The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-12-07


fund Of the late Edwin A. Stevens, be
returned to the institute. Ifthis IS done
1T will; be necessary for a bill to pass
both Houses. It is probable that bill
will be introduced some time in the pres
emf session for that purpose
In discussing the Statehood question
Senator Kean expressed the belief that
bill forming two States. one from the
Territories Of New Mexico and Arizona
and the other from Indian Territory and
Oklahoma, would be a measure he would
favor. and one which he believed might
pass both Houses. He said that his OBJ.
seryation had been that an agricultural
community made better progress than
one that was devoted entirely to mining
interests, and there was more permanen->
cy in a population of that sort
The annual deluge of petitions has
commenced. Senators Kean and Dryden
have received petitions from the iron
moulders of Elizabeth; the Trades and
Labor Federation of New Brunswick,
and the conductors of Camden, all favor
ing the restriction of immigration. The
Current News Club of Morristown asks
for the enactment of a pure food BILL a
measure favored by the National Manu-
facturers Association Of Chicago, in
letter to the senators. Randall Spauld-
ing, superintendent of public schools of
Montclair, asks the senator's to favor the
removal of the tariff duty on works of
art. Peter Shields of Cape May, So
licits the aid of the Senators for the pro-
ject to survey the harbor at that place.
Donald Mclean, of Paterson, is being
deluged with congratulations upon his
promotion as secretary for Senator Kean.
He stepped into the position yesterday
and was hard at work all day taking
care of the Senator's mail and the yari-
GUS matters pertaining to the work of
the committee. as. though he has been in
the position for years. He is a bright
and capable young man, and will make
an efficient secretary for the Senator.
Representative Brownlow has intro
duced a bill which will interest Jersey
men in the government service here. 1t
provides that days work in the depart
nents shall consist of seven hours. and
designates that there shall be a half holi-
day on Saturdays in July, August and
September. Mr.. Brownlow also intro
duced another bill of interest to Jersey
travellers. It provides that the upper
berths in sleeping cars shall not be
made up unless actually occupied. Mr..
Littlefeld has introduced his same bill
requiring more publicity for corporations,
which was exploited fully in the daily
press last winter.
| While Senator Kean will take care of
the bill he will introduce in the Senate
making an appropriation of $250,O00 for
new post-ofice building at Elizabeth,
Representative Fowler intends to see
what he can do in the House. He will
introduce bill in the House making the
sum $3.50, 900, and between the efforts of
the Senator and Mr. Fowler the city of
| Elizabeth will be one of the first to get
an appropriation for a public building
from the present Congress provided, of
course, Speaker Cannon will permit the
passage of a bill, omnibus or otherwise,
for public buildings.
H. H. Loudenslager, a son Of Con-
| gressman Loudenslager, who was an in
terested spectator Of the drawing for
seats yesterday afternoon, has returned
1 home. Mr.. Loudenslager had the two
former State Senators. Hand, II Cape
May, and Miller, of Salem, and Mr. Mof-
fett, the internal revenue collector, as
his guests yesterday afternoon. They
made their headquarters in his coFNnit-
tee room while here.
1 1t is the intention of Representative
Wiley to introduce his 'clean money" hill
at an early date, and also his bill to
grant pensions to locomotive engineeps
who served in the Civil War, but who
were not regularly sworn in as soldiers
or sailors. This bill has the approval Oh
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi-
neers, and many old engineers in New
Jersey are interested in it.
Senators Kean and Dryden have re-
ceived petition from Hacsensaek fa-
voring the expulsion of Senator Reed
/ Smoot, of Utah, indicating that more pc
titions of this sort may be expected in
! the near future as the Women's Com
gress, at its session at Atlantic City last
month, adopted strong resolutions of this
sort, and the Women's Christian Tenn
perance Unions and kindred rganizations
thrughout the State are up in arms
against Senator Smoot.