Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-04-08
Or. RAMSAY
DENIES The
SENSATION
Local AssembIyman Says
Story of Orgy With Women
and Wine Untrue.
CALLS IT'S PUBLICATION
OUTRAGE ON STATE

The highly sensational story about
women and wine in connection with
the closing session Of the state legis-
lature, which is being circulated
throughout the country today, is abb
soIutely denied by DR. w. e. Ram
say, of this city, one of the assem-
blymen from Middlesex. DR. Ramsay
declared the story is absolutely with
out foundation "The galleries on
the closing night, said DR.. Ramsay,
were occupied by 500 or 600 peo-
pie. Many of the ladies In the
galleries were wives of members.
State officials were also there with
their wives. ] do not believe there
was woman left in the galleries
after midnight. OF course, | cannot
say what was going on In any of the
committee rooms. The room re-
ferred to in the story opens right off
of the ladies' gallery and it is possi-
bic to get two or three women in
there without attracting general
notice, but ] do not know that such
was the case. / made two or three
trips between the assembly and the
senate chambers during the evening
and was in and out more or less, but
l saw nor heard nothing Of the kind
reported.
AS for the throwing of paper
from the galleries." continued the
doctor. that is an old custom. Old
bills are torn up and hurled at the
members. Sometimes confetti is
used. This custom on the closing
night Is In vogue in other legislative
bodies and Is looked upon as part
OF the horse play.
1t Is true that a member was
asleep at his desk and, for minute
or two. bottle was placed before
him. The member was one OF the
straightest men in the assembly.
Not accustomed to being out at
night he fell asleep and colleague,
as joke, got bottle and placed it
on the desk In front of the sleeping
member. 1t was there but an In
stant, when Speaker Ward saw it
and ordered 1t removed at once.
The story of the orgies with
women and wine is an outrage on
the state. 1t cannot be passed un-
noticed. ! believe that every Iegis-
lator and Governor Fort also will
join in an absolute denial and viii
of New Jersey be wiped out"
The Story AS Published.
The story which comes from Tren-
ton and which DR.. Ramsay denies
SO yehemently is as follows:
Trenton, N. j., April S.-The closing
session Of the New Jersey legislature,
which lasted continuously for twenty
hours, was marked by revels that
shocked Governor Fort and brought
protests from many clergymen.
Champagne and liquor were brought
In by wholesale, and a score of women
friends of some of the Legislators were
piled with wine in the galleries.
Sitting in the galleries, they pointed
out this and that legislator and called
each by his first name. When two or
three lawmakers fell asleep women in
the galleries pelted them with paper
pellets.
One assemblyman awoke to find a
half empty bottle on his desk.
I. "Put that in cold storage" he ex-
claimed, and the gallery applauded the
wltticism.
Cancan Danced by Women.
In little room back of the assembly
speakers chair and directly under the
historic relics champagne was flowing
fastest. There cancan was danced
that would have done credit to the
Moulin Rouge.
While gentlemen from this or that
district hoarsely but spiritedly chanted
the tune and slapped time on their
palms and knees the women who
graced or disgraced the occasion pirou-
cited, kicked, advanced enticlngly, re-
treated with mock modesty, and the
swish Of their skirts kept the rhythm
of the ribaId tune.
Tried to Kick the Ceiling.
The Importance of the debate de-
manded the presence of every legls-
lator sworn to do his duty. But none
left that room after the cancan had
been danced and danced again. The
crowd made earnest attempts to kick
the ceiling until they found them
selves In the position of the hands of
thtC <1V%hs tht v. Int CClithS was tOO
lofty. A woman jumped on table.
Her elevated efforts were rewarded
with loud cheers
Then 1.-THE little woman said she
would give the Apache dance She
called legislator to her side, but he
was too stout, too scant of breath and
too unsteady of foot to be her part
ner, 50 she danced alone while the
ceiling rang with applause.
Daylight Ends the Session.
Finally the sun burst through the
capitols windows, for it was nearly
8 o'clock The women, unaccustomed
to the splendors Of the day, bade the
Legislators noisy goodby The law
makers sought their lodgings; thei
1anitors piled the wreckage empty
bottles, cigarettes and cigar butts in
baskets designed for less ignobIe
waste. The session, with its closing
amusements, had ended.
Scores of business men have dis
cussed plans Of expressing their disap-
proval Of the orgy, and the Young
Mems Christian association and the
ministerial bodies have decided to send
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