The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-06

men it was impossible to see in New
Jersey, In 1898 the mileage was cut
on an opinion of the Attorney-General
that that was all they We're entitled
to; Then Mcdonnell began to charge
mileage from his home at Lakeview, d
sui5nrb OF. Paterson, into Paterson. q
had 10 HAVE ~ eLiPPfNGs.
An item of Sc. 80 for clippings excited
the committees attention, and McDon-
rel explained md that the board g'qt clip
pings al {rb ave cents each relative, ,o to
ii, and it was stricken out. Mcdonnell
explained that the assistant secretary Of
the New York Board of Arbitration spent
nearly his whole time clipping from the
ble's. The New Jersey Board thought it
10 assistant secretary. After. Gov; Werts
refused to alloW the item for clippings
bills direct to Comptroller Heppenheimer,
who allowed them. ia
Mr.. Coroln produced one bill in which
secutive>~ thirty-three had been charged
| per diem for from March q to April 30.
1894. Mcdonnell said, he was alone in
though he had no authority to act for
the board, he had to listen to complaints
said, Mcdonnell had been paid for Isl
out of the 1855 days. As there We're fifty
two Sundays, that left but twenty-six
business. Mcdonnell said his business
| suffered from the neglect, and he lest
money by, his connection with the ooarg,
The boafd had considered 81 out OF ~
reported strikes, and mapy We're settlea
bS letter, telephone or telegraph. CHAR
the board had spent from eighteen 70
twenty days on each strike, wanted
70 know i h wasn't pretty expensive;
YVES we'll worth the money: ,,,,1
Counsellor Corbin read from the bills
submitted by the a%rbitrators and Secre-
m Nv RnTOGfna Items showing that ArDl-
traitor Robinson had been paid SO a day
FOR twenty-one days in drafting the report
charged for forty-one days at the same
| price, President Mcdonnell seventeen
days, and Arbitrator Doyle nineteen days,
| q total OF n.nety-eight days. 1t cost the
State $3.50 for the report which had
never been submitted, and besides this
nectlon with the work. The report. it was
said, would make between one and two
hundred pages. Then Mr.: Corbin found
! report, which would increase the expense
10 over a thousand dollars. Secretary
Romaine told the committee that, out
matter, the report consisted of copying
from the minutes and testimony taken
nndersta ahe f fiat the Services aha ne Of f the three res
lion. as he did the copying. Chairman
might have been employed at $50 q month
with proIit to the State, instead OF pay
ing the three arbitrators and their Secre-
Items were read from the bills of the
board showing $34 paid for a thousand
note and letter headings, 81. 70 for a thou
cards, $500 for two thousand letter heads
of another style, and $40.25 for two thou
Mr.. MDONNELL sQuIRMs.
Mr.. Corbtn then took up the prelimin-
airy report which the board had distri-
4 Mn4oonnI said WAS fnly a nr6faCe to
| the report. In it there was a long list
of writers who were quoted as faTorang
a GsosSma9l ri h@o W5m snsm an oalaS a and
| Charles Mowbray, the English anarchist.
Mfr. Cort5in asked him if excerpts of the
speeches and writings Of these people
derstooa Mr.. Mcdonnell TO say yes.
Tn idea of q sworn officer of the State
Of New Jersey printing TIE The, u~tter ran ces
Goldman, and at the ezi9eSse OF the
| State" exclaimed Mr.. Voorhees,.
At this point Mr.; Romano jNnped up
man appeared IN the report.
Mr.. Corbtsl then read a fight of M
McDenaeal,s rhetoric from the report;
and commercial cannibalism."
Now what is q commercial cannible?'
Mr. Mcdonnell heeitated and looked
@Yes, what IS it?'' asked Mr.. Voorhees,.
Senator Skirm here says he's not one;
When the laugh this raised had sob
sided. Mcdonnell SAID IN a low voice that
ne guessed everyone knew what was
meant. Mr.. Corbin and the committees
| all declared that they were entirely fgno-
uant OF all knowledge of the creature.
Mr.. Mcdonnell finally explained that g.
| commercial c%annibal was one who EYED
m the working men by grinding them
down to the lowest possible ages
"y9,at @ y0u meaa by e enforced Gee,
I - E+-14 +l1sso Sc $40. <nJahHthtrlr in fhrg
COUNTRY since the passage of the Tnia'-
teeath A~raerdment? You know what
that appointment is, don't you?'
'sS6nne TINE ago said Mr.. VOORHEES,,
'T received q circular from You, Mr.
McDonneH, in which you plea ded for the
Door pr5letaries Of this State Do you
know what a nroletary ISL"
Again AIr. Mcdonnell emitted q feeble,
wei, / don't think you do replied
Mr.. Voorhees in disgust. "1t grieves me
to hear q member Of a State B?ard
calling free, honest. Amerlcan Working
vulgar social outeasts."
The expression OF appreciation with
which mis- was received by the Trenten
woYlznen who crowded the mems gal
iery. stirred Mr.. Mcdonnell up a little.
Senator" he began. "Hnere are thou
ands of wage-workers in this State waho
1T is not so,' SHARPLY retorted Senator
| Voorhees. at IS impossible for a wage
worker to be a proletary- Proletaries
doa't' wage"
Mcdonnell sad as Mr.. Voorhees, left
she room in disgust and the galleries APP
Mr.. Gorbin next asked the witness if
he did not think that such utteranees
as those in the report tended more to
and tneir employers instead of engeeader-
ing peace. the object for which the board
was created. With that parting shot ne
FIRST CLEAN OF LIGHT.
board, sid he had received three passes
over as many railroads, but had re-
turned them to the companies, as he
thought he had no right to them. as the
State paid his mileage. He never .trav-
although an engineer on the Central
@That's the first CLEAN of brightness
we have seen IN all this investigation"
said Chairman VOORHEES,.
Secretary Romano was CLOSELY CUES
whether some of the SO a day charged
yves not for wines as we'll as lunches.
"On, no: 07nnlon drink s good enough
for me. We have the credit Of drinking
A dollar for lunch and two dollars for
whsskey.s suggested Chairman voorhees,.
sNo. two dollers for lunch and a dollar
fer vlliskey.," geplied Romano. -,
you 90 any State business after drink
bin read a settlement showing that Nc
Dpnnell had been paid by the State
s.. 52s in 1893 and 5000 n 1924; DOYLE,
1885 in 1898 and 1920 In 1894; Robin
son. o member who was not present to-
Soyy 90 T1A in 1909 and 50 ON IN 1904 and