The sun., 1895-03-06
FOR TWO-CENT FERRTAGE.
THE TRENTON LEGIsLAToRs DTs-
APPOINT THE LOBBY

tn. Bill Tshen out or Committce Upon =
Minority R@port-Ir It Becotnes - Law,
New York VIII Also he Appealed TO.
TRENTON, March 5.The railrond corporations
and the lobbyists suffered n defeat in the House
to-day, and the men who always vote for what
tho people want enjoyed n triumph. The Com
mittcc on Commerce and Navigation, which had
for long time held Nutzhorn's TwO.cent Fer
ringc bill, ut last reported It adversely. Mr..
Fleming OF Hudson ut the same time submitted
minority report, Offering compromise bill to
make the fcrriage rate between New York and
New Jersey two cents between the hours OF o
and In the morning and evening.
Mr.. UlcOtt of Sussex, member of the COM
mittec, defended the majority report. and said
the committee In reporting the bill adversely
were lcglslatinE in the interest Of fair play to
the ferry companies, who would be seriously in
jured financially II the rnte Of fcrriaEe was low
cred. lie further cuntcndcd that the Lcgi-la-
ture could not legally regulate the rate of fer
riage.
Mr. Nutzhorn Of Hudson insisted that the
ferry companies could well afford to carry pas
sengers for two cents owing to the increase In
tho number OF passengers The team traffic
alone he said. will pay the running expenses Of
the companies. Tho people of Hudson county
demand the bill and IL 1t is not passed this year
another delegation will come to Trenton next
winter pledged to give their constituents relief
The objection raised that the bill IS uncon stitu-
tional, Mr.. Nut2hOrn said, is made IN bad faith.
for the courts have decided that the freehoders
can regulate the ferry. rates. He further said
that IL the bin passed he would at once go to
Albany and work for tho passage of similar
bill by the New York Legislature.
The discussion continued for more than two
hours when vote was taken on the adoption Of
the minority report, aud IT, was concur-ed in by
vote of Is to %. The announcement of the
result was greeted with applause, and the bill
The LOBBYISTS predic that tho House will kill the
bill on final passage and II IL does not that tn
Senate Committee on Commerce and NaVign-
tOn will chorofOrm IL.
Senator Noorhees's elective judiciary bill
passed the House this afternoon by vote of 4
to II, and now awaits the action Of Coy Werts.
the measure say that they can pass the bill over
the Governors head, and that they will do so.
Mr.. Robertson of passaic made tho only
speech against the measure. lie called atten-
tion to the fact that in the States where The
Judges are elective impeachment trials ire fire.
quent. Judges elected by the people, he said
were under obligations to the men who nomi-
mated them and as often to ward heelers and
toughs as to reputable citizens. Judges coming
up from the primaries and through the filth Of
Judges who have been appointed by the Gov
ernors of New Jersey. As an attorney he would
hate to practice bofor any Judge whom he had
opposed at the polls. His argument fell upon
deaf ears.
In the Senate this afternoon petition was re-
ceived from the Woman's Suffrage Association
Constitution. This%the suffrage provision OF
the Constitution,
Mr.. Gruber of Hudson introduced bill in the
House tonight requiring railroad companies to
carry people from any point to Jersey City Tor
three cents less than the fare to New York
Senator DAILY introduced n bill TO consolidate
the Hudson county towns Of Harrison and
kearny.