The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-02-04
SENATE WORKS ALIqTLB
Anti Gambling Humbug No
Court Reform, But Money
for the Railway In
stitution.
soccfal to the Jersey Citu Neacs.

SoccGot to the Jersey Citu Ne1rs.
TRENTON, Feb. A, 1S96.-The Legisla-
ture as a drawing card is losing. its po-
tency. Each Monday night the crowds
grow smaller and the old time brushes
are lacking. There were very few in
either chamber last night outside Of
the crowds of Trenton people in the gal
ieries, who come to the Legislature Mon
day nights as regularly as they go to
church on Sunday. The House, did very
little business and was in session not
much over a half hour. Mr.. Walling of
Monmouth submitted a petition asking
for the passage of a law reducing official
salaries of State officers receiving over
$1,000 a year by a sum of $25 on every:
500 in excess of $1,000" The petitioners
represent that the lowering Of values
of all kinds of property that has taken
place within the past ten years has been
accompanied by a reduction in the in
comes and earnings of all classes Of
people except the office holders; that
the proposes reduction will, in five years,
pay the cost of a State institution for
the blind. or furnish much needed in-.
creased accommodation for other af-
dicted wards of the State. The. petition.
was. on motion of Leader Robertson, re-
ferred to the Committee on Games and
Fisheries.
Mr.. Stranger put in several petitions,
asking for the passage of IN amendment
to the Stone Road Jaw, giving Boards of
Chosen Freeholders discretionary power.
Referred.
Mr.. Hopkins submitted a petition ask
ing that the Jersey members of Congress
vote for the bill pensioning Union SOL
dlers confined in rebel prisons during
the late war.
The House managed to pass one bill.
It was Senate No. i, which robs the bills
of much of their technical ~anguage
Then, thinking that it had lone a noble
deed. the Assemblymen adjourned for the
The Senate was more industrious and
remained in session for more than three
noardi M resol n4oThe sar t~Pe nasssss h df
the anti-gambling amendment to the
State Constitution. This provides that
s p iosreTy shal Pc autnorlzed by this
be bought or sold within this State, nor
h pool selling, book making or
g giInMad wi # any XII ki sda+ be a auth ssl1 or
gambling device, practice or game of
chance, now prohibited by law, be legal
m lnsa, or nom she pr Femsay' tppeerafl5y Se punish ~ n aav
way diminished
President Thompson referred the reso-
luton to the Committee on Judiciary. Of
which Mr.. Voorhees, is chairman. Shortly
afterward Mr.. DAILY said he knew of no
RUE by which the resolution could be
the House and acted upon at once. He
hoped that the gentlemen of the Repub-
lican majority were not going to dodge
piled that such references had often been
made before and were so made by the
President (himself) last year.
Daily had made his point at the time the
matter was referred he would lave been
all right, but now It was too late:
Mr.. DAILY insisted upon knowing by
wha rule of the Senate or parliament
airy law the reference had been made.
He them moved that the committee be
discharged from the further consideration
of the resolution.
'eoThe Senator from Hudson is out OF
order said the President. =
ways out Of order,,' replied Mr.. DAILY,
while the galleries n Hobbies laughed.
The Senator from Union is DESTROYS of
lature as soon as possible and thus allay
bill by this Legislature. The activity 81
a bill will be passed has stirred up the
Anti7Race Track League, and they de-
sire to have. this amendment adopted by
can pass a law which subsequent Con-
stitutional amendment cannot affect.
It is probable that Mr.. Johnson's
amendment providing for a new arrange
ment OF the Court of Errors and Ape
peals will not be passed. The Ccnstitti-
ton can be amended only once in Ave
amendment is adopted this year it viii
delay those of last year., which the race
track men and those who favor the ju-
dietary amendments of last session do
not want.
The. bill a~ppropriating another $4,000
T fqg tue Fef oppoaea BY 4 mr. Ra sEiTgg Was
declared that the State Prison Com
mission had declared that there was no
need for the reformatory, and If the
appropriate a million dollars before it
got through.
Senator VOORHEES, and others defended
the r~efornatory, showing how such an
interests of humanity, as the young
criminals who were confined in the prison
with older rapidly became cor
rupt. The bill was laid over. AT the
Senators held a conference at which ii
was decided to pass all last years Con-
stituti0nal amendments except the one
providing for biennial sessions Of the
Legislature: The Bill providing, for the
the clerks of the Supreme and Cham
Gerry Courts, which is to be Introduced
BIZ Mr.. Voorhees,. was ordered drawn
and will be passed.
At the session Nj voorhees, presented
which was Adopted
Resolved, The House of Assembly con-
eurrings there be appointed a Joint
COMMITTEES to pc eomposed Of three mera
the House, who shall revise. simplify.
arrange and consolidate all the general
statutes Applying or relating to- bQroughss3
ans report AZ this or tho. next Leajsla-
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