The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-01
NEW JERSEY
| LEGISLATURE
Reconvened last Wednesday.
Justice Parker to Succeed
ex-Justice ]. F, Fort.
GAME COMMISSION APPOINTED

GAME COMMISSION APPOINTED
| Governor Stokes on Wednesday sent
to the Senate for confirmation the
name of Charles w. Parker, Circuit
Court Judge of Hudson County, as SUI
preme Court Judge, to take the place
of John Franklin Fort, resigned. 1t is
understood this appointment asmade
at the special request of Mr.. Fort
Judge Parker is one of the sons of the
late Cortlandt Parker, of Newark
The Governor also appointed Will
lam HI. Chew, Of Salem, as a member
of the State Sewerage Commission, in
place of Col. James G. Fleming, of
Essex.
The Governor filed with the Secreta-
Try of State the bill abolishing the Fish
and Game Commission. He then sent
to the Senate the names of the COM
missioners. They are Benjamin @.
Kuser, of Mercer -four years. Perci-
val H. Christie, of Hunterdon (three
years.; William H. Logue, of Cumber-
land 1.-TWO years., and Simeon H. Roll
linson, OF Essex Zone year,
Both houses of the Legislature con-
yened on Wednesday. Opinion was di-
vided on the matter of final adjourn
| ment. The leaders seemed to want to
adjourn at once so as to allow the
| members time to participate in the
campaign. The members, however,
believed that more was expected of
them in the way of legislation, and
they did not believe they had yet made
good in the popular view.
Chairman Bradley Of the Senate in
vestigatjng committee said that he
had heard from Halsey M. Barretty the
counsel of the committee, and that if
he could succeed in serving certain
witnesses with Summons work would
begin in Jersey City on Tuesday.
The failure of the Democrats to Sc
cure their number in the House so
that bills could be passed prevented
anything being done in the afternoon.
The Senate convened about o'clock
and Senator Hillery had the public
utilities bills advanced to a second
reading for the purpose of amendment.
There were numerous amendments Of
fered, Senator Colby, of Essex Sen.
ator Silzer, of Middlesex, and Senator
Gebhardt were armed with changes.
Most of them were of minor import
ance. The principal amendments re-
lated to the adjustment of the State
Railroad Commission and the placing
of the management and regulation of
the railroads in the hands of the utili-
ties appointees.
The Senate debated the public util-
tiles bill until about O'Clock. There
were a number of amendments adopt
ed of minor purport. At the close of
the discussion Senator Silzer offered
the Wright bill, which was discussed
in the House some weeks ago, as an
amendment, but was beaten. The
lCR uloI A1HlcIy Jill do dAIOLuCd was
then passed by vote of 16 to o. After
Senator Hinchliffe had introduced a
direct primary bill the Senate adj
jourued till Wednesday, October 2.
AS soon as the Senate had adjourned
the House was called to order, after
which Mr.. Klenert introduced the di-
rect primary act. Mr.. Wright then
introduced the public utilities meas
ure, the same which the Senate had
rejected when Senator Silzer offered it
as substitute for the pending bill
there. Mr.. Alexander introduced a
resolution critieizing the Senate, call
ing the attention of the higher body
to the fact that it had failed to act on
the House voting machine bill, the
corrupt practices act, railroad local as
sessments of main stem property, sale
of water to adjoining municipalities,
personal registration and the repeal of
the Meeker act, which would restore
spring elections, divorcing State from
municipal elections. Then the House
adjourned until this Wednesday.