The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1904-12-12

session was general act and
sought to divert attention from the ad-
vantage it would give that company by
declaring that they had no thought Of
abandoning the local waterway and by
urging a host Of reasons why il would be
detrimental for their company to do so.
The school teachers of the state are
preparing to swoop down upon the law
makers in an endeayor to persuade them
into enacting some legislation which will
| give them an increase of salary, and the
iremen and militiamen, notwithstanding
| the ruling of the courts that the tax ex-
emption law is unconstitutional, will
make concerted effort to have passed
a measure which will give them the old
time exemption from taxation.
II is understood that the Legislature,
at. its next session. will be asked for a
more generous appropriation than ever
for voting machines. At the last election
there was bitter opposition to the ma
chimes in some sections Of the State, and
a proposition to increase their number is
likely to sprecipitate hot fight.
It is likely that the State will witness
another bitter fight over the robin quesr
ton. Assemblyman Gibbs, of Camden
County, who last winter was strong adj
vocate of the De Cou bill permitting the
shooting of robins during the fruit sea-
son, has heen returned to the Assembly,
and, it is said will introduce and fight
for bill similar to that of last year,
which failed to pass. The small fruit
growers Of South Jersey are expected to
favor the bill and battle for its passage
| Assemblyman Gibbs is also expected
to introduce a repeater for the anti-pig
con killing law.
The regular annual attempt to abolish
Athe State Board of Arbitration is also to
be made with, as many thing, the usual
failure. No one preteHds to believe that
this Board is of any earthly benefit to
the State, or that it renders any valuble
/ service for the $6,25O which it annually
costs. Still, the Board provides five de-
sirable places, with a salary of 1900
attached, not to mention the extra 5000
which goes to the member who acts as
secretary, and as the party managers are
at their wits end to find jobs for all who
| claim to have served the g. O. p. there
is little hope of its adjustment this
winter.
Sportsmen throughout the State are
loudly declaring that the number Of
game wardens should be increased. and
that all should be held strictly to account
for the manner in which they discharge
the duties of their office. Bills on this
subject are therefore likely to be intro
duced.
The New Jersey Anti-saloon League is
planning new campaign for the State,
and will renew its efforts to get legisla-
tion favorable to the opponents of the
liquor traffic and Of the friends Of local
option
Edward A. Murphy, one of the Demo
cratic Asseinblymen-elec from Hudson,
intends to introduce bill in the Legisla-
ture making it mandatory upon all per-
sons selected to act upon election boards
to have their mental and moral fitness to
properly fill the positions for which they
are named passed upon. He also intends
to incorporate in the bill a clause making
the term of the election officers two con-
secutive years, with at least two years
intervening before they can again become
eligible to serve. There will also be
provision to the bill for proper examin-
ers to examine the election officers and
determine their fitness.
Assemblyman Ralph Hulse, of this
city, and Clarence Magee, of Bergen, are
both expected to introduce bills for the
abolishment of capital punishment
The state board of health, it is said,
will endeavor to obtain the passage of a
measure taking from those accused of
selling adulterated milk the right of
trial by jury.
This will be in the form Of an amend
ment to the present law. in which the
claus providing for the trial by jury was
inserted as a compromise
The state board claims that the juries
which have acquitted so many milk deal
ers in jersey City h.ve placed a premf-
'um upon the sale Of adulterated milk
and IT will be impossible TO suppress the
traffic unless the trial by jury clause is:
stricken from the law.
The oystermen Of the cedaryille Sec
fial,ss5,f Cl1nhar.la nd are q agitated Nv the