The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-01
PUBL|CAN
CREED.
Hungry Office Seekers Want
ing More Money From
the People.
EQUAL TAXATION SHELVED.
Bill for Greenville's New
School Meadow Bill
Passed the Senate.
Especial to ..rhe Jersey city News."1

Special to line Jersey lily GSSMp.
TRENTON, March /, 1S9s.-The Legisla-
ture suffered sort of relapse this morn
ing and returned to its evil ways II
was almost noon before either House got
to work, the reason being the sloWness
of the members in reaching the Capital.
Jersey City was well represented in the
very small crowd which gathered in the
lobbies.
Edward Mitchell, Sergeant-at-Arms of
the Hudson County Court of Common
Pleas, was very much in evidence. Mr.
Mitchell seeks relief. He is one of those
good Republicans who thinks that the
public owes him living for services rem
dered the party, and when the RepupH-
cans were in power in Hudson he had
reason to think so. He managed to save,
out of the wreck, the position he now mas mas
at the Court with salary OF $SvV
a year. That he does not consider suffi-
cient compensation for his services,
whether to the county or party. ne does
not state, so he had bill introduced
providing that his pay shall be changed
from 5000 per annum to IS per day. Peo-
pie who ought to know say that TINS
measure, if it becomes law, Will IN
about @ne 81 500 500 per 's annum. Mr.. Mitchell did
not take his bill to Hudson member.
but had it introduced by Mr. Squire OF
Union. 1t. is No. ITS on the House cal-
endar.
Another Jersey City man here this morn
ing was Boulevard Commissioner Robert
D. Urquhart. He is interested in the Dill
for the repairs of the Boulevard and IS
somewhat put out over the amount to be
expended on the repairs. He says tnat
the amount wanted was 100000, and that
sum was originally inserted In the bill,
but that the committee OF the FTeenolaers
that was here Monday night looking after
the convict labor bill, induced the in
troducer to split the amount IN two, say
ing that the Governor would not approve
Of the bill if such large amount should no nd
be named. Mr.. Urquhart says that $50, ,000
is not enough to put the road in proper
shape and he will make an effort to have
the 100000 restored when the bill comes
up on second reading.
At the opening OF the House TINS morn
ing, Mr.. Albeit renewed his effort to get
his equal taxation bills out of committee.
He made the usual motion to relieve the
committees Of further consideration OF
the bills and said that the committees
had had ample time to report those bills.
The session was drawing to a close and
the bills were that important that they
should be brought ont and discussed on
the Hoor. IF five members are to have
| the authority to settle such important
matters for the House it was time that
| the rules were changed.
Mr.. Bruder spoke in a similar strain,
but the combined eloquence of the Hud-
| son men could not break caucus rule and
each of Mr. Abbett's resolutions was
| voted down by a strict party vote. The
gentleman from Hoboken Immediately
gave notice that he would try 1t over
| again at the proper time.
Mr.. Murphy introduced bill this morn
| ing, providing for the erection of new
school house in Jersey City to replace
| that of No. 20, which was recently
destroyed by fire. The amount to be ex-
pended is limited to $500, 900.
The House took up Mr.. Bells bill, which
| compels loan, homestead and building as
sociations to file annual statement with
| the Banking and Insurance Department,
and requires the Banking Commissioner
10 examine the books Of every association
once every two years, was explained on
final passage by Mr.. Bell, and advocated
by Messrs. Wood and Bruder
Mr.. Wood recalled the fact that two loan
associations were recently wrecked In
Trenton, entailing a loss to shareholders
Of $1O0, ,O00 and said that the proposed bill
would have averted such a financial disas-
! ter. The bill passed 45 to 8:
Colonel Dickinson, Edward w. Wooliey
and their bipartisan bills were here again
| this morning They confined themselves
| almost exclusively to the executive cham
| ber, and had another audience with the
| Governor. What success they met with
was not apparent. But up to recess the
| bills did not show themselves.
The Senate passed the bill appropriati15 &
| 900 for maintaining good roads Wmcn
| IS an increase of $500, 900 over last year.
Senator Ketcham's bill for the reclaim
| ing of the meadow land around Newark
| also passed. The property benefited IS 10
| pay the cost