The Penn's Grove record., 1909-03-05

to end April 30 instead of Oct. 81.
Previous to making the report the
committee met the governor and sub
mitted it's conclusions to him, and his
excellency found some things in the
report with which he could not agree
\ Many of the suggestions, however, he
DENIED feasible and said they ought to
be enacted into law. In speaking OF
the report he said:
"AIl of these matters will have TO be
considered by the legislature, and in
its wisdom, no doubt, results will be
obtained of advantage to the state
and yet, in my opinion, in the last anal.
ysis the only practical solution is tc
repeal the act of 1905 and to appropri
ate the funds available each year 70.
the support of the public schools.
There could be IN appropriation OF
$1,000 900 made to the public school,
this year, in view of the sugges-
ton of the finance committee tc
transfer the state fund from the rail-
road taxes now going to the public
schools, $242,0 600, and thus give to the
school fund more money next year
than was contributed from railroad
taxes this year. If this course WERE
taken all the funds in the state treas.
ury would be free funds and there
would be no further embarrassment
whatever.
GAIL we need to clear up all our diff.
culties is to simply make annual ap
preparations for the schools, as we dc
for everything else, and 0 m of the
difficulties with relation to running
the state government which we now
have would then exist if the econo
mics in the report of the finance com
mittee were adopted.
with an appropriation of $4,000,
900 made to the school fund at
to those who thought the school fund
was to be attacked that there was nc
such purpose in the suggestion to mod
ify the act of 1906, and the whole mis-
understanding which has arisen from
the suggestion would be put to an
end"
Adjutant General BreitnaiI Resigns.
On Tuesday the governor signed the
bill providing for the retirement of
officers of the national guard upon
reaching the age of sixty-four years.
As soon as the bill thus became a law
Adjutant General r. Heber B%reitnall,
one of the officers affected, sent his
resignation to the governor. In the
afternoon his ~eXcellency sent to the
senate a special message in which he
transmitted the record of the general.
showing how he served in the rebel
lion and the Spanish-American war
and has been in the New Jersey mill
tia for almost thirty years and recon-
mended that the senate confer upon
him the brevet rank of major general.
The governor vetoed assembly bill
No. IS, which provided that boards of
freeholders in third and fourth class
counties may contract with the sheriffs
thereof at a price per day for feeding
the prisoners confined in the county
jail. In the message accompanying
the veto the governor called attention
to the fact that the sheriffs of the
counties affected by the bill are given
a salary by law and that to permit
them to make such contracts would be
to increase their salaries.
The governor sent these nominations
to the senate:
James r. Mullikin, county of Essex.
civil service commissioner reappointed.
John Nevin of the county Of Hudson
to succeed James G. Morgan as a mem
Der of the board of managers of the
State hospital at Morris Plains.
Arthur D. Forst of Mercer to fiji the
vacancy caused by the death of John
Taylor as a member of the board of
managers of the State hospital.
Advocates of "LiberaI" Laws Heard.
All day Monday the assembly cham
Der rang with the eloquence of those
who advocate the so called t1iberal
laws" which provide for the sale of
liquor on certain hours on Sunday and
for Sunday baseball and other amuse-
ments. There was a large delegation
from Atlantic City favoring the bills.
which will permit the hotel keepers of
that resort to sell liquor On Sundays,
and the burden of their song was that
the hotel keepers and saloon keepers
of that place should be permitted to
reap the golden and silver harvest
which the eXcursionist who comes
there on Sunday scatters broadcast.
Several clergymen and others opposed
the bills and made a strong plea for
the American Sabbath as against the
continental Sunday.
Both the senate and house worked
hard on Tuesday to clear up their
work and adjourn for the week, so
that those of their members who
wished might go to Washington and
witness the ceremonies attendant upon
the Inauguration of President Taft.
The governor and his party left Tren-
ton for Washington Wednesday noon.
Bradford CarfOOuiSf Writes Ea;-v