The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-29
PERFORMERS IN DESPAIR
The Republican Legislature
Does Not Seem to Be Any
Improvement on It's
Predecessors.
special to ths Jerseu en- Nsaus.

Special 10 the JeTseu Cfu Nc1r$-
TRENTON. Jan. 20, 1S96-Three weeks
of the Legislature have gone and one bill
has passed the Senate and three have
been advanced to a third reading. That
lis the extent of the business accom-
plished by this eminently proper reform
Legislature. Nor is the prospect that 1t
will do much more during the coming
week any brighter. 1t Isl expected that
the suitable entertainment of Cover
nor O'Farrell and the Virginia states
men who accompany him wei take up the
best part of the week.
The House members of the Joint Com
mittee to receive and entertain the vir-
g%inians, as appointed by Speaker De-
rouse. are Messrs. Borton, Wiides, Har-
rison, Lower and Alpaugh. h guests
will reach Trenton early next Tuesday
morning. They will travel in a private
car, and upon their arrival will be es-
corted to a hotel for breakfast, after
which they will be driven over the i'm
proved roads leading into the city. At
40 O'Clock the party will be presented to
both Houses of the Legislature and then
to Governor Griggs. After dinner the
committee and the guests will go by rail
to Burlington, where the roads in thai
vicinity will be inspected. Governor
p'Farrell and his party will return to
Virginia on Tuesday night.
Republicans who hoped for a
short session are in despair over
the situation. They see slowly dis
appearing the prospects of a s.ort SEES
sion. which would give Them an oppor-
tnnity to go before the public and tell
More bills were introduced in both
Houses yesterday. Mr.. Wildes is moved
by the outrages upon Christians practiced
by the Turk in Armenia and he intro
duced a joint resolution that the Legis-
lature tender the members in Congress
f nora IN inns ant state act fhslr t 5Symfpaa6hs ana m aapy
take to suppress the Armenian soutrages.
Mr.. Robertson, the leader, was on. his
Corporations do not want this Country
to get into any trouble with a foreign
nation no matter how much the National
honor is insulted and spat upon, 50 long
as the big railroads and other aggrega-
tons of capital do not lose a cent. The
action of the House two weeks ago On
and General Sewelrs denunciation Of the
senate proves that. 50 Mr.. Robertson
Committee on Federal Relations, which
was done. William II. Thompson. a
colored man, died in Orange some time
escheats to the State, SO Mr. Harvey
introduced a bill providing that the
m1asS s yeara ago sa & Hen 2 V W. Hsat Ap0o u
Sparta. Sussex. county. was convicted
Of robbery and sentenced to one year
in prison. Yesterday Mr.. Coursen in
stroduced a bill restoring hin 60 citizen
t i signed saI,n very 81 g t,na Fly By 1,,r eitizs EMS
past fifteen years he has led an upright
and honest life.
No. 50, Mr.. WildesELiniting the sea-
son for hunting game to the titne inter
vening the dates of November tenth and
it is also unlawful to have in possession
the tenth Of August and fsnth of Sep
'e Mo' ST. q Mr. hac1 Tisse e E the time! Of
putting in operation n street railway
which was authorized g pc constructed
tended the period of one
No. So, Mr.. Tice-Thatsscities III The
says a fnali the ns ts slazslil &c e Misnan the shl nsg
No. IS, Mr.. Smith (by requestEPro-
panfes shall be elected from the@stock-
holders, and that such stockholders may
be directory in enc or YDre sompaniss
debt shall be a lien against a builder UNI
less the debt be one for labor d. material.
which claim must be fled within. four
months, and unless the claimantssshail
prosecute his claim within one year it
shall be discharged.
No. IS. Mr.. Skinner-ThHt when atown-
ship committee shall have paid iuSgood
faith the sum of three hundred dollars
| or less to any township ~oflcial,s such pay
ment shall be valid and bsndfng.
No, S.. Mr.. Coddington-MakIng lawful
| lunatic. in paying from sthe assets Of
/ such idiots or lunatics estate the fees
! has acted for such idiot al lunatic.
No. 81, Mr.. Lower for3 Speaker9AAn-
thorizing surgeons and assistant sur
| geons, who served during the late war. to
practice their profession BY fling their
names with the clerk of sthe county in
which they reside
INF. RICHTER, repeats the general Kehpoi
Law of 1894. This law haszabeen2NerN OBJ
Jectionabie 70 many pe0H}e restdlnE In