Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-28
PROOF THAT REGULARS" ARE
STILL TIED TO CORPORATIONS
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due to the exposures made against the Standard Oil Company in Missou-
ri, where It was shown that the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was
the parent corporation of all the Standards ramaeations. The generals
in the Brggs-stokes camp made certain that that resolution never left
the hands of the committee. The committee, of course, was composed of
regulars"
March IA, 1905, there was approved n act for the appointment of
a commission of three to revise and coHfy the corporation laws of the
state. The commission was to report to the legislature of 1906. Febru-
airy g., 1906, more than four weeks after the session began, the report had
not been heard Of Then Leader Martin, of the Independents in the as
sembly. introduced a resolution that the commission make its report by
February IS. The insurgents forced the adoption of the resolution. But
it was of no avail. The commission has not reported yet
Legislation by Committee.
What Leader Martin denounced as legislation by committee was one
of the features of the last session. This was the smotherng of proposed re
form laws by locking them up in committee. In this way the regulars"
were particularly careful of measures that would have hit the corpora
lions. March 5, last, there a a memorable fight in the assembly, pre-
cipnated by Leader Martin, on the question of relieving the committee OF
corporations of the Martin bill, House ID, providing Tor the amendme"
of the trolley act of 1889 by permitting the construction OF a new trolley
line within 1000 fee. o the sam street or within w squares o an
other street of an existing line The bill was a straight from the Shout
der blow at the Public Service trolley trust in Newark, and other North
Jersey cities. As such the administration republicans refused to permit
the committee to report the measure. The bill was introduced by Mr..
Martin January Is. The Martin resolution to relieve the committee of
the bill was lost by the vote of 81 to 81. The regulars" lined up solid
ly against the resolution, as follows: Nays-Barber, Buck, Burke, CatteI,
Chaplin, DIPPED, Eggers, Elvins, Calvin. Gibbs, Haines, Heck, Henry, Hill
drah, Hunt, Trick, Jones, Mabie, Mills, Patterson, Perkins Oeader),
Prince, Reed, Robbins (speaker), Scott, scovel, smethurst Thompson
H. D., Thompson, H. F, Trlman, vanderveer, and Wright. Was there
any coincidence in this vote and the fact that the resolution, If adopted,
would have brought on the floor of the assembly for a square fight q bill
designed to hit the Public Service Corporation? The people were demand
ing the passage of the bill that their trolley rights might be extended, but
the administration republicans said mo" as4
The regulars" turned down ju st a emphaucally another mticorpo-
ration measure of Martins. This was the repeater of the notorious pro
moters' liability act passed in 1904. The best sentimen in the state has
always regarded it a a public scan dial that that law was ever put o N the
statute books. It's only object is to p rotect corporation promoters, even
though they may perpetate swind les. a 4rt.o
Martin made a red hot fight to have the committee relieved of this
bill, but again the administration ores sided with the corporations and
against the people. Every regular republican in the assembly voted to
keep the repeater in the hands of the committee. or in other words, to
smother it.