The Jersey City news., 1906-03-15
By a Vote Of II to q the
E1elinghuysen Measure
Goes Through the Senate
AATI-LOBBY BILL WINS
WINS
POLICE PENSION AND FIREsfEN's.
COURT REVIEW MEASURES Be
COME LAWs-MosQUITo Ex
TERMINATION BILL DEFEATED
(specIal to ..rhe jersey city Naws.''1

Senate yesterday passed the much dis
cussed and agitated Frelinghuysen auto
mobile bill, by vote of II to 2. Sena-
tors Mckee and Wakelee voted in the
negative, while President Bradley, who
did not vote, stated that he could not
vote for a bill after the introdueer had
admitted that it required certain amend
rients.
Senator Wakelee said he opposed the
bill as one creating new State machine
with numerous officers, one in each coun-
ty, and all clothed with some peculiar
power which was not celearly defined in
the bill.
President Bradley remarked that an
other serious objection to the bill was the
fact that while ostensibly designed to
regulate automobiles only, a very inn
portant feature Of the measure was the
section which added s., 500 a year TO the
salary Of the Assistant Secretary of
State This he regarded as dangerous
precedent, but the argument did not pre-
vail and the bill was passed.
Senator Frelinghuysen was not so sue
cessful with his bill to increase the sal
aries of county judges, which was SO
bitterly arraigned that he asked leave to
withdraw the measure from the files.
Senator Horner declared that under ex-
isting laws county Judges frequently
earned double salaries by drawing their
per diem allowance for acting in Circuit
Court cases the same day they sat in the
Court Of Common Pleas.
The Senate passed Senator Colby's
anti-lobby bill without opposition, al
though Senator's Minturn. Wakelee and
Horner expounded their views regarding
the existing evil. Mr.. Minturn said that
the fault lay with the people If men
were elected to the Legislature who
could not be corrupted there would be no
lobbyist and until that was done all the
legislation ever enacted would not stop
the evil which Colby bill sought to
cure.
The Colby lobby bill regulates the en-
ploynlent of legislative counsel and
agents and provides for the return of leg
islative expenses. It follows the line OF
suggestions contained in the recent lobby
commissioners report, but omits the rec
ommendation for joint judiciary COM
mittee to pass on bills.
The police pension bill, which was ad-
vocated BY the New Jersey State PATROL
mems Association, was aso passed by
the Senate without opposition. It now
goes to the Governor for his approval
IT provides that in all cities and towns
members of the police force who have
honorably served for twenty years may.
upon attaining the age of sixty years,
be retired on half pay; any member per-
manaatly disabled in the service shall
be retired ON half pay. and those tenn
perarily disabled shall receive half pay
while under such disability.
Senator Browns mosquito bill was de
feated by close margin, owing to the
opposition of Senator Horner, who said
he did not believe that the State should
bear the expense of exterminating the
pest. but rather that counties or munici-
palities should defray the cost, as it was
a local and not a State proposition.
Mr.. Brown pleaded long and earnestly
with his colleagues to support his bill,
but without avail He contended that
hundreds of thousands of dollars was lost
every year by people living along the
coast every season owing to the pest.
The project was so large that no munich
palitv or county could deal with it. For
tlrat reason the State was asked to ap-
propriate about $4,000, Of which $1,000
was to be expended every year for the
next four years for the purpose of dig
ging trenches to properly drain the salt
meadows along t'hecoast Such train-
ago, he explained, would force the mos
quitoes from their homes to the swamps
and thus redeem New Jerseys fair name.
The Senate also passed Assemblyman
Waight'ss bill providing for the estab-
Iishment of schoo,s of dotent ON where
children under sixteen years of age who
are dependent or delinquent may be de-
tained. 1t also provitaes for the detsn-