The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-03-07

BREAD AND OYSTERS
These Two Staples Occupy
the Attention of the
Legislature.
'bULLocK's STANDARD LOAyEs
Trustees Of the Normal School
Eulogized in the Senate
Chamber.
BULLoCK's STANDARD LoAyES
sDeeial to the Jerseu Cit,l Nc,us.

I iHffNION. March z. l896.-ln urging
the passage Of his bill prohibiting any
person from ralzing oysters in the waters
/ OF New Jersey who has not lived In the
! state for SIX nsontlls. which passed the
/ House yesterday morning. Assembly1aan
= lstin of Cumberland the introducer,
said that it had been in force in the
State for forty-six years.
they assured the poorer classes that
they would not take advantage of it, by
having outsiders come in to work; in the
/ springs OF 1885, and 95 the steamers
came up from Baltimore with colored
men packed in them like sardines Mr.
Austin pictured the employment agencies
| IN baltimore sending the rakings and
scrapings of Maryland and Virginia into
this State. BY hiring this foreign class
| Of labor the captains could place on
their boats non-residents Of the State
who practically knew nothing of the
/ thousands of grounds in the Maurice
| River Cove, enabling such captains as
| felt SO disposed to work on other grounds
| than their own.
/ Time and time again the residents Of
/ Cumberland and Cape May counties,
known as monthly men, had refused
to work on other grounds than those
We're working. Another point in favor
| of the bill is that there are half dozen
or more of this foreign element serving
| sentences in our State Prison from Cum
| berland county, for crimes ranging
from petty larceny to murder. 1t has
| cost Cumberland county courts thou
| sands of dollars.
| Mr.. Austin demonstrated to the House
the constitutionalfty of the bill from
| the records of not only the Supreme
| Court of New Jersey, but also the Court
| of Errors and Appeals, backed by the
| decision of the United States Supreme
Court. Mr.. Austin. at this time, became
! very earnest in his argument. and said
that not only $500 out of the 5000 oyster
men demanded and petitioned for this
bill, but the business community, the
moral community and the men, women
| and children of Cumberland county de-
| manded the re-enactment OF this law He
enread out in the centre aisle of the
Assembly Chamber petition of more
tnan 80 names asking the Legislature
to pass the bill.
Assemblyman Mineh of Cumberland,
| and Lloyd of Camden, corroborated Mr..
Austin s statements.
n1blygna p der .ef 4. =. Mc,rmol olItt \
county, spoke against the bill. He said
| that he had $4,000 invested in oysLAt
grounds in the Shrewsbury River and it
enough to rake for oysters.
| Mr. Bul1ock's bread bill caused furry
| in the Senate this afternoon. Il was
Jams moved it be laid over until Monday
night. Colonel SlSirn suggested Tuesday
| morning, because he thought there was
night without bothering with the bread
bill. Mr. DAILY wanted the bill taken
up then and there. Colonel Skirm again
| objected, and proceeded to denounce the
L a
every respect 1t gratified only GER
tain element and It was perfeetly absurd
and ridiculous to tell man that he should
Mr. Williams said the bill did not pro-
vide for any such thing. After the bill
Jams nj looked over its provisions rs in mt the en-
crossed copy, and found that 1t had been
amended SO as to provide only for fine
fuse to give the weight of bread when
such information. was requested by the
purchaser. The Imprisonment penalty
Was eliminated This seemed ITO satisfy
Jams he had no objection to the bill COM
ing UP on its third reading.
Normal School appropriation bill at the
time, and It was so protracted that Sena-
tor Williams had to go home without
having the bread d bill taken up: The
preparation of $685. COO for the support of
that Institution. While there was no de-
cided opposition shown to. the bill, vet
Mr.. Voorhees, seemed anxious to amend
it in some way, and a lengthy debate en-
sued. Colonel SkiTTn paid high tribute
to the school, sayng It was the best
managed of any State institution. and the
managers would not ask for the appropria-S
tion il it were not needed. The mana
gers had no balance on hand. The two
schools have 800 pupils, which number is
a large increase from that Of former
years Every dollar earned from the
boarding of pupils is expended on the
made TO the buildings to accommodate the
increased number. Partisanshp had
nothing to DO now with the management
of the schools and they desired all the sup.
port that possibly could be given to them
by the legislature
Mr.. Stokes also gave the schools warm
ahat his amendment should go over until
not harmful at al. It merely provides
year for the Institution.
Senator DAILY attacked Senate bill No
1874 when that measure came up on final
Johnson, and is referred to as one Of the
series Of sstrolley Bills becahse it changes
the statute of limitations from six years
81 Phe EGS sensor GT from aTsa ad
son stigmatized it is vicious and uncalled
fer, and said it had absolutely no merit,
and should be defeated.
'sWthont doubt. said he, "the bill,
like Senate No. lis and No. 116, is the
creation of the trolley combine and is
the handiworls of the astute counsel of
that soulless corporation, Mr. Joseph
Couft who sits hidden from aE- in the
lobby, while he is within speaking dis
tance of the introducer of the measure
Mr. DAILY Continued In this strain at
length and compared the fight made for
those measures now, to the fight made
against a bill which he introduced in
the Lower House extending the statute
of limitation for action in case Of death
from accident from one to two wears.
81 will never forret the storm OF con-
dernnation 1t caused he went on. ''and
passage of those bills now. An action in
debt, an action in replevin or any civil
action may be taken in six wears and
you want to make it impossible for the
person who is Injured for Efe to begin
such action within two years. no matter
how seriously he may have been injured.
trust that New Jersey will not be the
first State of the linton to legislate against
the unfortunate victims of q railroad ac
cident =
Senaltor VOORHEES, remarked that it was
only reasonable that such actions should
be brought as soon as possible, because
IN the case of corporations much depend
ed on the testimony of employees, who
were consita ntlv CHANGING and at the end
OF six years they were apt to suffer be-
cause the facts Of the case had been for
gotten.
Senator johnson said he considered it a
very good bill. and held 1t should pass.
IT was far different. he sad, from Senate
No. lis and Senate No 116, which he con-
/ si<5ered bad bills and had voted agairst
Senator Xuh1 referred to the case of old
soldiers whose injuries do not appear ull-
til several years after their injuries were