The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-15
della WARE DAM.
Repeater of the Bad Griggs
Law Passes the As
scmbly After a
Fight.
Mr.. ALIENS GOOD TACTICS
Gledhill Accepts Defeat Gracefully
Routine Work Of the
Session.
Especial 70 THE Jersey City News.'l

tCpfCidi % Ic Els SAts
TRENTON. March 10 ls9s.-One day last
week .The Jersey city News" told of the
controversy petween the Trenton Board
OF Education and DR.. Green, principal OF
the Normal School, over the custom OF
the Doctor to send members of his gradu-
ating class into the Trenton public schools
to obtain practical training in teaching;
how the local board objected and passed
a resolution forbidding the young ladies'
to teach in the city schools and how the
Doctor %smuggled through the Senate a
bill giving him the authority to send the
young ladies into the schools, the board
to the contrary Notwithstanding. Ihe
controversy has been going in the Tren-
ton papers ever since and much local
interest has been aroused. 1t was ex-
peeted that the bill would be called up IN
the House last evening and almost the
entire graduating class of the Normal
| School, under proper chaperonage OF COM
petent teachers, crowded the ladies' gal
lery to listen to the debate. They came
| early and in such numbers that they over
flowed the ladies' gallery and occupied
| almost the entire front row of the mems
gallery.
tNtJ -
bill was all that brought them out, TOR
the measure was not touched upon a.
| all. If. however, they came to WITNESS
one of the best sessions of the winter they
Mr.. Allen started matters going by call-
ing up his resolution to relieve tne Sona-
| mittee on Corporations or tfurtner con.
| sideratien of his repeater OF the DelaWare
| Dam Act of last winter. :.
This BILL" Mr.. Allen began, Whlen is
a repealer of the Delaware Dam Bili o.
last winter. has been IN the hanas . :
the committee since early in the Session.
| think that sufficient time has inter-
vened for the committee to be anle 70
| report it one way or the otnef. N lay :
have been Informed that the coinliiilss
| intended to report the measure favorapiy.
Last week / was assured that sucl wa9
the case and for that reason l nave re-
| Trained from pushing my motion. ! ndve
been told that many of the members q
| the House look with favor upon the meas
ure. which is in the interest OF the people,
and all | ask is that the bill pc taken
from the committee and given IT'S course
on the floor of the House.
The motion was opposed by Mr.. Gled-
hill on the ground that there was a
| Similar bill now on third reading in the
4 Senate which was far more hkely 70 pe-
come a law thai Mr.. Aliens measure. !,
ut is more than strange, Mr., Speaker
began 1Mr. Bruder, of Hudson, that q
member of this Legislature should nave
ITO Oller Il TeSDlQl4Cti " ST. ~ 49,
committed. believe this bill is in the
| interests of the people of New Jersey,
l.Wi:om we are here to represent. IL !
understand the Constitution OF ms otale
the Legislature is the highest authority
in the State and the committee - oniy
the creature of that authority. But II
| appears this session that the M
is the boss. Why should a member OF
the House be compelled to call upo the
! House to relieve the committee OF a PHI,
and that committee appointed by the
Speaker of this Assembly? If this phi Is
iniquitous or obnoxious, Why should NOT
| the members, who are sworn to do their
duty by the people, be permitted to Judge
of it Why should we be called upon 70
ask to nave the committee renewed oiIt.
It seems to me like the tail wagging the
.srhis is a bill that has the approval OF
the people of this State and the people
demand its passage AS a epresenlalis
of the people of Hudson county and the
State at large l demand that the bill be
brought out of committee. Every man
here should support such a demand. !,
Mr.. Bruder then took a side track ana
scored the committee for not reporting
the bill. While he was at the heignt OF
his invective Sergeant-at-Arms tlavel
stepped up to him and whispered some
thing to him..
.sOh. don't you be so previous retorted
MI. Bruder, and the Speaker sharply DC
clared that the gentleman from Tucson
subsidized. Mr.. Bruder then finished his
speech without interruption. Mr.. Allen
in replying to Mr.. Gledhill, said that the
| Senate bill was progressing so slowly
that it did not seem as though it would
ever reach the House.
II awe noticed Mr.. Allen continued,
that when there is a bill in the Senate
similar to that in the House 1t does not
Railways auger well for the House measure.
/ say this with all due respect to the
august Senate. If this bill is taken out
of the committee tonight It may have
the. effect of expediting the Senate bill.
The Clerk then began to call the roll
which h resulted suite IF ia g 3 = victory "a yb foT Vote Mr' vas as:
Bowers. Briuder. Butcher, Carroll, Clark,
crispin, Cole, Dona lam EG nersr fl Hnapon
Johnson, Kelleher. Lawshe, Marnel,
Martens. Mckee, Murphy Porter, Powers
Quaid Rsu, Ridge,Way S simlpson,s sml'h'
Noes@Ashley. Bradley, Goes, Earl,
Fairchild. Giedhill. Holdrum. Horner,
Hunt, McMurray, Murray. Nicklin, P2ole,
Squire. Van Doren, Watkins ~(Speaker),
Nj. Gledhiii accepted defeat in his
usual Chesterheldian manner and moved
that the rules be suspended and the Dill
be put on final passage. He remarked
that there were others in the House be-
side the gentlemen from HUDSON Wno
Of the people, and that it ought to pass.
There were only two votes against the
measure. Messrs. Yard and Weller OF
1 WeIttI-3 Nv VIA - ~ 80 'N-N-~t
that the establishment of a dam at this
point on the river will greatly benefit
their town. Flushed with this victory,
Mr.. Allen moved on the Committee on
Railroad and Canals with a similar. reso-
luton to relieve that committee OF FUR
Their consideration of his equal taxation
measure. But in this he was not sue
cessful, Mr.. Gledhill promptly moved to
lay the resolution OF the table, and the
motion was carried so quickly that Mr..
Allen could hardly realize what struck his
resolution.
A number of Jersey City people jour
neyed dow here last evening with a lit
tie bill providing for q new hospital for
tionary measure they thought they would
call upon the Acting Governor and see
how the matter struck him. 1t struck
Mr.. Voorhees, very emphatieally and he
put his foot down on the scheme most
emphatieally. He said that he would not
approve a measure which called for the
issuing Of any more municipal bonds. The
| new hospital bill was not introduced.
The Republicans Senators held a confer
ence last evening after the session and
decided to pass the bill which takes away
the fees of county officers and places the
latter on a salary. They also discussed
the appropriation bill and the measure
abolishing trading stamps, but came to
no definite understanding.
The Governor appointed a new commits
sion to confer with a similar commission
from Delaware and endeavor to settle the
differences between the citizens of this
two States who fish in the Delaware
River. Last week the Acting Governor
appointed a commission of business men,
but learning that the Delaware Commits
called last weeks appointees and sent ir
1 fhe names of these laWyerS:-Attorney