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

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be inserted in the paving bill.
The Governor said it was a good idea
and Senator Johnson of Camden, who has
charge of the bill. prepared such an
amendment. He introduced it into the
Senate late in the day, and 1t will be
rushed through with despatch.
Mr.. Days bill to enable Hoboken to
pay her debts will nave trouble in the
House. When it came over from the SEN
ate Mr.. Allen had it referred to the Com
mittee on Judiciary, of which he is a
member, instead of the Committee on Mu-
nicipal Corporations, of which he Is not
a member, and to which such bills are
usually referred. The Judiciary Commit
tee will give a hearing upon it next Mon
day afternoon.
There was a hearing before the Judiciary
| Committee yesterday afternoon on Mr..
Daly's bill, which enables Gutenberg to
issue bonds to raise money to pay GER
tain bonds and Improvement certificates
| and interest thereon. After hearing an
explanation from Mr.. Bauer the commit
tee reported the bill favorably and the
House passed 1t.
Nothing daunted by the defeat of his
Palisades preservation bill, Mr.. Marnell
introduced a new measure for the purpose
yesterday afternoon. 1t provides for the
building of a roadway along the Pali-
sades, a continuation of and similar to
| the Hudson County Boulevard, the lands
| neeeed to be taken by condemnation. The
bill contains a referendum clause, and the
| voting is to be done at an election for
! members of the General Assembly. Should
a majority of the voters oppose the act
the Bergen F~reeholders are authorized to
make plans for the construction of the
road at a cost not to exceed 5000. 900, one
third of which is to come from the
State under the provisions of the gem
eral road law. The bill prohibits blasting
| within 1000 feet of the road.
The passage of a. bill by Senator Hoff-
man brought to light a rather foolish con-
troversy between DR.. James C. Green.
principal of the State Norman School
and the Trenton Board of Education. Dr..
Green has been in the habit of sending
members of his graduating class to the
public schools of the capital in order that
they might obtain some practical know
ledge in teaching. The young ladies were
paid nothing, but of late it has stolen
through the thick pates of the Trenton
ians that such a course was beneath the
dignity of the capital of this tight little
State. so that they passed a ukase or I'LL
timatum. or something equally as bind
ing in their estimation, ~forbidding the
assignment of Normal School pupils to
teach in their schools. DIR. Green, how
ever, is something of a politician, if he
does rank among the leading educators
of the country, and he had Mr.. Hoffman
introduce a bill which allows the principal
of the Normal School to designate
! schools where the Normal School pupils
may teach. Trenton. of course, is the
only city in which such designation can
be conveniently made, and, as the bill
| passed, the ~pedigogue has outwitted the
petty local politicians.
1t has been demonstrated beyond per-
adventure that the grip that the Honor
able William j. Thompson, sometimes
known as the Duke of Gloucester once
had on the New Jersey Legislature, has
vanished. His double bar bill, which was
introduced to enable William to run two
or more bars under one license at his
Washington Park resort, has come to
grief. The committee to which it was
referred reported it adversely. Mr..
Thompson and his able assistant, Tom
Flynn, hav been laboring here for sew
eral days in the interest of the measure,
and were under the impression that they
had a majority of the committee with
them. They were much disguised there
fore when they learned of the manner in
which they had been deceived and left the
city.
The Committee on Appropriations has
been holding star chamber meetings for
the past few. days and putting the an
nual bill in shape. The members have
worked for several lays trying to keep
up the Republican fiction of economy, and
at the same time take good care of Re
publican schemes and keep the State go
ing. The crying scandal q the asylums
for the insane and other institutions be-
ing overcrowded and in a shocking condi-
ton for want of proper maintenance in
order that capital may be made for the
Republican party. is too well known to
| need more than a passing notice. In fact,
it is SO well known that the people are
beginning to murmur and in such a man
ner as to somewhat alarm the Republican
! leaders. For that reason they are meet
ing behind closed doors and considering
the various estimates. Tt is their inten-
ton to arrange the regular budget of
divide pro rata according to merit among
the suffering Institutions whatever may
be left of such a sum as they deem may
be appropriated without exposing their
| hypocriticaI economy. 1t is expected that
the bill will be ready next week.