The Penn's Grove record., 1889-02-09

publican district. IL ~ All lOi the So'"
of the party that McDermitis sat upon
Gov. Green sent TO the Sen tie the
nominations OF Eroch ii. Jones for
Lay Judge of Ocean County and SAM
uel L. Smith for Lay Judge of Sussex
County. The former was laid over and
tine latter was confirmed.
On Tuesday Senator NewelTs Diii,
intr duced 10y request which we attack
ed last week, for allowing licenses 10
I've applied for at any time at the court
was lecommitted and will hot I've pGsf-
ed unless local option is repealed. IN
bill is TO remedy the case like the
Schaeffer house at Salem, which could
not sell liquors after his death, MOI IA
license be appl ed for until the year lor
which he had secured a license. IL
may also allow licenses to be granted at
a special court AS soon as local option
is repealed.
Senator Roe introduced Il bill that
all those portions of townships located
within the boundaries of Il borough
governed by a commission shall b.
constituted separate election districts.
Judge Enoch ii. Jones, OF Ocean,
was confirmed in executive session OF
the Senate and the nomination OF
Aaron G. Garrison for Lay Judge III
Bergen was referred.
In tile Assembly Mr.. Feeny's b'l, to
compel gas companies =" III charge
over 81. so per 1000 cubic feet for gas
was defeat ed. Mr.. Ward voted no,
and Mr.. West yes. Mr.. Feeney said
gas could I've made for % cents per l,OoO
#.
The local option repea er was recon
mitted to the judiciary Committee 10y
a vote of 80 to %, McDermit voting
with the -publicans in the negative.
In the afternoon Mr.. McDermit i'll
troduced "A resolution for a committee
of five to investigate tie accounts OF
the State Treasurer and Comptroller.
As a committee of the Assembly had
nearly just investigated these accounts
and there being no rumoIs of any irreg
a!arities, this furnish an opportunity
for his party to set down on Frank aud
on motion of Mr.. Heppenheih er a mo-
ton to indefinitely pastpone was carried
with only two voting i'll the negative,
McDermit and O'Neil. 1t was IA big
mistake for him as lie not only raised
the ire of the Republicans but gave an
opportunity for his party to discipline
him.
The local option law is a big elephant
in the rum tiger jungles which the Dem
ociats would like TO get out of the way,
but how to do it without bring the
wtath of the people Oil them is a great
puzzle they are not likely to solve.
They held a joint CAUCUS on Wednesday
afternoons and discussed the SUBJECT. 1t
is reported that the plan finally decided
upon was to introduce two bills III the
Legislature-0ne that will completely
wipe out last winters law, and one that
will substitute modIfied legislation Oh
the liquor question. **S Sunday
selling viii be forbidden or kept within
close limits, and the penalties will not
be- as 8 we're rs under the Local Option
High License law.
1t is unlikely That any attempt will
be made to upset the present situation
in counties that have voted against Ii
quor. Indeed there is considerable
doubt whether TIT Courts would sus
tain any such effort. The reason given
for the introduction of ii separate re-
pealer and high license act is because
of a question whether one act partly
wiping out and partly sustaining the
law of last winter would be upheld.
Whether or not the Democrats could
hold their neil together oil the cancus
programme as outlined still remains all
open question. The 'eadeIs claim that
the party is a unit in the scheme. Out
siders suggest doubts about Senator
Baker and other members, while the
gentlemen supposed to be wayering be-
tween politics and conscience refuse to
conn it themselves in an interview.
Another Democratic caucus will be
held Monday night to give the liquor
question further consideration.
The Judiciary Committee gave a
hearing on the Australian voting bill.
Pres. Merrill Z. Gates, of Rutgers Col
lege, New Brunswick, gave an eloquent
presentation Of the evils of our present
sl stem of voting and the demand for
reform.
Discussing whether the Aus ralian
system would be an Improvement over
our present system, he showed how
completely the proposed plan met the
two grea evils of intimidation and bri-
berry. With the Australian style of
voting there could be no intimidation,
because no one but the voter was per-
mitted to handle his ballot and no one
saw how he voted. Bribery under such
a system NUT also be disc Jntinued, for
bliber would put out mop"y "hen