The Morris County chronicle., 1903-04-03
HAS PASSED
INTO HISTORY
The Legislature Of Nineteen
Hundred Three Adjourned
Without Date Yesterday
CANAL COMMISSION NAMED

Governors to Investigate all Matters
Connected With the Abandonment
of the Norris Canal. Bill to Salary
County Omcials Failed of Passage.
Governor Dfned in New York.
At no time since the opening of the
present legislature has the attend
ance been SO large as it was on Mon
day night.
The bill providing for State normal
school in the northern part OF the
state came up in the senate as aspeclal
order Monday night and with a few
formal amendments was passed. The
State Board of Education is author
lied to select the site, and 100000 is
appropriated for the purpose OF carry
ing out the provisions OF the measure.
The voting machines bill, as amend
ed by the house, whereby the secretary
of state. in place of the state board OF
elections. is appointed todesignate the
points in municipalities and towns
where the machines shall be placed,
was passed by the senate, and will be
signed by the governor without delay.
Governor Murphy sent message to
the legislature Monday evening Of
which the following is part:
There has been introduced into sew
eral legislatures and there is now
pending before this Legislature, bill
to authorize the abandonment of navi-
cation on the Morris canal. This is a
matter of great public concern, inyoly-
ing the interests of many different
communities, and is the subject Of
much contrariety of opinion. The con-
stant agitation of this subject and IL
ritation caused thereby are unwhole-
some. 1t seems to be, though, un-
likely that the legislature will enact
any legislation this year authorizing
the abandonment of the canal. In
order that the subject may be set at
rest once and for all, and that the peo-
ple of the state may acquire such i'll
formation as may be proper to equip
their representation to pass lntelll-
gently upon this important question,
/ respectfully recommend that the
legislature authorize the appointment
of a commission to thoroughly inyes-
tigate and report on this subject and
to make such recommendations as
they may see fit relating thereto.
By a vote of 20 to 2 the house de-
clined to name a commission. The
senate temporarily laid the message
over.
Major Carl Lentz, Of Newark, was
i'm Trenton and violently opposed the
primary law which the primary cleo
tions commission had decided upon.
The major is very active at this ses-
sion. but doesn't seem to be accom-
plishing much.
TUESDAYS SESSION.
The primary election bill was passed
by the house Tuesday evening, with
out a dissenting voice. 1t was amend
ed in several particulars in accordance
with the agreement arrived at in the
republican caucus on Monday night.
1t was made caucus measure. The
only amendment of Importance was to
give the electors of each party super
vision of their own party primaries in
stead of all four officers presiding at
each primary.
The republican senators decided in
caucus to make the PaSsaic pollution
bill a caucus measure, thus enSuflng
it's passage regardless of what the
Democrats do. The latter subsequent
ly decided to support it also SO that it
will have votes to spare in the senate.
The committee on banks and insur-
ance of the house gave hearing Tues
dav afternoon on Senator Wakelee' S
bill which permits trust companies
to advertise and do saving bank bus-
ness.
John O. Fl. Pitney declared that the
only purpose of the bill was to permit
trust companies to put up false sign.
1t would be license from the legisla-
ture to trust companies to deceive the
public. 1t gives no other powers to the
trust companies than they now pos
sess. But they want permission to
pretend to be savings banks when they
are not. He said that savings banks
were for the poor people and they were
protected most carefully by laws and
can only invest their funds in the safe
est securities The trust companies
have power to receive deposits and can
pay what interest they please They
nav more, interest than savings banks
and invest funds so they can do it.
r.. V. Lindabury said that the trust
companies should not advertise to do a
savings bank business. They pay a
higher interest, but they are not safe.
1t was not honest to advertise that la
borers and servant girls can get higher
interest bya new kind Of savings bank.
1t was establishing bad state policy.
Assembly No. $50, providing for the
abolishment Of sheriff's fees for board
ing prisoners, was given committee
hearing Tuesday afternoon by the COM
mittee on revision Of laws. Among
those present in support OF the bill
was Charlton T. Lewis, LII, ID.
president of the State Charities Aid
Association.
AT the hearing DR.. Lewis declared
that the bill was an expression OF the
moral sentiment Of the state. intended
to correct the Fundamental evil in our
Jail system which makes them schools
Of crime, viz: pecuniary inducement
to make the number of prisoners as
large as possible. The bill proposes TO
return to the sheriffs the actual ex-
pense of keeping Of prisoners and no
more: leaving no part for speculation.
The governors remommendation to
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