Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-02-28
FOR DIRECT
NOMINATIONS.
Senate Makes Senator COIhy's
Measure Special Order Busy
Day in Upper House.

/ TRENTON, Feb. 2S:-While the
meeting of the state senate yesterday
was comparatively brief it was an ex-
ceedingly busy one while it lasted.
After Senator Hutchinson had pre-
sented a petition favoring the recon-
mendations of the immigration com
mission, Senator Gebhardt, of Hun
terdon, presented petitions against
voting machines and against the re-
peal Of the bishops laws. Anti-repeal
petitions regarding the same act were
also presented by Senators Alderman
and Avis.
Senate bill 65, providing for direct
nominations at the primaries, was
made special order for next Tuesday
morning on second reading. This
was done at the suggestion of Sena-
tor oClby, it's introducer, who made
| the request, he explained. in order to
save time and avoid a recurrence of
the action on his civil service bill
which, after being passed on second
! ireading, was sent back to committee.
The committee on elections report
ed adversely on the Hinchliffe meas
ure requiring municipalities, instead
of counties, to bear the expense of
municipal primary elections. When
resident Minch called the bill up for
a second reading Senator Avis de-
clared that under the rules the con-
sent of the senate was requisite to Sc
cure action on any bill reported. Sen
ator Gabhardt took exception to this,
declaring that he was opposed to any
rule requiring a motion to place a bill
on second reading after an adverse
committee report.
Senators Colby and Bradley, the
members of the committee to which
the bill had been referred, stated that
it had received most careful consider
alton and that Senator Hinchliffe had
been notified that the committee in
tended to make an adverse report
Senator Avis held that it was the
province of a committee to report a
measure as it believed was right
whether this report was favorable or
unfavorable, and he declared that un-
less committee reports were accepted
they might as well be abolished.
The discussion was brought to a
close when Senator Hinchliffe asked
that further consideration of the bill
be dispensed with.
Another measure up on second
reading was-a joint resolution for the
election of senators and assembly
men by districts, which Is a compan-
lon to the resolution already passed
by the senate establishing assembly
districts.
The only bill passed yesterday was
Senator Hinchliffe's measure giving
boards of freeholders the power to re-
gulate or prohibit the tearing up of
county roads, and it was not without
4 vigorous fight that it was finally
sanctioned by vote of 13 to 3.
Senator Robbins led the fight
against the measure, contending that
1t would vest entirely too much pow
er in the boards of freeholders.
The argument presented by Senator
Hinchliffe to the effect that the meas
ure was to meet condition in Pas
sale county, however, was sufficiently
convincing to insure its passage. He
declared that the Passaic county
board of freeholders mad constructed
more miles OF stone roads than any
single county in the country, and
that they should have the power to
say whether or not these roads should
be promiscuously tol II up.
Just before adjourning until next
Monday night it was announced that
the committee on miscellaneous busi-
ness would bive hearing on Senator
Hutchinson's osteopathy bill next
Tuesday morning.