Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1903-03-26
STATE LEGISLATURE.
Especial Correspondence

ClucU upon Dy the senate Is carried Out
and the members of the assembly
agree to the scheme, the legislature
will adjourn sine die on Thursday
April 2 An attempt was to have beer
made to finish up this week, and, al
though it was generally admitted by
the majority leaders that with a siren
uOus effort the session might have beer
brought to close by Friday of this
week, it was decided that every meas.
ure should be given the fullest consid.
Grafton and that an adjournment should
be taken on Thursday until next Mon,
day night and that some time the fol
lowing Thursday, in the morning, il
possible, the session should adjourn
sine die. The house has yet to agree
to this proposition, but it is thought
likely that there will be no hitch in the
plan and that the legislators will close
up their desks for the year on April 2.
On the evening of April the sena
tors will give a banquet to Governor
Murphy in New York
New Nominations.
Governor Murphy on Monday night
sent to the senate these nominations:
For managers of the Home For Fee.
BILE Minded Women at Vineland, Johr
]. Cleary of Trenton, Annie E. Gill OF
West Orange and Caroline B. AleXan-
der of Hoboken.
The nomination of Harry S. Douglas
as prosecutor of the pleas of Cape May
to succeed Eugene c. Cole, sent to the
senate late last week, which was not
taken up before adjournment, was also
considered on Monday night and, with
the foregoing nominations, was refer
red.
Howard Z. rockingham, who has
been at the head of the fish and game
commission since it's origin, rendered
his resignation this week to Governor
Murphy. His action was the result OF
the defeat in the senate last week OF
one of the commissions bills.
County Fees Bill.
The bill placing surrogates and coun
ty clerks on salary basis has beer
put to sleep by the Republican mem
bers, who after a lengthy caucus or
the matter a few days ago decided that
the proposed legislation at this time
was not advisable and, its effect hav-
ing been changed by the elimination of
the sheriffs from its provisions, it
would not be fair to have the measure
affect only surrogates and county
clerks when in the opinion of some Of
the senators the sheriffs should be in
cluded in the reform. Six senators
supported the measure and seven voted
against it. Those who supported Sen
atOr Strong in the effort to have the
bill made caucus measure and passed
were Messrs. Bachelor, Cross, Minch,
Wakelee and Mckee Those who Op-
posed the bill and finally succeeded in
smothering it were Messrs. Bradley,
Brown, Haines, Hand, Hutchinson,
Shinn and Lee. There is possibility
that the bill may be reconsidered, the
governor being especially DESTROYS that
it should pass.
The Republican house members in
caucus recently decided to make sew
eral important matters now pending,
and particularly relating to corpora
lions, caucus measures and to decide
they should be passed or defeated.
This will have the effect of eXpediting
business and preventing wrangles on
the floor of the house among majority
members during the closing days of
the session. The caucus decided to ap-
point a committee to compare the rail
road codification bill with the present
xyinX of in n Or
the changes that have been made.
The joint Republican caucus has de-
cided to present the name of Charles
L. Bradley of Essex to the next joint
session for the position of state rail
road director, which Office he now holds
and which he has held for so many
years. Robert Williams of Passaic,
who was elected last week, has tender
ed his resignation to President Hutch
inson, who presided over the joint ses
sion, and his resignation will be ac-
cepted at the next joint meeting. Mr..
Williams was elected by a combination
of Democrats and Republicans and
with an idea of embarrassing the Estate
of Essex" which caucused on the Sc
lection of Mr.. Bradley and decided
upon his reelection without consulting
all the other Republican members of
the legislature. Mr.. Williams is vice
chairman of the state Republican COM
mittee and decided that it would not
be fitting for him to accept the office
when his election had been brought
about with the aid of Democratic votes.
The Democrats have caucused on the
railroad revision bill and other corpora
ton matters and decided to oppose all
such bills.
Game Bill Defeated.
The senate last week defeated the
general revision of the game law, after
a brief discussion, during which the
fish and game commissioners were sub
iected TO a roasting for wanting SO
many revisions and changes in the fish
and game laws Senators Strong and
Cross said from eight to a dozen acts
were passed each year to amend the
game law and they could not see the
necessity for this. They thought the
law ought to stand for one year al
least without being changed, so that
the people of the state could determine
where they are "at" with regard
TO it. Mr.. Mckee championed the bill
and said the law would need no chang
ing for some time if the general re
vision were passed lie admitted that
there were too many fish and game
bills passed and introduced, but said
the legislature would not be troubled
much in the future If the bill under
consideration were passed, as it sought
to prevent these frequent changes.
Mr. Martin said he would be willing
to have every bill on the statute books
relating to fish and game wiped out OF
existence. Later in the day he intro
duced a bill along this line repeating
the act creating the fish and game com
mission, together with all sundry acts
bearing on the subject of game and
fish.
The bill was defeated by vote OF
II to I, but the vote was afterward re
considered and the bill tabled in the
hope that before the end of the session
1t can be taken up again and forced
through.
Scovel's automobile bill has passed
the senate after opposition by Messrs
I4,,+ahinean apd Martin The LATTER