The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-12
RANK HERESEY.
Senator Voorhees, Thinks the
Present National Guard
ali Expensive
Luxury.
WRANGLlNG OYER APPROPRIATIONS
Naval Reserves Come High
Criticizing the Judges
Salaries.
Special tathe ycrscu Citu Neus.

TRENTON. June u. 1894 large por-
ton of the time spent by the Senate in
its conference yesterday afternoon was
taken up in wrangling over the now APP
preparation bill. The conference was a
long tedious one to those who had to
wait for the close. John McMaster, Gov
ernor Werts' private secretary was kept
from his lunch a long time waiting for
the Senate to convene SO that he would
present the Governors vetoes and nom
nations. Every few MINUTES one of the
Republican Senators woul dive out of
the carefully guarded Presidents room
and declare that the conference would be
over In ten minutes.
The FIVE Democratic Senators made a
little group by themselves and talked over
matters as they patiently awaited the end
of the Republicans efforts to save a
dollars here n there in their frantic eff
forts to formulate a policy of "Retrench-
ment and Reform" They growled not a
little over the fact that they were obliged
to leave the business and cool their heels
about the Senate Chamber and cloak
rooms while the Republicans manufac-
tured votes for their candidates..
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
About one o'clock the doorkeers began
10 TIL lGllcH lllO II COu1clSilCS tpOiAi.
President tokes reflection met with a
fatal accident. The pages were playing
tag and a number of them rushed through
one of the side doors just as an attend
ant entered with a glass of milk in one
hand and a plate bearing a piece of
rhubarb pie, a fork and a small PARALLEL
gram of cheese in the other. One of the
pages struck the attendant full amidships
rTha nio and ito aaaaSc1rinS WAnt IN tho
marble floor with a crash that brought
the Senators from their room and was a
total wreck. By a number of intricate
gyrations which would nave secured
the man a place on any stage as q gilt
edged contortionist the attendant sue
ceeded in saving the major part of the
milk and bearing it in triumph TO the
President.
Finally about two o'clock the Senate
was called to order and proceeded at
once to take Ak p p;3, the srh amheirndmen I !, e. ,d TIE
psing State armories $500 Of $500
s. " IL at Sfafe This arm4 Waa am ss@ : 81
81 So. as 81, to q give sso al III e %aa annron aiife s3 for
the payment of tsae enlisted men and
S ssss Slr Tbs g. a SS msPf { asnsrs st Vars tirst sI RrS,
81, 400 for clerical hire instead of $3.50 as
at first proposed and other Slight changes
AN EXPENSIVE LUXURY.
Senator Kuhl asked if, under the bill,
the militia would cost more or less than
skirm hat it would be some thousands
of dollars less. Mr.. Kuhl said there were
many people who thought that the milf
he M Sad a no e inRPension i Of attacking slagoi tie
National Guard. Mr.. Voorhees, said. it
was an expensive luxury as conducted at
ms Twill iinas the ae Senator a aaq from { Union ie9Is suggest
how he should reorganize it, asked Mr.,
DAILY in his blandest tones.
ergy. II Would abolish the present sys-
tenn of rifle. practice for one. 1t is too
expensive %a!togethsr and ! am told BY
e enede m waH ANY ana ma the h c .eRpe ee ene ept
down, and I think the rank and file
agrees with me. It's the gentleman
y who o wnaf fhe 1he tex d0ar | ff a ! after Ct whatever
in the needs Of the Soldiers Home he
s S. tb he did app nat see to why ~ f Instead lnee cf sd
minishing, as it would be thought they
ought to. as the years roll by.
on, they multiply. exclaimed senator
laugh.
Mr.. Skirm explained that as the. years
Sustaining in themselves Beams enfeebied
and unable to work and were obliged
to seek the Home.
Mr.. skirm also got in a whack at the
Senator who voted for the bill creating
the reserve did so on the understanding
gass 3 fr q the fnos sil Ta tba Te f s drslng n nne
cost the State a cent and yet it was
found e necessary to appropriate over
Y"0oS GOTrPT oFF1rvAy,s, paw
Senator skirm, who had charge Of the
amendments, announced that that was
sssa engrossed and brought up on fnai
Senator winton asked if nothing lac
been done in regard to reducing the pay
tDld the senator mean the salaries of
the Judges?" Mr., voorhees, asked;
mean" Mr. winton replied, and Senator
VOORHEES, declared that they had not
and that it would be false economy to
lawyers had been Offered judicial posi-
lions in this State and had refused them
because they. could make more money
New New Jersey Mr.. w.nton said in
reply, was paying larger JUDICIAL salar-
les thar. many Of its n%eighbors. Just
Mr.. VOORHEES, retorted thai. New Jer-
seY's lawyers stood higher and were con-
StutItu lIlC Ibtsl III viz iNAtlo aAI0 ~ - kAlHt
reason should be well paid. He could
ret plenty Of lawyers, such as they were.
to be judges and chancelsors at s1,5N a
"That." Mr.. ,winton saiida; would be
sive.,' and with that the episode closed,
Mr.. Bullock, the labor leader from
Paterson, chafed all day under the man
ner In which his labor bills had beer
Killed by being improperiy engrossed
and at the afternoon session of the
House he broke out. He introduced 4
resolution calling up his semi-monthiy
payment bill which the Governor had
vetoed. because when, II reached him a
He wanted the matter fixed up somehow
Al the bill was all right when 1t passed.
Mr.. Stnrrs told him that the only thing
that could be done would he to pass the
| hill over again and Mr.. Bullock imme--
d.ately took him at his word and pumped
AEJGURMED TILL EVENING.
Then the old trouble broke out again.
The point was made that under the reso-
! tuition no business hut Voorhees, EeM-
| mittee business would be considered and
| after the subject rae been thrashed over
arain the Sneaksr concluded. to let the
bill go In and there It VIII probably
stay.
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