The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-04-05

useless to carry the matter into court. a.
nothing could be accomplished because
the court would not dclve into the ques-
tion Of how the bill was passed. hut
would accept the Senate records. He pur-
posed to introduce 4 repeater to the bill
at the next session Of the legislature.
The act does not go into effect until Jan
uary /. 1906. he said, and by that time
the people would be SO disgnsted With its
provisions that they would make unani-
nous demand for its repeal.
Corporation Counsel George Z. Record.
of Jersey City. does not take the same
| philosophical view Of the stuation as
Senator Minturn. He said this morning
that if it can be shown by indisputable
proof that the amendment was not adopt
ed while Senator Cross was president,
then the matter should be carried into
court and an effort made to show that it
was invalid because ii was not adopted
by the procedure required by the con
stitution.
Il have evidence that the Hillery bill
was not taken up in the House until after
Senator Cross resigned as president"
said Mr.. Record, ''and If this is 50, then
am satisfied that the courts will SET aside
the law. / was present in the House
when the Hillery bill was taken up. It
was then II o'clock. | am reliably in
formed that Senator Cross resigned as
President about 9s;clock that evening, or.
two hours before the amendment had
been adopted by the House. If that is
so. I cannot understand how the Senate
could have taken action on it and how
Senator Cross could have signed it as
president. because he was no longer presi-
dent Of the Senate When the bill was
under discussion in the Hause
There is something wrong somewhere,
and I purpose to probe this mystery 10
the bottom. notwithstanding that the SEN
ate records show that the amendment
was regularly adopted
Mr.. Record said that as the Hillery
law was vicious one and would work
untold harm in Jersey City. he pnr-
posed to fight its constitutionality and
also show that it was not constitutions
ally enacted
The Senate records show that these
Senators voted for the amendment;
Barber Bradley. Cresse, Gross.
Ferrell. HiIlery, Hutchinson, Lee. Mar
TENS Mckee Minch, AIinturR Price,
Shinn and strimple=-l5 Nays None,
Senator Barber sent telegram to the
Trenton correspondent of the News to-
day stating that he never voted for the
amendment Notwithstanding that his
name is included in the Senate record
amongst those who favored it.
u never knew that tile amendments
came up in the Senate said Barber,
until ] saw it 50 stated IN the news
paper. am positive, however, that it
did not come MP"
Senator Price. of Sussex, also denies
that he voted for the amendment and
says that he Will demand an investiga-
tien 10 ascertain how his name was re-
corded as having voted for it
Senators Ferrell and Martens, both
Democrats, are expected to reply to-day
to queries sent them yesterday as to
whether they voted for the amendment
as alleged by the Senate records.
Senator Gross made a statement at
Trenton yesterday in which he said:
IF ever a bill passed regularly It was
sezate No. II. with ne Eoase aasend-
ine4ts. Ireeallcet il distinctly.as- / was
opposed TO the measure in its original
form. Wien it came up in the Senate
originally / was opposed to it aud voted
against it, and it only passed the Senate
by a vote of - TO s.
When the bill with the House amend
ments came up asked about the amend
ments, and Senator Hillery explained,
telling how it allowed municipality 10
exceed the fixed rate by vote Of the
people. considered that that removed
some of my objections to the bill and
voted to concur in the amendments.
When told that Senator Bacheller had
said tllat he president Cross had told
him ( Baeheller) that the bill had not
passed. he said Senator BaehelIcr com
municated with him on the subject over
the telephone, and must have misunder-
stood him.
Senator Bachellcr asked me over thc
phone, President Cross went on, II.
Senate A with the House amendments
had passed the Senate and replied tllat
it certainly did.