The Penn's Grove record., 1908-04-03


Gibbs of Camden take the chair. Mr..
Martin announced that he would not
be bound by the result of the caucus.
He and his friends said they would
stay and refrain from voting, but
with the distinct understanding that
they would not be bound by the result
of the vote.
Mr.. Thompson (Mercer) introduced a
resolution calling for sine die adjourn
ment April 9. 1t was moved on the ia
BILE, and the tabling motion was lost.
Several speeches were made by the Els.
sex men, who wanted to stay and fight
! out the reforms of Governor Fort if
they remained all summer, and when
the vote came t~wenty-four voted for
the Thompson resolution, fourteen re,
framing from voting. Those who re-
Trained from voting, or, in other words,
the 'bolters," were Brown, Clark, Col
gate, LOwrey, Hines, Martin, Morgan,
Smith of Essex, Devine and Fake of
Bergen, Crosby of Ocean, Pierce of I'm.
ion and McCord and Whitehead of
Passaic.
The Democrats held a joint confer
ence and agreed to stand by Martin
and the new idea" wing. At this
writing the prospect for the getting to-
gether of the majority and fixing a
date for final adjournment is not very
bright. Many believe April 9, how
ever, will be the date.
Free Bridges.
A%ssemblyman Holcombe introduced
a concurrent resolution calling for the
appointment by the governor of New
Jersey members of a joint New Jersey
Pennsylvania commission to take up
the subject of acquiring toll bridges
over the Delaware river.
Senator Alderman, on behalf of the
committees appointed to confer with
the house with respect to senate No. 6
(civl service bilD, reported that the
conferees had agreed upon an act for
the creation of a civil service commits
sion, a copy of which bill accompanied
the report, and it was ordered on Sec
ond reading without reference. Messrs.
Alderman, Frelinghuysen, Martin and
STEELE signed the report. Mr.. Geb-
hardt announced that the minority re-
port would be submitted soon with the
views of h majority in every par.
ticular except that they would insist
upon an elective and not an appointive
commission.
The senate passed Assemblyman
Soung's bill which authorizes the gov.
/ arnnr tn Qnnninf fhpoo oo,neIoro "A
law to revise all the public acts of the
state. Another bill that met with IA
vorable action in the senate was that
fathered by Mr.. Colgate, which makes
1t lawful to take any game out of the
state where the same game can be
lawfully brought into the state.
Warm Special Message.
In a special message to the legisla-
ture Governor Fort insisted that his
reform bills be passed before the law
makers adjourn. The governor said:
I'm my inaugural message the hope
was expressed that the present session
OF the legislature might be a short one.
That hope has not been abandoned,
but the question of adjournment, aside
from personal convenience of legisla.
tors, is not as important as whether
legislation of great public concerns
still remains to be enacted, which can.
not be lone with a certainty before a
definite date"
For the legislation of this session the
Republican party will and should be
held responsible. For the failure to
legislate on vital matters it will be
held equally responsible. Every prom
Use made in the platform of the party
last fall we are bound in honor to
fulfill. A party can no more break its
word with the people and ask further
, confidence than an individual, can ex-
pect to be trusted who oxo,,aa