The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-13
NICE REFORMERS.
Cheap Ferriage Measure
Killed by Republican
Votes in the
Assembly.
ROASTING LEADER sT0RRS
Road Bill Amended = Caucusing
for the Judiciary Bill
A Labor Wrangle.
spcciai to The Jerscv Citu Nears.

measure was brought out of committee
was indicative of the strength of the
BILL They know more today about the
way of the corporation lobbyists ana
the people know what regard this Legis-
lature has for the solemn pledges of the
people.
The bill came UP on final passage and
was opposed by Mr.. Olcott, Who repeat
ed the well-worn argument of the agents
of the Ferry Company, that the bill
was unconstitutional. and declared that
the Legislature should protect the in
serests of corporations as well as those
OF aidiN4lual-.
Mr. Gruber made the principal speech
in favor of the bill. He said that both
the Democratic and Republican press
have condemned the Legislature as be-
ing subservient to the corporations. He
read an extract from Republican paper
which declared that no Legislature.
whether Democrats or Republican, in
the history of the State has been as
easily handled by the corporations as
this one. He declared that the
Legislature should legislate for the
poor as well as the rich;
but the poor had no show
because the rich could come down here
and employ men to look after their in
terests.
ROASTING STORRS.
He roasted his friend Storrs on his
gridiron of sarcasm to the great delight
of the members in the chamber. If the
bill did not interest anyone except the
people of HUDSON, as the corporationists
alleged he argued why did those mem
bers who did not live in Hudson oppose
it SO bitterly?
Mr.. Robertson Indignantly denied that
the corporationists owned him
Mr. Skinner sad the Republicans of
Hucson erred when they injected the
issue OF cheap ferr;age into state poll
tics, fer the situation should have been
settled within the county by electing
Board of Freeholders pledged to give
their constituents cheap ferriage.
Mr.. Skinner also maintained that the
Legislature could not regulate commerce
between the States.
The bill was lost by a vote of IS to 32s Z
-sstf SCI Baker, Blaeizshaw,
Bullock, Cagney, Coursen. Drake, Dun
can, E:sele. Fleming Frederick, Gruber,
Hicks, McAndrew. Nutzhorn, Schober,
r., Smart, Smith, G. S., Usher-1S. Nays
-Alpaugh, Barnard, Bates, Benedict.
Burger, Codding. Cross, Speaker; Davis,
Derousse, Exton, Gfnder. Harrison,
Lower, Matlack. Mock. Olcott, Bowers,
Reading, Robertson, Skinner, Slower,
Smith, G. w. Smith. w. c.. Snyder,
Somers, Stafford, Stanger. Storrs. Tice,
Voorhees,, Wilbur. zabrislsie-S2. Absent
Austin, Christie, Denise, Francis, King,
Ludlam, Mineh, Parslow, Schober c. A.,
Wildes-1a
IN FAVOR OF oLEoMARGARINE.
..I.ush" Gaddis of Newark ard other
capitalists and farmers appeared before
the Senate Agricultural Committee this
morning to urge the passage of the bill
which prohibits the manufacture of oleo-
margarine.
William Person and Walter Annon of
Jersey CITY. Oleomargar.ne Manufaetur-
ers. opposed the bill and submitted
samples of their product and butter
which had been purchased in the open
market for fifteen cents a pound. The
committee tested both and found the
oleo sweet and pleasant to the taste.
while the butter was like the very. very
bad girl Just horrid."
Person read long paper replete with
figures to show that the laws of the
N9fional and State Government were
amply sufficient to protect the dairy men
from the oleo competition. He cited the
$500 Government tax to the rnanufactur-
ers in addition to the ten cent pound
tax: $500 upon the wholesale and one
OF S4S on the retail.
Cilas. H. Cook large farmer. op-
posed the bill, and said he would have
no objection to oleo if it was not color
ed to represent butter.
Mr.. Person denied that it was, and
Mr. Cook hotly reterted that it was and
wanted to bet $1,000 that it was.
Mr.. Person said he would take him up |
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humor
PRAISES THE BOARD.
The Senate Judiciary Committee this |
afternoon gave a hearing on the Assem- |
bly, bill aJbolishing the State Board of |
Arbitration. Mr.. Gompers, ex-President |
of the American Federation of Trades, |
spoke against the bill.
The present system, he contended, was
superior to the one proposed in its place.
One of the most valuable functions of
the present board was settling difficult
ties before any real trouble began. He
said. that the trouble with the present
board was its political trouble.
Chairman VOORHEES, hastened to infoI m
Mr. Gompers that the Senate was not
influenced by any such motives.
Gompers went on, claiming that the
present law was far superior to the in
tended one and said that organized labor
did not want the Storrs bill.
JERSEY CITY BILL INTRODUCED.
Mr. Drake introduced a bill this morn
ing to enable the Street and Water
Board to open Thirteenth street, Bran
hall avenue and the other streets for
which citizens of Jersey City are clamor-
ing. 1t provides that the work can be
done either with or without a petition
from citizens, but majority of those