The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-08

HUBBUGGING qHB STATE
Legislature Doing Nothing
With a Great Display
of EarnestneSs.
THE BENCH AS PARTY sPoILS
Appropriations Committee Strug-
Cling With The Deticit-A
Little Money for omaha.
THE BENCH AS PARTY sPoILS
Especial 70 sThe Jersey city News."I

the dull monotony Of the present DO
Nothing Policy" appears to have no eff
feet and. thai is the attendance of the
citizens and cifizenesses OF Trenton upon
the Monday night sessions. Last night
the ladies' and mems galleries were crowd
al "a overaowing with a throng that
soy -han for their roubie.
The proceedings were as dull as usual
AND by nine o'clock both Houses had adj
journed over to Wednesday morning
! rs1s was due to the fact that today. the
townships hold their annual electionU hnd
IL there is any day in the year when the
rural member is a great maj in the Eyes
of his constituents it is the second Tues
day Of each and every March. He will
cheerfully sit in his seat FIVE days and
four nights for successive weeks, will
cheerfully vote for sessions IN Washing
tons birthday and the anniversary OF
Lincoln's entrance into the world, but
the means to induce him to stay in Tren-
ton on township election day have not
vet been discovered.
Senator vreelard is to be Judge of Nor
rs county. That was decided last even
ing when the Governor placed his name
in an envelope, directed it to the Presi-
QenI pTO TEN vi IL Siio oho
Private Secretary Hobart futile to lay
it before the august body. But before Mr..
futile could get to the Senate Chamber
that body had adjourned and Mr.. Vree-
land will have to wait until Wednesday
to near his name read off. AS Senatorial
courtesy always confirms a Senator nomi-
mated to an office without reference, Mr..
vreeland may see himself a fun f1edged
Judge before tomorrow night.
The appointment of Mr.. vreeland leaves
only four Democratic Judges on the
benches of the twenty-one counties and
those four are Mercer, Monmouth, Cum
berland and Somerset. The terms of the
present ineunbents in those four counties
expire during the term of the next Gov
ernor and If he is a Republican there
will be no Democratic County Judges in
the State.
The time is not so far distant when the
Republican press of the State used to
whip itself into a frenzied state of holy
horror at the gross iniquity of a majority
of the County J~udgeships in the hands
Of the Democrats, but while this process
of replacing those Democrats with Re-
publicans has gone on not a peep has been
heard from those same Republican or
gans.
There has been more tinkering with Mr..
Johnson's grade crossing bill and the
gentleman from Bergen thinks that az
last it is in shape to become a law. When
he left it last week it provided that the
crossings established after the passage OF
the act should be maintained by the
municipalities applying. for them. This
Mr.. johnson thought would be a good
measure and tend to discourage the estap-
lishment of new crossings. But the Dill
was amended yesterday SO that 1t shall
be left to the Chancellor to decide
whether the municipality or the railroad
shall maintain the crossing or share the
expense and in wha proportion.
The Appropriation Committee is still at
work trying to parcel out State revenue
where it will do the most good to the Re-
publican party. Sueh work as that re-
quires secrecy and for that reason the
committees deliberations are conducted
behind closed doors. The committee an
nounced last evening that next Monday
afternoon it will give a hearing to those
interested in the Railway Reformatory.
The commissioners are looking for m
thing like $3.50, 600, the mere mention OF
which makes the COMMITTEES look glum.
Matters are not entirely hopeless for
Colonel Robert Mitchell Floyd and the
Omaha Fair Commissioners. The mem
bers of the committee yesterday changed
the tone of their remarks and gave the
impression that they might be persuaded
to give the Colonel $4,000 to make
a creditable showing of New Jersey
products at the. great fair. One OF the
members said yesterday that the com
mittee had asked Colonel Floyd to go out
among the manufacturers of the State,
see what they were willing to do in the
matter Of an exhibit and then let the
committee know the result. If the Colonel
made such a trip throughout the State,
the member said, the committee had no
knowledge of it, as the Colonel did not
come back. There are many men here
who think that il the Commissioners can
show the committee that New Jersey
manufacturers have taken al interest in
the fair and will send creditable exhibits
to Omaha the committee could be per-
suaded to appropriate $4,000. There is
reason to believe that such a course
would meet the approval of the Acting
Governor. Of course a State building is
out of the question.
Mr.. Murphy of Hudson had another in
terview with Acting Governor Voorhees,
last night about his park bill and he ap-
| pears confident that the measure will be-
come a law and Lafayette at last get its
much. longed for park. Mr.. William D..
Edwards accompanied Mr.. Murphy and
explained the bill, with particular refer
! ence to the Governors objection to in
| creasing the public debt. He pointed out
| that the measure provided for the ap-
prevail OF the projeetstb by a vote OF the
| people before it became operative and
| that it also provided for a sinking fund
to pay off the bonds.
The Republican Senators held a caucus
| last evening and considered several meas
ures. Final adjournment was discussed
and 1t was concluded to rush things SO
as to be able to wind up on March p.
| There was considerable discussion over the
bill which proposes to abolish the fees
| of county offices and place the officials ON
salary. The larger counties were all in
| favor of the measure and the Senators
representing them made strong appeals
for the passage of the act, pointing out
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