The Lambertville record., 1897-04-07
CLARK PIERSON, Editor.
LAMBERTVILLE. N. ].
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7, 1897.
Adjournment OF the Legislature.

Adjournment OF the lie legislature.
The Legislature adjourned sine die last
Wednesday night shortly after nine
O'clock. The event would have occurred
several hours sooner, only the Senate,
rather Unexpectedly, found itself in tan
gle over the in-identnl bill and some other
measures. The House cleared its calen-
dar at six o'clock and had adopted the
usual complimentary resolutions for its
officers and then took a recess, expecting
in short time that word would be
received from the Senate that everything
was in readiness for a dissolution. But
that not being the case the Assemblymen
then spent their time in amusing them.
selves in the best way they could until
the conference committee appointed on
the incidental bill made report and
the order was given for the joint meet
ing OF both houses in the Senate chamber
to witness the closing ceremonies as per
formed under the direction OF President
Williams.
The closing scenes were unusually pleas
ant to behold The best Of good humor
prevailed, aud all the officers were com
plimentcd by the adoption OF resolutions
thanking them for the faithful perform
ance OF their duties.
The bill providing for the closing of the
polls at five O'Clock met with rather un-
expected death in the Senate 10 the after.
noon. II had been amended by the House
so that it should not apply to the next city
elections. After second reading In the
Senate a motion was made To- suspend the
rules and place 1t on third reading. Mr..
DAILY objected. The necessary fourteen
votes for n suspension Of the rules could
not be obtained and consequently the bill
failed Of passage and cannot become a
law this year.
The Legislature WAS 10 session twelve
weeks. There were introduced altogether
269 bills in the Senate aud 388 in the
House, about one third OF which will be.
come laws. The important legislation OF
the session consisted OF the enactment OF
laws for marriage licenses, for the free
carrying Of bicycles as baggage on rail
roads, for the general government of Dor.
oughs, establishing a teachers retirement
fund. for separate boards Of management
for the State Hospitals, for the dammng
OF the Delaware river, changing the time
for holding elections in Newark and
Jersey City, enabling Asbury Park to pur
chase its shore front, for the protection of
New Jersey corporations as against un-
friendly New York legislation, for the
pensioning OF policemen, for new system
Of prison parole, providing bounty for
the raising Of sugar bects, continuing an
appropriation for the Naval Reserve, rails
ing the saaries OF the members of the
State Board OF Taxation, providing for
the payment Of LEGAL railroad taxes to the
municipalities instead Of to the State, for
the election of an armory in Newark, re.
quiIing that official election envelopes
shall be of a blue color, applying the Mar
tin act to towns and boroughs, for the
abolition Of turnpike roads, and amend
ments TO the fish and game laws.
The important measures which failed of
passage were the proposed judiciary
amendments TO the Constitution and one
providing for biennial sessions of the Leg
islaturc providing for railroad com
mission, the Parry treeholder bill, for a
jury commission in each county, for the
purchase OF Shrnef's book on birds, for a
State forestry commission, Jersey Cily's
proposition for equal taxation, to prevent
the manufacture OF cigarettes, several
water and anli-tfust bills, creating n
board OF finance in each second class city,
for five per cent as a legal rate OF int crest
and the race track bill.
There WAS no liquor legislation at all,
and none was proposed. The House re-
fused TO pass Wildes' resolution calling
upon the Attorney General to begin action
against Secretary Of State Kelsey for the
recovery Of money alleged to belong to
the State.
Three constitutional amendments were
adopted and they will be submit ed to n
vote Of The people to be held this year.
These amendments provide for woman
suffrage at school elections, the prohibi.
tion Of gambling at race tracks and other
places, and making it unlawful for the
Governor TO appoint rersens to office who
have been rejected by the Senate. per
iod of five years must elapse before any
more amendments TO the Constitution can
be submitted TO the Legislature.
1t is remarkable that not one veto mes
sage was received from the Governor dur
ing the session. and that all Of his
nominations, without exception, were
confirmed.
When the blood is kept pure and the
system thoroughly iuvigorated by the use
OF Ayers Sarsaparilla, sudden charges OF
temperature and extremes OF heat and
cold, so characteristic or certain climates,
are rarely attended with injurious results.
Take IL now.
No feature of the tariff discussion has
been more interesting than that which