The Monitor-register., 1896-01-31
NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE.
TRENTON. Jan. %, 1896


carly to-day. The attendance of visitors
on Monday night was rather small,
due, no doubt, to the large number who
besieged the State Capital last week to
see Governor Griggs inaugurated.
A number of new bills have been intro
duced in both Houses.
Senator Rogers introduced the Anti
Religious Garb bill urged by the Junior
Order United American Mechanics, and
it was by request referred to the Com
mittee on Labor and Industries. of which
Mr.. Rogers is chairman. This course
was taken, it was explained, so that the
measure might be reported without
unnecessary delay. Any other commit
tee would hold it, and the President
contended that this would result in hav.
ing the Senate besieged by the advocates
of the bill. 1t is similar to the act intro
duced by Mr.. Rogers last year, and is an
exact duplicate of the Pennsylvania
law. School teachers who wear any
dress, insignia, mark or emblem indicat-
| ing that he or she is member of any
religious sect, order or denomination is
liable to suspension for one year on
account of the first offence and is forever
disqualified as teacher for second
offence.
| Members of Boards of Education or
School Trustee permitting violation of
the act are for the first offence liable to
| fine of 800, and for the second like
fine, as we'll as being disqualified to hold
such position.
A joint resolution. introduced by Mr..
johnson, provides for a constitutional
| amendment concerning the judiciary,
modelled after the amendment adopted
last session, with the exception of the
clause concerning the Court of Errors
and Appeals. The new amendment
makes this court consist of the Chan.
oellor. Chief Justice, three Associate
Justices and two Vice. Chancellors. The
original amendment named the Chancellor
and the entire Supreme Court bench.
This change will postpone the adoption
of the amendment for another year.
Senator Stokes introduced a measure
legislating out of Office the West Jersey
Game Protective Association and the
present fish and game wardens and pro-
viding that ten fish and game wardens
may be appointed by the County Courts
of each county, to serve without COM
pensation, for the protection of fish and
game. Fines collected for violation are
to be devoted to stocking lakes and
streams.
Resolutions expressing sorrow at the
duath of Gen. Runyon were passed in
both Senate and House. Also one in the
Assembly expressing sympathy with the
Cubans in their struggle for liberty and
independence.
In behalf of the Congregational
Churches of the State, Assemblyman
Fighter presented this petition to the
House last evening:
"WHEREAs, the practical result of the
present Excise law in New Jersey is to
clothe small minority with power to de.
fy the will of large majority and to
grant to an Insignificant fraction of
community power to establish the liquor
traffic in that community, despite an op-
position that is sometimes all but unani-
nous; therefore be it
''ResolUed by the Northern New Jersey
Conference Of the Congregational
churches. this day assembled in Cedar
Grove, That decent conformity to the
American principles of popular govern
ment requires the immediate repeal of
law so iniquitous to the rights of the
people, and the speedy enactment of a
substitute comforting upon the inhabitants
of the smaller as we'll as the larger politi-
cal divisions of the state, the power to
maintain the indisputable right of a ma
jority of the voters to suppress the liquor
traffic whenever and so far as they may
deem it pernicious to the interests of the
community where it exists. The Con-
ference therefore, respectfully petitions
your honorable body for such legislation
without unnecessary delay"
A delegation of prominent Senators,
led by Senator Voohees of Union had an
interview last evening with Governor
Griggs, to endeavor to obtain his views
relative to wiping out or consolidating
certain State boards deemed useless. The
result of that interview will go far to
determine the volume of reform legisle--
tion at the present session. Your cores.
pondent interviewed His Excellency rela-
tive to his reported aversion to appointing
any member of either house to any posi-
tion in his gift. The result of the inter
view indicates that he was properly re-
ported. Assemblyman Hicks, of Middle
sex. is candidate for Prosecutor of that
county, vice Adrain, and delegation here
last evening ran up against that objection
when interviewing the Governor in Hicks
behalf. Still, the Governor did not
declare membership in the present
Legislature to be an insuperable bar to
position, but it looks very much that way
to casual observer.
The suit of clothes worn by Governor
Griggs at his Inauguration was made of
cloth made out of American wool at the
mills of Rowland Croft, Sons & Co., of
Camden, and sent to the Governor-elect
by Mr.. Croft with his compliments.
Stone roads are proving costly luxury
even to farmers, and Assemblyman
Stanger, of Gloucester county, introduced
a memorial from the Gloucester county
Freeholders asking for an amendment to
the present act that will not make it
mandatory. About the only people en-
thusiastic over roads are the wheelmen
and the Contractors. The taxpayers as
body feel the burdens of building such
highways, and the cost will soon over
come their benefit to farmers, for whom
the scheme was originally devised.
Gov. 0'Farrell, of Virginia, and del
egation of the State Legislature will
visit Trenton next Tuesday, to inspect
New Jerseys system of stone road
building, and a joint resolution was
passed for the appointment of committee
to receive them and extend to them the
courtesies of the State.
The t'New Woman" as she is termed,
may be air target for the shafts of
r;diouta in some resnects hut nm the