The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-25
SCRAPS IN THE House
Allen Carries on His Hoboken
Reputation Flght-Eri
Merger.

Especial to "The Jersey City News."1
TRENTON, March %. 1S9~S.-Senator
Days bill to enable Hoboken to pay her
just debts came up in the House last
evening, and Mr.. Allen moved that it be
indefinitely postponed. Mr.. GledhiH
hoped that tht motion woul not prevail,
and his nope was realized. Then Mr..
Allen moved that the bill be postponed
until next Wednesday. That brought
Mr.. GledhiIl to his feet with a point of
order that as the Legislature would adj
journ today, Mr.. Aliens motion practi-
cal1y amounted to a motion to postpone
Indefinitely, which had been lost.
The Speaker upheld the point of order,
and then Mr.. Allen moved that the fur
Their consideration of the bill be post
poned until three o'clock today, the hour
set for adjournment. Mr.. Gledhill raised
the anne point of order. The Speaker
declared the point not well takenp and
there was another vote with same result.
Allen then moved that the bill be COM
mitted to the Committee on Ways and
Means and the Speaker informed him
that there was no such committee. Then
MIR. Marnell took a hand and moved that
it be referred to the Committee of the
Whole. which motion met the same fate
as its predecessors. Finally Mr.. Gled-
hill disposed Of the matter by carrying
a motion to have the bill lie over until to-
day.
The bill legalizing the merging of the
New York, Susquehanna and Western
Railroad with the Erie came up in the
House, and was advocated by Mr.. Cole
of Cape May. Mr.. Bell of Bergen OPP
| posed the measure. He spoke of the
condition in which the merger left the
| people of his section, completely at the
mercy of one railroad. He disclaimed
any intention of being a champion of the
| people against corporations. He would
defend a corporation measure if 1t was
right and just just the same as he
would a cause of the people which was
right. He spoke Of the dangers of Civ
ing one road the monopoly of such a
large section of the territory. The Erie
controlled nine per cent. of the coal OUT
put and the Susquehanna and Western
three per cent, and he declared that the
merging of the two roads was a coal
| combine on a small scale. Mr.. Porter
made a long harangue, in which he said
he never saw a House which had so gone
mad in it's efforts to misrepresent the
people. The bill passed by a vote of
40 to s.
The trading stamp bill passed the House
| wreck it by loading 1t down with amend
ments. His efforts failed, however, and
the bill went through. Mr.. Houston alone
| voted against it. A motion to reconsider
was tabled, and it only requires the Gov
| errors signature to make it a law.
Senator Johnson's bill increasing the
jurisdiction of police justices in Jersey
| City passed. Mr.. Vreeland's bill, pro-
viding that hereafter corporations fling
| articles of Incorporation in this State,
need not give the postofice addresses of
| their interpretations, caused a debate par
| ticipated in Senators Vreeland, Stokes
and DAILY. Senator Stokes made an elo-
quent speech in defense Of the bill, which
he said, had been grossly misrepresent-
ed. The measure interfered with no
other State; it simply provided tina we
| should not post a public bulletin of the
| patrons of New Jersey so as to submit
them to double taxation. They are taxed
here, and should, not be taxed again in
New York or elsewhere. They deserve
that amount of protection as they bring
us nearly $500, 600 a year which goes to
support New Jersey institutions. Besides
that twenty-six of them have recently
brought new plants to this State, giving
| employment to II 900 hands. The pending
bill was exactly the same statute as is in
force in New York State, therefore this
could not be retaliatory legislation.
Senator Daily attacked the bill, saying
/ that the corporations came here because
they had less tax TO pay than else
| where.
Senator vreeland said many of our
people had been held up by New York
| tax gatherers, and this bill was to pro-
tect them.
Senator w. NJ Johnson favored this
principle of the bill.
The bill was lost as follows
Ayes-Messrs. Engel. Francis, Hoffman,
| w. NJ. johnson, Martin, Miller, Skirm,
Stranger, States, Vreeland-l0.
Nays-Messrs. Barber, Braun. DAILY,
| Foster. Hard, H. W. Johnson, Parker.
Van cleef-6.
Before announcement of the vote Mr..
yreeland changed to the negative to
move for reconsideration later.
FLOODS OF NEW LAWS.
Hoth Houses Pile Up Measures