The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-03-18
SMALL Talk And WORK
The Legislature Spends a
Day Over Picayune
Measures of All
Sorts.
$4,000 PARK FOR LAFAYETTE
Derousse and Roll Show Their
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Of Deeds-Griggs' Men
Confirmed.
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TRENTON, March is, 1s97.-Mr. Skirn
stole a march on his friend the Senator
from Hudson this morning and movet
to reconsider Mr.. Days bill authorizing
the Health Inspector, his assistant. OF
any member of the local Board of Heath,
or any police officer in cities to arresi
without warrant persons violating the
health laws. which was passed last night
Mr.. Skirm explained that he did not like
to take advantage of Mr.. Days absence,
but unless he made the motion today he
could not make it at all and he wished
to amend the measure. His motion pre-
vailed.
The Senate INDUCED in a little debate
over the bill providing that persons de
frauding hotel keepers and landlords by
a false show of baggage and then aban-
doning it. may be arrested and upon con-
viction may be punished by six months
Imprisonment.
After Senator Barber, the ~introducer,
had explained the measure Mr.. Hoffman
jumped upon 1t. He said it was a dan
gerous measure, because there was some
times as much likelihood of the landlord
acting unjustly as the boarders. He in
stanced some cases where the landlords
and boarding house keepers had jumped
the rates without warning in cases of
overcrowdings and, when the guests
threatened to leave, their baggage was
seized. If the boarding house keepers
were provided with the additional club
which this measure would give them,
guests would be at their mercy.
The bill was advocated by Mr.. Kuhl,
who said it was only directed against
boarding house beats" The present law
had no terror for them, as the baggage
generally consisted of a cheap satchel
filled with waste paper.
Mr.. Reed thought that boarding house
keepers now had as much power and pro-
lection in their business as most other
people, and there was nothing TO prevent
them from demanding board in advance
IT their suspicious were aroused. The
honest boarder lis usually a stTanger in
the town and had great trouble, if arrest
ed, In securing bail.
THE bill was lost by a vote of six to
ten, but Mr.. Barber changed his vote
from aye to no, so that at some other time
he can try TO bring 1T up again.
The Senate passed the House bill pro-
vidfng that the polls shall be open at 6
a. M and close a. 5 p. III. The bill pro-
yhfng for the appointment of Assistant
Prosecutors in second cless counties pass
ed the Senae and 50 did he ac amnding
h Teachers Retirement Fund act so that
the membership roll will remain open un-
til December /, 1899.
The House was late ct work and early
IN a~djourning, SO that very little was
done by that body. Mr.. Wildman gave no.
tSce that on Monday night he would move
TO relieve the Committee on Corporations
from further consideration of his anti
trust bill. This bill has been hung up in
the Committee for some weeks now. Mr..
Wfidman Is IN earnest v the matster
anc does not propose to let it die without
a fight.
OF the two bills passed by the House,
one was Mr.. Nelson's measure permit
ting Jersey City to raise $780, 900 by the
sale Of bonds for a park in Lafayette.
Mr.. Derousse opposed the measure. He
said that the House had been told again
and again during the session how poor
Jersey City was n 10Y the railroads
were making it poorer and poorer every
day, and yet every once in q while up
comes some bill authorizing Jersey City
to issue bonds for some purpose or other.
Mr.. Roll said from what he had heard
during the session he did not think
there was a piece of LAND in Jersey City
large enough for a park that was not
owned by railroads. Both these funny
gentlemen voted against the bill, but 1t
was PdoSCO IlSN6ELQ6tGSS 4tEEE4e Nh1
AT noon the Legislature went into the
election of Commissioners of Deeds.
These were elected for Hudson county
JERSEY CITY.
First Ward-Simon J. Kallman. Chris
tian Geiger, Sarah C. Ross.
Second Ward-Andrew Nelson.
Third Ward-Cornelius J. Cronan, John
ROTTERDAM, John Curry, George w. Hard
ing.
Fourth Ward-Bernard C. Hinse, Geo.
=. Francis, Harry Hill. Patrick H.
ONein Gin place of James E. Connolly,
r~esigned).
Lowry, Charles A. Wells, S. G.. Brouwer.
Sixth Ward-Joseph Sperry, William
Rowland. John H. We're, Evan J. Dudley,
Stephen H. Olin, Nicholas 6. vreeland.
Theodore e. Ferree. Charles H. Weller.
Eighth Ward9George e. Ramsay.
Ninth Ward-Frank J. Higgins,
Tenth Ward-Theodore Mend1es.
Eleventh Ward-Otto D. H~eissenbuttel.
Twelfth sWard-Peter Treiber, Joseph
S~tembauer; First Ward, Joseph F. Ket-
tell, reappointed: Second Ward, john g.
Jacobs; Third Ward. John E. Wich-
North Bergen-Albert A. Marks, Thoss
Lennon
Town Of Union-Thfrd Ward. James G..
Claim: Fifth Ward, GeorgeLimouze, Ed
win c. Young, Edwin Hermann.
w TH : Tss Of unaon-Theo. T. Fornaff.
Weehawken-Aifred Blume.
G4ttenberglAugugtus v. Hill, Henry
J. Gordon, Frederick Behrens.
William Campbell Clark OF Newark was
elected State Director of the United Rail-
roads of New Jersey.
Previous to the joint meeting the Sem
ate went into executive session and con
firmed these nominations
George Wurts, for Secretary of State:
Rlker, Jr., Clerk Of the Supreme
Court; William BEETLE, Commissioner Of
Banking and Insurance; Samuel S.
Moore, Keeper of the State Prison; Board
Of Medical Examiners, Aaron x. Baldwin,
De Baum, George F. Wilbur. This
disposes of all pending nominations ex-
cept those for Judge and Prosecutor Of