The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1901-03-22
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Canal Grab Killed.


was its death due.
Foreseeing that the Lehigh Valley
Railroad and it's powerful lobby was
rapily getting affairs in shape to force
Senator Hudspeth's measure, allowing
the Lehigh Company to vacate the
canal, through the legislature despite
all opposition, be decided to 'sidetrack
the whole scheme. To do this he
pushed this bill providing for the
appointment of commission to ex-
anime into the merits of the matter.
His bill came up before the Senate
Monday night and Senator Pitney left
the presidents hair and took the floor
and in debate, lasting full two hours
combatted the Morris grab bill. He
declared that the Hudspeth bill pro-
vlded for changes entirely too great
for the Legislature to consider and
pass upon in SO short a time and that
commission should be appointed,
as provided by this bill, to thoroughly
examine the true merits of this case.
Senator Hudspeth replied by stat
ling that he himself did not alto
gether favor the bill allowing the va
cation of the canal, but that Jersey
City was in dire straits for water
supply and the bill proved the onlyway
of relieving the situation Senator
Hudspeth then moved that Senator
Pitney's bill lie over until, his own
should come up for vote. Senator
Pitney argued against this motion and
Senator Hudspeth finally changed it
that Senator Pitney's bill lie over
until Tuesday morning.
When Senator Pitney's bill against
came up Tuesday morning Senator
Hudspth renewed his motion that the
bill be laid over until over until the
vacation bill should come up.
Senator Pitney again took the floor
and declared that he understood Mr..
Hudspeth had withdrawn that motion
the night before and substituted the
one allowing the commission bill lie
over for the night. After considerable
argument Senator Pitney gained his
point and his bill went throug with
a rush.
The House this week also adopted
the joint resolutions of Senator
Jothnon, of Camden, providing for
the holding of biennial sessions of the
legislature. The resolutions are in the
form of an amendment to the State
Constitution and as such must be
passed by the legislature next year
and then submitted to the popular vote
before they will become valid.
Besides providing for biennial ses-
sions the resolutions also extended the
terms of the Governor to A years,
Senators to years and Assemblymen
to 2 years.
Assemblyman Albeit was the only
member of the House to oppose the
passage of the resolutions.
Colored Industrial school.
The Stokes bill providing for the
purchase of the grounds on which the
colored industrial school at Borden
town stands and the erection of new
buildings was finally passed this
week and there is but little doubt
but that it will be signed by the gov
ernor. The school will be directly
under the control of the State Board
of Education, but the new buildings
cannot be erected until an appropria-
tion of $45, 900 is made by some future
Legislature.
Assemblyman Lewis pure food bill
managed finally to get through the
Senate this week and go to the gov
ernor. 1t is a measure whose full i'm
port will not be felt until later. The
Senate eliminated the word know
ingly,' which makes all persons soil
ing impure articles liable to proseou-
ton, whether they have knowledge
of such impurities or not. 1t thus
MAKES prosecutions much easier.
Two Vice ChancelIors.
Governor Voohees this week also
affixed his signatures to Senator Hud-
speth's bill providing for the appoint
ment of two new vice. chancellors,
The bill authorizes Chancellor Magic
to name one additional vice chancellor
at once, and another when such
officer is deemed necessary. The
salaries of the. new officers will be
the same as the present vice chanceI-
lors, namely SO, 600 per year and the
term also the same, seven years. q
1t is believed that the first vice
chancellor to be appointed will be a
Democrat. kThe present Chancery
Court has four Republican and two
Democratic members, so that it is not
regarded as likely another Re-
publican will Ezbe named at this time.
1t is further .belie7edTfhaf che new
vice chancellor will be from Hudson
county, which has had no representa-
tive on the Chanoery bench since the
death of the late Chancellor McGill.
Governor Voorhees, completed the
work of reapportionment of 1.-THE con-
gressional distrist by signing the act,
which is now law on the statute