The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-02

day afternoon is still felt by a number
OF the Reptrr gcan As.se nlblymen. but
owing TO the l. srness of the adjourn
ment. those o'p osed to the leader have
practically deca ed that there would be
no utility In miiang 4 fight to depose
i Mr.. Martin. and thar an effort 10 this
end would give h i'm an opportunity for
a gallery play they say. 1t is now
felt that Mr.. Martin will remain as
leader on the floor until the end of the
session. which will be next week.
Lust Year. III Reported.
The grave opened and gave up is
dead unintentionally yesterday. Sena=
tor Hand officiating as the Angel Ga
briel. also unintentiona lily. The corpse
was Assembly bill 52e. introduced In
July of last year.
Mr.. Hand, as chairmsln of the com
mittee on boroughs and townships. re-
ported a batch of bills. to which little
attention was paid until the number 522
was read. This attracted attention, as
the last known bills ir~troduced this
year are in the four hundreds.
Secretary Tyler couldn't explain fer
a moment, but q look at tule udte ell
lightened him.
A few moments later a resolution
was read requesting the Senate from
Cape May to explain how IL bill intro
duced last year should get out of TOM
mittee.
II put that in" he informed the Ser
ate. because it was a dead one, and |
thought it might as well go through
with a lot of the other dead bills we
are passing this year"
So House 522, only a little over eight
months after introduction. was brought
to light. (
PoIicemen's Sick Pay.
Patrolmen of Newark, Jersey City
and other large cities are preparing to
fight the bill introduced by Senator
Leavitt providing that members of the
police department when ill shall receive
only half pay, the other half to go into
the police pension fund. Leavitt has
already been asked to withdraw the
measure, but has declined to do so.
AZ, stationary Engineers Bill.
Henry Hebeler, of Newark: Edward
Livingston, of Paterson, and Thomas
~ Wn1tt1kef, OF Jersey lily, d COHillliLiCC
CT the State Engineers Association,
persuaded the House committee on nut
nicipal corporations to set 3 o clock Mon
day afternoon for a hearing on House bill
No. 10, introduced by Miller, of Essex,
TO require engineers having charge OF
portable and stationary engines and
boilers to display licenses. The COM
mittee claimed that the failure of the
bill would continue placing life in jeop-
ardy.
Four-Year Governor and senators.
Favorable action was taken on the
proposed constitutional amendments
which ii adopted would make the term
of the Governor four years instead OF
three as at present; the terms of Sena-
tors also four years instead of three;
and the terms OF Assemblymen two
years instead of one. The proposition
also would enlarge the number of AS
semblymen from the present number
sixty, to eighty-five. 1t was originally
planned to nave the House consist of
100 members.
f1 No change is proposed in the number
of Senator'S. This will leave the same
power under the proposed amended
constitution in Senators from small
counties as now exists, making them
as powerful as those from the large
counties. 1t is realized hat IL an at
tempt were made to establish Sena-
torial districts based ON population in
stead of county lines, that the Senate
would not pass the measure. Change
in the Senatorial representation wifi
have to wait a constitutional conven-
ton.
1t is reported that there win be no
action on the amendments proposed
relative to the judiciary, If action can
be gotten on the Assembly amendment,
another amendment to the constitu-
ton annot be acted on for five years.
There is determined opposition to any
change in the judiciary.
Business in the Senate and House
was interrupted yesterday afternoon
when the Marquis and Marquise of
Headfort, Ireland. visited the cham
bers after paying their respects to Gov
ernor Fort. The British mobiles were the
guests of the Rev. James A. Reynolds,
of Red Bank, and We're accompanied
by Peter f. Collier. The privileges Of
the floor were accorded to the party in
both houses. In the Senate the marquis
made a few remarks in esponse to a
request. He spoke of the agitation in
his home country for home rule. and
said that he and other Irishmen were
gratihed at the sympathy shown in this
country for the movement.
M Mott for Prosecutor I'm Essex.
Indications that Assistant Prose-
cutor Wilbur A. Mott. of South Orange,
will be appointed Prosecutor of Essex
County to succeed the late Henry
Young were conveyed to the public by
the introduction of a bill in the House
yesterday, which would make attor-
n~eys-at-law eligible for appointment.
At the present time, a p~koAecutor has
to be a counsellor-at-law. Mr.. Mott
has never become a counsellor. The
new bill was offered by AHsemblyman
Moxon. 1t provides that an attorney
who mas practised ten years shall be
eligible TO be prosecutor, and to prac-
tise in any of the courts of the State.
aDirt of CommerciaIism."
Although it was bitterly opposed. the
bill to allow East Orange TO rent out it's
playground was passed in the House by
the vote of IS to II. Thu bill was de-
nounced by Mr.. Tumulty. Mr.. Kenny
and other Hudson County speakers.
sfTf aHhihitiuns for which admission