The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-07
PIECRUST PLEDGES
Peoples Measures Killed
by Alleged Reformers
in the House.
scHoBER DENoUNCEs HIS PARTY
Brilliant Efforts Made to Save
the Water and Taxation
Bills.
Specia, to the Jerseu cttu Ne,cs.

the Republicans In power, ueltperdteiy
trampled their solemn pledges under their
feet and ran over each other In their
haste to do the bidding of their masters,
the corporations, and kill the measures
designed to give the promised relief,
just as a band of serfs, goaded by the
singing and cracking of the slave drivers
whip, rush headlong to their tasks. Mr..
Schober's equal taxation bill was killed.
and so disguised was the mover OF the
b.n with his party that when the vote
was announced he arose TO MS leel ana
MI. Speaker, this action means a
Democratic Governor next fall. You can
Hap. rap. ran, went the Speakers gavel,
as vigorously as Judge Cross could strike
the marble.
exclaimed. But Mr.. Schober's indigna-
ton was too great TO notice pariamentary
publican party had promised such a
measure to Jersey City, IN a voice wn1ca
rose high above the vigorous
.sTae Gentleman from Hudson is out
of order" shouted the Speaker, losing
his temper for the first time as a nush
of anger spread over, his race sana me
Sergeant.at-Arms VIII see that he takes
Mr. Schober subsidized and peace was
DoIiSGusTED WITH THE HOUSE.
Mr.. Schober was very angry at .What
he called the betrayal of the people py
his Republican colleagues. He denounced
home after Inc afternoon session deeply
disguised. The House was Gncer a eau,
s9d swo a. bring hfm Sax. they fla
caught up with him at the STATION. put
he warned them away, SAYING dnat ,I IA
not go back to it.. The Sergeants-at-AfInS
though better of bringing him, ana az,
lowed the indignant HUDSON man 10
Two reports, a majority unfavorable
s0I a favorable minority by MT. Flemi7
ing. were made on the equal taxation Dill
last week, and they were mace a speclai
order for yesterday. afternoon. A motion
the report. Mr.. olcott, Chairman of the
committee, opposed the motion. He
s sas ere H g. i as IS ene %co on nn9af n sending
down here. In his opinion the railroads
paid their fair share Of ta5 Tsss 50, Last 81
Nor OILY For JERSEY CITY.
for Tt the e%G MEASURE, Which. he said, bsnsit.
ed the whole State and was not, as had
been said, for the benefit of jersey City
alone. 1t gave a larger amount OF taxes
TO the taxing districts of each county
in the aggregate than they now receive.
amount that the railroads and canals
money to each county unit than n It saa got n now
erty owner in those parts OF the coun-
ty where the take rate is over one per
cent. -E -
He warned the members that when the
people learned that the bill would pene-
fit them they WOULD hold lne emDe 70
He ridiculed the argument ADVANCED
passed it would increase passenger ana
freight rates, and said that competition
n megia we're aaAe as o high as the traffic viii
STATE WOULDN'T SUFFER-.
~ 1-1-- ahonra thof tho hill wn1Il6
effect would be to diminish slightly the
amount which the State would retain.
T 9ar n ne fb cams s!R Years Moui from on Is isss 5 ! the
Surplus Of the State was s4,4O0, $3.50 I, a
sum needlessly taken from the pockets
The consideration of taxes. he said,
entered largely into the matter of rents,
able able De determined in in great part Whether
those seeking homes would come to TINS
State or 60 e Is sh@e ,enptb mon the
promises which the Republican, party had
made the people in regard TO the measure
and called upon his COLLEAGUES to re-
Mr.. Usher followed with a. carefully
prepared argument in favor of the bill,
"There are now in Jersey city ,72,7s7
lots subject to taxation, and the railroad
s sempa4gis espo sfeo own 81, 4 IS t 81 the Rea former asr
every year slices are taken off to &C
r e9rtaoia Business as and taken out Of the
local list of ratables Competent judges
estimate the actual holdings of railroads
1 within wa TIE at eity ss.d 5ine eity iio ofa. ian
How MUCH Is PAID.
coonsy' s2s. sl ss 7ss. The total return Of
BE SssorS IS yre eit sss{ prepeF thus IS t }Ss' 4 raiiro.aS a., own
Is per cent. of the real property of Jer,
sey City, which is taken out Of the local
predicated upon its area in 1870.
Ths railroad companies by eontfnnouS
liable for taxation to meet the principal
and interest of that debt. Every foot
Of land SO withdrawn should he r reo
of the money required to meet the city
1e This i~neouttable state of affairs is the
cause of the constant cutlery in Hudson
for equal taxation. If the railroads were
subject to local taxation, they ,ey W .papd tb hol
rate Of SIS on $1,000. while the city col
erty. was added to, the total valuation i
would increase the ratadples one-dhird
and sndsd as aa she 6 the rate Of G ggs. MonIa T siHs
2 ,a'S i 8 os sfsfs g TRIgM sg s !.
Jersey City water front which was
entirely in the hands of the railroad
g aol sfpong ap pr,a pa to the he members OF the
House for Justice for Hudson count
The motion to- SUBSTITUTE was lOSb uy
q vote of % to q. Then the adverse re-
port was adopted by. this vote
Ayes-Alpaugh. Austin, barnard Bates,
Benedict burger fgeerr,,,, S 6 mrgea = Sp Eise1s
Francis, Harrison, Hicks, Lower, Lud-
s ssm; ol s@ifa; fe gW.. s sngaeS,, s snsRoss,
stangsri sstsorrs.s Tice. wilbur Wilders'
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., Bullock. cagney,
Ing, Fr'ederick. Ginder, aruber King,
c. A.. Schober. f., Smart, Smith, g. L.,
Absent9Baker, Matlack, zMcAndrew,
Minch, Mock. Smith, A.sC., vQorhees-7.
STATE WATER BILL KILLED. (,
Previous to the defeat of the equal
taxation measure the House slaughtered
MT. brakes bill, providing for a State
Hoard to take control of the waters OF
the State and dispose of them to the
various municipalities as they may &c
required. Two reports had been made
on this bill also, and 1t came. upon a
motion to substitute the Favorable minor
Ity report for that of the majority.
Mr.. Drake, in favoring the motlon,
explained hi the bill did. He said, the
board 1t created could not do anytnins
Until called upon by some munlclpaliy
Il provided that the city obtaining the
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