Modern battles of Trenton .. . ptu demonstration at the TrentonHouse lauded the Senators who had voted for the bill; andBarton, who had introduced it into the Assembly, was given aserenade. There was some humor mixed with the indignationwith which the failure of the enterprise for the year was Secretary Sinnickson Chew stepped in front of theSpeakers desk to announce the unwelcome result to the Assem-bly, Assemblyman Fisher, of Middlesex, fired a bright quip atthe stubborn Senate: <Whereas, The Secretary of the Senate has reported to this House thatthe Senate has refused to pa
Modern battles of Trenton .. . ptu demonstration at the TrentonHouse lauded the Senators who had voted for the bill; andBarton, who had introduced it into the Assembly, was given aserenade. There was some humor mixed with the indignationwith which the failure of the enterprise for the year was Secretary Sinnickson Chew stepped in front of theSpeakers desk to announce the unwelcome result to the Assem-bly, Assemblyman Fisher, of Middlesex, fired a bright quip atthe stubborn Senate: <Whereas, The Secretary of the Senate has reported to this House thatthe Senate has refused to pass the Philadelphia and New York Eailroadbill; therefore, be it Resolved, That the Clerk of this House be requested to inquire of the Sec-retary of the Senate why the Senate refused to pass the same. The sentiment against the continued domination of themonopoly that had fallen into foreign hands, grew apace, how-ever, and by the time the Legislature of 1873 assembled it hadacquired enormous force. MODERN BATTLES OF TRENTON. 51. As in 1872, both Houses were again Republican. The selec-tion of John W. Taylor to its Presidency was an evidence thatthe Senate was stillwithin the grasp ofthe old monopoly; thechoice of Isaac , of Middlesex,to the Speakership, wasthe sign of the prev-alence of an opposi-tion sentiment there,and it was evident atthe very opening ofthe session that the twoHouses were destinedto lock horns in oneof the greatest railroadstruggles in all theStates history. Among others who went to Trenton to represent one of theconstituencies in the State, was a quiet and unassuming littlefarmer from Morris. The boys all called him Gus; inofficial verbiage he was known as Assemblyman Canfield. Hehad scarcely taken his seat in the House before he sent to theClerks desk a little act which the newspaper correspondents,when they saw it, dismisfed with a line, but which in the endbecame the absorbing topic of the session. It authorized anythirteen persons to form a railr
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