Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-10
DISTRICT
BILL PASSES.
Will Adjourn Thurs
d%ay--LiveIy Fight Over Use of
Automatic Guns.

TRENTON, Apr. 1O.-Indications
last night were that the legislature
will adjourn sine die Thursday of this
week, although some are vigorously
opposing this plan on the ground that
there is not enough time for the
proper consideration of the measures
pending. The administration lead
crs, however, believe that the bust
ness can be finished up if proper
attention is paid to the sessions. and
it is expected that this program will
20 through. A resolution to this eff
feet was passed in the house last
night.
Senator Brown, of Monmouth coun-
ty, made a determined effort TO Sc
cure action on his bill aimed TO keep
Sheriff c. Asa Francis in Office, al
though he has been declared defeat
ed by his democratic opponent.
Charles f. Close, who has a plurality
of six votes in the recount just com
pleted.
Mr.. Closes friends were in Tren-
ton last night, demanding a commits
sion for him, but they were told that
the court record of the recount must
come to Trenton before the commits
sion will be issued.
Hudson and Essex counties sent
vigorous protests to the legislature
last night against the diversion Of
Passaic river water to Staten Island.
Redistricting Bill Passed.
Leader Perkins last night secured
the passage in the house of the as
sembly redistricting bill which was
last week defeated. The measure
was not passed, however, until after
some lively filibustering. The final
vote was A to II, and a motion by
Mr.. Bierck to reconsider was laid
over indefinitely, after a move to ia
BILE this motion was lost.
Mr.. Morgan offered a substitute,
but was declared out of order, as was
also Mr.. Bierck, who moved to place
the bill back on second reading so as
to make it effective in 1907.
Assemblyman Warren, of Ocean,
last night presented a monster petit
ton from citizens of Toms River ask
ing for the enactment of the pending
law to permit the damming of Toms
river for power purposes. Accom-
panying resolutions were signed by
George H. Hoagland, president, and
William H. Tucker, secretary of the
mass meeting recently held at Toms
river.
Automatic Gun.
There was a lively fight in the
house over the senate bill to prohibit
the use of automatic guns in this
state. Assemblyman Hoagland, OF
Somerset, urged immediate action on
the measure, declaring that unless
some such law was passed, game in
New Jersey would speedily be exter-
minated.
Assemblyman Mills, of Morris, and
Wright. of Passaic. spoke against ac-
ton of this kind, declaring thai the
bill should be regularly referred to
committee. They declared that there
was no need of haste in the matter.
Other assemblymen asserted that it
as unfair TO single out any particu-
i weapon and to proceed against it
this way. A vote on Mr.. Hoag-
IDS motion was taken and the mo-
I w9s lost. The measure was then
erred to the committee on game
ID fish.
i'ass Bishops Companion Bill.
Another amendment to the senate
mpanion of the bishops bill' was
lassed by the senate at the instance
II Senator Hillery, the republican
leader.
1t excludes towns of less than 5000
population from the provision which
limits the number of saloons to one
for each 200 Of population.