Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-04-11
More Monument Bills.

bills, ignoring the governors message
of Monday night to the effect that too
many measures of this nature were
pending. The monument bills included
one to appropriate $4,000 for 4 mill
tary display at the unwilling Of a Revo
lutionary monument in Orange. to APP
propriate $1,000 for tablet on the
Chestnut Neck battle-ground, Atlantic
county; to appropriate $1,000 to erect
a monument IN honor of the Four
teenth New jersey on the Monocacy
battlefield; to authorize monument
on the Salem Church battlefield.
Other measures passed in the house
included Senate So to incorporate
Rumson, Monmouth county; senate
219 authorizes the establishment of
public night schools for foreigners in
accordance with suggestions in the
governors message; senate PIT pro-
hibits life insurance companies from
contributing to campaign funds, one of
the senate insurance reform series;
senate 20 regulates billposting and
theatrical advertising; house 452 makes
life Imprisonment the penalty for kid
mapping.
Dr. Buxton of Morris county on Mon
day evening arose to question of per
sonal privilege to explain his absence
since the vote was taken on the Sllzer-
Klenert amendments to the bishops
law, which were designed to give,
among other things. the right to screen
off bars during Sunday and prohibited
hours. DR.. Buxton declared that he
had secured a pass from the speaker,
the house being under call at the time,
with the understanding that no liquor
legislation was to come up for con-
sideration. In view of the fact that
the bill had been passed he wanted to
be recorded in the negative, being OPP
posed to any measure that would per-
nit the Sunday selling of liquor behind
screens.
Similar action was taken by MI. Per-
kins of Union and Mr.. Potter of Cum
berland, the latter denying reports to
the effect that he was absent Mr.. Per
kins pleaded for some one who had
voted for the bill to move for a recon
sideration, in order that the members
opposed to it might be SO recorded.
Leader Klenert and Assemblyman
Alexander opposed any reconsideration,
declaring that the members should
have been present at the time to vote
on the bill 1t was finally decided that
any ineorrectness in the record should
be corrected when the minutes should
be offered for approval
Under a suspension of the rules. the
teachers retirement fund revision bill,
which was passed last week by the sen
ate, was passed by the house amid tile
applause of scores of teachers who
were. seated in the galleries. Mr.. Nor
ris Of Sussex and DR. Crowther of Mid
dlesex spoke in favor of the biz each
being literally appiauded by the teach
ers. When the bill was called every
member voted NO to the consterna-
ton of the teachers. and then to their
great delight the members arose and
changed their votes.
Local Option Defeated.
The local option bill introduced by
Assemblyman Buck of Cumberland at
the instance of the New Jersey Anti
saloon league came up for final pas
sage III the house and was defeated.
Mr.. Buck spoke for the BILL charac
terizing it as a measure for home rule.
Mr.. Potter of Cumberland offered an
amendment striking out the provision
for local option elections by wards, de-
claring that municipal divisions were
small enough.
Assemblynan Alexander Of Hudson
recalled the defeat Of the Blohm open
Sunday bill. which he said was a To-
cal option measure, while the Buck
bill was really prohibition bill and
was one sided in its provisions. He
declared that if it had been a fair
local option bill he would not have OPP
posed the reporting Of the measure
and then scored the Anti-saloon league,
declaring that its methods were unfair
Mr.. Potter condemned the anti-saloon
men also for threatening to defeat leg
islators who voted against the bill
l1e tIetIdItti lldt tiity utttl lAOb tVAA e4aS
truth about the bill and said he would
defy them next fall if he came UP for
He asserted that the bill
had been misrepresented in north and
south Jersey.
Assemblyman Klenert, the Democrat
ic leader, also denounced the Anti
saloon leagues methods. The final
vote was As to II.
Assemblyman Wright of Essex intro
duced a resolution for the appointment
of five members of the house to investi-
gate the alleged extravagances Of the
Republican state administration and
report to the legislature on June 1S,
following the recess The resolution
was referred to the judiciary commit
tee.
Mr.. Morris of Sussex secured the
passage in the house of the house bill
uniform measures in the buy
ing and selling Of milk The measure
is aimed to give relief to New Jersey