The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-17
SESSIONS WERE SHORT
Senate and Assembly Get
Through Their Business in
Fifteen Minutes.
BUT 81 BILLS WE'RE PUT TN
One Apparently to Help Cliff
ford-Benny Prolific
Albeit Charges the
Trusts.
BUT 81 BILLS WERE PUT TN
TspeoIal 10 ..The Jeraey CITY News."l

tRENTON, Jan. II, IS99.-The chlef &C.
cupation of the Legislature was the in
PRODUCTION of bills and both houses We're
in session less h fifteen minutes. Still
that was plenty Of time in which to
bring in thirty-one bills, twenty-five in
the House and six in the Senate. Among
the most important in the Senate was Mr..
Allan's Freebooter bill. which was ex-
planned in yesterdays Jersey City
News" 1t is a very brief measure and
simply provides that the present bulky
Board OF Freebolders shall give way to
a Freeholdera Commission consisting of
seven members. to be elected at large,
but in order to insure a minority repre-
sentatien. no elector shall vote for more
than four members. Mr.. Braun. of Pas
sale. INTRODUCED a measure which will
be hailed with appreciation by every
brave boy who went to the front during
the late war. It provides that 81 per day
shall be paid to a member Of the
New Jersey National Guard or Naval
Reserve who enlisted in army or navy Of
the United States in the late war With
Spain, to be computed from the day of
enlistment to the day of mastering out,
provided that no man shall be paid more
than s100. The men are to be paid out
of the money received from corporation
for franchise tax.
Burlington County has branched out as
the champion of labor. In the Senate,
Senator Parker introduced a measure re-
curing that convicts. so far as practic-
able, Sshall be employed in making goods
used in such Institutions as are under
State control and that the others shall
be employed IN the .'piece price plan"
or the public account system. Only hand
and foot power shall be used when COM
petition goods are manufactured by
honest labor in the State.
In the House. Mr.. Homer. of the same
county, introduced a bill entirely prohibit
ing prison made goods. Assembly Muir
ply came to the scratch smiling with
an equal taxation measure and he
declares that that fight will be renewed
by him and the Hudson delegation.
They will make as energetic a fight, he
says, as was ever made or the session,
and if the bill does not become a law it
will not be their fault. 1t provides hat
the tax on railroad and cana property
for State purposes shall be n and ONE
half per cent. upon a dollar of valua-
tion n for the local axing district an
additional tax at local rates, provided the
same does not exceed two per centum
upon each dollar of valuation.
Two bills. one Of which is known to
be IN the interest of Murderer Clifford,
and one which it is limited is also meant
for his release. were introduced in the
House. One by Mr.. Benny provides that
whenever a man is convicted of murder
in the first degree and the jury recon-
mends him 10 mercy his sentence shall
be Imprisonment for life. The other by
Mr.. Wakelee. of Passaic, provides that II
| any prisoner be sentenced to death for
murder and it is made to appear by
| afidavit presented to the court that SEN
! fenced him thai The prisoner is insane,
| the court shall direct the Sheriff to em-
| pane a jury of twelve men to pass upon
the insanity of said prisoner. sentence
| shall be suspended if the verdict of in
! sanity be rendered; if prisoner becomes
| sane again he shall be resentenced by the
| Court to pay the penalty of his crime.
Another bill by Mr.. Benny prohibits
the employment of or any person under
| sixteen years driving horses or other ami
mails in the streets of any city OF the
| State. Penalty, s100 fine, three months
| Imprisonment.
Mr.. Benny introduced another important
measure which is intended to assist the
| Jersey City authorities in their ~endeayor
to punish the Western Union Telegraph
! Company and its employees for aiding
green goods men.
The measure provides that although un-
| der ordinary circumstances telegraph
companies shall keep secret all messages
it receives and transmits, vet when there
= .,,.;a;o., +l,at tho anpon1nV or anV
of its employees is aiding or carrying on
any unlawful business, it shall be the
duty of the ompany to furnish upon de-
mand to the prosecutor or chief of police
of any city full information concerning
the dispatches or the identity Of the e
der or receiver of dispatches or the con-
tents thereof.
Mr.. Albeit charged upon the trusts
which are Incorporated in this State in a
vigorous manner with a bill which in-
creases their tax. The present franchise
tax on corporations is levied on the is
sued capital stock. 1t is one-tenth of one
per cent. up to and including sS,oes, wy;
one-twentieth of one per cent. from
$, coo 900 !, to 8 go g eco, ma and eM s5o a ab f,ef mll proa
posed law makes the same provision as
the present law on all capitals up 70 81
900, 06O, ard provides that all corporations
having a capital stock over that amount
shall pay d tax of one-twentleth per
Mr.. Carroll tried again his bill Of last
wear prohibiting the using of the Amerl-
| can flag for advertising purposes. Mt.
Carroll almost succeeded In passing the
bill when the Republicans discovered that
it would prohibit them from placing their
Candidates names on the flag. and that
settled Mr.. CARROTS little patriotic bill;
Mr.. Mungle wants only American citl-
zens employed upon public works ana MI.
-. X ~ an VIC nfS countries to bear the eX-