Modern battles of Trenton .. . esented his creden-tials, young Senator Barrett, of Essex, had filed a protest againsthis seating, and Riddle, whom Thompson had persuaded theDemocrats of the county to put in nomination, claimed to beentitled to the place,and the contest was still an open one ) when Mr. Fitzger-alds very valuable s^compilation wasready for never bad <been an honestdoubt about Hoff-mans election, andthe contest had beeninaugurated onlyfor the purpose ofdriving him to theaid of the race-tracklegislation. Theseated Senator hesi-tated between hisambitions and hisduty
Modern battles of Trenton .. . esented his creden-tials, young Senator Barrett, of Essex, had filed a protest againsthis seating, and Riddle, whom Thompson had persuaded theDemocrats of the county to put in nomination, claimed to beentitled to the place,and the contest was still an open one ) when Mr. Fitzger-alds very valuable s^compilation wasready for never bad <been an honestdoubt about Hoff-mans election, andthe contest had beeninaugurated onlyfor the purpose ofdriving him to theaid of the race-tracklegislation. Theseated Senator hesi-tated between hisambitions and hisduty till the daybefore the billsreached the Senate the Assem-bly. Then he com-promised with his conscience, and agreed to cast his vote forthe bills. Stokes, whose brilliant oratory in the Assembly hadwon him promotion to the Senate, and Colonel William , the military gentleman who spoke for Mercer, andRogers, of Camden, all renewed in the Upper Chamber thedemands Lane had made in the House for a public hearing, but. R. V. Liadabury. 448 MODERN BATTLES OF TRENTON. all in vain ; and the bills were hastened through in speedy suc-cession the day they were reported. The affirmative votes^besides that of Hoifman, were cast by Adrain, Butcher, Cornish,Daly, Drake, Hinchliife, Martin, McMickle, Miller, Perkinsand Terhune. Barker, Barrett, Keys, Marsh and Winton, Democrats, votedwith Rogers, Skirm, Smith and Stokes, Republicans, in thenegative. The bills had not been placed in Governor Wertss handsbefore the State was aflame with excitement. The people badlanguidly contemplated the pas-age of the acts. But the impu-dent refusal of the two Houses to permit them to make formalprotest to their passage set them wild with indignation. TheElizabeth organization that had sprung so quickly to the defeatof the Parker bill, at Governor Abbetts instance, in 1891, wasfirst afield. It was under the kadership of the venerable Kempshall and R. V. Lindabury, the distinguished Demo-c
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