The Penn's Grove record., 1894-05-18
lis Legislature.

The lawmakers ~begaUtiie 10Th week
of the session OIL Mlsnday night when
Gov. Wert2 sent in Il large batch Of
vetoeS 20 PARTISAN bills which were al
forwards passed over his yetoes.
The bill to stop the sale OF less Than
q gallons Of beer from wagons was
passed by a vote of Is TO 4, after Il live
! ydebate in which Senators DAILY and
Hinchcliffe opposed it. Mr.. Ilinchc!iffe
said he believed there was hypocrisy
in the temperance talk as there were
not more than three senators who did
not take their medicine.
Mr.. Bradley, in the name Of the tenn
perance sentiment of the state, asked
for the passage of the bill. He refer
red to the evils and frequent crimes
that followed in the wake of the drink
habit; the prisons and iails were full and
cost the state thousands and thousands
of dollars. Civilization, lie said, never
got two days in advance Oftheaccursed
beer wagons. He understood that Mr..
DAILY was the counsel for the State Ii
quor Dealers Association and that lie
had also been counsel in several muir
der trials. Mr.. Bradley asked him if
rum was not at the bottom of those
murders and was answered i'll the ailir-
NATIVE in two out of the four cases re-
ferred TO.
After approving the law which made
the Fish Commission non.partisan the
Governor sent to the Senate the names
of w. Campbell CLARK, of Newark
Howard Fruthington, Morris; Parker
M IDnrn nF ITpia, n,,1 EaAr1,. TDF,; Go.
of Camden, rs Fish ard Game Commits.
siOneTs.
The Governor has approved the fol-
lowing bills which have become laws:
Providing for free text books in all
public schools; that township and bor-
ough collectors shall remain custodian
OF school moneys until end of the school
year when their term expires; prohibit
ing the transmission of letters OF iniOT-
nation pertaining TO lotteries; amend
public road act to allow use OF oyster
shells, and gravel to be used under Ger.
tain conditions; providing that assem-
plymen shall be voted for by all voters
in the county,
The bill to require the laws TO he pub
lished only in pamphlet form was de-
feated IL TO 4, in the Senate which pass
ed the primary election bill.
The House passed bills reducing pay
of township and borough collectors and
assessors from II to 10 cents a name;
gerrymandering the congressional dis
tricts; to vest i'll the Governor and
Comptroller power to select papers to
publish the laws.
On Wednesday the bill TO give Re-
publicans charge of the State House
was defeated 8 to I in the Senate. Bills
were passed adding a fourth person tC
the State Board of Taxation and in.
creasing the State appropriation TO pub.
lie schools from 500, 900 to 200;
the marriage license law; making u
State Reformatory at Railway, as the
State prison now contains 1890 prison.
ers while there is only cell room for 700;
taking an assemblyman from Hunter
don and giving it to Camden county;
permitting boroughs of1500 inhabitants
to elect a freebooter; allowing the pur-
chase of a new kind of Il ballot hox.
On Thursday the legislature pat
through the bills giving Republicans
control Of the State House, the Asylum
Board and the Senate passed the bill to
abolish the present courts with lay
judges and create district courts, the
judges to be elected. 1t failed in the.
House.
The Governor nominated William
Newell as Lay Judge of Salem county;
William I. Hoffman, of Monmouth, AS
Circuit Judge, in place of Senator
VOORHEES, (declinedl, and John /. Holt,
Of Passaic Speaker of the House,, as
Riparian Commissioner, in place Of Il
b. Reading (~wlthdrawm).
f. j Anderson was confirmed as
prison supervisor, The following were
rejected: Belmont Perry, prosecutor
and Is. $. Cox, lay judge Of Gloucester
county; Wilson Jenkins, Prosecutor
and John Gaubt, lay judge Camden
county. The fish commissioners were
confirmed.
1t is thought the adjournment until
September will occur next Thursday
night or Friday morning. The break
ing up Thursday night was attended
by many scenes,Of disorder in the House,
Books, pamphlets and bills rolled up
into heavy wads were hurled about the
Chamber, and at times the yelling, how
ling and shrieklng OF the more turbu.
lent members was ear.spliting. The
Senate's breakup was extremely quiet.