Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-03-16
NEXT WEEK THE LAST
Legislature Likely to Finish In
Few Days.
BUSINESS WHIPPED INTO SHAPE.
This week Has Been a Week of Hear
ings - The Programme For Final
ADJOURNMENT VIII Go Through I'm
less Something Unforeseen Turns


ings - The Programme For Final
Adjournment VIII Go Through I'm
less Something Unforeseen Turns
Up.
Especial correspondence
Trenton. March 15.-Unless there are
some unexpected developments in mat
ters legislative within the next few days
to upset the programme now outlined
the one hundred and twenty-third ses-
sion of the legislature viii bring its at
fairs to a close about the end OF next
week. Thursday is talked of as the day
most desired for the final round up OF
the lawmaking machine. but II IS more
than likely that the legislators VIII not
get the work ahead of them out OF the
way before Friday, the oath, when IS
at present generally accepted as the
date of sine die adjournment. All this'
of course, is speculative, nothing ofhcial
having been done in the matter. me
resolution passed by the house sew
eral days ago fixing March 10 for maj
adjournment was pigeonholed when IL
reached the senate. 1t will remain IN
its present resting place until all ar
rangements are made, and few days
before the lawmakers are ready to de-
part il will likely be unearthed and
amended. the date selected by the lead
ers being substituted for the one decld-
ed upon by the house.
This weeks session was to certain
extent broken yesterday when the two
houses adjourned at noon so as to per-
IF Io heTC To at
tend the township elections held in their
respective counties. An effort was
made to make up for lost time, how
ever. at the single session and also at
today's meeting Monday night, too.
was one of the busiest opening sessions
of the year. A large number OF DIS
have been passed this week so far' ana
MANY have been advanced along the
calendars as far as possible. The leg
islature will not wind up its business
for the week until tomorrow afternoon
at the earliest, and there is strong
prospect that night session may be
held tomorrow evening or the finishing
touches to the weeks work put on Fri
day morning
The present might truly be called the
week of hearings. The most important
so far this session was held on Monday
afternoon in the comptroller's ONCE
when the Joint committee on appropria-
tions sat to hear the views of those in
nuest of new or additional appropria-
tions Representative of several of the
various state departments and institu-
lions were on hand to urge their claims.
The first speakers were Mrs. Horton
and Mrs. Yardley of the Oranges. repre-
senting the State Federation OF Wom-
ems Clubs They urged that an appro-
priation of 81, 500 be made for travelling
libraries This project was along the
line of education. the travelling libraries
being designed to provide reading mat
ter to the residents of the smaller and
more out of the way places, where pub
lie libraries were not available
DR.. ]. M. Buckley, president of the
managers of the State Village For Epi-
leptics. spoke in behalf of that recently
established institution. He asked for
s45.OO for the village, $4,000 of which
sum is to be used for the erection OF
two cottages. $4,000 for the purchase OF
an adjoining farm, $4,000 for salaries
and running expenses and 81. 900 for wa
ter and sewerage. Senator w. M
johnson, chairman of the committee,
expressed his doubt as to whether the
legislature had the power under the
present law to grant the appropriation
desired.
In behalf of the board of education
Otto Grouse presented the following
schedule of appropriations asked for:
Manual training school at Bordentown
(colored), $4,000. increase over last
years appropriation of $4,000; state
a-~s --~..+e- -~l-~ei, 40 no. s-~a-ea 80 a.
81, 900; state normal school, $4,000, in
crease of 81, 600; for school libraries, S.
500, same as last year; for the Farnun
school. 500, 600 increase of $1,000 for re-
pairs; for industrial schools. $4,000, the
usual amount; for manual training
schools, $33, 900. no increase; clerica
services in state superintendent office
IS, 500, increase of 1900, this claim be-
ing made because of the abolition of the
office of superintendent of census, the
work being done in the school super
intendent's office; expenses of state
board, $4,000, increase from $1,000;
teachers institutes $4,000
General Edward A. Campbell of New
ark asked for an appropriation of $50. 00O
for the completion and equipment of the
First regiment armoFy. Colonel E. c.
Stahl of Trenton. representing the re-
Gently purchased home for disabled
soldiers and sailors and their wives,
asked for $4,000. which, he stated, was
necessary for the completion of the
building. For the running expenses
$500 would answer, and after that $10,-
900 year would be necessary. Repre-
senting the managers of the Morris
Plains Hospital For the Insane. Senator
Pitney said that S150000 would be nee
essary for the completion of the elab-
crate addition in course of construction.
The original building. he said was in
tended to accommodate 500 people, and
the inmates there at present number
i,250. Professor E. B. Voorhees, of the
experimental station at New Brunswick
asked that there be appropriated 81 900
in excess of the regular allowance of
$4,000 to pay for the issuing of bulle-
tins, which had greatly increased the
expenses of the station. The committee
concluded its labors by hearing argu-
ments on the Railway reformatory, for
the completion of which institution
1926. 900 is asked. Senator Johnson took
occasion to criticise the work of the
commission which has had charge of
the work. He said that the great trou-
BILE had been that it was next to i'm
possible to ascertain anything very def
mite concerning the reformatory or the
progress of the commission. The people
of the state, he said. were appalled, at
the amount necessary to finish this in
stitution, which will be fully 81 600 600
John r. Thomas, the architect who pre-
pared the original plans for the institu-
ton, stated that at no time had the I'M
derstanding been that the cost of COM
pleting the reformatory would be less
than 100000. Senator johnson an
nounced that the committee would
probably decide on an appropriation to
complete one wing, but that the work
would have to be approved by the gov
ernor. The committee then adjourned
TO meet later in the week
Yesterday afternoon the senate com
mittee on judiciary gave a hearing on
the river pollution bill in the senate
chamber. Vigorous arguments were
urged in favor of the bill, while equally
strong objections were presented to it,
Among those who favored it were for
mer Governor George T. Werts, who
drafted the bill; DR.. William T. Hunt
State Treasurer Swain, Postmaster D.
w. Mahoney of Passaic. Percy Jackson
Of Belleville and Colonel Charles w
Fuller of Bayonne. Their grounds were
hot eli