The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-28
The CLOvEN HOOF
Republicans Throw Off the
Mask and Show Their
Spoils Grabbing
Faces.
SCHEME TO GUST DEMOCRATS
Senator Hutchinson's Bill to
Make the State Prison
Board Republican.
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TRENTON. Feb. 2s, 1S99.-The House
was slow in getting to work this morning.
First several committees held meetings
and remained in session beyond the time
fixing for meeting, and then when the
members finally did get to work the
clergyman the Rev. DR.. Otis Glazebrook,
of Elizabeth. who was chaplain OF the
Third New Jersey Volunteers, made one.
of the longest prayers on record
When the House did finally get to work
it ratified off a lot of business with com
mendable alacrity Messrs. Albeit and
Murphy made another attempt to bring
before the House their anti-corporation
and equal taxation measures. They gave
the formal notice that at the proper time
they would move to release the commit
tees of those bills. smile went around
among the Republicans when the notices
were given. The resolution of the caucus
to sustain the committees is still binding
and the last attempt to get justice for
Jersey City is doomed to defeat.
Mr.. Hall secured the passage of his
measure which provides for the improve
ment of the Hackensack water front. The
bill reducing the rate of interest from six
to five per cent. experienced some oppo-
sition but finally went through by vote
of So to II.
There was a lively debate over Mr..
Guenther's bill authorizing the towns of
Essex to build joint trunk sewers, which
displayed some opposition, but Mr..
Guenther was victorious.
\ The cloven hoof of the Republicans
mi,
acquainted with their course during the
past three or four years know that one
of the best articles of their stock in trade
| has been bi-partisanship, which has been
| flung to the public ad nauseam. By now
being, as they think, firmly intrenched in
power, they have taken off their mask
| and shown every ugly feature of their
spoils-gathering countenance In the
Senate Mr. Hutchinson introduced bill
abolishing the present non-partisan Board
! of State Prison Inspectors, and provides
| for the appointment by the Governor Of
| a Board of five Inspectors, three OF
| whom are to be Republicans. Thirty
| days after the first meeting of the new
| Board the terms of all the present depu-
ties and other subordinate officers shall
| cease but such of them as the Board Sc
nIainiv seen this is a scheme to clean the
Democrats out of the state Prlsoh ID, alo =
! I'LL the offices with Republicans RMS
| is said to be the entering wedge and will
| soon be followed with others for the pur-
| pose of cleaning out all the Democrats ts
now in office and filling their places Win
| Republicans.
Mr.. Murphy has introduced a measure
| authorizing the Boulevard Commission
to issue o worth p Of oonuS nSt Ior road ,ad
in proper shape 1t is proposed TO repair
| the road wherever it is necessary, over
haul the electric plant ana pace ps ,,1nl !. ~
ward generally in first class shape.
Mr.. Lewis Of Paterson, has a measure r
before the House aIIn1razing anv apetior polo
| for the recovery of a penalty under any
statute Some time ago the commlslor
appointed by the Goyernor n a 10 eoaIls All tbei, l,
| civil jurisdiction and included a repeater
of ali acts inconsistent herewith, Tht
for penalties are civil suits and it is fear.
ed that this general repaler might efTec1
the right of the Police Court to try spits NJ
for penalties so to remove an oouol MI
Lewis introduced his bill. ~.
Mr.. Ward of Mercer introduced OIL
under which Orphans Courts are empoW,
ered upon proper pe5inl4h, ,cbi3sren p9 rel'i t.
private institutions and to homes, Win
out expense to the State: The PHI pro
vides for no State Beard ,,d and dnereaoas ae. e
Fiizabeth 1sSI the great Charities Aid cham
pion. ,;4ha,,
| accomplishing much of Importance, ex
cant the passage of a resolution author
| izing the Governor to appoint commits
sion of five to report on the present con
dition of the Palisades and the best man
| ner of preserving them from defacemen'
Governor Voorhees, sent to the Senat
| these nominations for Managers of tn
State Hospital at Trentons-John Taylo
and G. D. w. Vroom, OF trenton, BOT
are re-appointments. Mr.. Taylor being a
av-Senafor was confirmed. Mr.. Vroom'
name was referred.
The House remained in session after on
o'clock and passed seoeraa pls 3n falx an n
much eloquence was wasted on the oeser
air.
4 tory Vi insneaiors passed There was a lon
debate oSgr the bill to redistrict int
e wards the City of New Brunswick .whic
became partisan IN tone me- ano not ene Diil wa
Mrs Hudspeth Benson and Miss Mt
Cartin of Jersey City, appeared before tn
House Committee On Revsioh Us M q sore ma~
v bilI for the appointment OF state Boar
: Of Children's guardians, WHICH shall hay
care and supervision, over an nelPess, nP fTisai =
4 less children Mrs. Hudspeth- Benson
{ argument was that majority OF y
4 children who came under the propose
hoard were not fit to be sent to pr1va'
homes1 Miss MeCartin thought tht
each county should take care OF its ow
poor children. >y.,a,
and Paterson had long talk with Sen;
Y for Ketcham this morning over the bill
k for giving the goldiers more more pa; pay 1T y
viii lake $500 600 but Mr.. Ketcham ga
s them to understand that 100000 was {
j. | the State could spend in the matter.
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