Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1907-01-31
DEADLOCK ONBROKEN.
Three Ballots Taken by Legisla-
a ture For U. S. Senator~
SUNDAY BASEBALL Measure,
Second Repeater to Bishops Law Gives
People Opportunity to Vote on @open
Sunday" Question - Important Bills
Considered by Both Houses.
Lspecial CORRESPONDENCE. ]


election of a United States senator to
succeed Senator John f. Dryden was
continued this week despite an effort
on the part of Mr.. Dryden's opponents
to break it. The legislature met again
in joint session Tuesday and balloted
on the senatorship. No election re-
suited, although three ballots were tax
en-. There is little change in the stu
alton expected until next Tuesday,
when another ballot will be taken.
Senator Dryden will meet with the Re
publican joint majority Monday after
noon to discuss and explain his candi-
dacy, over which the deadlock now is
due
1t was planned to take two ballots
Tuesday and then adjourn for the
week, but when the ballots were taken
there was much opposition to adjourn
ment After the third ballot was taken,
however, another motion to adjourn
was made. and this was carried. The
opposition to adjournment was regard
ed as an anti-Dryden movement made
to weaken the Dryden line, but it fail
ed to cause the break anticipated.
On all of the ballots taken Senator
Dryden received thirty-fiye votes, six
less than the number required to elect
This was one vote less than he received
last week. one of his supporters being
absent. The absentee was Assembly
man Dawson of Monmouth county,
who was detained at home by the
death of his wife. Former Governor
John w. Griggs received six votes and
Supreme Court Justice Mahlon Pitney
two votes, the eight "bolters" being di-
vided the same as last week. The
Democrats for two ballots voted six
teen for Colonel Edwin A. Stevens.
twelve for DIR. woodrow Wilson and
nine for James e. MARITIME. On the
third ballot one of the MARITIME votes
was given to former Judge Godfried
Kreuger of Newark.
After the first two votes had been
taken a motion to adjourn for the
week was made by Senator Hillery OF
Norris the Republican leader of the
upper house This was voted down by
thirty-five of the Democrats and seven
of the eight Republican 'bolters.
Senators Hinchliffe of Passaic and
Minturn of Hudson were the Demo
Gratis and Assemblyman Devine OF
Bergen was the anti-Dryden Repub-
lican who voted with the Dryden men
to adjourn. Senator Lee of Atlantic
City made a motion that the doors be
locked and the voting continued until
midnight Inasmuch as the meeting
was already under call, the motion
was regarded as unnecessary, and the
roll call proceeded for the third ballot
Following the third ballot Senator
Hillery made another motion to adj
journ. and this time it was seconded
by Senator Wakelee, one of the anti
Dryden men. Some of the Democrats
voted with the "boIters" to continue
the session, but the motion to adjourn
was carried. Mercer county legislators
will call a session each day until next
Tuesday in order to comply with the
constitutional provisions for daily
session when a senatorial election is
pending.
The house of assembly Monday night
defeated the plan of Assemblyman
Alexander of Union county to permit
25 per cent of the members to compel
committee to surrender a bill after
the bill had been in the committees
hands for three weeks.
An important measure was introduc-
ed by Assemblyman Baker of Hud-
son forbdding foreign banks, saving
societies and like financial institutions
from doing business in this state. He
also introduced bill providing for
pensions to soldiers, sailors and ma
rines' widows who serve twenty-five
years in any public Office.
Assemblyman Wright of Essex con-
tinued his railroad reform movement
by introducing three more bills, one
of which puts trolley roads under con-
troll Of the state railroad commission,
another regulates demurrage and stor-
age charges, and the third requires
railroad companies to make reasonable
train connections at their connective
points.
"open Sunday" Bill.
sThe open Sunday" bill, which was
presented to serve as a substitute to
the bishops bill repeater recently in
troduced, made its appearance Monday
night and was introduced by Assem-
blyman Daab Of Hudson Another
measure was introduced which aims to
authorize Sunday baseball games and
similar amusements now barred by
law on the Sabbath. Mr.. Daab's bill
is in reality local option measure,
inasmuch as it provides that munich
palities may vote on the question of an
ssopen Sunday and so authorize it. If
a majority vote in this respect is re-
corded, the bill puts the question of
Sunday opening directly up to the
people, and if they vote for such an
innovation it is to be authorized by the