The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-03-27
WORK OF THE
LEGISLATURE
Final Adjournment May Come
Sometime During Latter
Part Of Next Week
IMPORTANT WORK BEFORE II

Attention of Senators About all uay
Tuesday. Commissioner Frothing-
ham has Expressed Determination
and Game Committee
The death of John G.. Ranken has
made vacancy in the State Board OF
Assessors. Several candidates for the
place already have been named. Unit
ed States Senator Kean was in Iren-
ton Monday night, and it was said
that he asked that the appointment
again be awarded to Union county.
The prospect was, it was thought,
that if an acceptable candidate from
that county should be named the
governor would nominate him. Mr..
Ranken was a Union county man.
General Burd W. Spencer, of Passalc
county, is also a candidate.
Another vacancy, it was reported
at the state capitol Monday, would
soon be made by the resignation OF
Howard p. rockingham as the chair
man of the Fish and Game Commits
sion. No information from the eX-
ecutiye department could be had,
further than that letter had been
received by the governor from Mr..
rockingham in which he declared
that he intended to resign, but infor-
nation directly from the commissioner
himself was that his resignation would
take effect on April 10. 1t was said
that Mr.. rockingham was dissatisfied
with the treatment which the legiSla-
ture gave a measure of his which codi-
fed the game laws, and which was
killed the other day by the senate.
Senator Martin of Sussex county, has
introduced bill which repealS the
game laws of 1870, and all OF the sup
plements thereto.
1t was understood, after a hearing
before the Senate Judiciary Commit
tee Monday afternoon, that the Child
Labor bill would be reported favorably,
with possibly two or three amend
ments. The original bill, which was
passed by the house, provides that the
legal age for the employment of boys
in factories shall be fourteen years,
and for girls sixteen years. A num-
ber of prominent labor men of the
state were present at the hearing,
most of whom urged the passage of
the bill.
In a conference Monday night the
senators practically decided to give a
dinner for Governor Murphy, and APP
pointed as a committee ON entertain
ment Senator Wakelee, the republi-
can leader of the senate: Senator
Childs, President Hutchinson and
Walter e. Edge, the secretary OF the
senate. The committee will fix the
date and complete arrangements at an
early day.
The governor sent the following
nominations to the senate:
For Prosecutor of the Pleas in Cape
May county, Harry S. Douglas, to sue
ceed Eugene c. Cole.
For manager Of the Home for Feeble
Minded Women at Vineland, John T..
Cleary, of Trenton; Annie E. Gile of
West Orange, and Caroline B. Alex
ander, of Hoboken. They were con-
firmed on Tuesday.
Governor Murphy signed the Auto
mobile bill. This bill, it will be re-
membered, makes the maximum speed
of automobiles twenty miles an hour
in rural districts, nine miles in towns
and cities and six miles at road cross
ings or abrupt curves.
Mr.. Garrabrants introduced bill
giving the chancellor power to order
l.N1 Of 10
TUESDAYS SESSION.
Tuesdays session of the legislature,
so far as the senate is concerned was
devoted to the consideration of the
Passaic pollution bill On Monday
night former United States Senator
Smith put in an appearance in Tren-
ton. He had several conferences with
the democratic members and this en-
gendered the suspicion that he has
seen an opportunity for political adj
vantage for his party and made the
trip for the purpose Of giving advice
to members of his party, as well as
to use a political whip where advice
did not accomplish his object. Gov
ernor Murphy is said to have become
deeply interested in the Passaic bill,
and Mr.. Smith is alleged to have given
assurances that there will be sufficient
democratic votes Forthcoming at the
right time to assure the passage of
the measure.
A close friend of Howard p Froth-
ingham and a member of the legisla-
ture said Tuesday that the chair
man of the State Fish and Game Com
mission was prompted to write to
Governor Murphy fixing April 10 as
the date of his resignation by bill
introduced by Senator Martin of Sus-
sex county. This bill, which wipes
out the law which created the COM
mission of which Mr., rockingham is
the chairman, is in the hands Of the
Senate Fish and Game Committee,
and will not be reported. The bill,
which codifies the state game and fish
laws, and in which Mr.. rockingham
was deeply interested, will be taken
up later and amended.
1t was announced that Charles G.
Mcbride, Of Elizabeth, was candi-
date as a member of the State Board
of Assessors, to succeed John G. Ran
kin, Jr., deceased.
Among the bills passed by the sem
ate Tuesday were as follows:
Providing that telegraph companies
may be dissolved in the same manner
as corporations under the general act.
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