Modern battles of Trenton .. . Ulrich, Warne, Wil-son, Wright, Zeller. In the negative wereBaxter, Burns, Ernst,Gledhill, Hagerty,Hoffman, Hutchinson,Ketcham, Niece,Packer, Post, Potts,Ross, Smith F. D.,Stokes, Strahan, act was hastenedto the Senate, whichhad been held in ses-sion by PresidentAdrain beyond hoursto receive it, so that itwould be in parlia-mentary position for Henrj D. Winton. , . , consideration on thenext morning. Adrain was the chief lieutenant of ex-Con-gressman Miles Ross, and naturally shared his interest inits passage. When the morning came, however, it was dis-c
Modern battles of Trenton .. . Ulrich, Warne, Wil-son, Wright, Zeller. In the negative wereBaxter, Burns, Ernst,Gledhill, Hagerty,Hoffman, Hutchinson,Ketcham, Niece,Packer, Post, Potts,Ross, Smith F. D.,Stokes, Strahan, act was hastenedto the Senate, whichhad been held in ses-sion by PresidentAdrain beyond hoursto receive it, so that itwould be in parlia-mentary position for Henrj D. Winton. , . , consideration on thenext morning. Adrain was the chief lieutenant of ex-Con-gressman Miles Ross, and naturally shared his interest inits passage. When the morning came, however, it was dis-covered that some of the Democratic Senators were still inhaggling humor, and President Adrain abstained from drop-ping the gavel and calling the Senate to order while they werebeing put under additional pressure. When he finally called theSenate together the bill was rapidly advanced to the stage offinal passage. Senator Gardner, of Atlantic, punctured it keenlyas it flitted along, but without crippling it. Adrain, Barker^^. MODERN BATTLES OF TRENTON. 395^ Barrett, Butcher, Cornish, Fowler, Hinchliffe, Hudspeth, Marsh,Martin, McMickle, Miller and Perkins voted for it. Senator Henry D. Winton, editor of the Hackensaek Demo-crat, who represented Bergen county in the Senate, was theonly Democrat who joined with Senators Cranmer, Gardner,^Rogers and Rue, Republicans, in the vote against it. SenatorWinton had noted the provision that the act was to cease to beoperative twenty-four hours after the lease it was intended toratify had been filed as a freak of legislation that at least wasnot in good form ; and of course he fully understood and appre-ciated its monopoly tendency. As the Democratic party hadcommitted itself against trusts and combines, he found goodparty reasons also for casting his vote against it. And, beyondall these considerations, he felt that he could not afford to beidentified with the methods employed to pass it. The bill was sent, with a great mass of other legis
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