The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-02-21


mond ran it's own works and sold gas at
one dollar and cleared $4,000 last year.
besides lighting all the streets and pub
lie buildings free of cost He read u
list of cities which furnish gas for one
dollar.
Mr.. Eisele handled the Chesterfieldian
and eloquent Robertson without gloves.
Beginning with Robertson's asser-
ton that the minority report was a sop
ton that the minority report was a sap
to the second class cities, he said
''That was the sop the Republicans
threw to the voters of Hudson County
last fall. and caught votes with it in
order that they might send Republican
to the United States Senate.
SLAP At FULLER.
zone of the paid counsel cf the gas COM
panies who appeared before the commit
tee to argue against this BILL ran on that
platform in Hudson, but when he came
down here he forgot the sop and the
people," Mr.. Eisele, who is himself a
Republican. referred to Colonel Fuller.
Continuing, he said It was remarkable
that all the able lawyers of the House
were opposed to the bills. The friends Of
the measure were accused of not pre-
dueingi figures before the committee;
how would they produce figures when all
the gas experts were in the employ Of
the companies, and it was impossible to
get them to testify.
ACCUSES SECRETARY KELSEY.
Referring to the argument that dollar
gas weuld ruin the companies, he said
that the Secretary of State, who sat in
the gallery during the debate had tried
to engineer a deal for the consolidation
of the Jersey City and Newark Com
panies with capital of five million
dollars without putting in another cent
The deal only fell through because the
Newark men could not get the amount
of stock they wanted in the new com
pany
Statesman Storrs opposed. the bills be-
cause they were not drawn seientifical-
ly, and said that if the bill was intro
duced for commission to consider the
question, he would vote for it.
Mr. Gruber quoted from a stock
brokers' circular showing that Jersey
City gas stocks were worth ITO to 190
Mr.. Derousse Rep), from Camden,
tried to choke off the argument with the
previous question. but was persuaded by
his Republican colleagues to withdraw Il.
Messrs Nutzhorn and Blackshaw then
spoke for the bill. The motion to sub
stitute the minority report was then
defeated by this vote:-
MINORITY REPORT VOTE.
Messrs. Bates, Benedict, Blackshaw,
Christie, Drake. Duncan, Eisele, Flem-
ing, Gruber, Harrison, Matlock Minch,
Mock, Nutzhorn, Schober, c. A, Scho-
Der, F.. Skinner, Smith, G. L.. Wildes.
Total, 10.
Those who opposed the Eisele report
were:-Messrs. Alpaugh, Austin, Baker,
Barnard, Burger, Codding, Coursen,
Cross (Speaker). Davis, Derousse, Ex-
ton, Francis. Frederick, King, Lower,
Lindlaw, Powers, Reading, Robertson,
Smith, G. W., Snyder, Somers, Stat
ford, Stanger Storrs, Tice, Voorhees,,
Wilbur, Zabriskie. Total, 20.
MAJORITY REPORT VOTE.
Following is the vote in favor or adopt
ing Codding's majority report:-Messrs.
Apaugh, Austin, Baker, Barnard, Bur-
ger Codding, Coursen, Cross (Speaker),
Davis, Derousse, Exton, Francis, Fred
erick, King, Lower. Ludlam, Matlack.
Powers, Redding, Robertson, Smith, G.
W., Snyder, Somers, Stafford, Stanger,
storrs, Tice. Voorhees,. Wilbur, Zabris-
kie. Total. 80.
Those who voted against the adoption
of the Codding report:-Messrs. Bates,
Benedict, Blackshaw, Christie, Drake,
Duncan, Eisele. Fleming, Gruber, Harri-
son, Minch, Mock. Nutzhorn, Schober,
c. A., Schober, F., Skinner, Smith, G.
L., Wildes. Total, IS.
Then a motion to reconsider the votes
carried, which kills dollar gas for this
session.
Adverse criticism was caused by the
absence of the Hudson members. Dur
ing the fight on the gas question the
following Assemblymen were absent
J. Bullock, Cagney, Denise, Ginder,
Hicks, McAndrews, Olcott, Parslow, Sio-
yer, Smart. w. C. Smith, and Usher.
John Ginder entered the Chamber as
soon as the fight was over, and he was
coI1nd1v cbided for his Sinking.