The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-25
DUKES DILEMMA.
His Grace Of Gloucester Asks
the Legislature to Pass
His Relief License
Bill.
PROSECUTORS SALARIES
Both Houses Adjourned After
Electing a United States
Senator.
Especial to "The Jersey city News."1

lSpeclaI TO Inc Jersey City News.
TRENTON. JAN. 25, 1S99.-Both branches
of the Legislature adjourned for the day.
yesterday. after balloting for a United
States Senator, and nothing further was
done. The Senate passed to a second
reading bills Nos. /, 2 and IA, which re-
late entirely to boroughs and townships.
Mr.. Murray's bill, increasing the pay of
election officers in townships, was passed
to a second reading in the House without
the sign of objection from Mr.. Carroll,
at whose request the matter was laid
over Monday night. Mr.. Carroll then
said that the bill affected ten townships
in his county, and he wanted to obtain
the views of his constituents before he
allowed the bill to proceed. If he has
any further fight to make on the bill he
will make it when it comes up ON final
passage.
Among the bills introduced in the House
was one by Mr.. Mckee relative to the
Home for Aged and Disabled Firemen.
This provides for a commission which
shall AVE charge of the Home and SUI
pervise it's management. There is no
provision for any appropriation as the
firemen are able themselves to support
the institution. Another bill, by Mr.. Nc
Kee, fixed the salaries of Prosecutors
in counties having between $4,000 and TO-
600 inhabitants, at So, 1000 per annum. Mr..
Horner, of Burlington, has great concern
for the safety of passengers on trolley
cars. He has introduced a bill providing
that each car must be heated from No
vember l to April 1. and must belequipped
with suitable safety tenders. Companies
are to be liable not only for damages to
any person injured, but are subject to a
fine to the State of $100 for every person
injured.
There is much comment over the fact
that Billy Thompson, who in the
palmy days of racing used to be known
as the Duke of Gloucester" should come
to a Republican Legislature looking for
relief. But William is foxy and generally
knows he is doing. AS is generally
known Thompson runs an immense
pleasure ground known as Washington
Park on the Jersey side of the Delaware,
a short distance below Philadelphia.
When Thompson opened the park he
opened several bars on the place, just
as is done in the parks of Essex, North
Hudson and almost any other county in
the State. The County Court Immediate
ly notified him that he could open only
one bar under the license and that must
be in the hotel. William bowed to the
will of the court and applied for more
licenses, but was refused any more. The
lack of bars in the place began to tell
both uDon the attendance at and the
receipts of the park, and things began
to look blue. The trolley cars which
brought most of the people to the park
from the Camden ferries also began to
notice the falling off in the attendance at
the park by a decrease in their receipts.
Now the company owning these troiiey
cars are some of the leading Republicans
of Camden and the prosperity OF the
park meant prosperity to them n vice
versa. They had a conference with
Thompson and it was agreed to introduce
a bill in the Legislature allowing more
han one bar in such pleasure grounds
under one license and the Camden Re
publicans are to use their influence to
get the measure passed. The bill came in
yesterday and a powerful lobby is al
work for its passage.