The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-30
MONEY FOR VOLUNTEERS.
It Will Be Some Time Yet
Before the Soldiers Get
Their Pay.
Especial to .DThe Jersey city News."l

iSpeclal TO 'Ine Jersey lily NeWn. j
TRENTON, March 80, 1~899.-Tuesday
was the first Governors Dayy'' immedf-
ately following the adjournment of the
| L-egislature-in d score of years that the
State House was not thronged with anx-
ious citizens advancing arguments for or
against Executive approval of measures
left in the hands of the Governor at the
close of the session. The building was
not deserted by any means, but on the
contrary, Senators and .Assemblymen
were present III force, just as if the old
system had not been abandoned. Cover
nor Voorhees,, Acknowledgement Grey,
Secretary of State Wurts and other Off
eiais more or less concerned in the law-
making end of the State government, APP
peared gratified with the success of the
innovation, and expressed the opinion that
it would be strictly adhered to hereafter.
Secretary Barber and his staff of as
sistants in thes Senate, together with
Clerk Jones, of the House, and his corps,
were present, busily engaged in prepar-
ing the index for the pamphlet laws, a
task which heretofore has frequently been
delayed for weeks and sometimes months
after the close of the session. As a re-
| suit. volumes of the pamphlet laws
| complete, instead of in circular form, will
be ready for distribution within a few
weeks instead of several months after the
close of the session, as has been the re-
| suit under the system which left 14S bills
for the Governors consideration after adj
journment last year.
The legislators present yesterday were
mostly those who are building fences for
reelection or advanced positions. Others
who nave had the terms allotted, accord
ing to party usage, in their counties,
were on hand to bid farewell to their col
leagues and look after such of the bills
as they had been interested In. Not one
of the entire number called to draw his
stated yesterday that this course would
the session was well under way.
One subject concerning which all, or
nearly all, of the visitors had inquiries to
make was when the New Jersey volun-
teers in the Spanlsh-American Wal
would receive their State pay. Many of
the volunteers had expected that their
compensation would DE forthcoming as
soon as the bill was approved. It was
several weeks to have their respective
be impracticable. because it might take
several weeks to have the regimental,
division and company officers prepare the
pay rolls for their respective commands.
The necessary blanks have already been
ordered and the work. of preparing for the
payment will be proceeded with as rapid
ly as possible.
Other matters attracting the attention
of the visitors were the commission the
Governor is expected to appoint to revise
and codify the laws relative to the gov
eminent of cities, and the building of a
new Senate Chamber or addition to the
present one. Governor Voorhees, said he
would hardly be prepared to act in either
of these matters until such time as he
concludes the work of inspecting plans
for additions to several State institutions
which the Legislature has provided for.
Heretofore this work has been conducted
by the commissioner in charge of these
institutions without any supervision or
veto power, and this custom was held to
be accountable for the apparent extrava-
gaTce displayed in the plans for the State
Reformatory at Railway.
To minimize the possibility of such hap
penings in future, the Legislature at
tached a rider" to every building appro-
priation bill except the Newark Armory,
stipulat.ng that no plan should be accept |
ed or money expended without the ap-
prevail of the Governor.
In compliance with this ruling the Gov
ernor, yesterday, with the State Prison
Board of Inspectors, examined and alter
ations to the prison. His next visit will
be to the State Industrial School for
Girls in this city, then he will go to Nor
ris Plains Hospital, and the Railway Re
formatory will be taken up last. 1t is
intended to rush the work on the latter
institution in such a way as to have at
least one wing ready for occupancy by
January !, 1900.