The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-12

should fill the vacancies. There had been
no provision for such a contingency.
Mr.. Sullivan. chairman Of the House
delegation of the conference committee
appointed to effect a compromise on Senate
bill 37S. requiring payment of the State
/ expenses by warrant on the Comptroller,
offered. the report of the conference com-
mittee. which was unanimously apr wei.
Senate bill No. All. making 1t q INSIDE
meanor for the head of any State depart
ment or Institution to go on with any
work costing over $500 without first adver-
Using for bids, met no opposition. This
bill came as a result Of the Hahn inveStl-
cation.
Senate bill No. 423, providing for an ap-
preparation of $500 for The construction OF
n refrigerator at the Home for Feeble
minded Women at Vlneland, was passed,
when Mr.. Potter came to the rescue of his
fellow members who were willing to vote
for the bill by explaining what 1t was
meant for.
Senate bill Nc. 424, the civil service biz,
as finally passed by the State, was then
taken w. Mr.. Thompson. when the bill
was placed on second reading, offered a
series of amendments which served merely
to correct some misprints. Mr.. Sullivan,
of Hudson, objected to the passage Of the
amendments since the late hour 1t. was re-
ceived in the HOUSE precluded the possible
ity OF a careful consideration of the bill.
The passage Of the amendments went on,
however,, but when that work had been
completed Mr.. Sullivan moved that the
bill be laid over. There was no second to
the motion.
IF you want to kill the BILL" said Mi
nority Leader Barber, you might as we'll
do 1t one way as another" He said that
he was surprised at Mr.. Sullivan's attitude.
In his previous remarks Mr.. Sullivan said
that he wanted an elective commission,
and Mr.. Barber told him that the Senate
would never vote on that. There will be
a deadlock II you insist on that" con-
Guided Mr.. Barber. A vote was taken on
the motion to lay over and 1t was carried
by a vote of 2, to IL.
A Senate bill providing for the erection
of stables on the camping ground at Sea
Grit at a cost of $500 was objected to by
Mr.. Barber, who thought that the passage
of such a supplemental appropriation bill
would establish n dangerous precedent.
Mr.. Dawson said that Quartermaster-Gen-
eral Murray had approved the bill. and
Mr.. Wright thought there should be no
objection to it's passage. Mr.. Barber ex-
planned that the appropriation had been
included in a bill earlier in the session, out
that some clerical error had been RESPONSE
BILE for its omission in the regular appro-
priation bill. The discussion continued Dis
If all the world depended upon the proper
adjustment of the matter. The bill was
lost by a vote of Is to II.
Other bills passed by the Assembly are
these.
House 539, amendment to crimes act.
Makes it a misdemeanor to entice girls
from State Home for Girls; passed finally.
Senate 425, authorizing the appointment
of two new commissioner for the State
Sewerage Commission
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propriating $500 to defray expenses of live
stock commission; passed finally.
House 5S7, amends paving act for city
of Newark; passed finally.
Senate All. appropriating sufficient
money out of the State funds to allow the
head keeper at the State prison to carry
out the provisions of the new law which
replaces hanging with an electric chair
as a means of putting murderers TO death:
passed. Ten thousand dollars is the
amount understood to be necessary for
the work.
Senate joint resolution No. IA, c~ontinu-
Ing the existence of the Hahn and Brad
ley investigating committee.
Then final adjournment was whisked
through with as little m as a
borough sewer bill. although Mr.. Sulli-
van, a Democrat, said it was a merito-
rious piece of legislation. Mr.. Manson,
IL NONCh laJ 1llClC
thirty-three affirmative votes.
After that Mr.. Sullivan got the civil
service bill on the floor once more and
amended it so that the commission
should be elective.
He a / he would vote for the
amended bill d~isregarding other objec-
lions, because the "bill the Senate has
set us is the best we can get now"
Mr.. Barber was strong in his criti-
cism of the Sullivan amendment. "I
am in favor of civil service, but no
hc~dge-podge civil service. 1 do not
propose to do Any more voting for bills
l do not favor so as to get a good bill
out of the discussion when an amend
ment vas made that is a sham.
The vote was then put. There were
a number of the members out of their
seats and the bill was lost by a vote
of 81 to IL, 10 shy of the necessary 81.
The vote was as follows:
Ayes-Baader, Backus. Blohm, Breu-
mig, Corish, Earle, Eppinger, Firth,
Groel Hahn, Hendrickson Holcombe,
Klenert, Lane. Lethbridge. Mead. Merz.
Sullivan, Thompson, Van Blarcom and
Wright-21.
Nayes-Auf der Heide, Baker, Bar
her, Burk, Cattell, Daab, Devine, Fake,
Lewis, Manson, Potter and Smalley
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Observation-Disclosures Brady, Breu-
mig, Buck. Buxton, Chaplin, Dawson,
Drake, Gibbs, Haines, Holzapfel, Trick,
Jess, Lillagore, Morris, Moxon. dwell,
Pawelski, Perkins, Ridgeway, Riordan,
Stille. Taylor and Tumulty-23.
AS soon as this bill had been dis
posed of a move was made for a re-
consideration of the vote by which
!. House bill No. 5Ss was lost. This bill
. provided for the payment of the ex-
penses of the House committee that in
vestigated charges against Justice of
the Peace Hughes, of Atlantic City,
= The motion was lost.
r Mr.. Alexander made a report of the
doings of the conference on the public
Q utilities bill as soon as that measure
was received in the House. He said
that agreements had been reached or
all points except the rate regulating
propositions. He said that the Senate
committee stood unanimously for nc
rate regulation feature. While he and
MIR. Wright desired the rate regulating
, power, he said he told the conferees
(; that he would amend the bill on the
floor of the House to make it a rate
fixing commission. He said that the
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