The Penn's Grove record., 1907-04-05

er mousse OI puDllC ENTERTAINMENT SAiseS
for at least one year excepting in
ties of the first class"
The measure is to relieve the sea
shore hotel proprietors who are now
barred from getting licenses until citi-
1enship is established.
Governor Stokes sent the reappoint-
ment of William Riker, Jr., the present
supreme court clerk, for confirmation
at the hands of the senators. Another
appointee was former Governor Foster
NJ. Voorhees, to succeed Percy R. Pyne
as commissioner of the Railway re-
formatory. Under the senate rules the
former governor was Immediately con-
6rmed.
El%ectrocution Bill.
II The senate passed the Wakelee bill
making the electrocutions for murder
n this state take place at the state
prison.
Just before the house adjourned Tues
day Mr.. Corish, Essex, made himself
famous by introducing house bill No.
504, which provides penalties for wear
ing hair on the face as follows, to be
paid to the tax collector yearly: Or
binary, So; side whiskers, So; Vandyke
beard, $40; mutton chops, SIS; billy
boat, $50; red hair, 20 per cent extra;
tax collector to receive Is per cent for
collecting tax. Speaker Pro Tenn. FL
wins sent the bill to the committee on
fish and game.
Mr.. Alexander made an amendment
to the house resolution that no more
bills should be introduced this session
unless by majority consent of the
members. At first he had the resolu-
ton so that no more bills could be in
| troduced. Mr.. Barber, Mercer, opposed,
saying that the fairer way would be
to forbid the introduction of bills from
now on except by majority vote of the
house. The amended motion was then
adopted. OF course the regular, sup
Elemental and incidental appropriation
bills are exempted from this provision.
The bill by Mr.. Silzer which applies
to common carriers in reference to
voluntary relief departments was lost
after a lengthy debate.
Dickinson's Reappointment.
Secretary of State Samuel d. Dick
inson was reappointed by Governor
Stokes Monday evening, the governor
having convinced himself after an eX-
haustive investigation that the colonel
is not guilty of the charges made
against him by Mayor Pagan of Jersey
City. The appointment is for a full
term of five years at $4,000 per year.
Under a suspension of the rules the
senate Immediately confirmed the ap-
pointment, and New Jersey is again
equipped with a state department, that
Office having been out of commission
for one day. The vote was 8 to 2,
those opposed being Messrs. Colby and
Gebhardt.
Colonel Dickinson was Immediately
driven in an automobile to the home
of Supreme Court Justice Reed, where
he tool the, oath of office for his new
term.
The appointment terminates the bit
terest political fight of the session,
the fight which led up to a $1,000 600
libel suit by Colonel Dickinson against
Mayor Pagan, together with a likeli-
hood of criminal action being brought
against the Jersey City executive.
None of the afidavits of Mayor Fa-
gan was made public, but it is under
stood that the allegation dealt with
Colonel Dickinson's private life. Colo
mol nialinSnn dnalorad thaf hiO lihnl
suit against Mayor Pagan would be
pushed to the limit; that full details of
the case would be given out within ten
days, when a declaration would be filed.
Should the charges be proved, he add
ed, he would resign.
The house of assembly did a lot of
work Monday evening, but few impor-
tant measures were finally disposed of,
the principal business being the pas
sage on second reading.
The house accepted an invitation to
attend the centennial celebration of
the Oranges on June IA next.
Mr.. Riordan of Hudson secured the
! passage of a humorous resolution
against the peoples lobby and was
Immediately made the butt of his own
joke by the passage Of a resolution
making April 1 (All Fools day "a holi-
day for the relief of brain storm vic
TINS"
Resolution to Investigate.
Mr.. Wright's resolution for an in
vestigation of the state fish and game
commission was passed by a vote of 43
to 3 after Democrats and Republicans
alike asserted that they had no inten-
ton of indicting the commission pre-
vious to such an investigation.
DR.. Crowther secured the passage of
his bill providing for the free distribu-
ton by the state of antitoxin to indi-
gent diphtheria sufferers.
Mr.. Tumulty made a speech in favor
Of his bill abolishing dungeons at the
state prison, but the measure was de-
feated, it being shown that these places
are not so black as they have been
painted and that the separate cells are
necessary for the punishment Of vicious
criminals. Numerous asyemblymcn
Npoke against the bill.