Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1896-02-13
OYsTERMEN TALK
Governor Griggs Sends in Some Nomina-
tions for Court Ofiicers-A Couple of
Them Democrats

Them Democrats.
TRENTON, Feb. 10-As if to make
amends for the dilatory tactics which
have prevailed for the past four weeks,
both branches of the Legislature got
down to work in earnest promptly at the
hour of assembling this evening. Scores
OF office-seekers were on hand, and they
were greatly interested when an official
document from the Governor containing
the following nominations was presented
in the Senate:
Prosecutor of Passaic county, Eugene
Emley; District Court Judge of Paterson,
ex-Assemblyman William I. Lewis: Dis
trlct Court Judges of Jersey City, Roder-
ick b. Seymour and Joseph d. Bedle:
District Court Judges of Newark, Thos.
McCarter, Jr., and Fred. S. Guild; men,
Der of Board of Managers of State Hos
pitfalls for the Insane, ex-Assemblymen
John G. Eisele, of Newark. All the nom
inees are Republicans except Bedle and
Guild
The nominations were referred.
Senator DAILY again tried to worry the
Republicans in the Senate by presenting
two lingo" resolutions. One defending
the Monroe doctrine, was referred to
committee, while another indorsing the
position taken by Senator Smith, in his
speech in the United States Senate yester-
day, was ignominiously tabled.
Senator Daily also presented petition
signed by John Kehoe, asking for the
impeachment of Prosecutor Stagg, of
Bergen county. 1t was referred to the
Judiciary committee. In general way
| it charges Stagg with being lenient
towards those accused OF high crimes and
severe with those charged with trivial
offenses.
Mr.. Voorhees, introduced the following
bills: Providing for the re-enactment of
the Jury Commission law; torbidding
naturalization by any Court within thirty
days of the fan election, except those who
may become eligible to citizenship during
said period of thirty days; making it un-
necessary i'm first class cities to publish
ordinances, &C., more than five times in
the official newspapers.
l
the State Board of Education asking tht
| Legislature not to interfere with tht
present school law providing for the OF
ganization of the public schools by town
ships, instead of districts. The new plan
the Board states, works perfectly anC
could not be improved upon.
! The Committee on Game and Fisherie
gave hearing this evening on Assem-
| bly, bill 81, introduced by AssembIymal
Austen, which provides for State com
mission to have control of the oyster in
dustgies about the Maurice River Cove il
the Delaware Bay. The commisson i
intended to take the place of the presen
| Oystermen's Association, which ha
power to issue licenses and control til
industry.
A large number of people representa-,
both the association and the oystermel
We're present. Walter H. Bacon appear
| ed as counsel for the association. AS
semblyman Austin appeared in behalf O
his bill. He said that the Oystermen'
Association was formed by smsll min
| ority of the oystermen. 1.-THE association
is composed of five men," he said, "wh,
control the purse strings of that bod,
and frequently vote for junkets to Tren
| ton like the present one."
1T is not so; not so," cried member
| of the association.
1T ls," returned the Assemblyman
land where these few men oppose tn
bill there are $500 people in South Jerse,
who favor it.'
Captain Corson, an oyster planter O
Cape May, said he favored the bill. sd,
you think" asked Assemblyman Austin
"that the thieves are afraid of the associ
alton ~ 1T does not seem So" was TIN
reply. 'The thieves are seldom pun
ished.''
MIR. Austin intimated that there wa.
an understanding between the associa
ton and the men who continually rol
the oyster beds and said he has proc
that the association repeatedly failed tt
prosecute the thieves who were caught i.
the act.
The following spoke against the bill.
w. I'll. Bacon, Bridgeton; Captain Har
risen Hollinger, Port Norris; Petel
Campbell, Newport; Benjamin F. Roray
Captain James Shepherd, William Nixon
William A. Diament, Cedarville, ane
Edmund Sites, Newport. Each speaker
claimed that no further supervision was
needed of the oyster industry than tha
of the present association.
DROPPED DEAD,