The Newark journal., 1913-02-28
TICK BILL CREATES
 STIR IN THE HOUSE
lion. A. G Gray Entertains With Speech on Free and Unlimit-
 ed Coinage of Ticks

MI. OIdy Dlll to exempt mae pendence county from the cattle tick eradication district, came up in the lower house of the General Assembly last Saturday, and was defeated. The Gazette publishes the following very interesting ac- count of the great battle that took place over this very important measure.
 "Aurelius Gibson Gray, member of the House of Representatives from Independence county, dis turbed the serenity of that august body of lawmakers yesterday afternoon by marching up and down the aisles waving an empty open grip in one hand and in the other petition about 30 feet long which sailed out behind him like a train of the Duchess of Portland at royal reception. The while, MT. Gray marched up one aisle and down another, while pages and members scampered behind him, holding his petitions as he declared something like the fa- nous Patrick Henry oration: Give me liberty or give me death," at the top of his voice.
 "The cause of all this commotion was the opposition some of the members showed for MT. Gray's bill to exempt part of Indepen- dence county from the tick eradi- cation district, which is the big gest local condition now confront ing the constituents of MT. Gray. The representatives of Independ- ence county are divided on this question, and Mr. Gray's colleague, MT. Caldwell, also presented roll of petitions against the proposed removal of the quarantine. Other members in that district spoke against the bill, and this aroused the author of the bill to action.
 "When he gained recognition, he caught 1t on the jump, with his grip in hand. Openlng the grip, he began to unroll some thing like roll of adding machine paper about IS or 20 feet long, on which the names of his petitioners had been typewriter in single column with plenty of space be- tween the names. As the senior member from Independence start ed on his triumphant march through the house he began to shake the open grip at his enimies and to declaim that Americans shall never be slaves. His voice rose above the confusion on the floor, and people came running from all parts of the capitol to learn the cause of the commotion.
 up one aisle and down another marched the indignant member, telling about a little "scrap" some men over on the Atlantic coast had with some Englishmen, along about the year 1776, and coming on down to the present age. He professed a strong disbelief in cat tie ticks, and declared that some cattle shipped from Mexico in 1848 had started a Spanish fever among cattle of this country, which still exists.
 CALDWELL OMITS RUFFLES
 When Mir. Caldwell got the floor he modestly admitted that he could not display the "ruffles" of his colleague in a speech, but de- clared'that the petitioners he rep resented stood for progress. He said B dipping vats had been con- structed in this section, at cost of SIP apiece, and the majority of people are opposed to removing the quarantine. He said to pass the bill would mean for the coun- ty to go backward instead of for ward, and that cattle will bring a better price after being dipped"
 pRIDM0RE-W MEL clAN