The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-12
With Half a Hundred Amend-
ments and After Long De-
bate by Members.
SENATE WON'T KNOW IT,
HUDSON MAN REMARKS
"TeII the Governor DaIrylnple's
Killing the BILL Says Mar
tin to Senator.
LFrom a ssarr correspondent.l

TRENTON, March 12.-With some
thing like fifty amendments tackled
on to it, and with the form Of the COM
mission provided for changed from app
pointive to elective, the Alderman civil
service bill passed the House yesterday
after nearly a whole days debate. AS
semblyman James Baker, of Hudson,
expressed the thought of most of The
friends of the bill when he was tellirg
his fellow-members the meaning of h
word "afiliation' that appeared many
times in the measure.
The definition, the gentleman from
Hudson said, was, acco- to Web
ster himself, and a few lesser authors
ties. to take into the family as a son.
1T will need a father" he said, be
cause when it gets back to the Senate
it's own father will never know it,"
The passage of the amendments was
made possible by eleven of the Repub-
lican wing supporting the Democrats.
who insisted on the elective feature last
year. These Republicans, most of
whom last year voted against the
amendments, were sustained by a squad
of the BLACK Horse Cavalry" that
stood behind the rail IN the rear Of
the chamber.
OF tine Essex delegation but three,
Messrs. Miller, Roberts and Young,
voted for the elective feature.
Senator Ackerman, who introduced
the bill in the Senate, was on tho
ground all day long. comforting with
Majority Leader William =. Martin. OF
Essex. 1t was not until the ranks o.
the prediction feature hackers began
to take on a Republican tinge thai he
a. .-k .-1 .+Aa fAa f1n
Governors office.
What shall | tell him?" he called
back to Mr.. Martin.
Tell him that Dalrymple is killing
the BILL answered the leader in tones
loud enough for the Essex County
chairman, who was standing near, to
hear.
Senator A~ckerman's visit TO the
executive rooms bore no fruit last night.
The bill was made the special order
of business when the House opened in
the morning, and the amendments be-
gan coming thick and fast as soon
as the rountine work had been gone
through.
Mr.. Pierce, of Union, who spoke first
for the bill. was opposed to changing
its provisions. The first amendment
adopted came from Mr.. Thompson, Of
Mercer, correcting the title, reducing
the salaries Of the commissioners from
49, 900 to $4,000 a year. and limiting the
cost to $25,000 a year, instead of 100000
as provided.
A. few of the other amendments were
Mr.. Daab's, of Hudson, limiting the
applicants for positions to residents OF
New Jersey; Mr.. Tumulty's. of Hudson
eliminating the power of the Governor
TO approve or disapprove of the rules
adopted by the commission, and Mr.
%Sullivan's. also of Hudson, giving Civil
War veterans pref in exanina-
lions and appointments.
When it was seen hat the bill had
a fair chanee of passing Mr.. Ginnelly,
of Mercer. made a last stand by offering
a tenure of office bill as a substitute,
but his attempt was unsuccessful. The
bill is said to have been identical with
one introduced in the Senate by Sena-
tor Harry y. Leavitt. of Mercer, for
which he made a hard fight when the
Alderman measure was on final pas
/, sage in the upper House.