The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
VILDES' BILL BEATEN
Gledhill Replies to the
Salary BunCombe of the
Hayseed Element. /
THE VOTE WAS 20 10 rs
Comparisons Between the Compen-
sation Of Public Service and
Private Employ ment.
THE VOTE WAS 20 TO rs
Special 70 ths Jsrscu c.:ty Nesrs.

TRENTON, March IS, 1ss7.-When the
House met in the afternoon the discus
sion of Wiides' salary reducing bill was
resumed Mr.. Gledhil replied to Mr..
Wildes' speech of the morning. He said
New Jersey is a great State and could
well afford to pay commensurate salaries
to her Governor and Judges. The Wildes
bill would save the State about $75. 600,
about 16 cents for each inhabitant and
about so cents for each voter. No man
would hesitate to pay that amount for
the maintenance of the present magnid-
cent system of jurisprudence. In refut-
ing Mr.. Wildes' statement that the
Judges received more none than the OFF,
GERS of great financial institutions. Mr..
Gledhill instanced q number of insurance
companies in New York and Philadelphia
where the officials were paid all the way
from 10000 to 100000 per annum.
The bill was also opposed by Mr.. Porter.
MI. Wildes' motive, he said, was no doubt
good and beyond question. The present
State officials were even paid more than
some of their predecessors, because the
business connected with the offices had
greatly increased during the past few
years.
Mr.. Lloyd said that the bill, if passed,
would cut the salaries of the Justices of
the Supreme Court to S., $50 a year. He
paid a high tribute to the Judiciary and
cited one Instance where n appointed
to the bench had given up a practice
worth $4,000 a year for $1,000 a year on
the bench.
The bill was ably supported by Mr..
Watkins Inc endorsed all thai Mr.. Wildes
had said in its favor.
By unanimous consent the floor was
given to Mr.. Wildes, who only wanted to
say a few words. but spoke almost a half
hour, going over his speech of the morn
ing.
Much to the relief of everybody the vote
was then taken and resulted as follows:.-
Ayes-Borton, Bowers, Brown, Clark,
Crispen, Flummerfelt, Fountain, Hand,
Harrison, Hopkins, Hunt, Hutchinson,
Jackson, Lawshe, Martens, Minch. Reid.
RICHTER, Rude, Simpson, Steddig, Thorne,
Uhlman, Van Doren. Van Wrinkle, Wat
kins, Whitfield. Wildes and Wildman--2a.
Nays-Armbruster, Atherton, Bridge,
Ebfe, Evans, Fairchild. Gledhill, Golden
horn, Holdrum, Jones, Klink, King,
Leonard, Litterst, Lloyd, Macpherson,
Porter, Powers. Rau, Roll, Scovel and
There was another brief discussion over
the resolution to distribute sets of the
revised statutes among the members and
officers Of the Legislature. Mr.. Derousse
saying that 1t should lave been 4 joint
instead of a concurrent one and he had
been Informed by high legal authority
that the concurrent resolution was Illegal.
He also said that he did not believe that
the Senate had the right to vote away
the property of the State. He objected
to giving copies to those Senators and
members who received copies last year.
He said he knew of member who re-
ceived copies last year who had sold them
for $40.
Mr.. Roll said he didn't want the books.
He received the set last year and he did
not want to be submitted to the tenpta-