Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-10
W|LSON|TES LACK
|. ENOUGH VOTES TO
PASS JURY BILL
They Admit This in Assembly,
Though Only in
Whispers.
PRELIMINARY SKIRMISHING
IN FAVOR OF OPPONENTS
Situation Still up in the Air.
at Time of Adjourn
ment.
IFrom a stan Correspondence


TRENTON, n. J., May 10.-while
things are pretty much up in the air
so far as the passage of a jury bill is
concerned. it is generally admitted
that the Wilson or ehancellor-s sheriff
measure cannot possibly go through.
The advocates of this bill know
that.they have not got enough votes
in the House and admit this though
only in whispers. In the Senate things
are deadlocked until such time as the
House passes bill. Eight of the
nine Republicans refuse to aid the
Democrats and say they will stick
to the Read bill.
When the House adjourned yester-
day 1t was until Monday Afternoon
at 2:s0 o'clock The Senate. out OF
respect to the memory of former
United States Senator Frank o.
Briggs, will not meet on Monday, but
will sit on Tuesday morning at II
o'clock
Preliminary voting yesterday
showed the Democratic opponents Of
the Wilson bill still held the lead.
Led by Assemblymen Martin and
McDermott, of Hudson county. they
completely outwitted the other forces.
Matthews Denounced.
While the Wilson bill met severe de-
nunciation in the Senate at the hands
of Republicans, the proceedings there
were not as lively as in the House.
In the lower chamber it was the long
est day of continued fighting on one
subject that the House had seen dur
ing the year. Most of the time the
air was blue, and the climax came
when Assemblyman McDermott, an
swering an attack by Assemblyman
Matthews. of Essex, called him liar.
BY various parliamentary tactics
Assemblymen Martin and McDer-
mott were able to keep the Wilson
chancellor bill in such position that
It could not be voted upon. and al
the same time to concentrate the at
tention OF members upon the bill
which, in various forms. has beer
offered by Mr.. McDermott. in the be.
LIEF that 1t is the fairest solution OF
the problem that yet has been pro-
posed.
The Wittpenn forces in the House
were plainly worried, and the dues-
ton is being asked, what will happen
to his political chances when the bill
which he has to issue a statement
about every day finally fails? His
press agent, Assistant Secretary OF
state Job Fl. Lippincott, was very
busy scurrying around the corridors
In an effort to round up votes, and
spending the remainder of his time
either on the floor or in the lobby OF
the House
For the first time during the jury
bill fight Acting Governor Fielder
came over into the Senate yesterday
and sat as a senator. He suggested as
a remedy for the difficulty that the
Senate pass both the Republican
judge-made jury bill and the chan
cellor-sheriff bill and send them ovei
to the House to see what would be
done with them there This sugges-
tion did not meet with any favor
Criticises Republicans.
Governor Fielder criticised the Re-
publicans for preventing the admin
istration bill from going to third
reading. Senator Edge answered him
by saying that the Senate wanted to
see what the House intended to do on
jury bill, and that the Senate sew
eral times had put itself on record
as favoring judge-made juries. The
Republican Senator's" said Senator
Read, are not ready to vote for
the chancellor sheriff bill, as we think
lat is not true jury reform. Why at
tempt to pass a bill we are not sat
isfied is any Improvement over the
present SYSTEM
Senator Colgate said that he had
talked with Chancellor Walker and
found that gentleman not at all de-