The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-10
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OF NERO ONCE MORE
Closing Scenes of New Jersey
Legislature Would Bring
Blush TO WantOn's Cheek.
WOMEN AND WINE MAIN
FEATURES, Is REPORT
Official Investigation and Public
Demonstration Will Follow,
1t Now Appears.
BY RALPH JOHNSON.
Wire to Tho Tribune.

BY Leased Wire to The Tribune
TRENTON, N. j., April 9.-The New
Jersey assemblymen who put one over
on Belshazzar in the orgies which closed
the thirty-fourth session of the lower
house on Thursday have not only
brought about storm of denunclation
from every pulpit in the state, but
have given Governor Minor Fort
lever to pry the lid off a smouldering
scandal, which for civic corruption may
make the exposures in the New YORK
legislature resemble the popping OF
hrecracker.
Governor Fort, after declaring that
the revelry of the legislators and their
women friends was a disgrace TO the
state, intimated he would shortly call
a special session of the legislature TO
alleged TO have been enacted through
the day and night of the closing scs-
sion.
Governor Is Defed.
For some time Governor Fort has
been at war with interests both IN
and out OF New Jersey, which have
been attacking his administration. Some
of them centered about Atlantic City,
and their hand was shown when the
saloonkeepers in the coast resort detied
The governor TO send the militia there
to close their places on Sunday. AL
though the state laws are supposed TO
govern the city of Atlantic City, the
place has a code of its own. This is
merely a ramifcatlon Of the big scan"
dal.
Governor Fort somewhat resembles
Governor Hughes. He has been at
tackled and fought bitterly. At least
80 l.a.l hAI
sessions of the legislature openly, al
though he is not member.
Governor Fort is reformer and the
revelations of hoochee -coochee"
dances enacted by women In commit
tee rooms for the delectation of Icgis-
lstors; the wholesale consumption OF
champagne, whisky and beer in the
assembly rooms, while the legislature
was IN session, and the manner in
which women thronged the galleries
and called N familiar fashion to their
men friends below, have left the gov
ernor speechless with modification and
anger.
So embarrassed was he at the action
OF the members OF the house that he
quietly slipped away from Trenton,
but before going, he said:
Governors Statement.
81 am so much astonishcd that |
can scarcely think of the disgrace which
has been brought upon the state,
have received letters and petitions from
ministers and women asking that ac~
tion be taken without delay. Some.
thing viii be done, and that very soon,
although ] cannot reveal now what the
course will be. The clergy is right
IN Its contention. Every pulpii In the
state Will denounce the act of the mem,
bers OF the house tomorrow.
While many of the legislators sat
asleep at their desks and their DIS
heveled women friends in the gallery
alternately drank from whisky and
with books and spitballs two very i'm
portant measures of Governor Fort s
were up for consideration.
They were the water, bill, separat-
ing the New York and New Jersey
supply. and the railways revaluation
bill. It seems a ickle coincidence of
fate that the water bill should be ar
gued at time when water was fur
thest from the minds of the legisla.
tors.
Several lobbyists, one reputeJ to be
millionaire brewer, provided goodly
portion OF the amusement for the rep
resentatives. He had brought two au-
tomobiles filled with women from va
riouS roadhouses and resorts and an
unlimited quantity of champagne The
women soon became so noisy in the
galleries that the wives and daughters
of Trentonians gathered their skirts
about them and departed in disgust.
New facts came to light today and it
is reported that some of the LEGISLATOR,
whose consciences have been awakened,
have thrown new sidelights upon the
affair At last, a new version of what
took place was in circulation tonight.
Brains Stolen Away.
1t is reported that, under the inhu-
ence Of the liquor and the streams of
excitement, members made bold but
rash statements which have been borne
to the ears of Governor Fort.