The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-01-28
MANY Bills INTRODUCED
Voorhees, President Of the Senate
and Acting Governor.

Senate Railroad and Canal Committee at
work-Greater New York omcials after
New Jersey StockhoIders-Do Doings OF ths
officials at Trenton-From the .sChron-
icle's" special Correspondent
TRENTON, Jan. 2S. Figure up the
three weeks labor of the 122nd session of
the Legislature and the result is one bill
passed, dozen or more reported by
committees and about one hundred bills
on the calendar. Besides this House
Investigating Committee has been organ
lied by the selection of Leader GledhilI
for chairman, Judge Garretson of Jersey
City, Democrat, and Robert McCarter,
a Republican of Newark, as counsel.
The committee does not know definately
what it will do beyond investigatinA the
doings of Sheriff Heller of Hudson
county. The usual number of so-calledl
equal taxation bills have been presenteds
and likewise the usual number of freak
bills. This is the result of the three
weeks session, but on Monday night there
is probability of the lawmakers getting
down to real business.
The following nominations were made
by the Governor on Monday night.
Prosecutor of the Pleas for Morris
County Alfred Elmer Mills.
Judge of the Second District Cours OF
Jersey City-Charles w. Parker, vice
James s. Erwin, who has been appointed
Prosecutor of the Pleas for Hudson
county.
Members of the State Board of Medi-
cal Examiners -Armin Ubelacker, VIM.
L. Newell and William Perry Watson,
all reappointed.
The only bill so far passing both houses
was that which provides for the inaugurs
alton, as it were, of Acting Governor
Voorhees,. The bill prescribes the oath
the Acting Governor shall take and also
how he shall sign measures passing both
houses in order that they may become
law. Under the provisions of this bill,
which bye the bye, passed both houses on
Tuesday and received the approval of
Governor Griggs in forty-one minutes,
all laws will be signed g Foster NJ
Voorhees,, President of the Senate and
Acting Governor" The introduction of
Voorhees, into the Executive Department
will be simplicity itself. There will be
no parade, no military display, no music
or decorations. The Union county Sea-
ator will simply subscribed to TIE OATH
of office, be escorted by a committee
from the Senate Chamber to the Execu-
tive Chamber where he will seat himself
in the executive chair. place his feet
under the table purchased for John w.
Griggs, and proceed to business.
The dinner given in honor of the eleva-
ton of Foster M. Voorhees, and the eleva-
tion of Governor Griggs to cabinet
position Tuesday evening, was s'howl-
ing success" literally. So successfully
was the bowling done, that neither the
United States Attorney General or the
next Governor Of New Jersey was per-
mitted to utter one word of theiH
speeches.
The most active committee in this ses-
sion appears to be the Railroad and
Canal Committee of the Senate. Already
they have reported the johnson Railroad
Commission Bill and his Grade Crossing
measure and have announced public
hearing on these measures on Tuesday
afternoon February Sth. There were
several hearings on both these bills last
year and they failed to become law,
The prompt reporting of them by the
Railroad and Canal Committees this ses-
sion would argue in favor of their ulti-
mately passing both houses. But it is
known that both the Railroad Compan-
les and the municipalities throughout
State and violently opposed to the Rail-
road Commission Bill, the one because
they discourage tampering with laws
pertaining to Railroad Corporations and
the other because they regard the
measure as an interference in the Gov
ernment of the several municipalities.
For these reasons, notwithstanding the
prompt action of the Railroad and Canal
Committees, it is different to see how it
if possible for the Railroad Commission
Bill to reach the statute book. There is
some chance for the Grade Crossing
Bill because that measure places it with
in the power of the municipalities to
cause to be placed at all grade crossings
considered dangerous to life or limb, pro-
lection gates or a fiag-man.
There is one matter that is bound to
attract much attention during the COM
ing session; every corporation organized
under the laws of New Jersey is in
terested in it and New York State is
equally interested with every Jersey
corporation. It means dollars for New
York State and dollars for the treasurer
Of Greater New York. Already there is
a fight on between New York and New
Jersey and it promises to become bitter.
Reference is made to the attempt of New
York to discriminate in the matter of
taxes against the New Jersey corpora
tions. For weeks back Greater New
York officials have been at work in the