The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-25
BXTRAVAGANCE
IYEMIZED.
Tabular Statement of the
Appropriation Bill for
the Expenses of
1889
LITERALLY, MILLIONS IN IT
Allotment of the School Money to
the eounties-Deficiency
Bill for 1878.
LITERALLY, MILLIONS IN II
rsnec,a, 3 ..Tbe Jersey city News.Hl

Especial to 1.-The Jersey City News. ]
TRENTON. March %. 1S9S.-The Repub-
licans are having serious trouble with
their boss campaign document, wnich
they call the Appropriation bill. IN the
first place. it did not suit all of their own
party. and when the Senators had had
a chance to look it over and see how their
pet schemes and the best interests OF IN
stitutions of the State had been sacfliicea
to the parsirnonious ambition to nm
as an economist of Senator Johnson, they
kicked kicked most vigorously Inc
leaders beelme frightened and cailed a
conference. which lasted over two hours.
The Appropriation bill was torn to pieces
by those whose toes had been trodden
upon.
Senators Johnson and Stokes stood up
marfully for the bill. and Mr.. Johnson
dwelt upon the necessity of keeping down
the states expenditures in order that the
agriculturists could be kept in line for the
Republican party. h conference be-
came so warm at one stage of the pro-
ceedings that the Acting Governor was
asked to come in and see if he could cool
things down. But the wise Mr.. voorhees,
concluded to keep out of it and sent bacK
word that he couldn't come Ore IuiPor-
tant change was made in the Dill Ihe
item -appropriating $le0, 600 for roaus was
increased to- $50, 900. That setting $500 for
the Home for Old Soldiers and their
wives was increased to 5000. Even these
concessions did not end the bills troubles.
When Senator Johnson moved to suspend
the rules and rush the measure through
Mr.. Daily objected. saying that in making
up the committee the Democratic Sena-
tors had been entirely ignored and not
one Of them had been placed upon the
committee. In view of the fact that the
Democrats had no part in framing the bill
and knew nothing of the reasons for the
various items or whether they were Just
or unjust, the Democrats felt that they
should scrutinize each item carefully, and
he would therefore insist upon rne meas
ures going through in the. usual methodi-
cal way provided by this rules.
Now. it takes two-thirds of all the SEN
ators. or fourteen. to suspend the rules,
and rs the Republicans have just that
number, with Mr.. Voorhees,. the Acting
Governor was invited to come into the
Senate. take his seat as the presiding Off
Ger and vote to override Mr.. DAILY. Again
the Acting Governor showed his good
sense and refused to join his Republican
colleagues in their exhibition of rank par
tisanship.
The bill went over until today.
The Naval Reserve is also kicking most
vigorously over the appropriation. The
Military Board told the committee that
it would take at least $4,000 to keep the
Reserve afoat. and the Bergen County
Senator and his colleagues in the calm
assurance of their superior wisdom on
such matters gave them only a little more
than one-half of hat amount. There was
A number of the officers of the Reserves
here last night. They took off their coats
and worked to such advantage that they
feel encouraged to offer an amendment to
! the bill giving them all they asked for.
1t is a matter of life and death to the
Reserves. for unless they can obtain the
amount they ask for they will have to
| disband and send the ships they have back
| to the Government to the everlasting
| shame of New Jersey.
The following is a tabular statement OF
the General Fund items embodied in the
| bill as printed for PASSAGE