The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-09
SHAMELESS RAID.
Republican County Commits
tee Usurps the Powers
of the Hudson AS
semblymen.
COMMISSIONERS OF DEEDS LISTS
Ex-Mayor Wanser Does Good Work
for the City-G. .. +. in
the Blues.
Special to .The Jersey City News. Z

Especial to 'The Jersey City News."]
TRENTON, March g. 1S9S.-The Repub-
licans returned to the State House this
morning in everything but a jubilant
mood. In fact a melancholy, deep and
lurid, hovered over them and they were
sad. This had a decided effect upon the
days proceedings and hardly thing
worth mentioning was done during the
morning session. The cause of this
righteousness was the twonship elections
which show decided Democratic gains in
all parts of the State Even that would
not have been so bad had not Camden
shown such determination TO abandon
the darkness in which she has CROPPED for
so many years and come out into the
Democratic light
A joint meeting was held at noon for
the purpose of electing Commissioners of
Deeds for the various counties. The
Hudson Democrats prepared list of the
men for the offices in that county aid
were about to hand it in, when John r.
Landrine, representing the County Re
publican Committee, appeared on the
scene with another list. This did not
agree with the one already prepared and
there was fiction right away. Neither
side appeared inclined to yield and after
considerable arguments the matter was
laid over until next Wednesday, when
there will be another joint meeting.
Ex-Mayor Wanser did some good work
here thisrmorning. He went to work to
secure the passage of Mr.. w. H. john
sons bill, providing that the taxes on
railroad estate, intended under last
winters law to be allotted to the taxing
districts of the State, shall be appropriate
ed beginning with the taxes assessed
November 1, 1897, instead of 1898, as the
law officers of the State have declared
to be the purport of the bill. Mr.. Jonn-
son called the bill up after the joint
meeting and advocated it's passage in a
speech in which he explained the object
of last winters bill and the complication
which had arisen.
No one spoke against the bill and it
went through with only three opposing,
Packer of Burlington. Martin of Sussex
and Reed of Somerset.
A motion by Senator DAILY was carried
directing that the bill be sent at once to
the House, where it came up early in
the afternoon session and was passed.
The rules We're again suspended and it
was sent back to the Senate in order
that it might be transmitted at once to
the Governor for his signature.
The Senate passed the House bill allow
ing the Hudson Circuit Court Judge to
appoint ergeant-at-Arms
Senator Vreeland was confirmed as
Judge of Morris county
At the opening of the House session a
large number of petitions were present
ed in favor of the bill forbidding the sale
of rum within 200 feet OF any church or
school
A resolution, adopted at the town meet
ing of the voters of Springfield Town
ship, was submitted, praying the Legls-
lature to be economical in it's disburse-
ments of public funds; to place county
and State officials upon salaries and turn
all fees into the State Treasury to re-
duce the salaries of State officials; to
pass a law requiring banks holding State
funds to pay interest on the same. to
pass a law requiring unnaturalized for
eigners to pay per capita tax; TO IN
vestigate the methods of treatment and
care of the insane in all State institu-
tions, and to revise the law for the COM
mitment and detention OF persons to IN
sane hospitals.
ernor to revise and codify the general
statutes concerning conveyances, partl-
tion of lands, etc, reported that they
had prepared bills covering the subject.
The report was referred to the Commit
tee on judiciary, and the sCOmmlSSlOH.
bills were introduced.
The House passed the bill appropriate
| ing 5000 for monument at Andersonville,
Ca, to the memory of the soldiers of The
State who died in the Rebel prison at
that place. The bill providing for an
electric plant at the State Prison was
also passed Among the other bills which
went through was one providing that.
Any city, town. borough or town
| Ship which has passed. or which shall
hereafter pass, any ordinance or or
dinanceS to restrict the use of BIZ
cycles or impose conditions upon the
use of bicycles, whether as to speed
or equipping any such bicycle with
brake or bell, or restricting such BIZ
| such city, town, borough or township
shall, before any person can be law
fully fined or imprisoned under such
ordinance erect in a conspicuous place
upon all the roads leading into such
city, town, borough or township, at
| the corporate limits of such city, town,
borough or township. post and sign
board displaying in legible letters, in
| as few words as practicable, the re-
| strictionS or conditions of such Ordi-
| nance or ordinances, and the penalty
| for violation of the same.
The bill requiring garbage collectors to
remove garbage and offal in separate
wagons, was vigorously opposed by Mr..
I Powers and lost by vote of 25 to 27.
| Mr. Bruder withdrew his bill creating
| the office fof Councilman at-large AMI
| prescribing his duties. The sum of So 900
| was appropriated for burial plot at the
Kearny Soldiers Home.