Modern battles of Trenton .. . theSenate had committed itself to the Joint Committees less rigor-ous measure, and thedeadlock between theHouses that was threat-ened when the agitationbegan was on. Any eyecould see that the Sen-ate would yield no more;it was marveled, indeed,that, in view of theknown influence of therailroads in the chamber,it had conceded so only unsolvedproblem of the agitationwas whether the Housewould yield; it clam-ored for the Governorsbill, denounced the Sen-ate bill as of railroadinspiration and dicta-tion, and refused to accept it. Chapman declared that he wou
Modern battles of Trenton .. . theSenate had committed itself to the Joint Committees less rigor-ous measure, and thedeadlock between theHouses that was threat-ened when the agitationbegan was on. Any eyecould see that the Sen-ate would yield no more;it was marveled, indeed,that, in view of theknown influence of therailroads in the chamber,it had conceded so only unsolvedproblem of the agitationwas whether the Housewould yield; it clam-ored for the Governorsbill, denounced the Sen-ate bill as of railroadinspiration and dicta-tion, and refused to accept it. Chapman declared that he wouldnot vote for such a measure. Harrigan was going to stay allsummer, if it were necessary, to get equal taxation. Governor Abbett made the attitude of the House the occasionof a new attempt to force the act which he had drawn, out of theSenate committee, which was holding it back. He finally threat--ened to withhold his signature from a host of appropriation billsin which Senators were interested until a revenue bill had been. Edward 3. Savage. MODERN BATTLES OF TRENTON. 237 passed. But the Senators were not daunted, and they held theirground firmly. The certainty that unless there were conces-sions on the part of the House no bill at all would be passed,worked a gradual change of sentiment among its suggested that a compromise was better than failure;Lehlbach said something about half a loaf; Savage made thepoint that even the Senate bill would increase the States reve-nue by about $300,000 a year, and Cole himself finally acknowl-edged that a little was better than nothing. And so the Houseeventually gave an unwilling assent to the Joint Committeesmeasure, while it directed the Clerk to enter on his minutes itaformal protest against the Senates refusal to aid it in securingthe passing of a genuine equal taxation bill. The act made the system of taxation operative by authorizingthe Governor to appoint a State Board of Assessors to ascertainvalues and supervise
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