The Morris County chronicle., 1907-04-09

zenship 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
firmed.
Electrocution Bill.
The senate passed the Wakelee bill
making the electrocutions for murder
IN fhis 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
ldinary, So; side whiskers. So; Vandyke
beard. $40; mutton chops, S15; billy
boat, $50; red hair 20 per cent extra;
tax collector to receive % per cent for
collecting tax. Speaker Pro TEN. Ell
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
tion 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 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-
hduCl1fE lLldI IllC COlOhCl
is not guilty Of the charges made,
against him by Mayor Fagan OF Jersey
City The appointment is for d full
term of five years at $4,000 per year.
Under suspension of the rules the
senate Immediately confirmed the APP
pointment, and New Jersey is again
equipped with state department, that
office having been out of commission
for one day. The vote was 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 took 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 100000
libel suit by Colonel Dickinson against
Mayor Pagan, together with likeli-
hood of criminal action being brought
against the Jersey City executive.
None of the aftidayits of Mayor Fa-
gan was made public but it is under
stood that the allegation dealt with
Colonel Dickinsons private life. Colo
mel Dickinson declared that his libel
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 filel
Should the charges be proved, he add
ed, he would resign.
The house of assembly did Il lot of
work Monday eveuing, 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 II 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 (All Fools day. "a holi-,
day for the relief of brain storm vic
tins"
Resolution to Investigate.
Mr. Wrights resolution for an in
vestigation of the state fish aud game
commission was passed by Il vote of 43
to after Democrats and Republicans
alike asserted that they had no inten-
ton of indicting the commission pre-
vious to such an investigation.
DIR. Crowther secured the passage of
his bill providing for the free distribu-
ton by the state of anttoxin to indi-
gent diphtheria sufferers
Mr. Tumulty made a speech in favor
of his bill abolishing dungeons at the
ttate prison. but the measure was de-
feated it being shown that these places
IRE not so black as they have been
painted and that the separate cells are
necessary for the punishment of vicious
criminals, Numerous assemblym IN
spoke against the bjli
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