The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-25
ate 166. provides tha S222 be paid as back
pension to Robert r. Creasdale of Hun
terdon county, a veteran of the late war.
NAVAL RESERVE FIGHT.
Leader Derousse Gets a Set
back in the Assembly
Thorn's Queer Report.
Special to the jersey ostu Nesea.,

TRENTON, March %, 1Sy7.-Leader De-
rousse felt a cold shudder go down his
spinal column yesterday. afternoon when
the friends of the Naval Reserve defeat
ed him in the first battle of the war Of
determination which he is waging against
the young sailors. AS has been stated
in The Jersey City News" Mr.. Hopkins.
chairman of the Committee Upon Militia.
to which the bill was referred, promised,
or Mr.. G~oldenhorn understood him to
say, that a hearing would be given on
the measure Thursday morning. Word
to that effect was sent to the officers n
friends of the Reserve and preparations
We're made to nave a large delegation
present to oppose the measure.
just before the adjournment of the
House Tuesday night Mr.. Hopkins an
nounced that a hearing would be given
on the bill the next morning at 10 O'Clock.
When asked the reason of the chang in
the date Mr.. Hopkins looked surprised
and declared hat there was no change,
that he had distinctly told Mr.. Golden
horn that the hearing would take place
Wednesday and not Thursday.
AT ten o'clock yesterday one of the off,
GERS of the Reserve came to. the State
House. looking for the COMMITTEES. Ten
or fifteen minutes later another amateur
sailor entered the Assembly Chamber,
bound on the same errand. During their
search they a member of the
committee. who did not appear to know
much about the hearing, but said it
would be held at noon. About the first
thing that was done yesterday morning,
as told in "The Jersey City News yes
terday, was to report the bill and place
it on third reading. The friends. of the
Reserve took off their coats and went to
work with a will. Mr.. Klink, at the af-
ternoon session, moved that the vote by
which the bill passed to a third reading
be reconsidered and the measure
recommitted to the committee, so
that the opponents of the bill
could v an opportunity to be
heard. He related the circumstances of
the misunderstanding over the hearing.
The bill was one of great Importance to
the Naval Reserve and they should have
an opportunity to be heard.
Mr.. Thorn defended his action in re-
porting the bill. He said that Mr.. Hop
kins on Tuesday night handed him the
bill and telling him that there would be
a hearing the next morning at ten
O'Clock, requested him to report the bill
favorably. AT ten o'clock he was in the
Assembly Chamber, but he saw no one
who wished to speak on h bill. Mr..
Klink asked Mr.. Thorn If he did not see
two members of the Reserve in the Cham
Der looking for the committee. Mr.. Thorn
replied that he did not.
Mr.. Leonard, a member of the COM
mittee, said that no meeting of the
committee had been held to consider the
bill or to give a hearing upon it
notice of it. All the. knowledge he had
of the bill vase note which was handed
to him, asking him to sign al favorable
report rs he had had no time to ex-!
anime it and knew nothing of its contents
he had refused to sign the report. Mr..
Scovel scored the movers of the bill for
the undue haste with which the measure
was being railroaded through. He said
it was not fair, and there was always
something wrong with a, measure which
was rushed through at such an unealled
for pace. He could not understand why
the committee should be afraid to give
the friends of the measure a hearing.
There was no undue haste being exer-
cised in getting the bill. through, Mr..
Derousse said, except such as is always
session was so near. Mr.. Goldenhorn
told of his talk with Mr.. Hopkins and
made a vigorous speech in favor Of the
resolution to recommit. Several other
member were on their feet ready to
speak in favor of the resolution when
MI. Derousse, with his usual 1foxiness,
seeing hat the motion would prevail, said
that if the object of the resolution was
to give the Reserves a hearing he would
consent to the bills going back to the
committee. This cut off the debate and
Mr.. Kinks motion was carried unani-
mouSly.