The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-05
SECESSION BILL DEAD
Harrison and Kearny Traitors
Beaten Last Night in
Trenton.
Special to the JERSEY city Ncus.

TRENTON. March 5. 1S95.-Harrisor
and kearny secession is dead for anothel
year at least. It did not die without {
struggle and a hard one too. But Mr.
Drake and other Hudson members had {
firm grip on it's throat and they deliber-
ately choked the life out of it. John
Kerr. who. after the people of Hudson
county had given unmistakable evidence
of their condemnation of his course in
advocating the measure last winter by
defeating him for reelection last fall
was appointed Postmaster of the House
so that ne could receive pay while he
was the chief mourner. He stood beh-nd
the Essex measure a picture of despair
while the debate was going on. and when
the result was announced he almosi
wept
the matter came up when the Com
mittee on Municipal Corporations re
ported the measure adversely; Mr
e TIh : In IN r ana made ts. a o l2ng sf FEE how n
all Harrison and KeaIny's interests were
don anything for the two townships.
He also cast aspersions on those who op-
''seu Mr.. DRARE's SPEECH.
Mr.. Drake made a strong appeal for
the report. which appeal carried convic-
said. for Mr.. E:sele to impugn the motives
of those who We're not present and could
not answer for themselves. The anneXa-
would take 1900 Of the people Of Hud-
son into Essex. and at the next appor
tionrnent Essex would gain an Assembly
State would loose. If two OF. three manE-
featuring concerns. which, pad men to
s some down to Trenton and adyocate the
nnent. it would have very few supporters.
as to Harrison and kearny's isolation
2 good, hard road running from Jersey
CITY. to the townships. and a trolley road
would soon be completed WHICH would
to Harrison and Kearny to. fifteen min
utes. and that was as quick as the in
habitants of the township could reach
An INJUsTfcE 70 JERSEY CITY.
The annexation would take 1851 600 out
Of the taxes of Hudson county, and as
cent. Of those taxes. she would have to
bear the greater part of that.
MI; Smart showed the falsity, Of some
City and the Court House. as Harrison
for years in the city w of Elizsbe ta,in ans
vet 1t never asked to be annexed to
The bills. Mr. Codding safd. were
thorouethly discussed in the committee
and both sides were given hearings, and
every argument ADVANCED for Or against
tLC pin cuiiSluGFeu. NIleI the
committee voted to report the measure
adversely. only one voted AGAINST the
TR1EAso,NABLE AND nANGERoIrs.
Mr.. Blackshaw. "Over thirty Years age
fought with bullets against secession.
Tonight I stand here to fight with ballots
against secession on general prinoin;e.
and nothing else: This Is a dangerous
precedent. to establish. This year is af-
fects Hudson County. How 90 we know
but that next wear some other agitators
will desire to divide some other county
without the proposition being submitted
70 the ~people?. When South Carolina Sc
G Gssded sni from q the Union it was treason
think any, fair minded member of his
House Will vote to disgrace our State
Mr.: .B~lacksnaw's speeoh. delivered In a
thlsiasIn.
Mr.. Eisele made two more speeches
n the sane line as before. and Mr..
Mr. Robertson supported. the. report.
and. it was finally aloptead. When a
so as to screw down the lii. on the bili's
coffin. the Newark men fought hard
but were defeated all along tha line