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e to elect a President of the United

people to elect a President of the United
States.
Mr.. Shanahan called for all amend
ments to be presented and would then
move that the appointment of select COM
mlttees be carried over till p. NJ.
Mr.. Dibble protested against this. The
Democratic minority should not decide
the course of the Republican majority.
Mr.. Mccall had no objections to the
amendments which he had seen. All he
asked was that in case the Senate declined
to concur in the amendments, Mr.. Dibble
would recede and not kill the bill.
Mr.. Hail said the amendments were the
result of consultation between the friends
and the opponents of the bill, all he be-
lieved acting in good faith, and in the in
tereSts Of the people of the State and the
Republican party. He hoped the Demo-
Gratis would not oppose it.
Mr.. Gould objected to taking up the
been proved that the bill cannot be de-
feated by force and it shall not be de-
feated by fneSse.
Mr.. Dibble declared that he had now
no wish to kill the bill nor to glorify him
self. His only interest was in the people
of the State.
Mr.. Robertson wanted time to consider
these amendments.
Mr.. Matlock had the floor but Mr..
Dibble desired the three amendments
read, which was done. The first has al
ready been explained. The second and
third strike out the proviso that LOCO sig
natures may nominate candidate for
any office in the State and change the per
cent. necessary from three per cent. of
the entire vote to five per cent.
Mr.. Fowler had no objection to the
amendments, but inquired if it were not
possible to place the House under obli-
cations to pass some reform bill. He
did not wish to endanger the bill
Mr. Bledsoe suggested that the bill be-
ing in type at the State Printers, the
amendments could be Incorporated and
the bill returned in time for consideration
at 3:30 in the afternoon. The amendments
were adopted and the final passage of the
bill made the special order for $50 p. NJ.
On motion OF Mr.. Dibble, the other
bills under this special order, being all
Assembly bills relating to ballot reform,
We're moved on to the general file, thus
finally disposing of them.
5. b. 43, relating to common carriers.
Mr.. Galbraith moved to strike out the en-
acting clause. The motion was supported
by Messrs. Shanahan, Young, Matlock
and Hail, and, on final vote, the motion
was carried and the bill killed.
5. h. 154, relating to free textbooks un-
der consideration.
Mr.. Bruner moved TO strike out the en-
Mr.. Galbraith supported the bill and
saw no i'll in it.
Mr.. Beecher saw no necessity for the
bill, as it was already in the power of dis
tricts to furnish books free to pupils.
The enactlng clause was stricken out
4 Senate resolution was read providing
that both Senate and Assembly should
adjourn on the day Of the funeral in San
Francisco of the late Senator Hearst
THE GOVERNORS NrESsAaE
A message was received from Governor
Markham informing the Assembly that
he had vetoed A. B. IL, appropriating
S2l ,529 81 for the deficiencies in the
fortieth and forty-first fiscal years. ex-
penses eft the Stockton Insane Asylum.
This was on the grounds, first, of a clerical
error in the bill, and second, because the
the expenditures over the appropriation
had not been sanctioned by the State
Board of Examiners, as required by law.
Recess.