Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-03-24

mittee has attached to this report
draft of proposed act which would
make the irregular issuing of any pa
pers in the form Of legal process a
misdemeanor. The report was adopt
ed by the house The bill spoken Of
IN the report was later introduced.
Morris and Essex Canal.
By resolution passed by the house
committees We're appointed in the
house and senate to report upon the
ACCESSIBILITY Of taking action upon the
report of the Morris and Essex canal
abandonment commission. There was
conference Monday night by Govern
or Murphy and number of Republic
an senators ON the Morris canal COM
missions report. The governor, Unit
ed States Senator Dryden, ex-senator
q. c. Stokes, Mayor Doremus of New
ark and several others said that they
believed that the plan of abandonment
proposed by the commission was the
fairest that had ever been made. They
urged immediate action as to the car
rying out Of the commissions recon.
mendations. An amendment to the
river flood district commission bill for
the relief of the Passaic valley has
been presented to meet the objection
offered by the Erie and Lackawanna
lines to the proposition to shift their
tracks on account of the proposed big
dam to be built.
Senator AIcIXee's bill authorizing the
appointment of bipartisan board of
health of ten members in Jersey City
by the mayor has passed the house, it
being advocated by Mr. Van Blarcom
of Passaic, who said that it did not
affect Newark. Another bill by Sena-
tor Mckee of Passaic which passed
the house was that authorizing cities
to raise in the annual tax levy $4,000
for the construction of new police sta
lions or to issue bonds for the purpose.
The object of the bill is to enable
Paterson to rebuild a police station de-
stroyed by the big fire.
Senate Holds Up Tenement Bill.
There was warm debate on the
tenement house commission bill in the
senate Monday night, when Senator
Hudspeth opposed certain amend
ments, saying there would not be suf-
ficient time to properly digest them,
Senator Cross of Union wanted the
bill put through with the amendments.
Senator Hudspeth asked to have the
bill recommitted and said that it was
so menacing to many of his constitu-
ents in Hudson county that if the ma
jority proposed to drive it through he
would consider it his duty to hold the
floor of the senate until the hour of
final adjournment and thus effect the
bills defeat. 1t was decided to allow
the bill to go over to give time for the
printing of the amendments. This bill
passed the house without single vote
in opposition
The fixing, last week, of tomorrow
(Friday) at 3 p. IN. for sine die adj
journment put the lawmakers on their
mettle and compelled them to work
fast all week. When the hour Of final
oEsIsaaess& comes It IS likely that as
usual, the clock win be stopped,
The bill Of Senator Bradley Of Cam
den appropriating $1,000 for a monu-
ment in the National cemetery at New
bern, N. c., to commemorate the mem
Dry of the Ninth New Jersey vo1un-
teer infantry and appointing COM
mission of three survivors of the regi-
ment for this purpose has passed the
house.
The proposition to supply 800 more
voting machines at cost of $4,000
is being favorably commented upon
throughout the state, although it has
been suggested that it would be pref
cradle to equip every voting precinct
in the state, numbering about 1,150,
with a voting machine at the same
time. Under the present plan of add
ing new machines yearly the state will
be equipped with the devices in about
three years.
At meeting of the New Jersey Re-
publican committee Monday night May
10 was fixed as the date for holding
the state convention to elect delegates
to the Republican national convention
which will nominate candidate for
the presidency of the United States.
The only other business was to accept
the resignation from the state commit
tee of Major E. J. Anderson of Somer-
set, who has served on the committee
for twenty years.
A unique bill has been presented by
a north Jersey assemblyman provid-
ing that no game shall be bought or
sold in this state The introducer says
that this would remedy at least some
of the present defects in the existing
game laws. According to the bill, a
lover of game for food must go out
and shoot the game himself.
Stokes For Governor Next Fall.
1t is believed to be settled beyond a
doubt that Chancery Clerk Edward
G. Stokes formerly senator) will be
the Republican nominee for governor