Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-03-14
Especial CORRESPONDENCE

law mill is turning faster, and a great
amount of business is being disposed
of. This week has been an unusually
busy one at the capitol. Many impor-
tant hearings were given, and a large
number of bills We're taken under con-
sideration in both houses.
Perhaps the most important event
of the week was the defeat Of the
Blohm ''open Sunday bill, which met
its fate in the house after debate
lasting more than an hour Tuesday
afternoon. The deciding ballot was
So to "A. Seven Democrats voted
against their party's advocacy OF the
bill, and all the Republicans were re-
corded in the negative. The Demo-
Gratis voting against the measure were
Leader Klenert, Earle and Van Blair
com of Passaic, Hendrickson of Hud-
son. Morris of Sussex, Firth of War
rem and Holcombe of Hunterdon. The
house was under call at the time the
vote was taken, and there was no
Sinking of responsibility.
The galleries and Hobbies We're
thronged with visitors during the de-
bate on the bill, and intense interest
was manifested When Speaker Leth-
bridge announced the defeat of the
bill, after the clerk had called the roll,
the announcement was received with
an outburst of applause from all parts
of the chamber. When the bill was
placed upon third reading and final
passage, Assemblyman Charles II.
Blohm Of Hudson took the floor to
speak in It's behalf. He declared that
the bill had been unfairly criticised
and unjustly condemned. He held
that Sunday selling was preferable to
too much Sunday drinking at home
and preferable to sneaking into sa-
looms on Sunday through back doors.
Assemblyman Barber of Mercer, Re
publican leader, arose to reply, and he
was greeted with round Of applause
from both sides of the house, Demo-
Gratis greeting him as enthusiastically
as the Republicans. He asserted in
the beginning of his speech that he
was opposed to local option and was
against the Sunday opening of saloons.
The great reason for defeating the
Blohm bill, he said, was the Biblical
command, eRemember the Sabbath day
to keep it holy
Then Democratic Leader Klenert took
the floor and declared that he opposed
both Mr.. Blohm and Mr.. Barber. What
the people wanted, he said, was a
modification of the bishops act and
this he urged could be obtained by the
enactment of amendments which the
Democratic caucus had indorsed.
The measure was hotly condemned
bv Messrs. Potter of Cumberland and
Jess of Camden on the ground that it
was immoral in its provisions.
To Honor Mcclellan.
A bill passed by the senate appro-
PIRATES $4,000 for a New Jersey mill
tary display at Washington May 2
next, when the Mcclellan monument
is to be dedicated. Senator Gebhardt
opposed the measure and declared that
monuments of this nature tended to
foster a e'war spirit" The bill appro-
priating $4,000 for the Princeton bat
tie monument was also passed.
If bill by Senator Avis becomes a
law, trolley and railway companies
that do not properly guard the third
rail will be fined $500 for each viola
ton Senator Brown offered a meas
ure appropriating $4,000 for the build
ing of a central heat, light and power
plant at the state prison.
Announcement was made that the
senate committee on banking and in
surance would give hearing Monday
morning, March 18, on the insurance
bills introduced at the instance of the
senate insurance investigating commit
tee. 1t is understood that the insur-
ance companies will seek to have these
measures modified.
Governor Stokes sent to the legisla-
ture the report of the New Jersey del
egates to the national divorce congress,
with their recommendations for more
stringent divorce laws in this state.
He also made the following county
tax board nominations in addition to
reappointing the board Of managers of
the New Jersey State Hospital For the
Insane: Monmouth county William
7. Hoffman, William K. Devereux and
John S. Apologize: Burlington county
Joseph @. Kingdom, Thomas G..
Shreye and George N. Wymer; Hudson
county Joseph J. Guisto, James Altar
dice and James p. Connolly; Sussex
county Henry G. Hunt, Patrick J..
DoIan and Andrew ]. Van Blarcom;
Bergen county P. G. Zabriskie, James
Fl. Coe and Henry D. Winton
Pound Net Hearing.
At hearing Monday on the pound
net bill former Judge Benjamin F.
Morris Of Long Branch. president Of
the state fish and game commission,
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