The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-17
BENNY ACCUSES MKEE.
Hudson Man Charges That
Republican Leader
Acted in Bad Faith.

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TRENTON, March II, 1S99.-Mr. Benny
stirred up the dry bones in the Assembly
yesterday afternoon by deliberately ae-
cusing Mr.. Mckee of Passaic of bad
faith. Some time ago Mr.. Benny moved
that his resolution to relieve the COM
mittee of his bill requiring all railroads
to man yard engines with engineer and
foremen and take other precautions for
the preservation of the life and limb of
their employees. Yesterday he moved that
the resolution be taken from the table.
Mr.. Benny asked Mr.. Mckee if he I'M
derstood the purport of the bill when he
moved to lay it upon the table, and Mr..
Mckee replied that he did.
Then 1 charge the leader of the ma
jority of this House with bad .faith.''
slowly said Mr.. Benny. The he went on
to say that he had introduced the bill at
Mr.. McKee's suggestion. It was originally
given to Mr.. Mckee, he said, by one of
his constituents in Passaic county. Mr..
Mckee told him to take it to Mr.. Benny.
promising to do all in his power to have
it passed.
Now, when he takes the first oppor-
tunity to sidetraek and kill the bill,'' de-
olared Mr.. Benny, Il say he acted in bad
faith,
Mr.. McKee's face was flushed when he
arose to reply. He denied that the bill
had been introduced by Mr.. Benny at his
suggestion or that he had promised to
support it. He had examined the meas
ure, he said, and, while he found some
good features about it, it was bad in so
many instances that he found he could
not support it and told the man so who
asked him to introduce it. That man
asked him if he had any objections to
Mr.. Benny's introducing it. and he said
Mo-
Mr.. Poole, chairman of the committee,
stated that Mr.. Mckee had requested him
to report the bill. The ilnportunings of
the Hudson members became so persist
emit, he had advised Mr.. Benny to move
to take the bill from the committee.
Mr.. Murray, in supporting the Benny
resolution, said he was sorry to see the
Republican majority protecting the cor
porations of the State. The Benny reso-
luton was lost, Is to %, and another not
ice was served on the Committee on Judi
ciary in relation to House is, requiring
courts to inflict a sentence of life i'm
~prisonment whenever a jury conviets of
murder IN the first degree, but adds a re-
comfnendation of mercy.
Roger Murray made an attempt to get
his bill reducing the telephone rates out
of the clutches of the Corporations Com
mittee. Mr.. Squire, of Union, a member
of the committee, said that Mr.. Murray
had given the committee information
about the cost of electricity and the ex-
pense of conducting a telephone business,
which, he said, he had got from an ex-
pert. The committee wanted to hear that
expert,
Mr.. WaIscheid ridiculed the committee
for this fimsy excuse and said it did not
require much of an expert to show the
unjust discrimination the telephone COM
pany made against Piainfield.
The committee to ascertain from the
Attorney General whether there is law
enough to stop the contemplated coal
combine was named by the Speaker yes
terday. They are Messrs. Albeit, Me-
Kee and Bradley. The waited upon the
Attorney General and at the afternoon
session submitted this report:-
The committee of this House APP
pointed to call on the Attorney Gem
eral in regard to the resolution of this
House adopted March 5, respectfully
report;-
That they called on the Attorney
General and he stated that he had
received a copy of the resolution on
March IA, and that he had Immediately
communicated by letter with the At
torney General of each and every
State of the United States, requesting
him to send a copy of any and all laws
of such State on the subject of trusts
and combinations, and any decisions
on the subject in such State.
He also stated that he would wait
to hear from the different Attorney
Generals before communicating with
this House.
He also stated that there was no |
statute law of this State which deals
with the subject, and that the common
law was not sufficient, but that he
would wait to hear from the different
States of the Union before drafting a
bill as mentioned in the resolution.
Upon request for another appoint
ment, he appointed Tuesday, March
q, at half past ten O'clock, as a time
to meet your committee again.
The report was received.
Mr.. Albeit made another attempt to
have the committees released Of his anti
trusts bills and met with the usual
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