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remuneration
Harrison and Kearny Steal
Defeated in the House
After a Tiresome
Debate.
HUDsoNs SIDE OF THE QUESTION
responsibilities Which the
East Newark Towns Seek
to Shirk by Secession.
HUDsoNB SIDE OF THE QUESTION

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son, Kearny and East Newark to Essex
county was taken up by the House yes
terday afternoon and after a tiresome dis
c~ussion was defeated. Mr.. Bruder ex-
planned the bill, and hehearsed the old
story of the troubles and tribulations I'M
der which the inhabitants of the three
towns suffered from for belonging to Hud-
son, and declared that every man, woman
and child in that section was crying to De
annexed to Essex county. He repeated
the old argument which are heard SO Of
ten for the bill, and declared that the
county authorities refused to make need
ed improvements in that section and COM
pletely overlooked the needs of the three
towns. He produced a large map of Hud-
son county, and he had two pages held
aloft while he explained the geographical
situation of the towns which want to Sc
cede to Essex county.
Mr.. Murphy explained the bill from the
Hudson county point of view and spoke of
the seccessionists' motive. He called at
tention to the Boulevard and other inn
provements which had been made in the
county, and for the payment of which
the section which seeked annexation to
Essex was equally responsible with the
other sections of the county. He said
that it was true that the bill contained a
referendum, but it left the matter entire
ly to the people of Harrison, Kearny and
East Newark. If d vote of the people of
Hudson county should be taken he de-
clared that the annexation scheme would
be most overwhelmingly defeated.
Messrs. Benny and Albeit spoke in the
same strain and argued against the
measure. 1t was by this time after six
o'clock and the House was anxious to
close the session. A vote was finally
taken and the bill was defeated by a
vote of 20 to 20. Mr.. Bruder called for
the absentes and strove to gain more
votes for the bill, but was unsuccessful.
Finally he changed his vote from aye
to no so tina at some future day, If the
session last long enough, he can move to
reconsider and the vote was announced.
1t is doubtful if he can ever get any more
votes for his bill and there is every
| reason to believe that the secession is
dead for another year.
The House was in a talkative mood
yesterday afternoon and there was a
| lively debate on Mr.. Kreitler's bill pro-
viding that in suits for damage for
injury to employees it shall be lawful for
the person bringing suit to pay his at
| torney a fee in excess of 500, except
| where the case is carried to q higher
court. when an additional 500 may be
| paid. The trial court or court of review
may allow a further fee of not more than
| $500. which shall be added to the judy
ment.
Mr.. Kreitler in explaining the measure
said that no corporation had anything
to do with the presentation of the bill.
but said it came from the Master Build
ers' Association of Essex County. 1t was
for the purpose he declared of discourag-
ing that class of lawyers who were known
as ..shyster lawyers and ambulance
| chasers." He dwelt upon the great evils
which this class of lawyers inflicted upon
the community and was particularly
severe against the employer.
Mr.. Walscheid. of Hudson, replied to
Mr.. Kreitler in a mastery manner ana
completely riddled the argument made by
the gentleman from Essex. Ee showed
that he had carefully studied the pro-
visions of the bill and knew more ABOUT
it thar the introducer. He asked some
questions about the reason for the
changes which it made in the practice OF
the courts of the State, which Mr.. Kreitler
was forced to acknowledge he could
not answer. He declared that the measure
was introduced at the instance of q
guarantee company of New York which
insured employers against suits brought
against them by employees injured while
in their employ. He showed himself a
complete master of the details of the
measure and placed Mr.. Kreitler in an
unenviable position before he was through
with him. Mr.. Marks, of Hudson, also
opposed the measure in a short crisp
speech, in which he showed the absurdity
of Mr.. Kreitler's position.
Mr.. Jones, a young and somewhat
pompous lawyer of Newark, attempted to
aid Mr.. Kreitler, and Mr.. Squire of Union
also made an effort to uphold him, but
both failed. Mr.. Bruder of Hudson, upon
whom the word lawyer appears this
session to have the same effect as a red
flag does upon the Infatuated animal in a
Spanish bull ring, delivered one of his
usual TRADES against the entire bar, and
Mr.. Dexheimer of Essex favored the bill,
but all their efforts were in vain and the |
measure was lost by a vote of 20 to q.
The Governor sent to the House yester-
Qdy. dllGTiOOu LIS lis fStos was LII /
relation to the Assembly bill which pro-
vides that employees recovering a judg-
ment against an employer for $25 or less
may not only levy upon all goods of the
employer, no exemption being allowed, but
may also take the body of the defendant.
THE bill,', the Governor says, lis not
general in its provisions and there is no
reason in my mind why it should not APP
ply to every creditor against his debts. |
A further objection is hat the bill is
limited only to judgments not exceeding
$25, and I cannot see why it should not
extend to all judgments whether they be
more or less than S25."
Under the rules the veto was laid over
for a day.
Once again Mr.. Albeit ~endeavored to
compel the committee to produce his anti
trust bills and again he met with de- ,