The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-26
GRIGGS ROLLED.
Won't Make Any More
Appointments Before
April.
SENATOR DALY's LITTLE BREEZE
Objects to Making County Law
Judges Equal to Supreme
Court Justices.
SENATOR DALY's LITTLE BREEZE
spectal % ths ysrssy otu Ns,ss.

TRENTON, Jan. 26, 1Ss7-Mr. DAILY
stirred up breeze this morning in the
Senate over Senate bill No. 1. This allows
the Supreme Court Justice to sit alone In
Oyer and Terminer on murder trials
Last night the House amended the bill
by giving the Law Judge of Hudson and
Essex the same power. When the amend
ment came up in the Senate this morning
for concurrence, Mr.. Daily said that he
favored the bill as 1t was when it passed
the Senate, but the House amendment
was an altogether different affair. It
conferred upon the County Judge tha
same power as Justice of the Supreme
Court and his experience of quarter OF
a century in the criminal courts had
taught him that that would be a danger
Gus innovation. He pleaded earnestly
for the preservation of the dignity of the
Supreme Court and declared that life and
liberty were more secure with the JUS
tices of the Supreme Court than they
were with the Judges of the lower tri-
bunal Mr.. Daly's appeal was effective
The Senate laid the bill over. Subse-
quently the House adopted resolution
recalling the bill from the Senate and the
amendment will be stricken out.
Several Senate bills were advanced to
a third reading and one was passed. II
provides that corporations whose charters
are about to expire may continue busi-
ness under the general laws; Senator
Johnson of Bergen opposed the bill on
the ground that it was harmless but un-
necessary legislations.
Mr.. Dod introduced two bills providing
for a peculiar kind of nen-partisan fire
and police boards. They provide that the
Mayor shall appoint two members of each
party to each board and be himself the
chairman of each board. b
4 The Governor appeared to be a little
rolled this morning oveHkthe talk of his
appoin tmentS. He said this morning that
he would not make any appointments for
some time 10 come. as none OF the inn
much before April He saw no necessity
for all this talk in the newspapers about
his action in regard to the Offices. He
would act when he got ready and until
ticular interest the public had In the
matter.
The Senate went into executive session
and confirmed all the nominations before
it. They include the reappointment Of
Major Anderson as Supervisor of the
State Prison and Wilbur Heisley as Pros
eeutor of Monmouth The Senate then
adjourned for the week. Mr.. Demarest
did not introduce his Freeholder bill. He
said it was not altogether satisfactory,
and would have to be revised Senator
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WHICH
affects only counties with between thirty
five thousand and seventy-fye thousand
Inhabitants. 1t provides for board OF
three of one party and two of another
The term of Office is three years and the
salary 500.
The other nominations confirmed weres
For State Board of Assessors, Bird w.
Spencer and Amos Gibbs. For Judge OF
Essex Common Pleas Court, J. Franklin
Fort; for Judge of Sussex Common Pleas
Court, Henry Huston; fer State Fish Conl--
mission, George l.. Smith; for Judge OF
Jersey City District Court, james S. Ir-
win; for trustees Reform School for
Boys N. S. Rue. H. L.. Dunham; for
trustees State Industrial School for
Girls Aaron Carter, George c. Maddox,
E. H. Stokes and P. J. Fitzgibbon-