Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-04

Fitzhefbert Case tomorrow
First One Since 1890.


Trenton. March 4:-,Fhe trial OF
Senator Richard Fitzherbert, before
the Senate tomorrow on the ques-
tien Of his expulsion on a charge of
miscond uct In connection with the
a~cetylene gas bills, viii be the first
move to expel a member of the legis-
Iature since 1890. In that year a
resolution was introduced in the
Assembly that AssembIyman Reuben
Trier. OF Essex county, be expelled
important railroad bill and then
leaving the state. Trier was a Demo-
crat and the resolution to unseat
him was offered by Assembiyman
Foster M. Voorhees,, OF Union, after,
ward governor. The Democrats de-
feated the resolution by a vote OF
So to tt.
Entire Senate viii Sit.
The entire Senate will sit tomor-
row formally as a court to hear the
Fitzherbert charges. The state will
be represented by Attorney General
Edmund Wilson and Assistant At
torney General Nelson B. Gaskill.
Senator Fitzherbert will have as his
counsel William ID. Edwards, of Jer-
sey City, who represented him at
the hearing last Monday. The spe-I
eifc charge against Senator Fitzher-
bert will be the committion of an
offense inconsistent with the trust
and duty of a member of the Senate.
While Senator Fitzherbert has de-
MED that he was in any way inan-
cially interested In the alleged at
tempt to extort $4,000 from the
Commercial Acetylene Company of
New York for putting out of the way
the two strike bills against 1t, 1t
Is charged that the senator had
agreed to act as a @go-between'' In
the transaction and to do with the
bills whatever their hacker wanted
him to do. This hacker. II Is claim
ed, was DR.. George 8. Ridner*
To Serve Subpoenas.
Sergeant-at-arsas Guadaloupe A.
Holi, OF this city. has served the
EsuDpoenas upon all those connected
with the case, and who are waited
as witnesses. These witnesses will
be placed under oath, and they will
be required to testify as to what
they knew about the case. The
trial will begin tomorrow morning
at 1920. The fate OF Senator Fitz-
herbert will be decided by a vote of
thu Senate. While II e understood
that several senators believe that
Senator Fitzherbert should resign orr
be expelled, the vote on the aues-e
ton OF his expulsion cannot be fore
casted. 1t will require a two-thirds
vote to expel him, and, hence, If all
of the eleven Republicans were to
vote to expel him, 1t would require
the votes of three of his Democratic
colleagues to unseat him.
Former Expulsion Case.
The Trier expulsion a in 1890
was an interesting one. 1T had ref
erence to a bill which passed the
Senate on April 5 and which pro-
vtded for building an elevated line
for the Central railroad through
Newark. The measure was received
In the House the same day 1t pass
the Senate, and WAS sent to the
judiciary Committee. Later, on
motion of AsseInblyman Trier, the
was transferred to the Mu-
nicipal Corporation Committee. Of |
which he was chairman. On May 10
resolution was adorted that the |
be relieved from consid- |
Grafton Of the bill. as no report had |
been received upon 1t In five weeks.
There still was az report on the
measure. On May Il Mr.. Voorhees, |
offered q resolution that the cop-l
produce the bill or state their |
inability so to do. Trier was absent
and the other members OF the COM
declared they knew nothing
Of the bill.
Later another Voorhees, resolution
adopted that the assistant SER
geant-at-armH produce T'rier and
then demand the hill ATAAA@A-I
the assistant sergeant-at-arms re-
that Trier was not to be
having left his home In New
ark. This led MI. Voorhees, To offer
q resolution that owing to his con-
duct Trisr be expelled from the
House. The next day the resolution
was defeated by the party vote Of Is
to Sc.
An Interesting Feature.
One of the interesting develop
ments of the case was that William
g. Heppenheimer. of Jersey City,
who was sneaker, left the session 10 |
be married, tbs iawanaAias navingI
been prolonged past hts wedding
pT5usflcK u MGrsH, or Union /
Was made speaker pro TEN.
After the Voorhees, resolution on ex-
had been offered Speaker
Heppenheimer was summoned home
his heneymoon to preside
the resolution came up FOR
Senator FitzherbesE was not pres
sct - any % tie sessions or tne
last week. He left the city
immediately after the hearing on
MS case last Monday. and aid not