The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-04-21
AGAINST THE PARK BILL
Governor Voorhees, Signifies by
Letter an Intention to Veto
Delegation to Trenton
Tomorrow.

The members of the Lafayette Citizens
Association and all the Lafayette prop
erty owners who nave urged Governor
Voorhees, to sign A-ssermblyman Murphy's
park bill, which would give the city pow
er to issue bonds to the extent of $780, coo
for parks, will be terribly put out when
they learn that he has refused to sign
the bill. AT a meeting held by the Green
Will Citizens Association about two weeks
ago the Secretary was instructed TO
write to Governor Voorhees, asking him
to sign the park bill, also to veto the
bill which is to give the electric light cor
porations the right to plant poles wher-
ever they see fit.
III repiJ to the communication sent by
the Greenville Association the following
letter was received by the Secretary
Dear sir-Your formal communica-
tion announcing the action of the
G~reenville Citizens Association with
reference to Assembly bill No. ITS, and
also AsSemblyman Murphy'S Park bill,
is received. / may be in error, but I
do not understand that Assembly bill
No. 178 confers n new privileges upon
corporations. If it does, OF course IT
ought not to receive Executive APP
prevail. The design of the act. as rep
resented by its friends, was TO confirm
rights which the public had already
dLlGllpltu W Sl<ttNts al R4E1S 1 ~ r
not feel Inclined to approve of the
Park bill. 1t lis, no doubt, a meritori-
GUS measure, but it is far beyond the
safe limit of 10 per cent. of assessed
valuations, and the measure does not
seem to be to me of such urgent neces-
sity as to require Immediate action.
h9 TosT faufss M. VOORHEES,.
The Lafayette people as yet do not
know that the Governor has refused TO
sign the bill and a delegation from the
Lafayette Association will call on the
Governor tomorrow, at Trenton, at least
those are the present plans. About TWEEN
ty-five Lafayette people will go and and
among them are A. A. Campbell, q. W.
Watson, Frank Clark, the Rev. j. 2.
Kommers, +. w. H~ardenbergh, John Err
rickson. Joseph Zumbusch, J. Lowy, A.
Sauer, J. Francis, r. Mcknight, Joseph
Dickinson, the Rev. N. Rabbo, j, Witt
penn, j. Hudson, Captain Barker and \.
Steffans.
Assemblyman Murphy, when spoken to
in regard to the Governors letter, said:-
Il think the Governor will make g Dig
mistake if he vetoes the park DILL. Wnen
the members of all the Boards in this
city are in favor OF the park, and even
Mayor Hoos, l fail to see why the Gov
ernor should refuse to sign 1t. Cover
nor VOORHEES, always wants to Know
wha the public sentiment is in regard
to this bill. / assure you he has received
petitions enough to convince him what me
sentiment is, but If he fails to sign the
Dill ne VIII Lnu out WHAT tHS
is this fall. Even the fact that all Of our
Boards are very much in favor OF the
bill should be enough to convince him
that the park is wanted
Mr.. "A. A. Campbell, who has been
working night and day for the park biz,
said today that if Governor VOORHEES, ran
next fall he would never be supported in
this part of the State il he vetoed the
bill. Public sentiment" exclaimed Mr..
Campbell. why the petitions that have
been sent to him should be enough to
convince him that We want a park. Our
committee will visit him tomorrow IN
spite of the fact that he has refused to
consider any of our communication sent
to him"
The committee wia go to Trenton by
way of the Pennsylvania Railroad.