Year: 1876

NEW-JERSEY POLITICS.


THE REPEAL OF FIvE-COUNTY ACT NOT PEOB-


ABLE Al PREsENT-A DIMINUIIvE BUT sIGNITI-


CANT REPUBLICAN BOLT.


FROM An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE.


TRENTON, March 24.-The Legislature is now
working through the third month Of industrious
sion, and it has enacted of those radical and
lutonary which, according TO prophecy. were
to follow the adoption OF the Constitution. As yet
public sentiment has not gathered force enough to
come the inertia Of stubborn conservatism. and much
OF the sessions labor has consisted OF hedging and dods
ing among the amendments to avoid the nflcton
of serious damage upor Nixons Digest The solution OF
the tax puzzle remote cver and IL may be
postponed for year by consent in Difference to
opinion Of The Attorney 10 the effect that the
amendments do not act repeater Of the Fivecouny
act In these counties which embrace more than half OF
the wealth and population Of the State, In ac-
cordance with special laws, property only
has been taxed, ond the assessor has not
been obliged to hunt for mortgages and other certif
Of indebtedness The inhabitants OF these districts
naturally indisposed to abandon this rational policy
whle rural sentimentaiiss urging general law for
the taxation OF mortgages in the interest, as they ege
of some aggreved party to whom they alludo as thc
poor man. In their social ten the creditor or lender
of money Ia regarded a red-handed oppressor-an
enemy Of the human who deserves assessn ent
sight. while for the debtor they own sympathy such
affects the American heart when II goes out IN ten
dcrness toward an oppress nationality" The division
between sense and sentiment is pretty numerically
and the matter remains at a deadlock, with It'le
chance OF an adjustment between the conflicting de
mands go far the question has been kept out Of politics.
although the managers have been here IN assure one and
another that Some gwen compromise would "hurt the
party"


An event Of political significance the recent
revolt against dctaon of ibc Republican Senatorial
Caucus In the caucus it moved to reject the COY
Of fla Tho
ship The sole urged Justify this action was
that Mr. Little was Democrat Of the deepest dye and
being not nexpert of wies, dsagrccabe opponent
by this argument, and, shaking the dust from of
their feet, they walked out into freedom and
fresh air. The regulars are left in CONSERVATION,
these three votes added TO tie Democratic strength
will confirm Mr Little. and the botng Senators are men
OF such character and standing that the attempt to
"rcad them out" would be irCical and Of sue decision
and Grmness that coercion might prove difficult IL IL
feared that the majority IN the distressing position
occupied by the eleven obstinate jurors whose views
ultimately brought to coincide with those of
No. L., who had fortified his position not only
10y but by supply Of crackers aud cheese IL no"
looks as If Mr. Little would br confirmed hy unaDiLons
vote The manly way in which Senators Potts Magic,
and Kirk have resented the ilsDcnce Of blind PARTISAN
ship IL most timely and it may. though IL scarcely
probable require at the Republican State Convention
definite To the question, Does The machine run
the party does the party run the macbncT ana IL
may happen that fayorite sons, and complimentary
votes, and syracusan loes in general Will not receive
much favorable attention.