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DEAD?
Mr.. TennanJ Had Votes
Enough to Prevent
It's Passage Last
Night.
BAGHELLER APOLOGETIG
Essex Assemblyman Says
the Measure Was In
tended to Affect
Newark Alone.
WILLING TO AMEND IT
Proposal to Raise the Appro-
priation Limit Financiers
Still to Be Autocrats.
Mr.. RINCLE'S PRETTY WORK
He Gave the Newarkers the
Idea That the Bill Would
Be satisfactory to
Jersey City.

Especial to THE Jersey city News.''J
TRENTON. March iS 19o2-Jersey City
was well represented in the lobby that
gathered in the State House last night
Mayor Fagan. in the eyes of the country
Republicans was the most important
member of the delegation, although sew
eral of those who made up his suite
deemed themselves Of far more import
ances
Foremcst in the encourage was George
Record, the corporation counsel, and Rob-
ert Carey, the assistant corporation
-eeuHsei, whom one. of the wouid=be wags
designated the long and short of the Fa-
gan administration
ed" woolley, who has not troubled
the Legislature much this session. was
among the Mayors followers, and close
on his heels came Frank j. Higgins, who
somehow or other cannot rid his mind of
the idea thai he is of some Importance in
the present government of Jersey City
Excise Commissioner Bacon, a new com
er in the lobby, tried to lend dignity TO the
Fiagan caravan. and Joseph p. Farmer
was also at tho capital
Sheriff Carl Ruempler was looking after
some measures which relate to sheriffs and
their office, and John Griffin, counsel TO
the Board Of Freeholders, was here trying
to fid out what had become Of the Hud-
SIN county bills which he had prepared
and which were introduced by Senator
Iiudspeth John wahl Queen was also
here. but not in Mayor Fagan's train. He
came down here to speak against the new
school bill, and with him to give him en-
couragencnt by their presence. were su-
perintepdent Henry " Snyder and Direc-
toas C. d. Ridgeway and !. p Lyons, of
tie Board of Education. Mr.. Hugh Rob-
erts was among the throng and devoted
his time and talents to the bill which pro-
vides for a State Board of Architects
John p Landrine denied that he was
one Of the Mayors encourage and de-
clared that he was here only in the inter-
ests Of building and loan matters. Ex-
else Commissioner Bacon was in the suite
without any doubt. and did all he could
to help along the Mayors partisan meas
ures.
Although the Mayor and his followers
devoted their attention to the park meas
ures which he had introduced to help
along his political boom ard incidentally
the Republican cause in Hudson. their
chief concern was for the infamous bill
No. 2Sl The bill was not brought up as
was expected Mr.. Tennana has done
some good quiet and effective work in
this matter and says he has enough votes
to defeat the measure when it comes up.
Mr.. Bacheller evidently believes Mr.. Ten
nant knows what he is talking about, for.
although the bill was on the calendar and
the speaker was ready to bring it up. Mr.
Bachelor did not urge him to do so.
The Essex man was very conciiatorv.
and was ready TO listen TO talk about the
bill from Hudson men who opposed it.
He emphatically declared that the bill
was introduced by him solely for the city
of Newark, and that no one connected
with the Jersey City government had any
thing TO do with its Introduction The
the tax rate of Newark for municipal pur-
poses now. he said was less than 81 on a
hundred. and the object of the bill was to
raise it to that amount He had no OBJ
ject in pressing that amount. and would
consent to have il amended so as 10
place the limit at 1926, or even $25o. He
thought the bill was acceptable to Jersey
city, he said, because the chairman Of
tire Finance Beard. Mr. J. Rlngle, had
come to him, told him II was a good bin
and hoped he would succeed in making a
law.
Young aIf. Carey had q long argumena
with Mr. Tenant over the bill In which
he tried to convince the Hudson man that
the measure was good one and should
pass. Mr. Tenant didn't see ii that way
Later Mr.. Carey said he had amended the
bill so that Il wotfld be acceptable to all
concerned, but wherein ne amended it he
did not say
The Mayor had better success with the
bill which authorizes the city 10 issue
Sz59.ae bonds for the erection of the new
building for School No. q. as that meas
ure passed the House.
When Mr. Casey left last evening Mr
EachelieT Understood that ne would Senf
te hin IN anfenlnaent raising the lilni'
ff1f9 ~ 10 $2.23. Mr Baehfller Understood
That the amendment would come doWf
ffis nsofniHe Ds;t iIn d ten O'clock ii has
10 arrived. Tie Essex n;ln s9ys 4hs
bill mnSt pass for Newark and that hs
Viii CONSENT 70 Lne - amendment.