The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1895-02-06
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE.

pOseu Oh oy DOM houses on Monday night.
No bill Of any great importance, however,
was acted upon and there was little of
the sensational to report. The Governor
did not send in the name of the new Judge
to the Senate and this further delay IN the
matter causes increased anxiety among
the friends of the leading candidates.
The names of Gummere and Collins only
are mentioned In connection with the Of
fee. Each side feels confident. Some
Republican Senators believe Collins will
be the man, while the Jealous friends of
Gummere assert that the tide has again
turned In his favor.
The State Board OF Education is pre-.
pairing amendments TO the township school
law, which Will be submitted this week.
The, Elective Judiciary bill is to give
way TO substitute which provides a
Judge for each of the twcnty.one coun-
ties. The salaries are fixed as follows !:
Essex and Hudson, 81, 800; Passaic, So
500; Camden. So, 900; Mercer and Union,
each $4,500; Cumberland, Bergen, Bur-
lingteu, Morris, Middlesex and Monmouth,
each $4,000; Atlantic, Gloucester, Hun
terdon, Somerset and Warren, each $S,-
600; Sussex, 81, 900; Salem, Cape May
and Ocean, each $1,000. Despite the
fact that the Republican State Committee
condemned The bill, Senator Voorhees,
and other Senators say it will be pushed.
The Senate adjourned yesterday after
noon for the week. The House will be
10 session this morning The Judgeship
nomination gees over for another week.
Mr.. Gummere's friends felt very confident
yesterday Of his nomination, and in fact
1t had been given out on good authority
that the Governor had concluded to send
in his name in the afternoon. The Col
Inns men have taken fresh courage by this
further delay and hope for success next
Monday night.
Yesterday was another day of commit.
tee hearings. In the House the oppon-
cnts OF the one dollar gas bill waxed elo-
quent before the Committee on Municipal
Corporations. Reduced ferriage and un-
adulterated bread were advocated before
other committees. The State Fish Com
missioners appeared before the Game and
Fish Committees OF both houses and ar
gued 10 favor OF revision of the present
laws, so that they might be more COM
pact and easier of comprehension. State
Fish Commissioners Reed, Of Pennsylvania,
was present and impaired information as
to the working OF the fish and game laws
In his State. 1t was agreed by the COM
mittec that many Of the present laws
shouldEbe repealed, new ones enacted and
then codification should be made OF the
revised statutes on the subject. A bill
with the proposed amendments will be
submitted and printed and then other
hearings will be given by the joint com.
mittee.
MIR. Storrs, by bill, proposes TO fix
the compensation OF clerks to Grand Ju.
ries 10 first-class counties at $500 term
second-class counties, $3.50; third and
fourth class counties, $50.
The Governor yesterday afternoon sent
to the Senate the following nominations
For Law Judges, Essex, Andrew Kirk
patrick; Mercer, Robert s. Woodruff.
State Board OF Assessors, David Baird, OF
Camden, and Oliver Kelly, OF Middlesex.
All are denominations excepting Mr.. Baird,
who is a successor to Ferdinand IL. Wis
mer, OF Essex. The Office OF State Board
OF Assessors has a term OF four years and
o salary OF $4,000. The Board will now
consist. Of two Republicans, Baird and
Spencer, and two Democrats, Kuser and
Kelly. The nominations were referred.
And still another constitutional amend
ment is proposed, and Mr.. Cotter, Presi-
dent of the Referendum League, is the
author. He wants power given to the
Legislature to divide the State into AS
sembly districts in the same way as pro-
vided before the Supreme Court decided
that system Of electing Assemblymen un-
Q institutional. Mr.. Cotter has his amenG-
ment ready for presentation. but Is wait
ing to see what the popular feeling is on
the subject before be acts. lie contends
that the election Of Assemblymen by dis
tricts is home rule pure and simple, and
the Legislature, therefore, should be given
ample power to proceed In the matter.
This constitutional amendment will pro-
baby be introduced next week.