was confirmed;
Eanfield and Riker were referred which
is polite form of rejection, while
Messrs. Smith, Tallman, Adrain and Rice
we're rejected.
The Senate passed resolution to ad
Iourn sine die at half past two o'clock
ihis afternoon. .,z