The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1889-03-01

priating $4,000 annually to the State Board
| of Agriculture and $500 to the horticultural
| Society, and providing for the i%ncorpora-
ton of associations for the protection OF
game and game fish. Bills were introduce
ed in the Senate authorizing the County
| Superintendent of Schools to declare va
cant the office of any trustee or clerk neg
Letting his duty, and making it unlawful
| for any insurance company to transact bust
ness in thisS State without compliance with
the law. under severe penalties.
The Senate held only a few minutes ses-
sion this Afternoon and then adjourned till
Wednesday.
In the Assembly Mr.. Francois offered a
bill providing for inspectors of meats in
cities, town and townships; they are to in
spect all meat slaughtered within 100 miles
from the State.
Quite a discussion was stirred up over
the bill providing for the appointment of a
c~ommandant of the Soldiers Home by the
Board of Managers, with the Governors
approval. lie is to receive a S150O salary
| and hold Office for five years.
WEDNESDAYS SESSION.
Governors Green's advocacy of the Aus
tralian Election bill gives it a better chance
| of life than it has hitherto enjoyed. The
Governor met the committee this afternoon
and showed by his suggestions that he was
sincere in the declarations in his last mes
sage on election laws.
1t is proposed to draft some additional
bills perfecting Che designs aimed at in the
Australian bill. There is now reasonable
ground for hope that the latter will pass.
The local option repeater will not be re-
ported in tho Senate this week.
The Senate this afternoon adjourned till
Monday night, and the situation of the
Werts bill is much the same as a week
ago.
The presence of Senator Mcpherson and
Ex-Governor Albeit here during the week
has had no visible effect in reasoning Sen
ator Baker and other temperance represent
tatives into a favorable view of any meas
ure which does not in some way or other
give rural districts the power to limit or
shut off the licensing of saloons. The sa-
loon men, however, appeared to have made
some concessions.
Senator Baker said this afternoon: HThe
| Wertz bill, | think, will be reported with
out further hindrance next Monday night.
It will come before the Senate just as the
caucus framed it, but our right to amend
it on second reading is conceded. We shall
offer amendments of the character outlined
last week"
One of these amendments is to give rural
districts the right to locate the licensing
power in their township committees; an
other is to allow townships to vote once in
three years on the question of the mini
mum license fee, and a third is to make it
mandatory on the licensing power to re-
woke a license after a second convintion of
violation of the law. A section of these
amendments will enable any township in
which the temperance sentiment in strong
enough to fix a license fee SO high as to be
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liquor men, who thought they were all
right when an amendment was conceded to
place the power of revocation in the Licens-
ing Board, which is usually controlled by
politicians, will not be particularly pleased
with Senator Bakers third amendment.
The feeling of the Assemblymen favorable
to the city liquor interest is hostile to all
changes in the caucus bill, but they take
the ground that if rural Representatives
are unanimous for such amendments as are
noted above they will nave no right to
make violent opposition, because the
amendments are intended chiefly to apply
in rural districts.
The Senate confirmed p. II. DAILY, for
Harbor Master at Jersey City; Richard S.
Kuhl for Law Judge of Hunterdon county;
Edwin W.. Gran for Prosecutor of Essex
county, and Karl Buttner for Lay Judge of
Essex.
The Senate had a busy time with another
batch of bills intended by the Democrats
for decapitating Republican officials. This
is the bill giving the Governor the power
to name a Superintendent Of the State Cap
itol. It will oust Janitor John Brown and
a host Of attaches under his employ. 1t
passed by a party vote.
There is said to be a scheme afoot to
change the lines of the Congressional dis
tricts so as to leave only one of the seven
certainly Republican. The others are to be
made reasonably sure to the Democrats.
Senator Edwards is said to be the custodian
of the measure, which, however, has not
yet been passed upon by the Democratic
caucus. According to the proposed plan,
Hoboken would be added to the Fifth Dis
trict, all Of Essex outside of Newark to the
Fourth. IIunterdon county would be tack
ed to the Second District. Ocean to. the
Third, and Atlantic to the First. This, it
is said, would leave the First District the
only Republican district in the State.
Mr.. Kane's Saturday Halt-holiday bill
was passed by the House by a close vote.
1t applies to workmcn in mines and factor
les.