The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-02-08

he is beyond the worry and turmoil Of
politics the situation is Somewhat. though
n Q entirely, cleared.
introduce a bill In the Senate this week
which will provide that there shall not be
employed In the two State asylums any
person not q resident of the State.
1T has been discovered that two-thirds
or the attaches of the asylums are hon
residents, and that preference. is given
TO them over the application of those
who are native Jerseymen and voters.
The employing of help a been entirely
within the jurisdiction of the principal
physicians and stewards. and has moi
been controlled by the State Board OF
Hospital Managers.
The reason given for going out of the
State to secure nurses and attendants
IS a peculiar one. 1t is claimed that 1t
Is necessary to have help that has had
some experience, and this kin of help
can only be secured in States where
there are similar institutions which give
TO these men n women their training.
n second reason given1is that the
and are continually making trouble for
the managers. In several instances SEN
sational reports have been traced to
employees taken from the immediate
neighborhood of the institutions.
Senator Ross bill will provide an ex-
animation for all who apply for places
as nurses and attendants. so that they
fore they can be admitted
It is also rumored that in connection
with this bill there will be another for the
the character of the medical treatment
given in the two State institutions.
II Ih hetb mas gnst Always Deen r. sa nspacioat ma 1aa
large number of cases, there is avery
crude system of treatment. 1t is impos-
sible to find out anything in this particu-
lar from those in charge. They protect
themselves ON, the arguments that the or
dfnary laymen cannot appreciate what is
being done for the insane, and a complete
statement of facts would pen the sys-
tenn TO considerable criticism on the part
of medical practitioners who might choose
to favor a different plan.
AS 1t stands now, the internal manage
ment of the two insane hospitals of this
state Is regarded as entirely too auto
cratic. Those in control have repeatedly
RESISTED any attempt on the part of State
the general public from knowing amy
thing about their methods.
Z Inc care of the insane has become, the
most expensive item in the State Treas
urer's accounts, and is continually grow
ing, with prospects of continued demands
Tor r, more buildings n improvements.
inere IS no particular reason why the
machinery of the Legislature should NOT
move with more rapidity, and more SUBJ
results be obtained, for there GER
talnly been enough grist to warrant a
ran exhibition of industry and application.
one hundred and t~wenty-four bills have
been introduced in the House and sixty
SIX in the Senate, enough to keep theScom-
m.ttees and both branches sitting ait least
Infee Gays a week; blu for reason
the House Committees fail tofmake any re-
ports OF the bills that are pending on the
ground that those interested in the meas
ureS are not yet ready to meet or to fur
nisn the committee with a statement con-
corning them.
Both President Williams and Speaker
Macpherson. of the House, had occasion
curing the past week to deliver a lecture
upon hardness and waste of public time.
IT has so far had no effect.
There are many other important meas
ures now on the list that should receive
attention, but it looks as If these i'm
portant measures are being decidedly me-
elected to make them part of the cenfus-
ion that comes during the last weeks of
the, session.
1t is very evident that fourteen hours
and a half dozen important bills in four
weeks is not the kline of hard work that
1nsures the short session tina the party
leaders desire to have.
The week following election it was pre-
dicted that the Legislature would not sit
beyond six or seven weeks at the ut
nth week with little or nothing accomp-
lished.
1t was expected that the constitutional
amendments would have been given some
consideration before this, but action on
them has been deferred, because there
passing Of ali the amendments that are
pending.
This is favorable to those who do not
want the anti-gambling amendments
passed, and those who are d~iscouraging
the agitation for biennial sessions.
The feeling is growing ins favor of the
establishment of Assembly districts. II
viii have the effect of throwing all the
amendments back another year.
Il has been three years since the sub
Ject OF the amendments of the conStitu-
ton was first considered in the Legisia-
ture. and they are no nearer passage
now.
The pound fishermen of New Jersey will
make a aid ON the State House Tonight.
remaining here until the Fish and Game
Committee of the House and Senate viii
give them q hearing on the bill introduced
against pound fishing on the Atlantic
The bill IS No. Sc, and was introduced
Game Commission. 1t fixes a penalty Of
$1,000 fine or three years Imprisonment
for the erection Q r building Of dams or
any bay in the State. Z.
This is, a resumption of the old fight
against the pound fishermen. The fish,
pound and who fish T'I The old "a o sbiane 3
way with the small nets, have joined
forces with those who want to preserve
me atlantic Ocean and The tributaries as
The fight will become exceedingly hot
because the Wealthiest of the pound fish,
erInen nave formed themselves into a
ing Company, which controls a number
81 these fishing pounds SANDY
Hook and B~arnegat.
There are altogether 100 fish poi1nds on
the Atlantic coast owned Nv nea Nv I'll u
pig nrms and q few individuals. The At
iantlc Fishing. Company was incoruorafed
last year with a capital stock Of $1000S
anu tne purpose OF the incorporation was
. D iiseatlaie th WITH fb~ist rib 81 flsh.
they had received in the New York and
~fhiladelphia markets by the eonnmis.
sion merchants, they decided to handle
their own fishing.
To do that successfully they sent out
daily from various pounds along The
shore several freight cars loaded WIFI
nsh, which were taken direct into the
nearby towns and sold at 3 and q cents
per pound, practically running the bIsis
ness of the local fish dealers.
The pound fishermen within fha mast
ten days have denied the. existence Of
their fsh trust, claiming that the Al
!antic Fish Company has been dissolved
but the records of the Secretary Of the
state show that the Atlantic Fish Com
pany was incorporated on March 2e.
1888, with officers in Philadelphia and
New York, and that this Corporation has
not been dissolved and is still regarded
by the State of New Jersey as an exist
ing corporation.
county, who is vice president Of the
corporation, is leading the fight on the
inside, n is very sanguine over a@suc-
cessful issue in the interest of the
pound fishermen.
The corporation expected to put I'M an
Ice plant for refrigerating purposes near
Long Branch, but they have decided "a
postpone the enterprise until they see