Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1899-03-02
CASH BILL PASSED.
Senator Stokes Gets His Bill Passed After
Making Strong Speech in Favor
of It-Other Legislative


News.
TRENTON, N. j., Feb. 27.-Goyernor
Voorhees, sent to the Senate tonight the
names of Ellwood G. Harris for Judge of
the First District Court, of Newark, to
succeed Thomas N. McCarter, Jr., re-
signed. He also reappointed the present
members of the State Board of Medical
Examiners and the Board of Managers of
the Morris Plains Asylum. The Senate
in executive session confirmed the nomi-
nations of G. w. Riker, as Prosecutor of
Essex; Charles j. Baxter, State School
Superintendent, and Richard A. Don
nelly, NMaior General of the National
Guard.
Senate Passes Wages Bills.
The Senate passed Senator Stanger's
supplement to the bi-weekly payment Ct
wages law of 1896 and Stokes bi-weekly
payment of wages bill. Senator
Stokes argued that the Stanger bill
would not accomplish it's purpose. On
the face of it the bill is an unimportant
amendment to the law, which, Senator
Stokes says, does all that is required by
the amendment. Senator Stokes insists
that the law of 1896 is not effective. and
therefore introduced his bill, which pro-
vides that employees shall be paid BIZ
weekly in cash.
In his address Senator Stokes referred
to the shameful character of the store
order system still prevailing in Cumber-
land county, and under which employees
received a book to keep record of their
purchases up to the amount of their wage
credit. The employees, she said, were re-
quired to deal in the company's store,
and were at the mercy of the company.
Senator McDermott wanted to know
why the employees of railroads and other
corporations had been exempted.
Senator Stokes replied that railroad
employees did not seek fortnightly pay,
owing to the difficulties incident to pay
ing off men over so. wide a territory as a
railroad covers.
Senator McDermott said that the real
reason why railroad employees were not
included was because such a measure
could not be passed through the New
Jersey Legislature.
A number of bills passed second read
ing in the Senate, and that body adjourn-
ed until morrow.
House Stands by Committees.
In the House tonight futile effort
was made to take from committee the
following bills: Assemblyman Quaid's
prohibiting manufacturers from conduct
ing stores at which their employees are
compelled to trade; the Abbott bills, in
creasing franchise taxes to be paid by
corporations. providing for payment to
various municipalities of the State the
taxes now paid by railroads for the BEN
eft of the State; enlarging the meaning
of the words ''real estate'' so as to in
clude for tax purposes wharves, piers,
poles, pipes, wires, conduits, etc. The
House refused TO take the bills from
committee and thereby practically de-
feated them.
Police Espionage on kilograms.
The House passed House bill No. 10,
giving prosecutors and chiefs of police
power to examine kilograms on file in
telegraph offices when there is any sus-
picion that the messages refer to ''green
goods" gambling or other illegal busi-
ness; House bill No. 113, which provides
for an inspector of meat in all cities
having Boards of Health; House bill
No. 121, requiring three days to pass
between Judgment and writes of possess
sion in landlord and tenant cases: Sem
ate bill No. 25, permitting safe deposit
companieslto increase their capital