Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-03
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
PASSED BY HOUSE
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housekeeping was general on both
sides.
Mr.. Nutting continued to tell of
ladies he had met who oppose suf-
frage He was reminded by the
speaker that he had long exceeded
his five-minute limit and must stick
to the subject matter or resume his
seat. Mr. Nutting began a new story
about some anti-suffragist and was
again called down. This time Speaker
Beekman ordered him to desist. Mr..
Nutting persisted and was called to
order. He refused to sit down and
fought for opportunity to speak He
said he would insist on his right to
speak. Speaker Beekman said he
had no such right since the chair had
decided. He then appealed from that
decision.
Mrs. Colby Present.
Mrs. Eeverett Colby, present in the
gallery, was a witness of the scene
which was wanting in the decorum
usually making debates in the House.
Assemblymen Kuhlke, of Hudson;
Peacock, of Burlington; Hammond,
of Mercer, and Smith, of Essex, spole
in favor of the resolution. The de-
bate terminated and the vote was
put
The resolution was passed by a
vote of 49 to 1, others being absent.
When the result was announced by
Speaker BeekmaY that the suffrage
amendment passed the House of As
sembly there was q burst of applause
from the assemblymen, the galleries
also taking a hand for the first time.
The four assemblymen who voted
against the measure were Messrs.
Nuttng and Quigley, of Essex, and
Leonard and J. j. Griffin, of Union,
all Democrats.
Sergeant Sent for Members.
The House of Assembly was put
under call shortly after the opening
at II o'clock this morning when
Speaker Beekman discovered that
there was likely to be no quorum.
Sergeant-at-arms James Doody was
instructed to go in search of all mem
bers of the House who might be found
in the vicinity. Two absentees were
located and brought into the House
The doors were then locked and kept
So no member being allowed to leave
the House. There were then only
fifty three assemblymen present,
twenty-one of whom were Republic
cans. This promised only the narrow
margin of one vote over the dead line
of thirty-one, which marks the ma
iority necessary to pass a measure
which the Democrats could muster.
New Jury Bill Up
The chancellor-sheriff bill came up
for passage. Majority Leader Brane-
gan moved the suspension of the
rules, While Senate bill No. 70, as
amended in committee, be moved to
second and third reading, it is really
he new bill drawn by Attorney-Gen-
raj John ". Wescott which Gov
arnor Fielder requested be passed
under a suspension Of the rules. It's
purpose is to validate all juries that
have been and may be drawn under
the chancellor sheriff Jury bill, re-
emily upheld for constitutionallty by
the Court of Errors and Appeals.
The amended validating bill on the
FIRST roll-cail received only % Demo
cratic votes to q Republican votes
against 1t. On a second roll-call the
table showed ~ votes for the bill and
70 against it. Speaker Beekman de
cIared the validating act passed, and
as it had alredy PISSED the Senate, il
is now law.
Minority Leader Richards, Of At.
| 'antic, opposed the BILL saying thai
the law is entirely unnecessary. sine,
he higher court has sustained this
| bill it seeks to validate.
! Assemblyman Hates, of Camden
/ suggested that there may be danger
in passing q law validating future
: iur'es.
There is only one county in tn,
State that would be affected by thi,
act, and that is loucester 1t was Il
have opened its term of coGrut today
but the judges and lawyers agreed t,
/ try all cases at the next term O
court. So the only county which
might have required this law has n,
need for it," he said.