The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-28

the McAdoo tunnel the senators hus-
tied out of the s~tatehouse Tuesday
morning after calling a joint session
for the appointment of commissioners
of deeds and her postponing action
until next Tuesday.
A hearing was given on the publish.
ers' bill, which provides that the legal
rate of advertisements and proclama-
lions shall be 10 cents per agate line
for the first insertion and 5 cents there
after and that public advertisements
shall be published in the papers hav-
ing the largest circulation. Many OBJ
t~ections were made to this bill, and Mr..
Henrickson of Hudson withdrew the
bill and stated that he will introduce
another which will overcome many OF
the objections. 1t was agreed to mail
a revised copy of the bill to each news.
paper in the state.
In the house Mr.. Hines introduced a
bill for the appointment of official ste
nographers for the senate and house of
assembly, who shall take down all de.
bates and words spoken, and the jour,
nal of each house shall contain these
reports.
Mr.. Martin presented a bill which ap.
propriates $1,000 for the erection of a
memorial column commemorative OF
the state of New Jersey as one of the
original thirteen states of the Union
and to be erected in the memorial por.
ton of the Continental hall now being
constructed by the Daughters of the
American Revolution in Washington.
Senator Robbins introduced a joint
resolution authorizing the governor tc
return all Confederate flags now in the
possession of the state to the organiza.
tons from which they We're taken.
Local Option.
The local option bill passed second
reading this week. A delay has been
made in order to give the many per.
sons interested in these measures an
opportunity to petition the legislature
and express their views as to the mer.
its and dement's of the bill. This ques.
ton will be fought out on the floor OF
the assembly chamber before the house
committee between the adherents of
local option and those favorable to the
continuance of the present law. A
strong advocate will appear in the per,
son of Governor ]. Frank Hanly OF
Indiana, who will speak before the
legislative committee next Monday aft
rnoon He will address a mass meet.
ing at Taylor's Opera House in the
evening. Governor Hanly has declared
himself an opponent of the liquor
trade. He believes the only solution
for the problem is prohibition and urges
the adoption of a local option measure
as a compromise.
In the senate several important bills
were introduced. One by Senator Wake.
lee requires a two dollar license and
a registration for no~nresidents to hunt
or kill game in New Jersey. Another
bill by Senator Wakelee requires a Ii.
cense and registration of all unnatural.
lied foreign born citizens who desire
to hunt.
A measure by Mr.. Frelinghuyser
supplements the game and fish law by
AChuoNluS lue ptudlly lOE pSTSOuS nav
ing in their possession for their own
use any fish or game secured in anoth-
er state.
A letter of thanks was received In
appreciation of the resolution adopted
by the legislature several weeks ago
presenting to Colonel Edward D. Fox
the desk he used for forty-two years
as the executive clerk.
An interesting discussion was heard
on the anti-vivisection bill before the
louse committee on judiciary Monday.
Many physicians claimed that the pas
sage of the bill would prevent further
experiments and scientific research so
far as this state is concerned. They
declared that the requirement to take
out a license and make reports Of the
time and place and manner of killing
was unnecessary and uncalled for in
view of the great good accomplished
In the interest of science and for the
preservation of good health. Statis-
tics were shown to prove that as a re-
suit of these experiments the average
age at death is now thirty-two. TWEEN
ty-ive years ago the average age was
seven years. Numerous cases were cit
ed to show that physicians now save