The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-03

FOR PUBLIC
UTILITY BILL
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appointed TO meet at the nome OF Senator
Sllzer tomorrow to go over all the bills
passed recently by the Senate. with a view
to amending them and passing them upon
their merits. They were instructed to re-
port Friday with the necessary amend
ments drawn.
Another committee composed of Senators
Siizer and Gebhardt and A~ssemblyman
Edward H.. Wright, jr., Of Essex, was mp
pointed to go over the Hughes public
utilities bill of New York. and draw up
a measure that would abolish the present
railroad commission and provide for the
creation OF n strong commission that would
fulfil the purpose of the original Wright
railroad commission bill, as well as the
purposes Of the Hughes utilities commits
sion bill. It is expected that this bill will
be ready for introduction Friday.
Besides this 1t was decided to call upon
the Senate to resurrect many Of the Demo-
cratic measures that are slumberlng In the
Senate and pass them. The House will
send a message to the Senate according TO
the present plan, notifying them of the
wishes Of the House. The Brady United
States Senatorshlp bill and that abolishing
the Stcte Board of Arbitration and the
grade crossing bills are among those.
1t was decided not to tamper with the
Hahn Investigating committee. If any fur
Their investigation is deemed necessary adj
ditional committees may be appointed.
The call for the conference was issued
by House Majority Leader Klenert. Those
present were: Senators Silzer and Geb-
hardt, Speaker Lethbr'dge. Assemblymen
Lane. Brady. Backes. Baader. Hahn. Alex
ander, Blohm, Hendrickson, Tumulty. Ep-
pinger, Sullivan. Auf de Heide. Daab,
Holzapfel. dwell, of Hudson, and Klein
ert. OF Passaic.
kilograms were received from Assem-
blymen Morris. Firth end Holcombe re-
GREETING their inability to be present.
All other assured their Democratic col
leagues that they would stand by any ac-
tion taken by the conference. Assembly
man Mead, of Essex, 1t was announced,
had an engagement that prevented his at
tendance.
No word was received from the absent
Senators, but 1t was understood they would
act In accord with the House majority.
At the very outset of the conference As
semblyman Daniel ]. Rrady, of Essex,
about whose departure for the West false
stories were sprung, assured his colleagues
that he would stick to his guns
A~ssemblyman Joseph p. Tumulty, of Hud-
son, brought attention TO the Hahn In
vestigating committee. 1t was proposed
that the powers of the investigators be
enlarged so as to permit of municipal, ms
well as county, Investigations wherever
they were found necessary. That was a
scheme thought of In view of the proposed
Senate investigation of the Hudson County
Freeholders Several of the members OPP
posed the plan, contending that the pres
ent committee should be allowed to finish
the work for which it was appointed.
"If we want to investigate Mercer and
Camden counties there is a method other
than the enlargement of the present COM
mittee,' one of the confreres said.
1t was pointed out that a number OF
Democrats in those counties could apply to
a Justice of the Supreme Court and a COM
mission be appointed by the bench II an
investigation were necessary. The Hudson
County members felt that the party ought
to be In a position to investigate anything
and get back at the Republicans In Essex.
This discussion dwindled when some OF
the legislators proposed taking up the bills
passed by the Senate. The committee men
toned before was appointed as a result,
The one bill upon which much stress was
laid regarding amendment was that abol-
fishing the Fish and Game Commission anc
recreating another on the same plan. II
line with the suggestion of the Hahn com
mittee 1t was proposed that the bill bt
amended so that a single-head commits
sion be created. The committee wa given
power to use its own discretion in drawing
the amendments and to report at a confer
ence that will be held Friday just before
the session.
That disposed of, the confrercs got to
talking about the Democratic bills that
were ~strangled in committee In the Sen
ate.
Mr.. Tumulty said that his quo war
,pnto. hill enabling the questioning of the
right of the Public Service Corporation
to certain Jersey City franchises and the
thar hill which sought to compel the
saIraas oomnonies 10 seelx the consent
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called attention to the fact that tnelr
railroad crossing bills had been throttled
by an adverse Senate for no apparent good
purpose. Many plans were considered to
have the Senate officially Informed that
the House is wise" to Its tactics, but
tho one Of sending n message to the up
ner House was considered the best OF all.
Tho question OF the public utilities bill
ava tho ststrfs Of the present railroad
cor,n,,ss,ou with its entire Republican rep
zosanta+io,, was discussed They con-
aanaa ur,th Themselves that during the last
honrs ~ tba erst session of the present
7 asis,a ~, +bev had been trapped into
nassin1 he crescent railroad commission
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