The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-12
VETO IGNORED.
Elective Judiciary Bill
Passed by the
Senate.
TO TEST ITS CONSTlTUTI0NALITY
RebeIli Gus Republicans Growl
Over the Fate of Their
Hung-Up Bills.
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adjournment. and after a caucus lasting
over. an hour. resolved to adjourn sine
die on Friday. March %. The House will
probably concur in the resolution when
it meets again tomorrow. 1t took a
strong delegation of the leaders to bring
about this settlement. General Sewel,
Carrot Hobart. Franklin Murphy, Will
lam Bente. John Kean. e. b. Gaddis
and other head lights" of the party
were in Trenton and put the screws on
the members,
There was some emphatic demurring
at first by those nice new members whose
pet bills had been hung UP and who did
not want to go home until they had cut
them down.. but the leaders insisted. and
gave the screws a few twists which soon
brought the rebels to their knees.
The caucus also decided to pass the
Judiciary bill over the Governors veto.
There was some opposition to this and
Messrs. Ross and Ward kicked hard.
But it is just as hard to kick against
the prscks in this glorious nineteeth CEN
fury as it was m the days of Saul of
Tarsus over eighteen hundred years ago.
A DOUBTFUL AUTHORITY.
When the Senators emerged from their
conference room Senator voorhees, moved
that the Governors veto of his Elective
Judiciary bills be taken ~. When the
measures came up senator DAILY vigor-
ously opposed the measures. He READ a
long editorial from an alleged Republic
can paper which set forth the iniquity of
the proposed innovation and asked the
Republican Senators if they could vote
for a bill which their own party con-
demned.
: Senator Voorhees, interposed the remark
1 "a r 1t was ne not $40 long ga agH si nrif,c iaaf
the Senator from Hudson when he was
a candidate and asked if the Senator held
the same high opinion of the paper then
as he did now.
'sThe very same" promptly replied Mr..
DAILY, the editor at no time anticipated
thereby showing his good Judgment
Mr.. DAILY then went on and read ex-
tracts from other newspapers, many of
demnins the bIii. He said that he did
so simply Tor the ed:flcation of his Re-
publican colleague. because" ne said.
IT IS VIGOROUSLY OPPOSED.
THAT Is the criticism of the press Of
continued, "and | had hoped that It
would make you see the error of your
way. b u unfortunately am mistaken.
i~slature taking such a long step in the
WRONG direetion.I maintain there has
been no popular demand for this meas
IRE. Ne reflection has or can be cast
upon our iudictary. but I am sorry to
see that The order has gone forth that
the judicial ermlne. shall, for the first
p fda1fj p aEassed through the mlre of
In reply Mr. Voorhees, said that the
,pathos of the Senator from Hudson was
very embarrassing if it was sincere. but
hss SINCERITY was open to question. The
RepubFcans We're accused of dragging
the ermine in the m:re of politics, but
as a matter of fact they proposed to take
it out of politics.
"a distinguished Governor. now dead"
he cot sIns 49, g.
mon Pleas is always in and subserv:ent
to politics. and it was to remedy thai
. sysl ssRas sss ShsPsf Mss gpTePesed;T
dMr. Veorhees then took a al at read
4sgveral from what he called Republican.
favored the, bill He said that those who
favored the bill last session lave watched
thaa Is s eer nent, and tba have neese eon ne led
Of the sixty-three judges in the twenty
said, all but two were Democrats and
abay raisea for # it was a political issue
~ sthe Joint smelling and not to the vote
e o5afhe ,a pe9pf Rev Ths people eoE would select c
PAssEB OVER The vETo.
y will ask the Senator from Hudson
said Mr. VOORHEES, in conclusion, "who
Ay Joo5So ii He
AS 7 understand it," said Senator
Daiy, that power is by, the Constitution
Yes" answered Senator Voorhees,.
and 7 ne applies it yicariouslyn
vote sofsH to.3. Ae o ny d
The Senate then took up storrs' Ma
tor DAILY had opposed it on. constitutional
grounds. He quoted from the Declaration
uf iR wss psrapIei W 1G sh fSos that aau 5ss W msas,
precipitated the Revolution, and then BY
the Constitution showed that Congress
alone had the right to regulate the
DBcLARED II UNcoNsTrTUTIoNAL.
The bill, he said, was unconstitutional,
becoming citizen within thirty days of
an election, The hardships entailed by
fre Di beco mE1ia n send to Pr oWinr e alif shs
numerous obstacles offered and the bill
was unwise and uncalled for.
Senator Voorhees, remarked that similar
laws were in force in Massachusetts and
son denied that. saying that the laws in
which was regulated By Congress.
Mr.. 3voorhees ch:ded the Hudson sena-
tor for his Inconsistency, arguing at one
time for the. privilege and right of the
ing a measure which prohibits the en-
|ployment of any but American citizens.
WILL TEST IT'S CONSTITUTION 1ALITY
Mr.: DAILY made no reply and the bill
tor DAILY said he would ask the Attorney
General for ar opinion concerning its
constitutionality.@
There was another breeze over sena-
tor Thompson's bill, which a~ppropriates
$4,000 for the expense OF the Pilot Com
m~issioners in addition to their salary.
simply providing a junketing tour and
was the entering wedge for other similar
trips, which should be discouraged.
Senators Skirm and Thompson defend
ed the bill and it passed, notwithstand-
ling that Mr.. kuhl said he would not
vote for 1t unless the commission prom
Used to visit C~heeseauake Creek.
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