The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-16
GOOD And BAD.
Term Extender and Tax
alton Relief Bills Pass
the Assembly To-
day.
JERSEY clTY's GREAT VICTORY
Our Income to Be Increased by
s114,O0O-R Race Track Bill
Killed.
JERSEY CITY's GREAT VICTORY
Special to the Jerseu oity Ne,rs.

| TRENTON, March 16, 1S97.-The adj
verse report of the Committee on Re-
| vision of Laws this morning on the race
track bill gave the Republican orators
an opportunity to lift the sluice gates of
| their oratory and let the flood of their
eloquence oyerwhelm the House
Mr.. Scoyel of Camden, one of General
| SewelPs henchmen and one who can al
ways be relied upon to vote for any cor
| poration scheme the General wants pass
ed, had the floor all to himself. He saw
| ed the air, pounded his desk and yelled
and screamed like an old fashioned Meth
odist exhorter at a camp meeting. Tie
was horribly shocked that any member
of the Republican party would introduce
such measure, espec4glly after the Re-
publican party had been swept into power
on that issue and the first Republican
Governor in years was elected on it. Mr.
Scovel became SO worked up and excited
that his terribly earnest manner became
ludicrous and provoked the amusement
OF the members. This aroused Mr.. SEQ
yel'S anger, and he made some remarks
about how Hudson always saw something
funny in everything that was good and
pure. When Mr.. Scovel had talked him
self out, Mr.. Armbruster asked leave to
withdraw the bill Mr.. Scovel objected,
and vote being taken, the report was
sustained.
No; 127 the election extension bill,
which passed the Senate last night, came
up in the House this morning for con-
currence in the Senate's amendments.
Mr.. Gledhill moved that the amend
ments do not have third reading. He
said that if the principle in the bill was
a good one 1T should apply to all muni-
cipalities alike. II any one could show
him that it was good bill he would
vote for it.
MIR. Jones, one of the suburban Essex
members, said that the bill was asked for
two cities wanted it they should have it,
Mr.. Goldenhorn then threslhed out the
Old straw about voters doing business in
New York and neglecting the polls rather
than their business; honest elections,
wishes Of the people, economy, etc., etc.
! Mr.; Nelson showed the House once more
made rambling talk, in which he said
he went great dead about the county
and had not met a man in Hudson yet
who did not favor the bill.
Messrs. Lloyd and Roll spoke in favor
of the amendments, and the amendments
We're ordered to be engrossed and tot
nave iI third reading by a vote of SS to
Those voting in the negative were Gled-
N, jackson, Klink,. Lawshe, Martens,
Porter, Fighter, Watkins and Wildes
There is a great deal of final adjourn
ment talk and it is understood that the
leaders have fixed upon March 26 as the
day.
Leader Derousse said this morning that
there would probably be night sessions
now until final adjournment, which looks
as though the leaders were determined
to wind up ON that date There was a
Scrimmage i'm the Senate over the COM
muters' package bill which came up on
as to .confine the package that may be
carried to the personal property of the
passenger I,4sndaS ia and It must not occupy space
appeared to be a disposition among the
senators to put off it's passage. This
caused ca MT; DAILY to take the floor and say,
great deal, but they ought not to own
us body and soul. Under the present law
a. Jerseyman e,yaa, J., ca1aot n buy few groceries
them home on a railroad train
Mr.. voorhees, questioned Mr. Daly's
statement and the latter produced an
opinion by Justice Van Syckel of the SUI
preme Court holding that a man was not
justified in carrying a few family grocer
les on a train. And the time will come. },
said Mr. DAILY. when they will not let us
take our shoes with us on the train''
Senator Voorhees, said that the road ter
mlnat1ng IN Hoboken had made all the
trouble Senator DAILY said that was so
ana added that the Pennsylvania or Jer-
sey Central did not invade personal rights
TO the same extent. The bill just got
through with eleven votes,
In the Senate Mr.. Ketcham introduced
bill, as he promised in the debate on the
election extension bill last night, provid
ing that when the municipal and State
election came on the same day there shall
be two ballot boxes and two sets of bal
lots.
No. 1S4, the bill recommended by the
Equal Taxation Commission, which will
Increase the amount which Jersey city
900, was passed as gently as 4 spring
day. When 1t came up Mr. Derousse said
that the bill had been so thoroughly dis
cussed in past debates that he did not
yrT>fl,
more on the subject. Everyone appeared
to agree with Mr.. Derousse and the bill
passed by a vote of so to Z The seven
were Ebie, Harrison, Hutchinson Minch, |
Porter, Powers and Rude
The Bicycle Baggage bill was also
passed. Mr.. Ebfe of Newark, who is one
of the rankest corporation men in the
House, objected to the amendments, bat
the bill got through. The general opinion
is that the bill as amended will be Of
little if any benefit to the bicyclist