The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1906-01-08
The Two Most Important
Subjects Will beEqua ak
alton and Limited Fran
chise
CANAL BILL CERTAIN
NEW JUDICIAL SYSTEM PRoPos-
ED BY THE COMMISSION AP-
POINTED LAST YEAR WILL RE-
cEIyE, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
TION OF PATRONAGE.


The 130th legislature Of New Jersey
will conyee in the state house to-mor-
row at , L. N. By many it Is reckon
ed that the session in many respects viii
be the most remarkable Of recent years.
Senator William J. Bradley of Camden
will be made president Of the senate. and
the Speaker of the House will be AS
semblyman Samuel X. Robbins Of Bur-
lington County.
Following the organization Of the two
houses Governor Stokes via send in his
first annual message.
Il is expected that the legislature will
this year get right down to business and
proceed with energy and without delay
to perform the work it was elected to DO.
1t win seriously disappoint the public
expectations if it fails TO do this. of
late years the custom has been for the
two houses. amid perfect wilderness
of flowers. to go through all the fortnali-
ties of effecting an organization With
great ostentation and elaborate obsery-
ance of forms. like body of athletes
preparing for some strenuous effort. and
then to lie down and go to sleep for a
couple of months
This year do nothing" session is out
of the reckoning The advocates of
equal taxation and limited franchises
are determined to ac, smplish what they
were elected for. and it is believed this
will. prevent the usual delay.
Legislation Of the utmost Importance
to the whole State will be considered at
this session. Prominent among the ques-
tions to come up viii be the equal taxa
tion and limited franchise questions. Sem
ator Colby and his followers in the As
sembly will be behind these measures.
Five important bills which are to be
introduced at as early q date as possible
were approved Saturday at conference
of Essex and Hudson Assemblymen, in
Jersey City. As advisers there We're pres
ent at the conference George L. Record,
Corporation Counsel of Jersey City;
Judge Higgins, of Jersey City. and Gard
ner r. Colby. Of East Orange, cousin Of
Senator-elect Colby. The Senator-elect
had expected to be one Of the conferees.
but was deained at his home in West
Orange by a bad attack Of the grip. All
of the Assembly delegations from the
two counties We're present except DIPPED,
of Hudson, and Kaiser, of Essex.
Excepting for minor changes the bills
are in the form in which they Will be
presented to the Legislature. They are
practically the embodiment of planks in
the original lobby platform and the
similar platform adopted at the Republi-
can county convention Of Essex. The
seversl subjects with which they deal
are railroad taxation, limited Franchises.
franchise taxation, popular expressions
on choice of United States Senator'S and
the repeal of the Hillery maximum tax
rate law.
Next to these questions. one Of the
most important matters for consideration
will be bill providing for the abandon
ment of the Morris canal Theprelimi-
nary advertisement announcing the in-
tention to Introduce this measure, has al
ready been published US required by law.
Assembyman Henry Marelli of Passa-
ic sis out for pure ballot and VIII pre-
sent two bills which. if passed, win help
to purify the elections Of the state.
One of the bills viii make il mistie-
nieanor for any corporation. insurance
company or other capitalized concerns to
give in any way money for the .prosecu-
ton of political campaign The second
bill will make it obligatory for the chair
men Of the county committees and all
candidates to file list of the moneys re-
ceiyed and spent in connection with the
campaign and elections.
4 A very important matter for The ieg,s-
lature to consider will be the proposed
new judicial system to be submitted bx
the commission appointed to perform
this work. The newspapers have al
ready given a clear and authentic outline
of the changes in the courts that viii be
recommended in the report of this COM
mission. They will simplify and inn
prove the administration Of law without
overturning or radically reconstructing
the present time-honored system.