The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-19
LOCAL OPTION DEFEATED.
biennial L~e2ssln,iye Sessions Bill
Passes u senate.

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Passes the Senate.
Sneeiny to the Jc7scu CTtp Ncars.
TRENTON. March 10. 1s95.-Tne Re-
publican party has claimed for many
years to be the party of morality and
temperance. When the Prohibitionists
We're something of a power in the State
the Republican leaders used to beg them
to come into the Republican fold, because
that was the true temperance party.
Last night the Republican Senate showed
the hypocrisy of those assertions by de-
feating Senator Rogers bill which pro-
vides for local option in %boroughs.
Senator Bradley. who was in favor of
the bill. blamed Franci Murphy for its
defeat. Mr.. Murphy was in the Senate
Chamber during the discussion, n
Senator Bradley says he influenced
suaded them to vote against the bill.
This is denied by Mr.. Murphy, who says
that Nj Ketcham had made up his
that Mr.. Williams had said that he
was temperance man. but the bill
would not hurt the party in his county,
Those who know said that Mr.. Ket-
cham changed his mind four times. and
was caught by the roll call when he was
opposed to the measure.
Mr.. Rogers explained the bill, saying
hat it amounted to practical local OPP
ton, as it took the granting of licenses
from the Court, and gave it to the Com
Mr.. Ketcham expressed the opinion
that it was a serious matter to give IS
sides to the question. and both should
be considered.
IF there was any man who should
was Senator Ketchams" Last winter
he stood on that floor and pleaded for
home rule for Newark. It was for that
Senator TO Trenton. He said that Messrs.
Skirm and DAILY ought to vote for the
bill. the former because he was a pillar
in the Methodist Church IN the latter
because # his coed mother was alive
she would say, William vote for the
MI. Bradley then argued that the bill
In appealing to Senator Packer to vote
for the bill. he reminded him that he
was a member Of the Society of Friends
yes" calculated Uncle Dan, as SEN
ator Packer is familiarly, called; land
they ssns al IKE n.1 their IN apple dnno Jaek.' the hin.
said that were he not a conservative
man, and the bill did not deprive people
of their natural rignts. he would certain
earnest appeal.
Considerable time was taken up in
explaining just what the bill did, and
then the vote was taken. with this re-
sult:-
Ayes1Bradley, Hoffman. Ross; skircm,
Nays5paIy, DRAKE, Heggber1, Fetch
Thompson. Williams, Winton-12.
Mr.. Rogers changed his vote to no
SO that he can move to reconsider the
vote.
Previous to his local option fight there
was a long struggle over what is known
as the Glen Ridge law.
A portion of Bloomfield Township last
year voted to set itself of as d borough
There was some defect in the process.
Newark, rushed a bill through to cure
that defect. Bloomfield introduced a bill
this year to have the bill repealed so
that they could take the matter into the
courts. and one of the bitterest fights Of
the session was made on the measure.
The bill came up on final passage, and
Mr.. DAILY exhausted all the parliament
tary machinery to delay its passage, and
all he accomplished was to waste valuable
time. All his dilatory motions were voted
down, and the bill finally passed.
Among the other bills passed were:-
The Constitutional amendment provid-
ing for biennial sessions of the Legisia~
ture; Senate 800, providing for an ambu-
lance corps for the National Guard, anc
the Constitutional amendment relating
to the judiciary.