Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-03-06
HOWELL'S BILL
COVERS IT ALL
Secretary Of State Root Praises
the Jerseyman for His Immi-
grafton Measure.
CF,rom the NEWg correspondent.l


WASHINGTON, D. c., Mar G.
Representative Van Wrinkle has in
troduced a bill to establish a light
and fog signal in New York bay at
the entrance of the dredged channel
at Greenville, and it carries an appro-
priation of $4,000. This was rec
commended by the Lighthouse Board,
and would be a much needed i'm
provement.
Hon. Elihu Root, secretary of state,
considers the naturalization bill in
troduced by Mr.. Howell, and which
was reported favorably by unani-
nous vote of the committee, as a
measure of great importance. He has
written a letter to Mr.. Howell ex-
pressing his strong approval of the
bill, suggesting a few amendments on
minor points, and declared that its
enactment would be an Improvement
in the method of granting citizenship
to aliens.
Want All Goods Labelled.
Senators Kean and Dryden have
received a letter from S. o. Connel
of Phillipsburg, advocating the label
ling Of all goods; a petition from the
Federation of Musicians of Paterson
favoring the Bartholdt bill to pro-
hibit government bands from compet-
ing with civilian bands; and from the
Womans Club, of Orange, in favor of
national children's bureau. Major
Mckinley Camp, Sons of Veterans, of
Pleasantville, wants the bill to gov
ern the wearing of uniforms amended
so that it will inclue Sons of Veter-
ans.
Representative Howell and Van
Wrinkle received the petition from the
Woman's Club of Orange, in favor of
T the national children's bureau.
Representative Howell has recon-
mended the discontinuance of the
postoffice at Ely, Monmouth county.
/ Walter Fink, the postmaster, resign
ed recently. because it only paid $39
a year.
Representative Parker said yester-
day that he had had the naval reserve
bill referred to the committee on mer-
chant marine and fisheries instead of
the naval affairs committee in the
hope that it might receive earlier
consideration.
Representative Loudenslager has
recommended the appointment of
William n. Nixon as postmaster at
Woodstown, Salem county.
Delaware River Bridge.
The senate passed the bill to per-
nit the Pennsylvania railroad to con-
struct a new bridge over the Della
ware river at Trenton, a mile below
the city; the bill for the relief of
Della B. Stewart The bill to increase
the pension of Lydia Ann Jones has
been reported, making the amount
SIG a month.
Edward T. Mitchell. of Jersey City,
called on Mr.. Howell yesterday and
made some suggestions about the nat
uralization bill. He was here as the
guest of Representative Van Wrinkle.
1t is understood that the senate
committee on immigration, of which
Senator Dryden is member, Will
hold some hearings on the immigra-
ton question in the near future.
J. NJ Thompson, Of New Egypt,
chairman of the national legislative
committee of the Daughters Of Amer
/ lea, has called the attention OF the
members of the order in New Jersey
to Mr.. Howell's naturalization bill,
and urging them TO petition their
congressman for the enactment OF an
/ immigration bill.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Fe!dermann, Of
Jersey City, are at the National Ho-
tel; Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Schanck, Of
New Brunswick, are at the St. James.
c. :. A.