The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-01
GREAT JERSEY CITY
Assemblyman Benny Intro
duCes a Bill to Make
Hudson All One.
DULL AT TRENTON LAST NIGHT
Bill 10 Give Every Child in the
State a Seat in School
Balls Bill Dead.
rsnecial to ..The Jersey city News."l

of the present Legislature. lht ioopS -
in despair and the members Thereon are
not making their board at the - d gay
hotels. The eighth week opened last es-
ening and was even 'duiler than It's preae-
cessors. The galleries OF course WY
crowded as a large element OF tfehuoh ?
population go to the State House on Moh
day light, just as they go TO churen On
| Sunday. simply because Sthelr AZ
went before them, and they nave peen
going ever since they were chlioreh.
There was nothing about the proceedings
of the House to relieve the mono'ons.
Even the patriotic praye OF the KEY. :
ter earthly of Columbia. VINO prayeu ne
feryentfy for peace, but If in my FroVi-
dence we must have war, give US the We
tory. oh. Lord failed to arouse any
noticeable amount of enthusiasm, a iaise
number of petitions were received rom
w Is ~ II. and various religious socle-
ties nraving that the bill prohibiting the
,ioansjne. of a saloon located WltnAn wv
feet of any church, school mouse U 'n"i
table institution be passed.
The ~,iveliest feature of the evening was
a hill introduced in the House by WI
BENNY. providing for the incorporates
of Hudson county into one great cry
This is the text of it,
, Tba Governor shall appoint five per
sons who with one person 70 y named
mated by each of the following IN
nnntharities of the several municipalities
Of the county of Hudson, namely: a Ie
Nayor of Jersey City, the Mayor %
,arge of West Hoboken, lne
Sbairman of the Town committee oa
Harrison. the Chairman of the owns of
Committee of Kearny eh ef Weehawken,
the Chairman of the Township Coml meusn
~ c,ffenberg. the Chairman OF the lomn
Committee OF the IoWh romnittee of
fTnion township. the Chairman OF tnf ne
Township Committee of the Io"nsnlp Oh ;,
North Bergen, the Mayor OF the poi onar
~ ioo,,;re into the expediency OF CON
soidafing the various munlclpdtlieS ~
fhe County of Hudson in the ola.e ~ 20
New Jersey. and to repo Thereon reom to the
Tegislature. with such commemorative
as they may deem proper loI apcanl
and their reasons therefor. any go
cies occurring in the number OF .ne
n,~issioners appointed by the GoVerhoi'
whether by failure to accept such n np5
nointment or otherwise, shall pc nlleu
Nv the Governor, and vacancies occuliLns
among those otherwise appointed. Whelneu
nv failure to accept or otherwise. snaii
be filled by the authority by VIZ
original appointment was made. !.
81 y SA1d iJOi1lliSclDb0l AtNF
nresident yice-president and secretary.
and may employ such persons as theS
deem necessary. and may gather sun
~nfornatio and prepare sucn maps a.
roa1- he needed to present their views IN
teIlieently and may. with their report,
present such bills for the action OF tne
Legislature as they may deem Apeeu FOR
their services. shall not be pecunlarly m
terested, directly or indirectly, IN aHy
work or contract concerning thelr IVY
80 1T T,1+ o11 cha11 inn1lT no 0Dl-
cations beyond the amount authorized III
the next section of this act.
3. The governing body of the several
municipalities above named. or any OF
either of them. may appropriate such
sum of money not exceeding IN the az
gregate of the appropriations OF any or
all of such municipalities comolnea
three thousand dollars. as such munlci-
pality or municipalities may deem neces-
sary to carry out the objects OF TINS act.
and the treasurer or treasurers. or olheL
| chief financial officer or Officers OF Sucn
municipalities or any or either of them
making such appropriation shall pay Sc
much thereof as may be certifed Dy salu
Commissioners to be necessary on vouch-
ers in form satisfactory to such treas-
urer or treasurers. or other chief finan-
cial officer or officers as aforesaid. Ihe
several municipalities. or any or either OF
them aforesaid. shall have power under
this act to borrow such sum or sums OF
money mentioned in this third section OF
this act. and shall provide for the repay
VI tAtN tNHt "
the next tax levy after the same snail
have been borrowed.
A. In furtherance of the objects of this
act. the local officials of the several
Municipalities in said County of Hudson
are authorized and directed to furnish said
Commissioners. when requested by them.
within their respective keeping. whenever
it can be done without imposing any adj
ditional cost or expense to said several
municipalities.
NJ III 1.tJI --1s1I --..-lk
the salaries of the teachers in the Jer-
sey City public schools, under the cap
tion:-"A bill to prevent boards of educa-
ton in first-class cities from removing
employees. or teachers for political reasons,
and continues in office during good beha-
vior those appointed for specific terms
received it's quietus. The Committee on
Education reported it adversely, and the
report was accepted without any oppo-
sition. Two bills of interest to townships
only were passed, and the House took a
fifteen minutes recess in order to allow
Mr.. Skirm's pet scheme for the annex
alton of Wilbur to the city Of Trenton to
pass the Senate and come over to the
House. When the Assembly reconvened
the Wilbur bill came over, was passed
and sent in to the Acting Governor.
A petition was received from Aaron
Wilkes Post, No. %, G. A. r., Trenton
protesting against the bill providing fol
a change in the management of the Home
for Disabled Soldiers at Kearny. Another
from Farragut Post, No. %, asking foi
the passage of an amendment to the Law
governing the Soldiers Home. so as tc
exempt the inmates of the Home from
any forced contribution to the. funds oil
said Home. Both petitions were referred
to the Committee on Militia.
Senator Daily stirred things up in the
Senate by his application to Mr.. Skirm's
Wilbur annexation scheme. When il
came up on final passage he attacked il
as a most vicious piece of partisanship
5 No one, he said. asked for it except the
Republican politicians of Trenton who
were striving to ave themselves from
defeat at the coming spring election.
+ Mr.. Reed, who championed the meas
ure for Senator Skirm, who was in the
5 chair, called attention to the fact that al
though public hearings on the bill were
; advertised no one appeared in opposition
to the measure. Mr.. Skirm called Mr.
Ketcham to the chair and made an elab
crate defense of the measure. He claimed
that the bill was wanted by the citizens
i both Of Trenton and Wilbur, as the result
} of a movement that began several year.
ago. The bill passed by a vote OF u to I
ilra fhe HorSp the Senate was deIlgef