The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-06
TO ABANDON
MORRIS CANAL
Understood that a Bill to Do
This viii be introduced
Monday Night.
SAME AS BILL TWO YEARS AGO

The Senate Appropriated $3,5OOO to
Furnish Celebration of the Ami
versary of the Battle of Monmouth
on June 27th. Other Interesting
Matters Before the state Legisla-
tura. Adjourned until Tuesday Next.
In the Assembly Monday night the
Passaic Pollution bill was passed by a
vote of 4S to I, with five members not
voting. Assemblymen Brown and
Hillery of this County were among
those who voted against the bill.
Mr.. Boyd urged the passage OF the
bill. The Speaker announced that
each speaker for or against the bill
would be limited to ten minutes:
Mr.. Boyd Fgave way to Mr.. Van Blar-
com. of Passaic County, who spoke in
opposition to the measure. Other
speakers followed. Assemblyman
Stalter made the leading argument
for the passage of the measure. After
declaring that the bill was clearly
unconstitutional in more than one of
it's provisions, and asserting that the
people of Paterson had been treated
unfairly. Mr.. Stalter said that Pater-
son had been, by fire and floor and
labor troubles, driven to the limit of
it's financial strength and credit, and
that ''if the bill is passed in its pre-
sent form, Paterson will be driven
into bankruptcy"
Mr.. Boyd, who has been the cham
pion of the measure from the first,
said that it had received the close
scrutiny of able lawyers, who had in
vestigated every question of its con-
stitutionality, and had decided that
it was safe on that ground. He said
that the bill had only one object in
view, and that was to relieve the
Passaic Valley of condition which
was inimical to the health of the
State, and that the plan presented in
the bill was decided upon as the best
and the most practical that could be
adopted.
The joint committee on appropria-
tions held another meeting Monday
and completed it's consideration of
the demand for money made by the
military authorities, industrial schools
bureau of labor, and statistics, tu-
berculosis commission, public schools
and county lunatic asylum.
Governor Murphy appeared before
the committee and with it considered
the claim made by the managers Of
the state village for epileptics who
have asked for an appropriation ag-
gregating nearly 100000. The COM
mittee was somewhat surprised at
the size of the request, and decided
to defer action until a subsequent
session when the superintendent of
the institution will be heard
Assemblyman Brown introduced a
bill which if passed will annex por
tion of F1orham Park in this County
to the borough of Madison.
TUESDAYS SESSION.
The republican members of the AS
sembly held caucus Tuesday after
noon and named a candidate for the
place made vacant by the dismissal
of Sergeant-at-arm Powell. The
newspaper men and legislators as
well had been deceived by the amount
of noise being made by the Essex de-
was no one in the race but their can
didate, Harry S. Tompkins of Newark.
When it came to a vote, however,
there was a surprise for the Essex
delegation, for their man received the
IL Essex votes and no more. The
result was the promotion of George
B. Lutz, of Atlantic County from As
esie fn MI a MT
ment of George Day, of Middlesex as
first assistant.
1t is understood in Trenton that
a bill has been drawn and that under
favorable circumstances it will be in
troduced which provides for the aban-
donment of the Morris Canal.
The republican Senators held a con-
ference Tuesday and decided to re-
port without delay the Voting Ma
chine bill. 1t is proposed to buy 80
machinessfor use at the next election
The House bill which calls for
consolidation of the Oranges was
passed in the assembly Tuesday
without dissenting voice. There is
clause in the bill which refers it to
the votes of the people affected. A
two-thirds vote is required to make
the act effective.
Senator Strong introduced a couple
of bills abolishing the fee system in
the offices of Surrogate, Sheriff, Coun-
ty Clerk and other Offices He with
drew his former one.
What are known as the general tax
bills, which are coditication of the
existing tax laws and repeater of
the old laws, were passed by the As
sembly.
Senator Gebhardt (Dem.) of Hun
terdon, introduced drastic anti
trust bill. 1t prohibits monopolies,
provides for the dissolution of cor
porations that practise monopolies,
and makes it a misdemeanor on the
part of officers and directors of COM
panies conducting mOnopOlies.
WEDNESDAYS SESSION.
1t was definitely announced that the
Morris Canal Abandonment bill will
be presented to the Legislature Mon
day night. 1t is understood that the
bill does not differ materially from the
one introduced two years ago. 1t was
said to-day that it stood much better
chance of being ratified this year than
it ever had.
Senator Shinn, Of Ocean county,
introduced repeater of what last
year was known as the Steel Trust