The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-06
PHuNYVISB POLICY.
Armory Bill Cut Down--Cheap
Ferriage Bill VIII Be
Strangled.
Special to the Jcreeu Ci.u Neccs.

TRENTON. March 6. 1395.-The Hud-
son men were in high leather all day
yesterday over the victory they won on
the cheap ferriage bills. Their triumph
was all the more enjoyable because 1t
was entirely unexpected. They had rea-
son to believe that the corporations had
enough votes to sustain the committees
adverse reports, and were SO sure of
that that some of them were inclined to
abandon the battle. 1t was whispered
around the lobby last night that the
ferry companies had and still have
enough votes to kill the Measure when
it comes UP on final passage. and that
yesterdays contretemps was due to a
little misunderstanding among the lobby
lists, or, to speak more plainly, a quar-
rel
The story goes thai some of the old
the advanced methods of one of the
latest corners to their magic circle. and
took this means of administering a re-
beat the bill on third reading. and they
concluded to let it come out of COM
mlttee just to show their young colleague
vincing as he imagined. Such is the
story for what it is worth.
MIR. WIGGINS' LITTLE GAME.
John r.. Virgins of Hcboken has been
here for several lays working for the
appointment of Port Warden, which office
IS now held by James Laverty. Senator
number of bills to abolish Mr.. Laverty
and the office. and then revive the office
without Mr.. Laverty. his successor to
stead of the Governor as now. Mr..
Virgins may as well save his energies
for something else, for the fact has
matters h a the bill cannot pass.
Mr.. Gruber's father, Christian Gruber,
ran down last night to see. how his
Commissioner Clark and clerk James les
Connolly were looking after Senator
Voorhees, bill, which permits them to
make assessments by numerical blocks
happy. as the louise passed this bill.
and they think the Governor will sign it.
Fire Commissioner Mills had his eye
on the bill which authorizes Jersey City
to spend s12. 900 for a new fire house.
The bill passed 2Mg p tie e5 H9 I last night;
Brother Bradley, again last night. He
Introduced a resolution to relieve Brad
Of his bill providing for the reversion Of
the riparian rights to the State. The
Senate promptly. laid the resolve" Upon
not make the walls ring once more with
his peculiar e~loquence. Later he took
another shy at the Founder of Asbury
Park by introducing an exact copy OF
the Founders riparian bill, aging that,
as the Founder would not report his bill
he had introduced another, so that the
important measure might get before the
Senat
Miss Philbrook and the advocates for
the admission of women to the bar had
a narrow escape. Their bill, which safe
ly sailed through the House, came up
in the Senate, and was defeated. A mo-
ton to reconsider was made by its cham
pion. MI; Voorhees,, and then laid on the
table. hat gives the bill a slight chance.
Had the motion to reconsider been voted
on it would ave been lost, and then
there would have been Grape on the
door. The rule also requires that a mo
be made within t~wenty-four hours after
final action on the bill. BY putting 1t
on the table it is placed in a position
to be taken up at any time It's friends
An INDIGNANT AssEMBLYMAN.
Mr.. Bullock was trying to stir up the
Senate last night. That body passed the
House bill prohibiting the adulteration of
his eye to find out why the Senators
did not do the same with his bill pro-
viding for the sale of bread by weight
and preventing its adulteration. He
didn't get much satisfaction, and brought
blood in it.
The hearts of Colonel Abernethy and
the other officers of the Fourth Regi-
meat will, no doubt, be stirred within
against the policy Of economy and re-
steering committee finally let the bills
for furnishing the Jersey City Armory go
after the amount appropriated had been
cut down to $1,000, instead of $4,000 more
than the bottom figure at which the
work needed can be done.