The sun., 1898-02-14
LEGISLATION AT TRENTON.
oNLX Two BILLS PASSED BIZ BorR
HOUSES so FAR.

HOUSES No BHh.
Ths sixth Week or the Session BeEins To-Nirht
with Consideration bJ the House or the cole
Cuban sympathy Ressiutiens-Gov. voors
hess In . ouandary About Appointments
TRENTON, Feb. lathe sixth week Of the
legislative session viii begin tomorrow even.
ing. There have been but two bills passed by
both houses In tho Eve weeks, and they were
emergency measures that were pushed through
one afternoon to facilitate tho transfer OF the
executive office to Acting Gov. Voorhees,. In
the Senate 134 bills have been introduced. and
In the House 1913. This is q reversal Of the
tom, as ordinarily twice as many bills are in.
troduced by tho sixty Assemblymon by tho
twenty-one Senators.
Tomorrow evening the Cole Cuban sympa-
thy resolutions are scheduled for consideration
in the House. and Mr.. Cole says that the scntl.
ment of tho members as CLEANED by him points
to their adoption without opposition, rs both
the political parties in their national platforms
have pledged their sympathy. Somo OF tho ro-
publicans. however, are of the opinion that
President Mckinley should not be hampored by
the adoption of resolutions by Republican Leg.
islatures.
On Tuesday afternoon hearings will be given
on the tax bills prepared by the State Board Of
Taxation to reach assessors who do not assess
and property owners who escape paying taxes,
PRODUCTION and spread OF injurious insects in
tho State. Senator DAILY and Assonbyman
Bauer of Hudson county have been asked to
have tho bill amended so as to protest the many
florists who have establishments IN the north.
ern part Of tho State and do business in Now
York.
Senator johnson Of Bergen county has given
up hope of passing his railroad commission
bill this year. All the leading railroads arc op-
neaI and ,,,ta
cd out its weaknesses TO the Senate Committee
on Railroads and Canals Tho committee will
meet on Tuesday to decide upon its report
DIR. Thomas Hanlon President of Pennington
Seminary, had a bill introduced in the Senate
on the hrst G day of the session 4uthorizing him
family name He has learned that he must
advertise notice of his intention before tho
Legislature can pass his bill and substitute
will be introduced next week. after the legal
notice has been given
!uced tomorrow night or Tuesday. AS u has
been discovered that the Francis bill will in.
purchasers. There will be a strong iigho
against 1t. Merchants in several OF the large
terfering with their right 10 conduct their husi.
ness as they choose. The stamp companies
penalty Of $1,000 ano or " six months nor Tin. i'm,
prisonment for engaging In any form of tho
There are nine amendments to the game and
fish laws pending in the two Houses. and their
is giving s0ms nc rn to the egs
Fish Commissioners and deals mainly with the
open and close seasons. Tho Commissioners
have endeavored to compromise the differences
| between the sportsmen of the upper and lower
ends Of the State for the advantage of all and
the bettcr projection of the game birds. animals
pared and, passed, but Coy. Griggs, who is an
cause tho old law had not had a long enough
trial. Tie was opposed to constant changes,
which kept the people In ignorance Of the laws
and led to violations and unnecessary hHr,l-
ships on the part of innocent sportsmcn. The
sections. and the Legislators are wary Of offcnd.
ing any considerable number of voters this year,
election @ in November. The same fear Of ths
voters is inducing careful consideration Of =
e nsss L
appointments lefs 70 him BY GOV: erlsss. 0 Th.
and statistio'. There arc a dozen candidates.
sn ss.Is ;; $.Sis5
and g. ssss & %
wants to appoint to tho place some one stisfaao.
tory to the trades unionists and workingnen.
Of its members selected so that Il may be nee.s
sary for him to change his mind, unless they
sGms sIms. t. an agreement and mako the choice for
T5 are snd M Ssp s
OF Arbitration. There moro than a score
of applicants for places on each Of two boards.
the members Of which do little except draw
their salaries. Gov. GrgRs last year discov.
cred that for years the factory inspectors copied
their old reports and turned them In to the State
tho results Of their work for the current year.
That has been stopped, but reports from many
cities have been received that the factory In.
spectors arc never seen. The Board Of Arbi.
tration In its last report says that It was called
upon to act but once during tho year, and IN
that case I'VE could not see anything to hs
gained by acceding to the wishes of the EN-.
ployees." There were sixty-eight strikes in
board: offered Its services in many cases they
were almost invariably declined by one side or
tho other. The members get 81 200 year for
their sinecure.