The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-28

FLOOD OF BAD BILLS.
Governor GTiggs' Warning
Utterly Ignored BY
the Republican
Majority.
STRIKES AND BREAKS GALORE
Transfers, Cheap Fares and other
Forms of Business Measure
No Reforms Yet.
STRIKES AND BREAKS GALORE
Specia. to the JERSEY citu Nesrs-

TRENTON. Jan. g. 1S96.-Unless the
committees of the House and Senate do
some tall slaughtering of bills. Governor
Grsggs' recommendation that Legislation
be eurta-led Will go unheeded. Measures
OF all kinds and upon all subjects were in
trcduced in both branches of the Legisla-
ture last night. In the House Mr.. Fower
introduced a measure providing the APP
pointment of commission to report upon
the advisability Of building a home for
disabled soldiers and their wives. Mr..
Duncan. of. Essex. wants all holidays such
as Fourth of July and Decoration Day
observed in all public schools with pa
tr,otic exercises.
Mr.. Thorne of Mercer. proposes to give
Trenton the authority TO issue slS0OOo
worth of bonds for a new high school
building. Mr.. Cagney. of Hudson. wants
TO make it unlawful for any express COM
peny to compel its employees to work
longer than ten hours day. or sixty hours
a week.
Mr. Ullmann. of Bergen. proposes to
compel all electric light companies having
contracts for the lighting of streets and
highways 10 use arc light.
Mr.. Tice. of Middlesex. went further
than any one else in the matter OF re-
dua;ng the income of the Clerks in
Chancery ard of the Supreme Court with
q bill placing them upon an annual salary
OF 5000. and compelling them to turn
their lees over to the State. The bills
that subject placed the salary at $4,000.
4r. Wal!lng, The lone Democrat from
l4onmouth. was even more radical on the
salary question, and put IN oilis redue-
ing the Salaries Of all the State officers ex-
cept the Governor and Justices of the Su-
i; clne Court, and those VINO received less
IE2n S2.Ukal TWEEN ntX-flTS Der cent. TO take
effect August ].
NJ King. OF Passaie, wants L'ncoln's
aeevel, Of Camden, wants Good ,J Friday
bills provid .ng. thai they must provide
waiting rooms and transfer stations. must
not charge ever five cents a person. and
must properly heat their cars. Mr.. Lower
iEtrsdnced measure appointing Luther
ssiaffer of Bergen: Peter Backes. of
greer ana sama i Bd'sa t6 Sf rib Bnrlingb
laws. law = s0'H4"i@S'0H - fss'ss 'i's 'a'o1sH
In the Senate Mr.. Rogers asked for
and Mr. Bradley inisoduced his ripar- an
bill of last year Mr.. Stokes put IN
MEASURE which promises a very stiff fight
West jersey Game Company. This COM
pany has a charter which enables it to
grant licenses to any one upon payment
of small fee to shoot in every county
south OF Camden. These licenses allow
the holder to roam at will over the farms
willing or no. They can be procured in
almost any. gun store cf Philadelphia, and
the farmers have long protested in vain.
Pills for dong away with them have
been introduced year after year and
Mr. Herbert of Middlesex. made an at
tack upon Allan McDernett with a bill
aking sav agay y Hssa Re a Mr. 4tps pserf Gf he 5he
introduced a measure cutting down the
terms of treasurers of seeondrclass cities
allow land and improvement companies to.
do a general real estate business. and Mr..
Voorhees, wishes TO regulate the practice
cf dentistry by the appoiratment Of a
also introduced several bills amending
the various corporation laws in conform
revive the same which was laid before
"A resolution by Mr.. Voorhees, was
adopted providing for the appointment of
a eomm.tte Of three Senators ard ,p FIVE
o'Farrell: and a committee Of the Legis-
lsture of Virginia. who propose to visit
New Jersey to inspect the States excel
An old familiar bill by Mr. Parslow
authorizes coroners to appoint stenog-
rapher to take testimony at inquests. and
and effeet as signed Nv the Witnesses
Senator Bradley re-introduced his water
Wards Wa rs measure. l with some alterations:
It provides that none of the waters of
the State shall be sold outside New Jer-
sey. The object is TO ruin the scheme
Of the East Iersey Water Company to
ultimately sell to New York and the
plan of Wharton Barker of Philadelphia.
who has purchased large tracts of land
in South Jersey to supply Philadelphia.
The Pequannock. shed is exempted from
the provisions of the bill at the request
Of Senator Ketchan. who says that shed
now practically belongs to Newark, This,
it is expected. will bring to the bill the
support of the Newark men. Mr.. Brad
ley has hopes of passing the measure.